The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-12-28

through the centre Of the camp. The timber
alluded to has not yet been culled for saw
mills. and it is doubtful if a larger body Of
untouched timber exists east of the Rockies.
In giving q detailed description of the
lodes it would be impossible for me to give
al, as the limits Of my paper forbid it.
After crossing Belt Park in a southeast di-
%rection, and arriving at the upper end, we
get to Harley creek, which heads in the main
range about four miles south. Into this
creek the descent is made by q very steep
hill, more like Jacobs Ladder than anything
else. The valley Of this creek has furnished
numerous indications of placer digglngs.
Descending the creek about three-fourths of
q mile, we arrive at its junction with Belt
creek, which is here, in the fall, a larger
stream than where it empties into the Mis-
souri,. At the point of rocks on the right Of
the creek, is the "1st Discovery and sBelt"
lodes, owned by Neihart s. Co., and which
were the first locations made in the camp.
1t is q very large vein, but not developed
enough to give q description. About 400
yards up stream Fly Or Carpenters creek
empties into Belt on the right bank. On Fly
creek, and near its confluence, are the 'Lost"
lode of Messrs. Tingle g. Co. and the ..sRosa'
and ssPactolus'' of Macintosh and Morrison.
On Belt, above Fly creek, is the ''Red Rock"
the extension of the s'Lost' and the same
owners. This lode promises to be valuable,
as the galena showed up massive on the sur
face, in an ore chute.
Between this lode and the next one is q
considerable interval, without locations, of
probably half a mile, when we arrive at the
Montana" lode, with its extension, the
s'Sarah Jane" and s'Look Out" owned by
Crandall, Mcleod & Co., which show galena
at the surface on the south bank of Belt.
These" locations join stakes with the next
vein, the ''Sunny South and the "Hillside,"
of Neihart s. Co." and its extensions, the
tAmelia" and Eureka" of Macintosh & Co.
and the "Huron'' of Buchanan & Co. On
the "Sunny South is manganese ore, and ON
the amelia is coarse, chrystallized quartz,
carrying horn silver. Assays near the sur
face give for this vein 5000 in silver per ton.
Spring creek, flowing from the northeast,
crosses the ground OF this lode. On the
north bank of Belt the hills raise to the d.
vide and are extremely rugged and broken.
Joining stakes with this vein on the east is
the ''Teton,' owned by 0. c.. Morrison, with
its extension on the south, the Garfield, !"
owned by PEBBLES g Co., and the extensions
north, the Huxley" Of Neihart & Co., and
the s'Big Medicine" of Buchanan 6 Co. The
vein is 5 feet 4 inches wide, showing ore
chutes on the surface working tests give an
assay of SIP per ton, two feet down on the
lode. The 'sBig Medicine shows indications
of tellurium.
Joining stakes on the east ia the "Hercules'
and "Great Western of Neihart s. Co, with
its extension, the ''Prince,' and northWardly
the ED. Mann and "Mountain Chief" lodes.
This vein is probably the second largest lode
in the camp, on the sHercules" location,
bnt the sMann'' and "Mountain Chief Of
Carruthers & Co., differ materially both in
character Of ore and width of vein. The
locations Of Caruthers s. Co. give $703 per
ton assay, five feet deep on the lode. The
assay Of the other lodes I have not learned.
The adjoining lode on the east is the long
vein alluded to, viz: the "Queen of the Hills
and "Homestake," owned by Neihart, Har-
ley & O'Brien. This vein has nineteen loca-
tons on it. The extensions on the south are
the Cliff and 'sIda May Of Sutton & CO.,
the yellowstone" and s1Michigan" of Mel
hart 8 Co., and the "Great Eastern and
ECLIPSE" of Buchanan g Tingle, besides
others. The extensions on the north are the
ssO'Brien," Neihart s. Co., the sLa Platte"
the Carbonate the liking of the Noun
tains," the s'Chloride," and 'sRed, War
rior' of Sutton 8 Co. On the discovery To-
cations this lode showed ore chutes in nu-
merous places, the character Of mineral be-
ing similar to the adjacent five lodes, partak-
Of q manganese character. At the sAQueen
Of the Hills the vein is from five to six feet
average width, showing high grade galena
from the surface down. Assays from this
location have gone over a 81, 900 per ton.
NorthWardly he vein changes in character
somewhat, but still preserves its high grade
character. The O'Brien gave assays Of over
$3.50, and the King of the Mountains near
the surface over $$238 per ton.
The adjacent vein to the east is the MAS
sachusetts' Of Laid &Co. and the s'Oregon"
Carruthers s. Co. The extensions south are
the Cora and ssMyra' Of o. G. Morrison
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