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• Ł ď * r tn. w. rkS 'Oil, all AN 1 ce, Hotel The Lump bity Miner. VOL. 1. No. 49. LUMP CITY, MONTANA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1895. $2.00 A YEAR. For Mining Supplies and Machinery OF GOOD, SUBSTANTIAL AND HONEST QUALITY, AND FOR PROMPT and INTELLIGENT SERVICE, go to A. M. HOLTER HARDWARE CO. 113 and 115 North Main Street. - - HELENA. MONTANA GrANS & KLEIN, Manufacturers and Retailers of First -Class Clothing. beg to announce fresh arrivals of Fall and Winter Clothing, Miners' Coats and Rubber Boots Hydraulic Hose and Nozzles. Special attention paid to mail orders. Fully equipped Merchant Tailoring Department. Lowest prices consistent with the quality of goods sold. (;ANS 41I KLEIN, NEW YORK, HELEN. % AND BUTTE. DELICIOUSLY FRAGRANT. English Club House Plug Cut Smoking Tobacco. A MILD, PURE, SWEET AND CLEAN SMOKE THE IDEAL OF PLUG CUT TOBACCO. Does Not Hite tile Torlgue. BACH, CORY & Co., Helena, Montana. SOLE WESTERN DISTRIBUTING AGENTS. THE PEOPLE'S STORE, 513 and 515 Broadway, Helena, Mont. IlEADQUalt l'ERS POR Groceries, Tinware and Notions CHINAWARE, Ilay, Grain and General Merchandise, CHEAPER THAN DIRT FOR SPOT CASH. CHARLES H. HENTON, Prop. LARKE Sz CUľTIN, HARDWARE AND STOVES. We are now offering our entire line of heating stoves' for Coal or Wood at Actual Cost Send US your orders fir all km(ls of HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. PRICES LOW. -12 (So. 44 S. Main St. Helena, Mont ARTHUR P. CURTIN, Furniture, Carpets. Wall Paper, Housefurnishing Goods. W. carry the hirg.”,t -.rock In c‘erv department in ail Montana. W111 .ircupy our Mani New BiiiklinS.°Pporate Ilona Helena. Nos cm her 15th. Grand Removal Hale now u. , Ine l'stat Sto h mi ok most e l Pi a no. and ( ) rgari i, I n Music Department. Alain'''. 1 CURTIN, HELENA, MONTANA. J. SWITZER, WHOLESALE DEALER IN Wines, Liquors and Cigars, RH Glassware and Billiard Goods. 4-0 South Main strect, Helena, Montana. I anufael I Iiir ii' MINES AND MINING. Regular Weekly Clain -up from the Mines of the Lump Gulch District. Mining Notes and Items of the Day of ais Interesting Character. Bar silver, 67. Lead, $3.274. Copper, $10.87%. * ,* ORE SHIPMENTS 1 , 011 THE WEEK. Liverpool 2 cars. Little Nell 1 \ Horse Shoe 1 \ King Solomon 1 .4 Norma 1 \ Total 6 • 5 * ROSE. • The shaft on this property has been put down 65 feet, and preparations are now being made to put on a whim. The chute of ore encountered at a depth of about ten feet continued for about 20 feet, when it left the shaft. It is the in- tention of the parties, when the whim is gotten into operation, to drift for this chute on the 60 -foot and continue to sink at the same time. * * * WICKES. Keetsch & Houlihan heve been doing excellent work on this property, having sunk their shaft during the past three weeks to a depth of forty feet. The lead is a strong one and more' or less ore is coming in the quartz as additional depth is attained. The boys are feeling entirely satisfied with the showing and think that when they reach water they will tap a pay chute of ore. THE FREE 00INA0E. The work of sinking an additional 100 feet, which has been in progress for the past four weeks, is now 'almost complet- ed, having reached a depth, from the 200 -foot level, of 90 feet, and will be pushed down to the required depth the coming week, and a crosscut made to the lead. There has beau a change in the formation, which has become solid and firm, and it is expected that when the ore chute is tapped at the 3()0 it will be more solid and reguiar than in the upper levels. We shall await with in- terest the result of this crosscut. * * NEW STAR E. It ia difficult to btain any definite in- formation in regard to the showing being made on this property, but in as much as they have shipped a car of ore a week since the late strike, and now have quite a force et men at work, it is reasonable to suppose that the present showing and indications are entirely sat- isfactory. * * THE KING SOLOMON. This property, as we have previously stated, is being operated by the owners, Mr. Redding and sons, who, we under- stand, have been working it single handed, and in the old drifts, as with the present machinery they are unable to sink any deeper. They now have on the dump about three hundred sacks of ore and expect soon to make a shipment. The ore in this mine is of an exception- ally high grab', and if properly develop- ed would undoubtedly become One of the famous producers in the district. * • THE OLD DAN TUCKER. We are informed that the ore chute tapped on the lower level some weeks ago, still holds out and that a large quantity of high grade is being taken out. The Old Dan Tucker has passed through many vicissitudes, but under the present management bids fair to take front rank among the bonsuizaa of the district. • Tax Leer *Lea. SADDLERy, HARNESS Sinee by the tak atecing hold of the Little Alma Lh line ,t Co., about, three weeks ago, they have taken nut some thing over :i0G Racks of ore, and expect Noon ni be able to make a car shipment. In the east' drtft they have almost a foot of I)re, but it is not so high grade as is usual in this dietrint ;still, however, it is rich enough to pro handsomely. In addition to this. they have, in another drift, a groaner vein of ore, which in of an exceptionally high grade charaeter, and from which they are taking eon. siderable ore. Taken altogether the boys are well pleesed and there is little, if any, doubt of their being able to bring the Little Alma to the f r o n t me e paying proposition AN!) SADDLERY HARDWARE. STOCK SADDLES A SPECIALTY. MENA, MONTANA. FIRST -CLAMP $114,441' Al'H A NT I r 11114 . 7101*. World's Fair Beer Garden and lodging House U. U. FREDERICK, Proprietor. 100-102 South M ‚‚in 1root , Helena, Montsne H AS TIIIM TINRW1T 144 , VPI.IPAU AI 1.1tY IN TIIR WRST IN 1,4PIPIRCTI(1,4, When you %not the Capital and are looking f”r n friend you will be sure to find halm at the innet p' 'pu rewort in Helena The choioret wines. li q uor\' and cigars and the beet 4T11.11414* can he heard At the World'a Fair • s APINI 4 41“ Noi It is (animated that krizona will pro- ifiir* $10,0010,0(Io Ili g old tills year. Mexico's total Mineral output for the past &acid year amounted to $71,261,000. The Bluebird mine, near Wickes, ex- pecte to ship a carload of ore a day from now on. For the year 1891 New Mexico yielded a total gold value of $802,550; silver, $214,060; and copper $13,600. According to the director of the mint Idaho's yield of precious metals for '94 was, gold $'2,308,775; silver, $4,879,855; lead, $2,605,450. It is estimated that the gold output for Alaska this year will amount to $3,- 000,000, of which $800,000 was taken from placer mines, chiefly along the Yukon river. There are 500 stamps in operation. It is understood, the contract for sink- ing 1ft0 feet on the Tahlequah has been let, and work will soon commence on that property. The Buckeye mine is now being put in readiness for work on a large scale. The Josephine property, which bee on the verge of the Porphyry Dyke, immed- iately west, is to be worked by a Butte company. This mine is one of the best silver properties in the state. The Josephine will be heard from. The director of the mint reports the production of precious metals in Colo- rado for the calendar year of '94 to amount to : Gold, $10,616,463; silver. (at sixty-three cents per ounce,) $14,961,- 525; lead, $761,575. The Mose Manuel stamp mill is about completed, and the next ten days will witness the dropping of the stamps. Tire mine and will is situated on the extreme north end of the Porphyry and Granite contact hill, on the east of the dyke. Mose Manuel, the discoverer of the Honieetake mine at Deadwood, is the fortunate owner of this rich prop- erty. The Merrell Gold Mining Company has everything in readiness to receive the machinery, which now bee in Rimini, for their mill ; everything at this place has the appearance of excellent manage- ment, the buildings are now eompleted, for the mill and the cut or tunnel, run- ning north, is connected with the mill by track, taking all the natural and econ- omical advantages for working their properties. Western Mining World. The Garneau concentrator was started on a trial run last Friday, but owing to the intense cold the water, which is brought to the works in an open diteh, was frozen over and the supply so limit- ed that it was necessary to shut down. The men are now at work covering the ditch, which, it is thought, will sufficient- ly protect the water to enable them to secure a flow of enough to keep the plant in operation during the winter. Boulder Age : A California paper says : \One of our wealth ‚'cl citizens left his eastern home sixteen years ago and arrived in San Francisco with only one shirt on hi a back, since which time he has accumulated twelve millions.\ That is nothing. We have in Lump Gulch a wan who arrived here from the East barefooted arid withinit a shirt on. his back. He now wears gunny saclike on his feet and H the proud possessor of one second hand shirt, and owns pros- pecte that are liable to make him worth twenty millions. a plant of 200 -ton capacity was built, but proved a failure, and has remained idle until about three months ago, when new machinery of similar capacity was put in, sinos which time good results have been achieved. A narrow-gauge track is now being built to haul the tail- ings to the mill and will soon be com- pleted. It is conservatively estimated that there are over one million tens of tailings on the dump and more is being daily added from the old mill. It is currently reported, (it seems almost im- possible) that the tailings sample $10 per ton. Deer Lodge is having quite a mining boom. The New Year's claim, in the Champion district, ham recently been leased by Butte parties, and negotia- tions are being made for a lease on the famous old Champion. In the Zosel district, four companies have recently begun operations, the Emery, under lease to Butte parties, having already proved a big money-maker. The Car- bonate Extension, adjoining it, is also being figured on by leasere. About three miles north of this are the new copper discoveries, which are being prospected by Butte and Helena parties. All this within the last two months and a half. -Philipsburg Call. The Porphyry Dyke District It is the opinou of eminent mining men, that this so-called Porphyry Dyke will rival the mines of Alaska and Dead- wood, in its production of free-milling gold. This opinion, which at first may seem exaggerated, will to the practical and experienced mining man be shared, for the following logical reosons: First. The Pauper's Dream Company has demonstrated, by its 100 -foot shaft, that the character of the ore ia the same as on the surface, not meeting with the base, on account of the innumerable seams, or crevices, which serve the pur- pose of oxydizing at that depth. Second. The character of the ore is such that with an ordinary stamp mill, the battery , saves 93 per cent of the gold ; the plates catching all of the remainder, with the exception of a trace in the tailings, which, on being assayed, shows twenty (smite per tun, proving this ore to be ab- solutely free milling. Third. Numer- , ous assays, hand samples returned from ore taken from the entire length and breadth of the Porphyry vein or dyke, which extends about 6,000 feet by 4,000; show an average of over $4 to the ton. Fourth. The highest estimate for work ing the ore, mining and milling will not exceed $1 per ton. Fifth. Everything and anything, within the boundaries of the Porphyry dyke under the grass roots will pay to mill. No sorting, no select- ing, everything, thus far, which has come out of the two 30 -foot cute, and the 100 -foot shaft of the Mollie Stark mine has been milled, and at present your correspondent was informed that the ore in the cute is running $50 to the ton. Numerous other reasons could be given why this district will in the near future be a bee -hive of industry. The Glenn boys, at Gregory. have shipped four cars of ore from the Ban- ner mine, which they ere working under lease. The ore ses‘ms to be of very fair obaraeter, rarrying from to iinneee silver to the ton, beaides the lead, which will probate! \ run 60t'' 7ie per cent. The ore has been hauled by wagon to 'Vi 'keg by Mr. Maeltae, (if (jregory. Meiers. Macifee and Rankin have also taken a bond on ft very promising prospect, near Gregory and ciontemplate opening work on it right away. There is ore in sight in the tunnel, we understand. The little camp of Corbin is thriving and forging along rapidly and a visitor is inipreased on every hand with the many improvements being made now by the company as well as citizens in building new housem. The rourentrator, or RH it im known. tio 1, is hieing run to its fulliet raparity, treating 354) tons of ore per day, A 114 4 W building huis erected to be 11444411 as an assay (Alive and an 85,1X5o guillon tank is now in riouras of conmtruetion (in the hill just above the niill. Water Oval are being laid to connect the ooncentreitor with thim tank. No. 2 mill is being limed to treat, the thotiaande of tons (if tailings that have accumulated_ New machinery im being added to tnerenee t repaeity The ex peri mental stage ham boon piffled and Mr. Peek is now preparing to work on a softie oommenmiirete with the work HI beret About 1890 a oompany known as the Peek Mo n t ana was rtiztinized and The Elkhorn Mine A circular just issued from the Lon- don (Jive of this company states that development work has been continued for winie months ¡ate in the lower levels of the mine, but Mr. U. A. Molaon, the manager, lias been forced to the conclu- sion that the ore bodies which proved so productive in the upper levels have be- come to narrow and too low grade to permit their protiable working or to justify further exploration of the mine In depth. The reserve of ore in sight representa about three or four months' working at, the present rate, and after that the Elkhorn nine be considered as exhausted. It has, however, been an excellent Driveetment, as it has returned to the atoekholdera a total of about 150 per cent in dividends, which is equiva- lent to the repayment of the whole napi tal with interest at the rate of 10 per cent a year, without taking into account the present market value of the shares. In view of ttmiu state of recta the dime tors have been looking for a new field of operation where the aesets of the oom- pany may be invented, and have nego- tiaoal \ti' the owner of some valuable silver load mines, on which they have obtaitusl an option., eTheee properties are situated on East Fryer Hill, at Leadville, Colo., and comprise the unex- pired leases of 3 years and 44 years re- spetively of two nontaet lode Maine', known am the Fitzhugh and the Kenna bee, of a combined area of about 13 aorea together with seven mining (anima ad- joining, rompriming about tio acre* and known aa the Evans Denelly group. These properties are cloee to many well- known and valuable note, especially those oontrolled by the Union Leasing and Mining Company, of Leedville
