The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-24
SNOW CREEK QUARTZ.
The Valuable Group Of Rich Leads Owned
by the Snow Greek Mining Company
A Fine Property.

Duncan Mcdonald, an experienced
miner. who has Just returned from do
ing some work on a group of Of promis-
ing leads on Snow creek, put in his APP
pearance at the RIVER PRESS office
Thursday and reported himself as will
ing to submit to the torture OF an IN
tervieW:
The Carrie is a well defined lead, five
feet wide with two feet OF good quartz.
There is an 1S-foot shaft on this claim.
The rock carries considerable gold, as it
can be banned out, besides being rich in
silver.
The Green & Weatherwax is q mon
ster Of a mine, being u feet wide and
only one wall found as yet. Some very
rich ore has been found in this lead and
further development will uncover a bo-
nanza, sure. There is an open cut and
a 12-foot shaft. sunk on the lead. The
quartz has soft streaks OF putty-llke ore
la it, making il quite easy to work.
The Blue Cloud has a shaft III feet
deep, besides several open cuts. The
lead has not been cut clear across yet,
but shows four feet of first class quartz
now. The ore is gold-bearing sulphuret
rock and runs between 5000 and $500 to
the ton in silver, besides considerable
gold. Judging from the top showing of
high grade quartz and big boulders of
rich float that is found On the ground,
there must be here a large ore body of
valuable rock for milling purposes.
The Big Snowy has a shaft fifteen feet
deep. AS this is al extension Of the
Blue Cloud the ore and lead are of the
same character and width, and therefore
as valuable.
The Flora is the highest mine in the
M 4s hai ~ :, r,s an Tho cidn%nf .nnor
Badly. This, unlike the rest, is a car
Donate lead, most of the ore being of
that class. 1t is a large lead, five and q
half feet wide, with solid ore from wall
to wall. The walls are very solid and
well defined, showing a permanent lead
dipping into the mountain. An inclin-
ed shaft Of Is feet has been sunk on this
lead. Mr.. Mcdonald thinks this the
most promising of the mines, and is par
ticularly pleased with the large body of
ore, which is SO seldom found from the
very top of the ground as is the case
with the Flora. The extension to this,
up the mountain, has been jumped re-
Gently, and both the jumpers and the
original owners are hard at work on the
lead in the hope Of holding it. TIE
extension shows up the same aggthe
Flora, and has the same character and
grade of ore. An assay of $3.50 for the
carbonates and $500 for the solid quartz
in silver has been made from the mine,
and in consequence Ale boys are much
excited over their prospect Of making q
lome stakeo-that is, whichever party
.ets away with the mlne.
h Last Chance is a large lead some
twelve feet wide, and a tunnel Of TWEEN
ty feet has been run on the vein, show
ing q large body of low grade ore.
The Silver Crescent joins on to the
lower end of the Flora and is an extern
sion OF that bonanza, or else the extern
sion must lay in the ground. The lead
is developed with an 1S-foot shaft. The
shaft shows a lead four feet wide, with
eighteen inches Of good ore at the bot
tom.
These mines are all adjoining loca-
lions and taken altogether form a val
liable group of leads, and all being in a
body will easily command the attention
of capitalists seeking a good investment.
They lay between the rich mines on
Main Belt st Neihart and the silver bo-
nanzas of Carpenter creek and their
location right in the center of a mineral
district recognized as having first class
mines and plenty of them adds large
ly to their prospective value. With the
exception Of the Flora these mines car
ry one and the same class of ores, vary
ing only in grade. Tt is a free milling
quartz with hardly any base mineral.
The silver is principally in the form of
sulphurets, and, what is remarkable
for that mining district, all carry more
or less gold. The Flora bids fair to
be heard from before many years as
furnishing the ore for a large smelter, as
g fine body of ore is already exposed.
These valuable mines are owned by the
Snow Creek Mining Company, COM
posed of John Green, J. d. Weatherwax,
Daniel Dutro, Frank Coombs, Jerry
Collins, j. i. Stevens and E. r. CIingan.
They also W the Collins & Stevens,
in the same camp, and the Black Chief,
at Neihart. The company proposes to
thoroughly prospect and open up these.
fine leads, and fold prospectors know
anything about mines they will have a
property which can be easily disposed
of at q large figure.