The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-05-08

OF Levi Newcomb, nj. Il. on the Exami
nation of Mining Properties in Nelhart
Montana Territory.
To the Hudson Mining Co.
GENTLEMEN: On the 25th day o
March last, Messrs. F. X. Ballou, Geo. N
March, and myself, reached Neihart
Montana territory, via Northern Pacific
railway. This new mining camp is or
!, the east side of Belt creek, and is in the
Belt range of the Rocky Mountains
Meagher county, Montana territory. The
mines are on the west side of the range
running. north and south. The veins are
large and well defined, in walls of granite
and porphyry. The mineral zone is very
extensive, and has been prospected over a
| distance of two miles, and in no case has
| the miner failed to find mineral, and In
paying quantities. The ore is gray and
brown carbonates, and thoroughly diffused
with chlorides and sulphurets of silver,
and in some cases so solid and malleable
as to admit of being cut with a knife. The
veins pitch to the west at an angle Of
about 10 degrees, and there has been no
evidence of their pinching out. The
Massachusetts has shaft 100 feet deep.
The Montana Belle has shaft so feet
deep The ST. Jnlian shaft is down rs
feet In all the shafts the pay streak has
held very uniform size, gradually in
crcasing in width and richness; the aver
age assays being 500 per ton. There are
many other claims from which "a like rec
ord could be given, but will contine
myself to description of the properties
now owned by the Hudson Mining com
pany. The mine on which the largest
force is now employed, is the Mountain
Chief, which is ON the summit of the
range, on the same vein as the Montana
Belle, and the ST. Julian. 1t has one
shaft 80 feet deep, with an ore body II
feet wide, the ore extending down to the
bottom. This shaft is about Is feet from
the south end line of the claim. The
shaft in which the miners are now at work
is % feet deep, and is 175 feet north,
from the south end line. In this shaft
the ore is very rich in silver. In sinking
to depth of twenty feet, it has produced
ore as per assay, to the value of about
$4,000 Samples taken from sack of
$50 lbs., have been assayed and found TO
contain value of $S,978.2O per ton. The
whole vein matter is pay ore, and is five
feet wide between the walls. | took sam
Piles from the bottom of the shaft, which
assayed as follows: sample No. 1 cut
across the south end gave $80.33 per ton.
No from cut across the bottom gave
$92.21 per ton. No. 3 from cut across
the north end gave $110.42 per ton. These
assays convince me that this shaft, being
in an ore shute pitching north, in sinking
and drifting, will open up an immense
body of ore. The following claims are
now owned by this company. viz: The
Mountain Chief original, the Mountain
Chief No. 2, the Mountain Chief No 4,
the Caldwell and Barker, the Combina-
ton, and the First Location, making six
claims, comprising 5000 feet in length Of
the great mineral zone of this camp. The
Combination has cut into the vein about
feet. The vein is s feet wide, and as
says $49.25 per ton. The Mountain Chief
No. 2. and No. 4, and the First Location,
assay on the groupings from $50 to $50
per ton The following is the value of
ore now ON the dump at the Mountain
Chief shaft enc sack of 1E0 lbs show by
assay, value of $500; $500 lbs assay,
81, 100 per ton; 8 tons assay, $3.50 per
ton; 20 tons assay, $3.50 per ton; is tons,
$55 per ton; making a total value of
$1O,650 In all my experience in mining
camps, I have seen nothing that compares
with the rich mineral found at Neihart.
The company has secured by location and
development the whole wafer right Of
Belt, O 'Brien and Carpenter creeks, s,wIich
have a flow of water sufficient 10 run
1000 stamps. The company has also
located millsite Of five acres. There is
heavy growth of timber in the ,noun-