Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-05-14

OUR PRECIOUS METALS.
The Neillart, Barker and Mon
tanl Districts.
A Trenchant Description of the
Principal Mines.
The ! Accessibility Of Great Falls
to the District.
TIL, Only prao teal Supply Point
For the Eldorado
Erection Of Reduction Works
Her, Assured.
|UR PRECIOUS METALS.

Here Assured.
In the range of mo,latains called
the Little Lett mountains, which are
located in Meagher county, Montana
Territory, and are a spur Of the main
range, there are a few mining dis
tricts of great merit and promise
among the number being the Mon
tana, Barker, Belt Park and Snow
Greek districts.
MONTANA DISTRICT:
This district has had a struggling
life of about four years, the first dis
eoyeries and locations being made in
the year 1881 by Messrs. Neihart,
OBrien, Harley, Carothers, Kane,
Lambert and others. Following these
there have been others made Of as
great importance. The leads Of this
camp are true fssures, the formation
being porphol,itic granite, the walls
smooth and regular and their course
trife east of north and south. The
N. mineral belt is from two to five miles
s. .wide. None of the leads Of the camp
I have been developed very extensively,
HE lGcators and owners not being
sble to do much more, have done each
ears assessment work and as much
pre as possible, but have held Oh,
biting patiently for the investment
, capital to develop and bring their
x...hp to the front where it belongs.
yhe leads were very promising on the
erface and each foot of development
Is been very encouraging to the
- owners. With but lew exceptions the
ore Of tie district ear-s-so. o4assed
high grade snae ore, contalnln
]. ~ s2ss, lzssal9l and. aosa
spar and carrying from SO 70 10
s1nces Of slrsr and aifapna Issu.to 9
sr--cent. ssgs Q some ] d. Yer Yer
sh gra has bee
found, speclmens slssaying from I. 90
p25,ooo ounces d silsers,er tom 'h !
ther ore produced has been a yer
Ugh grade milling ore, assaying yer
Ugh in silver and carrying scarcel
ny lead. The principal or best dt
Hoped mines Of the district are til
Mountain Chief, Queen of the Hill
mid group, Montana Bell and groul
fitzpatrick, Fred Mann, Massachr
sets, Oregon, Texas, South Carolin
I'D Sampson.
"a MONTANA CHIEF,
This claim was located among th
st by Mess S. Kane, Carother an
smbert, and was held and develope
ltheln until two years ago when
u boaded to tho Hudson Minin
I Spany for $4,000, the boad expi1
.SSeptember l, 1884. This comp;
Book the property under the bon
ahave worked continuously eve
Ne III very careful and economic;
amer, and now hsve it sufficient
hloped to warrant them in erect
smelling works for the treatmer
4 heir orc product They are no.
Wing and preparing for their plan
sch is on the road, part of it bein
Rin twenty miles of the camp
sy have a large quantity of choic
Jon the dump, and their shaft, tur
and levels expose still create
! ,w :, Antilles sAfaattiitics which will be easily an
cheaply stopped down.
H The ore of this mine is of the hig
grade smelling class, averaging rol
SO to 100 ounces of silver per to1
Some of the choicest specimens foun
in the camp have been taken frol
this mine, some assaying as high {
$4,000 ounces of silver per ton Th
Iudson Mining company is an cas-
ern company with their head Office
~ saston, Mass, and some of the stocl
ers are capitalists of that cit,
I'll operations in the camp are Ill
the personal direction of the
mrintendent, Mr. G. E. Barker, WI
probably employ large force (
IA this season.
puEEs OF THE HILLS AND GROUP
is group of mines located abo,
anae time as the Montana Chic
Mr, Neihart and others, and ST
AM by them, consists of the Ques
II Hills, Homestake and O'Brsf
ali on the same lead. The
have been developed principa
tunnel; one tunnel on the Quet
A not less than 800 feet long az
ing continuous body of mi
asIe whole distance. the sane b
pm 2 to 6 feet wide The IA
III tunnel shows a vein not le
feet wide, containing about
solid ore which assays well
I'd is @ choice smelling ore
c.meas of wire silver. hf-