The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-27
SOUTH BOULDER IN MADISON
Great Activity in Mining Circles
There-Other Properties in
the County,


the County.
Never since the earliest days Of Madi-
son county's history has there been so
much mining activity in this section of
South Boulder gulch as at present, says
the Alder Gulch Times. The camp wears
an air Of activity that is good to behold.
Strings of four and six horse teams are
daily vending their way up and down
the gulch, laden with lumber, mining
machinery and innumerable adjuncts to
the prosecution of development work in
the mines. The hills are full of prospec-
tors and strikes are being made daily.
Old properties are being reopened and
every prospect hole is. after years OF idle
ness. a spectacle of industry and hope
full effort.
Capital is turning it's eyes in this direc-
ton. The speculative people of Butte
who are operating the gold properties Of
Mammoth have done large amount of
development work, and as result have
encountered large ore bodies carrying
good values. They have made elaborate
tests through their 10-stamp MILL They
have demonstrated that the minerals
contained are of character possible to
save. and the parties will build a large
mill. for which lumber is now on the
way. Rumor has it that they will also
erect matte smelter Though the COM
pany is keeping very quiet concerning
the plans of procedure. the fact that they
are buying nearby properties and ranches
shows which way the wind blows.
The South Boulder Mining company,
composed of Montana and Minnesota
PEOPLE, has the machinery for it's new
1O-stamp mill on the ground and in
of Ha 70
to begin dropping stamps by October.
This property is located six miles above
Mammoth on the left fork of South
Boulder creek. and has enough good ore
in sight to keep the mill going for the
next three years.
Prof Knuteson. who is connected with
the Homestake people at Deadwood. has
formed strong company of Black Hills
capitalists to exploit group of claims
lying alongside the Mammoth proper
ties.
Frank Schmuck is working on one Of
the finest looking copper properties in
the gulch. The outcrop was a barren
y hite quartz. but at a depth Of 10 feet
it changed to a soft decomposed leached
condition, carrying quantities of redsoxde
of copper. One assay gave a return Of
IS per cent copper
Phil Vineyard is working on a good
looking lead mine.
Curley Patterson. the Nestor of the
camp, has been working on the Rock
Rabbit at the head of the gulch, and
reports the mine to be looking fine. He
says it only needs mill to be paying
proposition.
The sound of the saw and hammer is
heard early and late in Mammoth. New
h,Yil
camp wears an air Of prosperity.
With the two strong companies already
here, and room enough for twenty more,
Mammoth will be one of the best mining
camps in the state.
Workmen are grubbing out the site for
the proposed quartz mill of the Alder
Gulcb Mining & Milling company near
the mouth of Under gulch. Others are
cleaning out the tunnel and laying track
preparatory to operating the Bell mine.
John Miles and Andrew Fleming, two
Butte miners who own claims on
WigWam creek, were Quitting in the
city, this week, for their representation
work. They have promising outlook,
and may remain all winter developing
their property.
Capt. r. ]. Moore of the Wisconsin
Creek placer mining concern, which is
working four miles below Sheridan has
returned from a tour in Wyoming, rand
will soon resume the management of
the company's diggings on the lower
Ruby. 1t is understood that the opera
tons of the lessees who have been work.
irg the claims this season have been
quite successful in obtaining good yield
OF gold dust.
Charles Everett was in the city from
Silver Star yesterday and stated that the
Hudson mine is producing a carload of
ore that yields over $50 per ton every
day. 1t is being worked by John F.
Dullea, Jr.. and other parties under lease.
1t Is also said that the supply Of ore is
almost inexhaustible and that the mine
Is one of the greatest copper propositions
| in the state
The Red Bluff Mining company re-
stunned operations on the 10Th inst. Work
is being vigorously prosecuted in the en-
largement of the drainage tunnel boxes,
which were too small for the purpose of
carrying off the water that was being
| pumped into them. Specifications have
been completed and contract made with
the Allis-Chalmers company of Chicago
Tor supplying the new 10O-ton concen-
traitor which the company will erect on
| the property. AS soon as the plans ar
| rive work on the excavation and pre-
| liminarV wOrL fO,. h,,;1d;o. %ho