The Butte inter mountain., 1902-02-24
IN FERGUS COUNTY
BLUE DICK rs BEING DEVELOPED
WITH ALACRITY.
THREE CLAIMS UNDER BOND
John Longmaid Takes Them in Out
of the Wet--Bond Will Have a
Life Of Four Years and Is
For $4,000.

| Development work Is still being Wig.
! otously carried on in the Blue Dick
| nine" said Richard Potter last week
! after visit TO the old camp of Yoko
and much activity Is noticed among
| the piospecto.s and miners In that dis.
trict." says the Fergus County Argus
jack Leslie. who is interes ted in the
talena mines, on the head of Wolf creek
has charge of the work and now has
four men employed doing exploitation
and development work. A six-foot vein
OF rich copper carbonate has already
been encountered, and n cross-cut ts
being run into the hill in an effort to
find the main body of ore, which, In the
opinion of those who are working the
property, Is not far Off"
Seven-Up Pete District.
bond and lease on the Columbia,
Winthrop and Railsback mining claims
In the SEVENTH Pete district In Lewis
and Clarke county has been given to
John Longmaid. The bond Is to run for
four years, and the price Is $4,000. One
eighth interest is held by Eugene II. Will
son, as receiver of the First National
bank, as security for a note for $4,000
given by c. X. Wells, and he was au-
thorized TO sell that interest by the dis
tr,ct court
THE property Is well developed by
a 30O-foot shaft and 1000 feet of levels"
said Mr.. Longmaid to a newspaper re-
porter last week. "and has shown up a
vein of quartz from four to seven feet
wide. 1t carries from So to 81 In gold
and the chief difficulty will be to find a
process for milling 1t at the mine, as 1t
Is too low grade to ship to the smelter.
There is a wagon haul of 26 miles to the
railroad. and the distance to the smeltcr
is. altogether, 60 miles. The ore con-
tains some black tellurides, so that II
cannot be milled like free milling ore.
The property Is owned by a number OF
people, T.. c. Power being the largest
holder"
Working Philippine Group.
Considerable development work Is be-
Ing done on the Philippine group of
mines, at the head of Armell's creek
by c. A. Case, who obtained a bond on
the property short time ago. Mr.. Case
while I'm town last week that
cyanide ore extracted from the pros
poets ran from a trace to $3.50 in gold
and that the outlook was altogether
A strata of volcanic cin-
'clS ndS pttn ehtouilttTtuy WHICH TuHS
from $l.20 to $2.10 in gold per ton, and
Mr.. Case Is confident that large body
of rich cyanide ore will he uncovered
by vigorous policy of exploitation and
development work.
Bond Will Be Taken Up.
7 ~ Bright returned from a trip to
New York on Monday and seemed to
think that the bond taken by Mr.. Rob-
bins and himself on the Barnes King
mines would undoubtedly be taken up
when the payment was due.
Mr. Parish. a widely-known mining
expert with his brother, John Parrish
mas been engaged to thoroughly explore
the property and pass an opinion on It's
value. Mr.. Parish is at present at Ken
dali looking over the mines and will be
joined by his brother on his return from
Europe, where he is at present on bust
ness connected with his profession OF
mining expert. Mr.. Bright Is reticent
concerning outside capitalists interested
in the deal, but states emphatically that
development and exploitation work will
be conducted in a vigorous and thorough
manner,