The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-11
In the
OldArgenta
District.
1t Is Taking on New Life-one
Mine Bonded for
$4,000.

Ill tnls county is taking on new life this
spring and present indications point to
! one of the liveliest years the camp has
experienced since the boom DAYS in its
early history. From reliable Informal
ton your correspondent learns that the
Gold Finch and the Dolphin mines. situ-
ated a few miles above Argenta and
owned by George w. French of Dillon
and Anthony French of Argenta, have
peen bonded to w. Fl. Remington Of
Tacoma, Washington, for $4,000 and
tfat active work will be pushed on the
CLAIMS this summer. w. r. Grant of
the Greenwood company at Hecla and
George B. Conway, also of Hecla. are
interested in the DEAL
These mines have been worked for ,
number of years by the French brothers
and are developed by two shafts, 70 and
60 feet deep respectively. In the deeper
shaft the vein has been followed dis
lance of so feet each way from the shaft
ana 1t shows continuous shoot aver
aging 10 feet wide, and it is said that the
ore assays IS to the ton. Some ore IL
found in the mine that will pay $500 to
the ton and considerable of this has
been shipped to the East Helena smell
ter at one time and another.
Monroe Mann, who. a few months ago
relocated claim that had been ahan,
doned. calling it the Sunshine. after
drifting two feet past the old workings
encountered a phenomenal body of ore
and is working several men on the claim
with satisfactory success. At present
he has out three car loads Of ore which
Will Justify shipping. He is sorting over
the dump and will ship cor load of the
pest or 1t as test. and if the returns are
satisfactory he will send the rest of it
TO the smelters He also has considerable,
nigh grade ore blocked out in the mine
ready for extraction.
Butler and Sutherland have car
load of ore from the Florida mine on the
track in readiness for shipment. The
mine Is situated near Argenta and the
ore is high grade galena. 1t was the
intention to ship it to the East Helena.
smelter, but as that institution is closed
down, your correspondent has been I'M
able to learn just what disposition will
be made of the ore,
The Montana Copper and Gold Co.
operating the Manser mines on Stone
creek, has small force of men at work
getting the ground in readiness for ac-
tive work. AS soon as the weather clears
up to permit of freighting, a hosting
works, which is now in Butte will be
shipped to Dillon and hauled out to the
company to sink a double compartment
shaft to depth of 500 feet this summer.
The company is composed of Chicago
men and report has it that there is
ample means back of the enterprise.
L. l.. Hall, manager of the Montana-
Grasshopper dredge boat, Formerly
known as the Cope dredge), was in town
from the Grasshopper the first of the
week and paid Sheridan a visit. Mr..
Hall is interested in the placer mines
on Wisconsin creek near that place.
The dredge boat has started off we'll this
season. Mr. Hall says two satisfactory
clean-ups have already been made, and
everything about the boat moves as
smoothly as clock work. Before opera.
lions were begun this season about 5000
was expended in repairs and improves
ments. Among the improvements was
the lengthening of the ladder way which
permits the boat to dig ten feet deeper
than formerly. Another was a change
in the angle of the "a" frame which
greatly facilitates the handling of the
gravel.
Two other boats are running in the
country, the A. F. Graeter and the j. F.
Bremen. Later. as soon as the water
power is available, the electric boat will
resume operations.
On the mine in the Big Hole basin.
locally known as the "Wadams property
six men have been working all winter.
The shaft now has a depth of 100 feet.
In the face of the drift there is exposed
body Of ore four feet wide which is
aid to assay II per cent. in copper. Mr..
Wadams was in town from the mine
curing the week and is very much
pleased at the outlook. The mine is
named the Saginaw and it is under
lease to Butte people. supposed. locally.
to be Heinze and his accocates. For a
year or more Mr.. Balinger of Butts
has been developing the property and
It certainly is a good one. There is some
talk of a small reduction plant being
erected on the mine this year. some say
ing that the machinery has already been
purchased in Butte. The men who have
the bond are expected to visit the nina
within the next few weeks when somc-
thing definite will be determined.
George w. Tower came down from
Butte several days ago and is at the
Polaris mine, where. with Carlisle Ma
son. he is attending to some matters
with the new bond which. it is reported.
Gov. Richards and his associates have
secured on that mine.
George H. Tong of Butte filed a min-
ing deed with the clerk and recorder
this week. granting title to the Wake
J'p-Jim lode, situated In the Bryant
mining district. The consideration is
stated to be 81.
The Blue Bird is the only quartz To-
ca ton filed with the clerk and recorder
this week 1t is situated in the Bloody
Dick district and was located by w. III.
Spearin.
Madison County Times: 1t is rumered
that C. Z. Damours made arrangements
while in Butte this week to take up the
hond on the Kearsarge mine at Summit,
t., traat tina will ha