The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-25

Montana has woman mine manager
and it is safe to wager that she will oc-
comp!ish more in the way of making
the property in her charge a success than
did the two men who formerly handled
the business of the company she repre-
sents. Her name is Mrs. Caroline Van
Horne and the property she is managing
is located about seven miles from Butte,
just beyond the apex of the range of
mountains at point In line with the
poor farm. 1t is known as the Blackwell
COmpany's property and consists of the
Blackwell mine and one of the best 10
stamp mills in the state. The district in
w...ch ii Is situated is called the Home
stake station ON the Northern Pacific.
Mrs. Van Horne lives III Chicago.
When the Blackwell company was sr-
ganized, which was about four years
ago, she became a heavy stockhoider in
it and has been more than anxious to
see it achieve the object of it's organiza-
tion A man named klenze was first
employed to manage the property owned
by the company, but after short run he
made way for his successor, named
Goetz. A 10-stamp mill was built on the
Blackwell, but about the time it was
SldIltu d ulSdSIctIIleHl dIOSC dIlIOIS Lie
stockholders on account of alleged mis-
management and a cessation of opera
tions resulted. This was a year ago last
February and since then up to day or
two ago the stamps remained suspended.
Recently, however, majority of the
stock changed hands and the new hold
ers, realizing that proper management
would bring the property out all right
decided to take fresh start. According
ly, Mrs. Van Horn, who is one of the
large stockholders and woman of con-
sidera BILE ability, was requested to take
charge, and she consented to do SO. She
arrived on the ground last week and at
once made preparations for starting the
mill and developing the mine. A day or
two ago the stamps were Unmatched and
are now dropping on ore with prospects
of continuous operation during the sum-
mer.
The shaft on the Blackwell is located
about 100 feet from the mill and is 100
feet deep. At the bottom there is ledge
of vein mater feet wide between we'll
defined walls. The vein at the present
depth is not solid, but it is the belief
OF mining men that an additional 100
feet will take in into the solid stats
The shaft is now being sunk to the 200
The mill is now working on custom ore,
district. The batch now being treated
consists of so tons, which was taken
from a claim owned by DR.. ]. P. Reins
of this city. 1t is located about three
quarters of mile from the Blackwell
and is under lease to Duncan MacDou-
gall and the Brown brothers, who have
opened up 6-foot vein of gold bearing
ore in the tunnel by which it is being de-
veloped. This property was worked
several years ago and the ore shipped to
Butte.
There are many other good properties
in the district that will be heard from
in the near future. In one, known as
the Red Rock, owned by John Roush, a
4-foot vein has been opened at a depth
of 35 feet. An assay across the face of
the vein gives the ore value of SIS in
gold and 80 ounces of silver per ton. The
ledge, it is said. can be traced three or
four mines on the surface.
The deepest shaft in that section at
present is on the Mountain Chief, owned
by the Thompson estate of this city and
a Helena man. 1t is 200 feet deep and
in the bottom there is a vein of ore that
assays per cent. copper along with its
other values. This is the first indication
OF copper found there and it leads to the
belief 9 at copper ore of much higher