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the Center of the Great Cataract Mining anitnence First of Week. The contract for clearing the right ~of way on the proposed line of the Montana Northern has been -let to J: A. B.-Carbis. Work ‘will’ be conimenced ‘early next week. As soon as this work | is completed Chief Engineer Cralle will |‘ have his force of men on the ground gineers have completed. their work, but no-time will-be- lost in, getting every thing ready for the contractor. Cataract District. Among the important factors in the present activity in this mining district is the large amount of develop- ~~ ment work now being ied 6n, the ' heavy shipments that are being made the Mountain Chief, which is now be- ing operated under a lease and bond by J.B. Brien, Martin Davidson, Irvin and Thos. Edwards. These gentlemen are meeting with well deserved and flattering success in their work on this property, and : are now making regular carload ship- ments of their ore which is running from $18.00 to $20.00 in gold and sil- ver values, and about 85 percent in silica. The special rates that. the Butte smielters are now offering for this character of ore, enabies the people who are working these claims to pay all of their mining and trans- portation chavges and leayes a very satisfactory margin of profit. The / Mountain Chief has a very interest- ~ ing early history, it was’ located in 1874, and has been worked at differ times since that date, some of the ore that was shipped from this property going $73.00 per ton in gold and sil- ver. There sre six or seven shafts that “have been sunk at different places on the claiin te water level, and good pay ore has been taken from every one of them; a tunnel was also driven on the property a distance of 125 feet. The present operators are working in the tunnel and propose driving it‘an additional 75 feet, at which point they expect to tap the Jead at about 160 feet depth and as soon as eat Open up the ground ‘a little they will increase their present force with a night shift, and: this will more than double their ship- ments of ore. The Mountain Chief is located about five miles from Basin, and only about one mile from the now famous Hiawatha. : In this same vicinity Messrs. Kil- barn and Dodge are making regular shipments from their claim that is netting a very satisfactory return, they bave an exceptionally Sus cbodihag ta 6 lacie oleeag led. The is another one of the properties of.this dis- trict and is now being operated by Emory Huot and Aug. 8. Freeburg. These gentlemen started their work . jo an old shaft, they made a ment of ore and wereso well p -. with the returns therefrom that - Sch eapeie Pe (= ee J - located 1 started atannel on it. sl had only bees driven a a | whens ) Libby adjoining interested together wth J. Honey, P. J Brophy See hci of high ore was encountered which carries $100.00 per ton in gold and silver, and these fortunate owners ‘are to be congratulated upon the fact that their efforts have met with so great a reward. The smelter of the Cataract Copper Mining company at Bullion bas been running yery successfully since it was blown in, about three weeks ago, and the company has been shipping a car- load. of matte a° day to the refinery. The smelter nas been running on ore | from the mine aad we under- | stand atte runs very high in cop- per. . k. on the concentrator of the company is rabidly being pushed, the tumbers are all ready for framing and the frame will be raised some time this week. Gold Naggets in Jefferson County.’ The following, taken from the Butte Inter Mountsia, would indicate that there is still some rich placer ground in this county. “A ripple of excitement has been caused by a reported rich placer find in Jefferson county between Little Pipestone creek and thetown of Finn. Henerv Selkirk, who came in from the reported find today, exhibited several good-sized nuggets, some of them as large as a pea, and his state- | washed out in ‘a small stream about five miles northeast of the Little Pipe- stone. ‘ The discovery was made by Selkirk and his partoer while prospecting for quartzleads, andthe nuggets were washed out near a spring. - Farther than the above the owner. of the nuggets would not disclose anything. The nuggets were exhibited to several people, who pronounced them a bonanza, provided there was a de- posit of sufficient size to warrant. working the placer. It is said there is a scareity of water for placer min- panda ditch véveral miles in length would be necessary to convey the water to the workings. The discoverers of the nuggets panned about a ton of dirt, sinking a hole seven feet to bedrock. , The wash and formationis of the character usually found in placer ground. “I have been prospecting torquartz leads in-the vicinity where we found the nuggets,” said Selkirk. “Myself and-partner came to Montana__last spring from Silverton, Col., and have been out in the hills all summer. We had a camp near a little creek— I won’t say where— and started to dig a hole to get more water. We discovered the gravel- looked like placer, and decided to keep going until we found bedrock and found out what was there. “We panned the dirt and secured a number of colors, and kept.on pan- ing until we found the first nugget. I am not saying, that we have a be- nanza, but if the dirt runs as well as that spot where we put down the shaft seven feet it will pay band- somely to work it.” “Where is the find tocated?” was asked. “Well, I am not telling just where it is yet. We want to see what there is before we let everybody in on the deal. . We will have to ditch water about two and a half miles to get it to the placer, aud we want to locate aditch. From the looks of the ter- ritory, if it proves rich, there will be plenty of ground: >The” gulch te about 150 feet wide and the_ gravel shows up for a half a mile. The owner of the nuggets had six, which are estimated to be worth. $35. Castle District. ‘The old time mining camp of Cas- tle, in Meagher, will probably again come to the front. The demand for lead mined has attracted the attention of miniug men to this district, and some parties are figuring on taking the Yellowstone mine and open it up again. This mine was considered one of the leading mines of the state about a dozen years ago. Libby Placer Ground. | Jobo O'Rourke and T. M. Hodgens lof Butte, bave returned to their homes. They came to Libby for the purpose of seeing the annual cleanup Placer Mining company, ment is to the effect that they were| _| Emigrant gulch. The company is $6,000 in gold dust. This was pla on exhibition and attracted con able attention. This is the result of a chert tria run with hydraulics on the grown which the company has under bond is located about 25 miles south © Helena on Libby creek, Mr. O'Rourk said they were well pleased with cleanup and they intend putting one of the biggest hydraulic p 3 in the state to operate the oe the future. The company owns several th and acres of placer ground, and this, systematic prospecting has be carried on for some time. Mr. He gens took the gold to Butte ¥ him.: ae Pony District. A, From all that can be learned, says the Pony Sentinel, the strike of neh ore,mude by Harry Measer and Johp Stewart on the Mountain Cliff. mine on Mineral hill is holding ites own. Current rumor says, however, that instead of four feet of ore, as reported, there 18 only two feet, but even two feet of rock carrying gold ‘and lead values ranging from $150 to $200 per ton is not to be taponre in any man’s :country. Work was spans’ +he property. of the Royal Potosi company located near Pony, about two weeks ago, The Sentinel says the. property bas the reputation of being one of the best in the district and has been operated at intervals for many years; that there is considerable ore in sight ip the workings and it is the inten- tion of the operators to take it out and ship it. New Company. : “Livingston Gold Mining company” is the name of a mining “corporation. Jaunched in Park- last week by citizens of Liv: for the pose of property of London, consisting of four claims ia capitalized at $1,000,000 in shares of $1 each and is to live-20 years. Its directors for the first term are R. D. Alton, Alexander Livingston, George W. Husted, E. F. Confar and Harry McCue. Mr. Livingston is president land R, F. McLaren secretary. H. B. Edwards will have charge of the usiness-affairs of the corporation so far as the development of the prop- erty is- concerned. Ramshora Placer Company. The Ramshorn Placer company, the officers of which are Charles F. Booth and J.S.. Ellis of Butte and W. C. Taylor of Sheridan, is prepar- ing to operate its placer claims in Ramshorn gulch, Madison county says the Standard’ Mr, Taylor is| now in Butte for the purpose of mak- ing necessary arrangements for the beginning, this portion of the business having been placed in his hands by reason of the fact that he is to man- age the work of the property. It is the intention of the company to in- stall a hydraulic plant at a point in the gulch where it will be most effert- ive in separating the gravel and gold. The gulch.is not a new discovery— it has been yielding gold for many years. The claims above and below the ones owned by the Ramshorn company are being worked now. Itis “T facilities for operating. {| ground should pay from $15 to $26 a} per day to the man.” _ | fied with a company operating placer tjin the bed of the gulch after the ‘gravel had been washed away, Ethel May Gold, Mining syndicate of ‘ ;, 1 ére from a claim on*which he is leas- the. opinion of placer miners who have had considerable experience in that gravel-wilt-p=y from-26—to-36-<ents | per cubic yard from the surface to| ‘bedrock. David N. Upton 1 one of these! miners. He is well sequainted with the property of the company; | that it comprises nearly 109 acres of land. “Some time ago 1 made an ex- he says, “and my estimate of it, based | cost of of opening it dp for bedrock ‘flumés, penstock, piping, etc., should not exceed $8,000 of $10,000; The ground is free from large boulders and the gravel can be readily handled. The gold is high grade and not Galt to save. Itested the grounds sinking shafts at various places yard from the ‘surface to attempting to cut this veinat a depth F gulch and others in Montana that the | of 60 feet, but so far have not acenin- | draulie properties, writes D. H. Stovall pert examination of the property, \| found on the side cf the fault oppos- | upon a practical experience of /45| been driveo. years.as a placer miner, is thatit will pay large returns if properly opened | up for hydraulic mining. The total| which they make a draw when ocea- ‘fas good below the surface it will have fromthe results obtained will say |i that from 25 to 36 cents per eulne value will thus increase, i Shipping From The Raven. The Ravén Mining company, which y of water available ~~ the proper I think the terville, is nowshipping about 60 tona of ore per week and has ite levels in shape to keep up the output for an indefinite. period. In’ fact, it has about four times as muchore in sight in the workings as it ever had at one time, whieh is taken as an indication that the veins are. widening ‘with’ ‘depth. The widening, however, does not apply to the gold-silver ore veins, but the copper ore vein, on which operatiéns. are being conducted. This vein has been tapped at the 500 and 600 foot marks, and is pretty sirong in each place. The shaft is now about 975 feet deep. Sinking is not in progress at present, but will be resumed in a short time. The com- pany is composed principally of Butte men, who have great’ faith in the ultimate outcome df the enterprise. Wickes-Corbin Mining Company. . Charles Heilbronner, manager of the property controlled by the Wickes- Corbin Mining company, went over to the property last Wednesday and took with him a crew of men and a lot of supplies with which to begin operations, says the Standard. Mr. Heilbronner.says he has secured a lot of new machinery and will resume the work of development at the point at which it was suspended about a year ago. Before any actual develop- ment work can be done, however, the water will have to be pumped from the shaft and openings below. This work is now in progress. He also says he intends to operate the prop- erty on a jhore extensive scale than ever and will transform it into a py ing enterprise if such a thingcan be done, He has great confidence in Mr. Taylor says the bedrock is from 5 to 15 feet deep, and the gold reaches from the grass’ roots to bedrock, with the larger portion of it on the latter. Quartz Is Heayy With Gold The Virginia City Madisonian says H. Kelly of Virginia City is identi- ground in California gulch; that the company is taking considerable gold from the gravel, and has several quartz claims the vein of which was exposed Not much work has been done in the vein; simply that required in the perfection of the location. “Mr. Kelly has several specimens of the ore,” says the Madisoniun, “and they are well sprinkled with gold. As soon as the placerseason is over, the vein from which they were taking will be opened up with a view of determining its value. Garnet District. Thomas Kearns, a well-known prospector and lessee of mines in the Garnet district, isin Butte with two carloads of ore from gold mines owned by Dr. Peter Mussigbrod near Garnet, Oneof the shipments be- Leeser, who is working ng, and the other is from the White Cloud, under lease to Mr. Kearns. The ore of both cars ie low grade, running from $30 to $40 per ton; In some districts this would be considered high grade, but all rock in the Garnet district that will not average at least $25 per ton is called low grade becaus , of the cost of get- | -to.a reduction plant. . The. brought over by Mr. Kearns deposited at the Taylor & Brun- ton sampler. Mr Kearns says there is consider- able leasings in progress in the dis- trict and the lessees are doing quite well. L.C. Parker has just finished draining the shaft aod workings of a property thers owned by 8. E. Lar- abee of Deer Lody, and after inspect- ing the ore veins below, will likely do some dévelopment work with a view of placing the property ona payibg | j, basic. The Comet mine, he says, is also in Operation, having been started up a few days ago. It is owned by an east- ern syndicate and has been worked at intervals for years. Dr. Peter Mussigbrod is working four men on one of his gold claims and has a good showing of ore, some of which is high grade. Tom Shugru is takiog some good confidence. While in thedistrict Mr. : ner looked over the.ground of a bit to ascertain what was being done in the way of development. He says postmaster English of Ana- conda, who is working a claim there, has splendid prospects for striking it rich. ” Cokedale Mine. _ __ The he big fault | that that was encountered in the Cokedale mine nearly one year ago, has been worked through, and the large coal leads reached this after- noon. This is good news to Park county, and this portion of the stute. More than’100 coke ovens will be fired at onee and-emvloyment will be given to two or three hundred men. It is stated that there is sufficient coal in sight to keep the coal- plant at Cokedale in operation *for more than 10 years.. The people of Coke- dale are celebrating tonight in-honor | of the fact that big coal leads in that | camp have been uncovered. Shipment From Carlisle, Platinum In Placers. Messrs. Mason and Thompson, who; After several years of careful in- are working the Curlisle mine under | vestigation and experiment by experts | P a lease and bond, made a sbipment |in this line of work, it has beea found of ore from the property last week | that the old channel placer deposits and it was good rock, too, averaging | of the west, more especially those of 10 percent copper‘and 16 ounces in }the southern Oregon mineral zone, silver per ton. The ore was taken | contain the rare metal platinum in from a two-foot vein near the surface, | considerable quantity; futhermore, a which is being held in «reserve as a| successful method for. mining the means of raising a little:‘money now | platinum at the same time the gold and then to continue the work of} is mined, and ‘with no additional ex- development below. | The lessees are | pense, has been devised, and is ‘be- ing followed by several large hy- ing, the last shipment made by him | averaged $105 in gold per ton. | plisbed the job. Last week they jin Mines and Minerals, ‘Uhese results | decided that the crosscut was not haye been brought about “largely | heading in the right direetion and | through the efforts ot representatives | | changed its course. It is their inten-|of the Welshbach Gas Mantle com- | tion to carry it through a fault that | pany,.of Philadelphia,’ which com- | passes through the claim close to the} | pany is ever On the lookout for piat- point at which they are working. |inum, as it usesa large quantity in| It.is believed that the vein will be! the manufacture of its articles. Since the early’ days the placer ite to that on which the crosseut has; miners: have known of a strange, Not being possessed of |dark metal, occuring as a course an extensive bank roll, the vein on the | black powder, with the black sand, surface is practically @ place from/and near the bed rock of the old i channel placer deposits of southern The ore is a heavy Oregon. Being ignorant of its iden- sion demands it. sulphide. The Carlisle is located on -the hill- side a short distance north of Colam- bia gardens, and should the vein be i to enhance the value of hat district. With stop-|t ro ad he ore can be taken ote eh cleaner than it can on the eur- ithe percentage of nian gad 1s operating the Ravén mine in Cen~ the ultimate outcome he ‘ the showing, a IE lust the problem, and gave thought, so it remained for perts to solve theq The method of saving “x primarily that of attaching of undercurrents to the } These undercurrents are ilar to those employed in gold, and the principle iz just the converse of that | saying plecer gold, Platinum, lighter, must be kept sirred ind Ii coffee grounds in a cup of liquid nad ess while in okies: sands are first drawn inch grizzly on the wissen Rett |spread out over a broad riffle. On this table much of the black ' and nearly all of the fine or flour gold settles. The method thus far is sim- ply that of undercurrents, but it goe farther, in that the water is carried on, drawn through auotber grizal; and spread outover @ coco-ma' Here the water flows more slug and the platinum 8 and are gathered up, by lifting the coco mating and rinsing it in tanks made for the purpose, into which the concentrates es Muvouia, Troy and claims. Mie aime dees ae re ton company, of eee branch at Butte, has been capital stock is $160,000, wae? i 200 paid in in money and $62,800. otherwise. Its assets are er The experiments of C. a French physicist, have shown that — phosphorescence is increased by bandh action of a magnetic field: Phos- — phorescent substances prove very eeu sitive to magnetism, but only when the uniform field bas no effect. magnet has been made to act. pon : the eye. Objects in an obscure cham- — ber were dimly seen, and they ap: — peared to become brighter when the magnet was brought near the eye, The X-Rays, which also have this effect, were carefully screened off by feadfoil. Ealier.attempts to find out - whether a strong magnetic field affects the human i ative results, and even a |enough to admit the head. the poles showed no influenes. * + % § Advertiser wishes to and bond on 4 which can be placed on earning basis & a $10,000 fn roperty m developed . an aot to allow it
