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The Basin Times (Basin, Mont.), 10 Feb. 1894, located at <http://montananewspapers.org/lccn/sn84036043/1894-02-10/ed-1/seq-1/>, image provided by MONTANA NEWSPAPERS, Montana Historical Society, Helena, Montana.
• ••• •••••• Hitterloaf 175 - rary. 5659' • po . • ---4 '7 6 ,n t- 4 , VOLUME I. J . H. LEYSON Is here to stay to carry out his warrmit on the watt hoe he s, If you want to buy a Watch or a Diamond without risk and t t•t the greatest value for his moni•v come and see us. NICKEL 9TEE-WIND WATCHES ONLY $4.00. ia_A•eil\T - mamma. BASIN, MONTANA, FEBRUARY 10, 1894. DIAMONDS AT SUB BOTTOM PRICES AND OF SUPERB QUALITY. J. H. LEYSON, LEADINO JEWELER, 221 NORTU MAIN ST, BUTTE, MONT. • F •••••• • 'MINES AND MINING. • - THE BUTTE AND Basilsr - GOLD MINING COMPANY' WILL OCCUPY THIS SPACE. are k • MAO'• 4 • • News from the Hope, Katie, Eva May and er Local Prop rtles. Operations In Cataract District - Rich Placer Ground Madison. The Hope mine is at the present time the foredult In point of production in this dis- trick lta falfulous richness has already been heralded all over the world and as caused widespread comment, and is partly the cause of the sudden building up of this sec- tion. The fortunate owners of fine rap- erty are 0. N. Sprat, E. D. Edgerton, Thomas H. Carter, J. D. Clayberg, E. W. Bath, II. B. Young and F. M. Fletcher, till prominent gentlemen of Montana_ . The present depth of the Hope from the collar of the shaft Is 280 feet, to what is called the 2t0 foot level. There are three level., the 50, 100 and 200. There is a tun- nel which Intercepts the lead 50 •'eat above the 50.foot level. The lead at the no was 301eet in width, at the 100 15 feet. and at, the 200 from 3,to 15 fee. The shaft is per- pendicular to the 50 -foot level,tanch is 130 (eel; thence to the 200 -foot level it is an is - dine, and follows the dip of the lead, which Malite six feet to the north in every 100. The walls are a porphyretlo granite and the ore is base, containios pyrites of iron; sine, lead, copper, silver and gold. The lead, ate of more value for the gold than any of the other minerals. - The hope is being systernatically The Mils on both the 100- and 1200,loot lev,at are belt g extended west on the lead, or• •. ng up new grw..nd sled le'enIng the Rock. Galdna gulch is on the south. The first placer was found by a party of ad yen - tut OUs miners in the year 180.3. The first quartz was diecovered by John Mantle in II, and named after ,Iiimself. It was workediay a horse arastra, from which re- turns were made that enabled all to retire comfortably. As high as $60 and $70 a day were pounded out in a hand mortar. Man- tle sold out to Sam Houser of Helena, and went to Californi, wherre died. The Boulder. During the year 1680 the Boulder was discovered -by -Pete Etrawa and a newspa- per man earned Hathaway. It was a mile from Basin in the Boulder hill. They put La ten -stamp mill on lie property and 'workedit for about three years, and up to tor, Saginaw, La Crosse, Regalia, War I 60 -foot lead on the surface. There are two Eagle, self Riser, Leona, Midnight Belie, Silver King and Ls Platte. The Deer Lodge. Tue next of importance is the Deer Lodge mine, the property of Thomas Kaue, James Judge and Fred Potting. There is a cress cut tunnel on this property 480 feet in length, which taps the lead at a distance ot 150 feet from the surface. The levels run east and west at the extreme end of the tunnel. The east drift is in hO feet and the west one 140. The lead will average tour feet with indications of permanency. The ore assays from $40 to $124.1 in gold sad sil- ver add is large per cent. in lead, with some '4 copper. This property, it is currently re- ported, has been bonded in the bum of IPA - 000 th it , e owners of the Bunker Hill auo Sulli au mine of the Cumr d'Alenes, which are represented In tills locality by Pu.sy Clark. Should this coulpany get the prop- erty they will at once elect a concentrator and put a large force of intm at 'vu S. The noston, The Boston, on the west, is the property of Lee W. Foster and George Tong. 'The onihis of the same character as that .of the Deer Lodge, and a chute has been exposed 150 feet. A tunnel is in 450 feet, and all the good qualities of the Deer Lodge is to be found in the ground of the Bostoi . Other Mines and Prospects. The al iuncapolis, as one , prospector stated, has 1,5ue different claimants. The shaft is down shout 50 feet, and the drifts have been very limited, extending only about 40 feet along the lead, and the character of the ore is silver, copper, lead and geld. Three car loads of this ore were shipped to the east and one to Tacoma, Washingtou, from which the producers netted $2,700 per car. The Saturday Night, owned by the Wall Brothers. has a tunnel to 300 feet, which exposes four feet of ore that will assay of developtnent ter ahead of the nec- about /150 in gel„sh silver and lead. Tnia Imre &apply 01 120 -Lose per day. '1 here from it the very handsome sum of $30,000 av i evrintiet,‘ ,. 1„. uwee _ trzba , drtffix _ rit . ; isteir.„.,There. Dot a bolo On gto , po .,,, rty nap $.1a d, ity. t id% for years, owing to ita sulecessibilhe ore Is packed wn ' t \ 'the stn Pn' on LC \ the 100 and 2141 in ;thy place more than 00 feet deep. out by animals. Thus far there has beet. over $25,000 worth shipped from this mine The Rock of Ages joins the Mantle on the east, and In days gone oy the ore was worked by an arastra and produced ov.I- 1430,000. The none is owned by the Este. Brothers. This is wholly a gold proposition The Rose Is now under lease to the Glass Brothers and is half a mile south of the Rock of Ages. There are two tunnels, one of which is in 000 feet and the other 400 This property will rank with Basin's best when lt conies to production. Ore was taken from the tower tunnel that went la . ounces in gold Snot silver), and it was very 'remunerative for the company for some time. The Little Truman is wee% of the Hope Mine. IL has a shaft down 40 feet, and where the shaft cut the lead it is four feet In width. This mine is the property of a g iant corporation, cornposed,„eI George Col- lins, S. II. Haggerty and Thomas Dooley. There are only four men employed at,pres- ent, bat a larger force will be put to work ter. The Speculator is the property of Schmidt, McDonald and Betts. Tbe own- , c -re three ince pool, whie!' pro- duce stall , lent ore to keep the concentrator fully supplied. The mine is well timbered, using etulis and a few square sets. The old slopes are filled with waste as \fast as the ore retaken out, musing the mine for. ereaseeltra. Ws the intention of the company in the next few months, or as soon as the west hilt la 'sufficiently extended, to raise a shaft lucre In the center of the ;round. Owing to the Incline in the present shaft but -tole only can be used, but when the neig i euft is raised through all the modern applilbees for !whiting will be put In. At present the holiiing works is a rude con- cern. sityated on the top floor of the conceit - crater, uhscure from view of the collar of the shaft„ and the engineer is governed wholly by signals. This will be done away With by the improvements now in contem- plation gad sure of perfection within the tale specifled..„1,1)0,0neentrator has a ca- pacity of itartons every 24 hours and is a model of completera-ss, and shipments to various smelters are made every day. The Hope company is assured that this Seaf.011 a ill witness an e - ra Of that wilt wai rant the ei,. geNanet - tyt --- present red i.otiou plan. eapsetty equal enj geld proo ecc • . t. • state of Mon- - '•••4 ; 00:11.. • _ The sunerinte,rdent 91 the is a.. B. it. Yuma, of Helens, who has Lad mat • , yes , +' experience in mining, and who has the reputation of being a very successful • operator. Mr. Young had the management of the Lone Pine and Jay Hawk prepertiea of Dewey's Flat for yearsrlad relinquished their management to assume ins\ present position at the Hone. -He Is ably assisted by Mr. G. F. Kellogg, who acquired his enowledee of mining in the Comstock In its painee145....antLaftarsiiide__ fat tic I. 1. gington yitimpany. He is a thor- Ough nsierr and tho company Is to be con- gratulate•,1 on securing his services. James Mick fills the position of night Shift bnie. and with the exception Of the tragibeers this completes the list of those in 'authetity. Sixty-five men are empley.ed in • he mine and mill, and the work progresses , as srnoothl as a clock. The company is •t+et7 nt as to tbe net value of the arm ph - Althea). 3Ut It is sufficient to nay it Is • , 1.. to that of any gold mine In the United ittateet - t • sy. the time they suspended operation tlt was a paying -proposition. The mine and mill are noirsitut down, but many of the old-timers claim that it is still one of the valuable mines of the district. A tunnel wv started to tap it at a depth of 600 feet, but`tieg dis- tance to be run to encounter the lead was 1,500 feet. The corn; y, after running 400 feet, shut down for w nt of funds, and it so remains to -day. The Lone Star. The next location of any consequence wits the Lone Star, owned by Sam Mulville and two men named Briton and McNamara, all of Butte. This - pivperty prOduced some very rich gold rock that was reuuced in the old ten -stamp mill formerly erected by the Boulder company. The property still be- longs to the old company, but it Is now bonded to Butte parties in .the sum of $40,C00. The Buster. The Buster,ti d ch adjoins toe Lone Star on the east, caus eonsiderable excitement in the spring of 1880. It was discovered by William Buster and Mike , 0 Donnell, and by them transferred to Kleinsohmidt Brothers of ilelena. This property has been ; , ased to several parties since, and \l'he next of any importance was the Hiawatha, a silver proposition. It was at once incorporated, and fOr a time the stock fluctuated in a manner bordering on the Couretock frenzy. Major Hornbrook di- rected the affairs of the company, and but for the decline of silver the mine would be working to -day. The White Pine. Then came the White Pine, the property of tne Wisconsin and Montana company, which joins the Hiawatha an the west. It loomed up into promthened in April 1s90. A shaft was sunk 360 feet and drifts were e i tended both east and vrest, IGO feet east and 1170'feet west, exposing a vast body of low- grade ore, varying from fourteen to sixteen ounces, and in some instances as high as alipmunces. This mine also remains idle, anti only awaits a rise In the price of silver to resume work. The Manchester. The Manchester, 1,500 feet wet of t‘te White Pine, has a shaft down GO feet and • three-foot lead that will assay 40 per cent. 14d. 42 ounces silver and $14 gold. There I.ao work being done at • preaera hut ta a n 11117.1 - 1.; Kottlaina ootistiany, and this is goad grnoi r sae ing that • : 7 144 ty al Ted - eise - eOulit,g LIAO develop. at. fully warrant it - _ The Saginaw. The Suginaw, one mile north of the Man- chester and belonging to the same corpora- tion, 13 down 70 feet. The company owns threepere locations on this vein, the Re- galia, Crosse and the La Platte. There is eight feet of ore, containing told, silver and lead in the Sirgloaw, and two feet of it will go over t300-$80 in gold and $220 In silver. There are over 200 tons of ore on the dump that could not be worked on ac- count of the expense that would have to be incurred in building a road to the mines. A tunnel was run 47.0 feet in the La Platte to Grain the Saginaw, find 300 feet have yet to be cut before it will enter the , Saginaw ground. The f.nunty has made the preihn- Wary survey kr a road that will go up Cat- aract creek to the mines, which will give ac outlet la the Saginaw, Garfield. Uncle Sam, (..4 - Per Belle, Evening Star, Eva May and many Other valuable properties. The couply built bridges across all the streams last fall during low Water, and just as soon as the stlervioes Off the enIsUite will com- mence the work of construed - OP. The Wisconsin and Montana own . tireivie pat- ented claims, all of which are looking good - They are the Custer, Whit. PIES, Mancbes- , SOME ANCIENT HISTORY. When the First Mine* Were Lo- cated JA This District. . Cksterait Mining district include, WWII Old tams {hive up tb Red A „. to any in the camp. The Katie is the mihe of 1W ond imper tancc in the camp. It adjoins the Hone on the east, and in its underground workings is exposed a body M I ore that can not be equaled in the whole of the Cataxset dis- trict. The shaft is down to a depth of Ile feet, but at present the company has but a itinall hoist on the property. Excavations will to In progress in a few days for the erectr n of a concentrator. This property is under lease and „ bond to the Glass Broth - ergot Helena. • , Wal:ace McC. White of Butte has • frac- tion °lithe west end of the Dope. After sinking on the north side and , being flooded out by water, he rut, a tunnel into the hill on the , oul.. side from Ile - railroad set and made a ttation, where they will coetrogese sinking in a few 'lays •,. re ere ' reed proepecte for this email preposition. TIM length of the friction is .1 over 115 felt - . Tbe s wetted u 7, • ie e a ur.orgaelsoel redoing et • s .as s *boot el , - [lave leased the mine ta -.her Shieerks, with, it is said, the Anaconda trompaey as • se partner. The What is dopy 50 feet, but tise...ead has scabies cut, owing to their Ilaksgoffthevean. ,ffi small hoist 'i eet up and Jena:a leunaer is directing the &tidies of the company. 'There is no ques- tion but what this company will encounter the holy of ore cut In the Koala and of equal riehnes., if nut. richer. This tripe, shafts, one 4:i feet in depth and the other 30 feet, on the property. The shafts expose good lead matter, which contains lead, sil- ver and goal, the assay s of which average ()Vet $100 per LOD. South and adjoining this are the Buckeye kitp the enterprise, both patented claims. They are worked to their full extent during the summer months. The Eureka is under a lease and bond of nine months' durauou to Ring and Schweitzer, both of Butte. Tne. B. B. is hail a mile north of B4810 and joins the Lone Star ou the asst. There are three magi driving a tunnel, which is in a distance of 2t0 feet. This property Is also under lease bind bond to Butte parties to the sum of 640,tak for a period of those stated as eighteen months, l'ne locators. were Dave Bush and Tout Bassett, but Mr. Gisiett purchased an interest iu the prop - arty' from Mr. Bassett. \There is a property on the hill which is under lease ana bond, but toe owner is Ike Griffiths. There are two tuehirla ou the proje•rty, ma: so feet and tue ither 30. Mr. Griffiths i..ertuitteti the bohtlers to sink a witze in the lower tunnel, watch exposed a ootiy of ore 30`feet in wattle Tue ore con- tained in this mine is of the same character as in the other mines of this district. The Diamond, Fairview, Format Hill and Dailey, four ciaims, are the property of the Butte and Basin Mining company. A contract was let by the company to Cuiliang Co. of Butte to sink 60 bet. They are now down 45 feet, anti a genUeman who tame down from the nmuntains this morn - lug was more than elated over the ore, say - Log that it could not look better units* it turneo vi Li:Sty into gold. This company's ground wit, tie the scene of no LOAM excite- ment when the snow oegius to disappear. The Lone Cabin, in Kleinsenmidt's gulch, about one utile from Basin, in a southerly directiori, is owned by Ed Coburn and Sam ['with. The chief improvement is a shaft 30 feet in depth. There is oes foot of ore on the foot wall that goes over t rt le gold. A tunnel is now txOng run to croasecut the rates as. wart* a &a r ab at ittet The Lime Carey situated on tin east on the same lead and o acter of we Basin were. .• woil- ore, Is owned by Ti gia to 511 or eight different places, and at ne spot is over - .1.1 feet in dep h, but it show, up (qua' to any in the camp. Time will prove that Mr. Hopkins , ham a droperty to oe proud of. A PROMISING PROPERTY. Excavation Begun for a Concen- trator on the Eva 1111111)'• The Eva May is one of the promising mines of Cataract aistrict and is at present employing 37 meu underground. They have a vertical shaft 300 feet he depth and level, arid drifts run tiat have thoroughly devel- oped the property. The drift on the 100 1, in between :WO anti Soh feet in Solid ore that varies in width from 16 to 20 feet betve en two well ,it tihed walls of porphyretic gran- ite. The assa0 value of the body Is ;AO in gold, and when put through the concentra- tor will go four to one. Tao drifts on the labite net so far advanced as those on the 100. The west drift Is in 100 feet and the east ose 2:0, showing the same character and quality of are as contained In the levels above. The mine, since being developed on the bottom, has warranted the company In oom• menclog the excavations necessary for the immediate construction of a concentrator of 100 toes capacity. The contract has been lot to outside parties and the work of con- struction will begin at on The mine is situated about five fallen and • hall in a northweaterly direction from the coming of Montana Basin from whenee all supplies will hatti to be taken The property it set/Ica conc. rn and owned by • I i Ian re ph is corporation The corn. pany has a 3e -horse -power hoist on the property, but it is the intention to replace it by a much larger one just as soon as the concentrator Is nearing completion. The r non in operation, will be equipped equal wages paid are $3 50 per shift for miners and outside men receive p per shift. The Minneapolis. The Minneapolis, better known as the Big Medicine, in southeast of the Eva May. There ate three shafts on this property, one 90, one .\. and one 65 feet deep, and all have been cr at cut anti drifted t in the surface IMMO of the ores paid In silver 150 ounce*. 0$ per cent in lead, end gold to the extent of $5 ;ler ton to the car toad P MeGowan A Co. own the mine, amid when the slump in silver and ;rad earns operation• were sus- pended 1111,1 6 1he boys took the proposition in head and opened up • mine of gold equal to any in the district. - ) Rich Placer Ground. PI•rry Brown, an old time prespecter anti minin expert or Butte, located some very vala le quart. and ;dame claims in Isti3 Probe I; the moat valuable one Was a placer in Hell's canyon. near Silver Star, Milati•em county, where he claims te have Mud nuggets .verte ' • : • to 618 apiece, Mid c•:' srse gold,le rts 1. mantillas over the entire lel awes. , claviers In the Bad ere El Barnes, 016 , 'A Lane, F I. BeherNk B Walter. feritt Atchison, Henry i thlit4mihais sad James Taber. V NO. I. THE RUSH BEGUN. Mineral Locations In Cataract Dis- trict Since January I. The following locations have been filel for record in the county clerk and recorder's office since the first day of January, 1894: QUARTZ CLAIMS. Buena Vista, F-bruary 9 -John Bergson. Razorback, Febuary 8 -Alfred Houle - ware amid James Burk. Riverside, February 5-R.,bert and Thos. McGovern Road Side, February 3 -Mike Early. Thomas Dooley, Sam Orr and R.obart South- erland. Hurley. February 8 -Robert Southerland, Thomas Iletaki eea Mike Early. Sunset, February 2-M If. Callahan. M. H. Golden and M. E Eyle. Red Jacket No 2. January 31 -John C. Rand and John O'Neil. Louisa, January 29 -Dan McNeil. Rod Lion, January 29-T. D. Bessett, James JueTra, Robert Southerland, August Frinerg and Frank Siederwald. Grizzly, January 2)-T. D. Bessett, James Judge, Rouen Southerland, August 'r -erg -erg anu Frank Sioderwald. sl• sr of the East, January 27 -James Teumpson. Jimmie Thompson, January 27 -James Thompson, Red Front, January 7-T. W. Warren, George Liles, Pnillip Ploof and Thomas Sanders. Ninety -Four, January 27 -Truman Hoe - tins, Maggie Wilson, January 27 -Robert Krause and J. E. Coburn. Euchte, January 27 -Robert Krause and John Teemitim Hawk Eye, January 27-H. O'Connor and j it a i n co. uar y 96-H. R. Churchill, Will- iam H. Riley and P. P. 0' Donald. Chowning, Janum y 25-P. J. McGowan. Red Jacket No. 1, January 24 -John C. Rand, Pat.. ick Fox and Janea Burk. Tacit.), January 14-C. E. Gable, I. Grif- fiths, August Fruebard and F. Soolerwald, Little Rose, January 23 -Charles S. War- ren, fl•iorge Collins, J. T. II ggerty and S. Haggerty. . -Silver Wave, January 23 S. Warren, George Collins, J.'? flag gre I rt 't v o=as Haggerty, January 28-Georee (kiiiies, .1 T. Haggerty. TI omas Dooley awl '4.- N n uie \ t3; 41P.\ ,' Three, January - - 23 - - --JO - 23 -John Sle- ben and George Powery. Gold Mountain, Janata., ' ' Henry W Golden Gem, January 22-D. Watson and M. St, Michael. S r ti t i o r n. Lode, J 22 -Ed 2 -Ed Jones and T. Bu Little Stanley, January 22 -Pete Lyndon, August Friberg, ti. B. Tripp, F. Sieder- wald and F. Johns -us. Retriever, January 17 -Peter Landon, August Friberg, H. B. Tripp, F. Sieder- weld and F. Johnson. Ilarmaffy, January 17 P. J McGowan. Basin C.in, January Itl-T. W. Warrer, and John Webber. Fairy Queen, January 16 -James Thomp- son and Wm W. Ault. Basin, January 15 -C. K. Gila. bleuotal, Lieu, January 1J -C. K. Gile, Albert 11,rraby an I I). F. Rombaugh. Gak Leaf, January 13 -John C. Rand and James Harvey. Z, January 11 James Judge. Sun Rise Imuary 12-C. Barnby. Charle• 1'x -us. January 11 -John C. Rand and Tru•ii so slopkins. Free Coos/age, January 11 ---David Banto. Home. eat, January 15 -Sam Moor and H. B Ti ., 1 t Equitable, January 3 -1.1forest H. Bab- cock and Andrew Anderson, Midnight, January 3 -Laforest H. Bab , cock and Andrew Anderson, Black Diamond, January 3 -Thomas Dooley and James Pelee& Contention, January 3 -Frank I). MIriele. Thistle, JPnuari , Watson and M. St. Mit•hael. Sun, January 2 1). McDoughlin, J. E. Coburn, George 41 ilapgood and P. Lan- don l Sahley, January 2 D. McLaughlin. kink, January 2 Marthus J. Johnson. !Waite Christ°, January 9-Marthus J. Johnson. Alfred Tennyson, January 2-- /I W. Bag. icy. Tripe, Samuel Moor and Gus i . Robert, January 2- II. W. Flagley, 11. Tripp, S Moor •nd Gus Friberg. Golden Treasurer, January 2 -fl W. Bagley and S. M Bagley. Longfellow, January 2-11. W. Baglev, H. Tripp. Sam Moor and Gus Friberg. The Stanaard, January 9 -A. J. Glass and I). M. Loughlin. Keystone, January 1 David I. Williams and William [Inst. President Dole. Minister Stefhens, Queen Di, Bewail and Island, February 8 -Sam Jackson, L. C. White, Wallace Mo. White anti Edward McNamee. Thrush, February 3 -\Timothy I). Downey, Patrick ()'Donald, Dennis ODonald and Walser, McC White. Storm, February II Patrick O'Donald, Denni', 4 Donald and W. Mee. White. Fairview and Honey Brook, February 9- I 'atrick Muni, (/' Donald aad w. White. Higgins, February 2 -James }Begin... M. J. ()ll/glen S. 0. Guinan*. February I -J. C Great, January 91-- W MeC. White. Florida, January la -Aimee D. 111410em mock and Charles O. 'Puller. tr ) 14 a • and S.
