Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-05-01
McLaren Mine

Returning to Cooke City proper and going
toward the east end Of the town We ~
the new mill of the McLaren Brotnels, NIicn
has been built In the old Allison smelteI DulIu-
The old Allison smeiter was originally built
nv Allison, who planned to smet lead ore:
for which his smelter was built out ne ILle9 .
- sr,eIt copper ore and by DOING so ruined
everything, and It was abandoned
In 1888 the AdcLaren Brothers VINO were
mining and shipping ore from heo
in mining and milling. and WORKED OUT
successful plant They Installed shet ma
chinery during the fall and winter ,o on L 80
81 and operated IL ever since In 1892 tnes
decreased their capacity and now are aver
aging e5 to 98 tons day -, m,
The mill comprises crushers' Two pAA S Si,.
cIassifiers fotation machines tables inter
snd pumps also Diesel electric power plant
the mill produces gold-silver concentrate I
which Is shipped to East Helena smelter. me
ore is trucked from the mine so Hiles Ai ~,
fhs Mill and a storage pile is kept az the
Mil for the start in the spring, as the mine
and mi1i are shut down in the winter months.
Leaving Cooke City and MS Sa,,ll - SlUT
palsy road over which the McLaren Bros.
maui their ore. This road was orignany pun.
to haul ore from the Daisy mine. II Was llIse
a trail over which some OF the DAISY ore
vas rawhfded in the early eighties. Then tine
forestry department improved It as they
had A telephone line, but until the MeLafen
T3ros rebuilt Il and somewhat changed " II
s,as rever a good road These operators have
made many improvements in the district ana
show By their courageous work what can pc
done at Cooke with modern methoos ana
modern machinery. -.
THE road follows the foot OF the west SIDE
Of Henderson mountain, reaching the olo
Alice E NINE on the right OF the DAISY
road This mine was operated IN the late
zoos from a tunnel and glory hole. Serectizeo
ore carrying gold was mined and milleo IN
cyanide plant which is said MADE eteeS
deal OF money The mill has been dismantleo.
The ore In the pit is q loW-grade arseno-
pyrfte, which II developed In sufficient guam
tity could be treated successfully oy using
q different method OF milling.
Above this mine are several valuable Chains
showing good grade Of ore, gold and copper
ASSAYS indicate there are some large deposits
OF low-erade ore in the vicinity which war
rant Investigation and investment. the ior-
nation is mostly in Jasper limestone ana
monzonite rorphyry. ,,,
Returning to the Daisy road and following
It along Miller creek. going north toward
Daisy Pass, we passed many prospective
claims showing gold-silver values and copper
ore: such claims as the q. s., the Golden
Eagle, Confederation. U. s. Standard ano
others. Further on we pass the cabins OF
Miller. pioneer OF the district Of 1871. The
creek and mountain we're named after MIN.
There are many interesting diRgings where
Miller recovered quite bit Of gold. and there
Is q great deal OF ground unworked which
upon panning shows coarse gold.
Further north and above the road are the
claims Of the Grace group, showing some
very good values in gold-silver and some
copper these claims seem worth while for de-
velopment The vein or lode has been pros
pected considerably by shallow work, but no
deep development has been done.