Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1889-05-04
BARKER AND NEIHART.

Foolish Statements in Regard to These
Camps shown Up by Correspondent.
To the Editor of the TRIBUNE: The
Helena Independent of April 30 gives the
ideas of "Mr. Frank Barrett, a we'll known
mining man of Butte, on the Barker and
Neihart mining districts" Some OF these
ideas are very erroneous. care not
whether they are Mr.. BIS private opin-
ions or derived from conversation with
other parties If they were his private
opinions, they were biased; if derived
from others, they were given with the
object of misleading both him and the
public at large. @.--.@
Speaking of Barker, he says: "The
Wyandotte is about the most extensively
developed mine. Mr.. Barrett does not
think much of this district. He says it is
lime and slate formation, and the ore is
found in pockets, while the leads Of Mel
hart are contact in granite and porphyry
formation" -..-
1t would be interesting to know how
much of the Barker district, how many
developed mines, and how much of the
country rock Mr. Barrett saw, presumably
under a couple of feet of snow.
He says it is a lime and slate formation.
There is not particle Of slate to be found
in the Barker district. The formation is
lime with granite core in the middle, of
which are such good mines as the Wright
& Edwards, Barker and Grey Eagle, etc.
Mr.. Barrett must be a granite man and
totally unacquainted with limestone for
nations, or he would know that the ma
jority Of good mines in the United States
and elsewhere have been found in this
formation. Such experts as Anton Eilers
and others, who have wide reputation
over the whole country and who have
millions invested in smelters, mines, etc:
have given an unqualified approval Of The
Barker ores. The ore is free smelling
:. easily worked, and does not contain thos,
refractory components SO often found il
granite. 1t is to these limestone forma
tions generally that smelter-men look TO
the ores which are required to flux TIL
refractory ores Of granite formations.
Mr.. Barrett says the leads of Neihar
q are contact in a granite and porphyry for
. nation. There are lodes in the Barke
of the same character, and there are ais
a contact veins between porphyry and linn
i existing under the same conditions {
i those in Leadville, Col. The carbonat
i contact veins have as rule been foun
in blanket veins, but those in diorlte hav
been assure with only slight dips
n Mr. B. also states that the 'Wyandott
h is the best developed mine. Did he e.
At anime the Wright q Edwards with i
ct $4,000, the Barker & Grey Eagle wit
IS its $4,000, and the Silver Belle with i
u $4,000 development? 1t matters n,
7. that the workings are, and have been f,
le four years suspended, the fact is ther
that that amount of development h
been done, the thickness of ore is know
TT and the ore never was found in pocke1
B. His statements as regards Neihart a
at to be taken cum g1d7a0 sdlss, as the nan
Or of any freighter that charged seven Ger
i'd per pound from Neihart to Great Fa
as has yet to be known. Also that % gent
ST. man connected with the Great Falls slnt
ter wanted a guarantee from each mi
under development to furnish dai
r. shipment of so tons; whereas the pror
'la sal was that the camp should guarant
u n 200 tons or one train load each day
Nv production which could easily be mac
=, MoUNTAINEER.
its A full line of Beaded Capes and Jerse