Great Falls tribune., 1889-01-19
OUR BONANZAS.
THE TRIBUNE SPECIAL COMMISSION
Err VISITS RUNNING; WOLF.
Gratifying Progress Repnited Therefrom
The Morrison and Noadhur.t
Mine Turning Out
Well.
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|, Especial Correspondence Of tho TRIBUNE.
AMONG THE MINES, Jan. 10.-The
mines OF the Hunning Wolf district are
fast coming into prominence as a carbon
ate ore producing camp. During last
season great many promising deposits
OF carbonate and galena were discovered
and are now under course of development.
Among the most promising are the
Eureka, owned by Swingley Brothers &
Co This Is Il tunnel mine for a distance
OF 100 feet, exposing a vein of carbon
ate and galena ores 81 feet in thickness,
assaying 80 per cent lead and 50 ounces
OF silver. Work will be continued on
this property during the winter and the ore
placed on the dump. Twenty-Five tens of
ore are now ready for shipment to the
Great Falls smelter in the early spring.
The Dorwin Dixie lode is situated to
the south Of the Eureka and is owned by
the Cascade Gold and Silver Prospecting
and Mining company, organized by Great
Falls enterprise. 1t is a very
large body of hard carbonate ore
carrying large percentage of lead and
silver. A tunnel has been run for dis
tonce of 40 feet. Work has been sus-
pended for the winter. 1t is the inten-
ton ofthe company to make extensive
Developments on this property during the
coming season.
The Last Chance lead is one of the
bonanzas of this camp. This property is
owned by Steve Pearce q Co., and shows
four feet of good, free milling ore. Work
has been done on this property in good.
substantial and workmanlike manner.
1t is the intention of the owners to do a
large development during the coming
summer, as sufficient ore can be taken
out to pay all expense of developing the
mine.
The old Highly & Pierce, on Dry
Wolf, just across the side, is surely
property worthy of mention. This pro-
perty is now being worked by its owners
Steve Pearce, Phil Wolsh and II. B. Raj
ferty. 1t is worked by two tunnels and
one connecting shaft. A large amount of
ore is now on the dump and although
there are but three owners at work the
output of the mine is two tons daily.
The ore is increasing in richness and
thickness as depth is attained Two or
three shipments Of ore from this mine
were made to the Great Falls smelter last
fall with very satisfactory results to all
parties concerned.
Already enough has been said about
the Morrison q Woodhirst mines, but not
half their merits has been told 1t is
owned by Paris Gibson and Rob, TT
Vaughn, who might be called the lucky
miners of Northern Montana, for indeed
a bonanza is fully in view in this prop
erty. A force of men is ut work on
night and day shifts running tunnels and
sinking shafts. In all places
where work has been done, large
bodies Of IRE have been
found. There is at present
about 800 tons of ore on the dump and
thousands of tons in sight. The work of
development is under the management of
Mr.. Chandler, who is an old-time miner
of Utah and Nevada. There is no min
ing camp in Montana that has brighter
prospect in store for it than Running
Wolf. The mines in all cases crop to the
surface. The ores are very desirable for
smelling, being what is called II free
smelling carbonate ore.