The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-09-27
A Country Of Mines but Little
Known and Begging for
Capital.
The Prettiest Valley in Montan ma.
With Its Generous Yield of
Cereals,
Prosperous Farmers snd Com.
mercial Men, Happy Families
and Educated Children.
An Interesting Letter Which Will
be Continued.
Regular Correspondence of the MINER
RADERSBURG, Sept. %, 1854.

Regular Correspondence Of the MINER
RADERsBURG, Sept. %, 1854.
THE SILVER BELL
is situated seven miles west O
Radersburg. in no organized mining
district, but in the main range divid
ing Boulder and Crow Creek valleys
The mine is in Uncle Jchnny's gulch
1t was located in March last by Mr.
John Parker, a gentleman of much
experience and one of the oldes
prospectors in the Montana belts. A
tunnel was first run in about 40 feel
when it struck the main body Of
galena ore. The hanging wall alone
was found, and an upraise to the sur.
face made. After which the shaft
was sunk about 10 feet lower, where
the ore body gave such strong proof
of permanancy and positive evi-
dences of true fissure vein that Mr..
Parker began tracing the lead by
other prospect holes. The vein is
clearly defined for a distance of 1000
feet southeast and nearly 1000 feet
northwest. The ore of the Silver
Bell is uniform and assays the same
from either side or from any place
1t may be taken. Very many assays
have been made in Butte, Helena,
Elk Horn and other places, and the
very lowest shows 7S OF. in silver and
80 per cent. in lead. I saw none of
the lower assay certificates, but all of
them are on record in the Office Of
Geo. Munrse, Helena. Mr.. Parker
showed me several from Mr.. Num-
roe, one of which gives a valuation
Of 6l.s per cent. lead, 96.26 OF. sill
yer, 1912 or. gold, making a valua-
ton of $12444 silver, $l57 gold.
Another from Mr.. Wartenwieler, of
the Lexington shows 166 OF. silver
and 81. per cent. lead. Others go
still higher.
Mr.. Parker and M. John Nevill,
after having traced the lead north
west, at once located the extension of
the Silver Bell and called it
THE NED LODE.
The vein pitches down the noun
tain, following a ridge to Uncle
Johnny's gulch, and across it, where
Mr.. Ben Townsley and Burt Skinner
located the next claim, calling it the
Mountain Chief, and at once opened
up the vein by hole about feet
square in the side of the hill. Mr..
Parker offered them a thousand dol
lars each for their interests in the
claim. 1t was refused, however, and
Messrs. Parker and Nevill began
operations ten days since on an in
hog-back in the centre OF
their new location. One weeks
work at depth of about IA or Is feet
has uncovered a body of ore, so far as
discovered, between walls, about it.
in width. Three feet of this is al
most solid galena, and September
l1th assays give 2l2 80 ounces silver
and LAG ounces gold, or total value
of $27S.27 per ton. The vein is
widening gradually, and steady work
is going on. The dump of nearly
pure galena is separated from the
other ore which averages right
through over 100 ounces in silver.
One piece of galena. about 16xl4xS
inches, weighs $50 pounds, and the
entire dump of this rich ore is equal
ly heavy. The lead pitches almost
directly west. Spurs of rich rock are
running north and south
into the main vein, but running
parallel with the vein on the north,
At a distance of about two or three
hundred feet, is an immense ledge of
limestone over 1vO feet in width as it
crops out, .while on the south and
also running parallel is similar for
nation OF granite.
North of the shaft OF the Ned mine
On the summit of the mountain little
,oycte holes have been sunk in the
and pieces of rock tested,
giving assays of 100, 200, 300 and
$50 ounces in silver. This ground is
all taken up, or rather located.
Very many locations have been
made in this section of the country,
and more are being made in every
direction. Iron veins are numerous
and copper Is common. but OF low
grade.
The Silver Bell and Ned leads both
carry a trace of copper and some
manganese. The country is broken
lp, but is easy of access, with good
roads running through it. The
famous Elkhorn mine is but fifteen
miles west from the Silver Bell.
With a smelter and concentrator the
Two mines above mentioned, properly
would outrival any mine in
Butte or the vicinity. I haye seen
nearly every dump of importance in
and without exaggeration