Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-09-11

OF the famous vigilante days Of Montana early
history. we reach Silver Star.
Silver Star
In 1867 the Green Campbell mine at Silver
Star was discovered and In 1870 a lO-stamp
mill was erected. with four horn pans and two
j settlers. This mill was built to mill ore from
+ the Green Campbell and Broadway mines.
I British capital was heavily interested. As the
/ organization had realized the possibilities OF
1 these mines, intensive DEVELOPMENT started.
The old mill was moved to the Drumlumond
mine at Marysville A larger plant was erected
and named the Iron Rod mill, this plant stili
existing, along Highway No. a. three miles
south Of Silver Star.
OF the rich ore from the Iron Rod and Green
Campbell mines. Later some ore from the
Broadway and Hudson mines was treated
there also. The Iron Rod mill was first
12-stamp Trivitt MILL blanket arrastres. In
1889 the mill was remolded and cyanide
process added and in 1903 the mill was re-
nodded q second time. This was the first
cyanide plant in Montana and in the west
The Iron Rod mine is located in Hell Roaring
creek, where Plummer and his gang had their
hideout and where they were caught By the
Vigilantes In the 70's.
The British syndicate. after erecting the
Iron Rod mill, had developed so much ore In
the Broadway and Hudson mines that they de-
eided to build another cyanide plant at the
Broadway mine This plant operated for years
but burned down. At present the Silver Star
camp is working and getting ready to make
history once more
Broadway Mine
A. G. Taylor of Butte Is developing the
Broadway mine group. The shafts have been
pumped, work is going on UNDERGROUND to
go deeper in the ore zone There seems to be
no limit to tonnage. The veins at places are
very wide-as much as $50 feet from wal
to wall Like in the Victoria mine, there are
thousands Of tons Of ore for milling in the
dumps alone on the surface. The mine runs
VIII average about SO to SIS per ton. The
writer who years ago leased there, has made
a complete survey Of these mines and esti-
a a mil 0Fp
at 100000 tons averaging no less than 81
per ton.
The mine comprises numerous claims. name
ly, the Hudson, Broadway, Victoria American,
Ajax, Morning, Flagan, Marylan, Deleward
The shafts are the Broadway, Hudson Dahleur,
Ford and Morning For years three leasers
Ford Bros, and Dahleur leased there and
produced hundreds of thousands Of dollars.
The total production Of the mine is estimated
at $1,000, 00O At present Taylor Is sinking
below the lower level of the Broadway which
Is the 600 foot level. Taylor is also erecting
a new cyanide mill to min the ore and dumps
OF this group. He is an experienced mine
operator.
The ore is an oxidized ore composed of iron
oxide and carbonates. The formation Is q
paleozoic, with a contact with the granite.
The Iron Rod mill is working steadily ship
ping high grade ore. and has q large crew
at work The mine has several tunnels and
a 1000 foot cross cut
The Green Campbell extension has been op-
Grated by the Baekell Bros, and ore has been
shipped the last few years. The mine adjoing
the Green Campbell and is near the Broad
way Hudson group.
Mayflower Mine
East Of Whitehall is located, few miles
away, the famous Mayflower mine and May
flower extension which being worked by
the Anaconda Copper Mining Co. The May
flower mine was discovered years ago by an
assayer named Leyson, who opened up some
extremely rich high grade ore for W. A.
Clark, and this was the maker in part OF the
cd ba
mine for years and millions of dollars were
produced from it. Leyson now resides at
Neihart Mont
There are many mines in production In
The Butte district and the mineralized belt
extends for one hundred miles around the
Butte mining center.