The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-12-27
OUR BARKER BUDGET.
New Discoveries Daily-Progress of De-
velOpment Work.

New Discoveries Daily-Progress Of De-
veiopment Work.
BARKER, Mont, Dec. 23.-The camp
continues very active and seems quite
prosperous. Among the new buildings
which are gong up, is one by Geer Il
Setter, which will be used for saloon pur-
poses. ...H5
John Q. Lilly has just completed q neat
log house which will be occupied by O.
Beardsley as q barber shop. There is not
a vacant cabin in town, and several are
under construction.
Geo. Marelius arrived from North
Great Falls, Sunday, has repaired a cabin
and will make his future home in the
camp. More than twenty persons came
in last Sunday.
The ladies' Of Barker have combined to
give the children a good old fashioned
Christmas. The largest hail in town has
been tastefully decorated, q good pro.
gramme of vocal music and recitations
has been prepared, and q present will be
given to every child in the camp. The
Christmas entertainment will be given on
Wednesday eve, and on Thursday night
the entire population will turn out to a
grand ball In the same ROOM. A public
subscription has been raised and every
body is invited to participate free of all
charge. E. W. Allen and wife are max
ing great preparations to furnish an ele-
giant supper.
Progress in the mines and new strikes
furnish an absorbing theme of onversa
ton. The whole district here seems to
carry mineral and parties are not sur
prised to find ore almost anywhere.
Monday J. G. Lilly commenced to ex-
cavate a part of the side hill to make
room for a building. The workmen had
hardly gone in two feet when they struck
rich Iron carbonate. Going in further
a body of tale carrying considers BILE
mineral was found and the body seems
very large. Experts here in the camp
pronounce the carbonate taken out as
profitable shipping ore. The find was
made within IS feet of the postof1ce and
Instead of building Mr.. Lilly has started
to run a discovery tunnel in on the ore
body.
As expected the new tunnel in the
Silver Belle reached the body of rich ore
gu Monday. and now the entire face o.
the tunnel is ore. 1t is repurted that a
moist Will be erected at this mine in a
short time.
In running a winze from the mail
tunnel in the May & Edna another largs
body Of hne ore was struck yesterday.
b report did not give particulars as to
size of the ore body:
In representing the Treasury, the prop
erty Of Williams, Boiling and the Seifred
estate, a six-inch streak of very rich sui
phuret ore was found. This claim lies
just above the Mix mine, of which it Is
An extension.
Ed. Boiling came in from Running
Wolf last night, bringing with him u fine
spe :imen of hard carbonate ore. He saws
he discovered 1t on the surface and thinks
he has made an important discovery, but
does not know the size or extent of the
lead.
The North Ontario company has a
force of men at work under the manage
nent of W. R. Riggs sinking on the main
lead a shaft just below the shaft on the
Ontario. In sinking about nine feet they
struck 14-inch vein Of quartz which rurs
from rs to 80 ounces of silver, no lead
and "a in gold. A tunnel has been run
In 10 feet on a spur of the lead and
eight inches of ore found, which runs 30
| ounces to the ton. The ora in 10th TIM