, 1902-02-20
THIRTY TONS OF ORE
Rich Enough to Ship, Now piled
up on the Dump-The Badger
State Mining and Milling
Company Formed With a
Capital of 100000
Property to be De-
veloped at Once.

The metal which has given south
ern Carbon county its reputation is
copper. But it has been known, for
many years, that by far the richest
mines in this region had not been
opened-in fact had not been men
toned in connection with all the
write-ups of this wonderful country.
The Bridger Mines, owned by j. W.
Heather, have long been known by
old time miners, as being far richer
in the precious metals than any of
the copper claims that have made the
Battle Lake and Grand Encampment
countries famous.
Between the heads of Jack and
Slavery creeks, on the northwestern
slope of the Continental Divide, there
has recently been opened up a claim
which has gone under the name of
"Gold Coin" The claim was located
by George w. Hildebrandt, John H.
Davis and NJ. A. Kelly. A shaft was
sunk recently to a depth of Sc feet,
from which drifts were run east and
west, from which a large amount of
ore has been taken. The vein is a
true assure, four feet in width, with =
pay streak of l6 inches and there are
from 20 to 80 tons of this ore, rich
enough to ship, now lying on the
dump. =
The character of the ore showed
an abundance of lead, but the rock
was not thought to be worth very
much until returns begin to come in
from the samples sent out for assay.
The returns from n piece gave So
in gold, 50 in copper, 272:20 ounces
in silver and 52:40 per cen lead.
Another assay runs as high as SCI
ounces in silver and so per cent. lead,
besides copper and gold as above.
A company has been formed,
known as the Badger State Mining
Company" with a capital of $780,
600, of which the officers are as fol-
lows: President, Gus Jensen; Vice
president, John III. Davis; Treasurer,
c.. E. Jensen; Secretary, Alexander
McDougal; Mine Superintendent,
George w. Hilderbrandt. With the
returns from the assays, which were
sent back to Tacoma, Wash'n, Iron
Mountain, Mich, Omaha and Denver,
came orders for stock in the compa-
ny, one man taking 1000 shares.
The giving out of this information
has created a great deal of interest
and enthusiasm in this place and
aroused the old interest in the Bird
ger mines, which lie on the northwest
point of the mountain, about 20 miles
due west of this place, between Jack
and Savery creeks. The Gold Coin
group, composed of the Gold Coin,
Gold Coin No. 2, Blue Jay and two
other claims, lie to the south of the
Bridger mines, two or three miles.
They are in the midst of fine timber,
5000 feet in altitude. The new man
agement has erected, since December,
a shaft house, 2Sx4S a blacksmith
shop, cook and bunk house, stables,
etc. The new shaft that il now be-
ing put down is double compartment,
AXIS feet, timbered with 10 inch tim
bers, and will be put down to a depth
of 100 feet before the spring surface
water interferes with the work. Word
was brought to town last night that
ore had been struck in the new shaft.
The company has plenty of money
with which to prosecute it's labors
and, as the stock finds a ready sale at
10c, there is no danger but what it
will be able to open up the mine in
good shape and put concentrating
works ON the ground should the COM
pany SO determine.
The Bridger mines, mentioned
above, are owned by j. w. Heather.
They have lain idle for the past ten
or fifteen years for the want of CAPT
tal to work them. There is a shaft
125 feet in depth on the Wicked
Slope, n of the claims, which shows
a well defined assure vein II feet in
width, which carries values all the