The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-21


only on the surface. On the west side
! the surface of the hills is covered with
! copper ore from which the metal has
| been carried to the water level BIZ the
! action of the surface seepage. lea wing it
red-oroWn color. On the east side the
same condition prevails. There is no
difference in the formation or surface
showing save the fact that on the east
side the float seems to carry a larger
percentage of copper. In one place in
particular several tons of surface rctt.
We're gathered up and shipped Cor the
metal the rock contained and good re-
turns obtained.
Not New Discovery.
The east side is not new discovery.
There are men in Butte who have be"n
holding claims there 25 years. They
have never lost faith in their eayly .re-
/ dictions that some day ga pital would
invade that section<trd ep#,f up it's vast
ore reserves. and rfeil predictions are
about to be realized To the late Cor
nelius Sullivan, who WAS so cruelty muir
dered while prospecting on Tnimak
island, Alaska, belongs the credit of
having made the firSu&practical at
I tempt to explore the east side lodges.
Mr.. Sullivan possessed few thousand
, dollars which came to him through the
sale of some mining property III the
Occur d Alene country of Idaho. and
believing that Park canyon contained
bodies of rich copper ore, he began sink
ing a shaft or The Hon, stake claim, Il.
| which he owned the controlling interest,
| paying for the work With the money he
had derived from the Idaho deal He
sunk 500 or 600 feet and struck ore in
] paying quantities. but the size Of :he
! vein or veins is not generally knGNa.
/ Shortly before starting for Alaska he
sold his interest in the property to +.
Augustus Heinze, president of the Mon
tana Ore Purchasing company, and Nj
/ HeinZe suspended operations soon after
! wards.
| Within the last year others have
i started systematic development wolN in
that neighborhood, and are now far
enough along to practically settle the
Oft debated question of the continuity
of the ore bodies. Among those who
have undertaken thte great task are
Franklin Farrell, for many years a la ,ge
shareholder in the Parrot company.
Mr.. Farrell knows the Butte district
and is taking a more active part in its
| development than ever before. Within
| the last year he has invested close to
81. 600, 900 in ground east of the city, and
| is now sinking two or three shafts to
catch the ore bodies which it is known
cross the fiat and penetrate the hills at
the east. He has already struck ore
in one of the shafts, hut it is only the
neck of the 30foot vein of 80 per cent
ore a short distance below the present
; workings.
A few hundred feet east Of the Far
rell workings the Butte & Boston COM
| pany is sinking for the same vein. and
the bottom of the shaft is not a great
: ways from it, While few hundred yards
farther north the Largely estate and
Meyer Genzberger are delvng for velr
known to cross the flat at that point.
Ore has been struck in it, but. like tbs
vein of the Farrell property. the body
is not so large as it will be Wien thc
regular zone depth is attained.
short distance south of the Butte
& Boston shaft, and further up in the
foothills, the Butte Mine Exploration
company is sinking on the Pacific claim
and has performed sufficient work TO
establish the presence of ore bodies
there. The shaft is now more than SOC
feet deep. In sinking several stringers
of rich copper-silver ore and ona we'll
defined vein were cut. Some of the ore
from the vein was bornite. which i:
always rich in copper and silver.
: The company is very much encourag gee
over the prospects of striking the lower
zone, and will continue the task of ex.
ploration until it's energy Is rewarded
then it will settle to solid basis ant
begin realizing on it's product.
Up near Columbia Garden the Butte
Anaconda company is opening UP tn
Carlisle, a promising claim on which i
is said two veins crop. A shaft ha!
been sunk on it 200 feet. Some very rio,
streaks of ore have been found il tn
, Carlisle and the company is hopeful. y
striking a large body Of the solid stuff
Other Developments.
Those mentioned are not the only one
who are spending money, time an,