Fergus County argus., 1890-06-05
THE YOGO DISTRICT.
Good Prospects for Great Mining
Camp


It'orrespoudence Great Falls Leader.
The Neihart Gold. Silver, Lead Min
ing and Reduction company, at the
head Of YOgo gulch, are pushing work
on development in their large lead
prOpert les with more than satisfactory
results. The past week has disclosed
three feet OF solid carbonate ore, such
rs all the smelters in the country are
looking for throughout the mining Sec
tions Of the west. These properties
are very high up in the mount aims.
The work so far has proved them equal
beyond u doubt to the Cumberland
and YELLOWSTONE of the Castle country
when they have been sufficiently
worked. On the surface mineralcrOps
out that will average 90 to - per
cent in lead and from :,5 to 80 ounces
in silver. while with depth the ore be-
comes OF even higher grade in silver
and with "A larger percentage OF lead.
The manager OF the company consid-
ers these mines among the best in the
mountains. and there are strong rea-
sons Tor believing that his estimate OF
their value is correct.
They are also pushing work ON the
copper and gold work at the head OF
the gulch, which promises to he truly
a bonanza with development.
The management of this company
received u marked addition to their
already valuable properties in acquir-
ing the Weatherwax mine. owned 10y
r. T.. Collins OF Great Falls, Mr.. Gar
diner and Mr.. Madden Of the Judith
country, who now hold Il very large in
terest in the company, Mr.. Collins be-
ing u member of the board of direct ors.
They brought this property into the
company 10y means oi consolidation.
under the same capitalization as be-
fore.
This mine is no doubt one oi the
most promising in the Belt mount aims,
having yielded some very high gold
ore, running as high even as 500 to
the pan, which would he several hun
dresl dollars per ton IN gold. The
product is principally milling gold ore.
Large shoots have been worked from
this property by the simple process oi
IN arasta, paying well. One tunnel is
in about 300 feet and taps the mine
ut depth of - or 100 feet, from
which several thousand tons Of free
milling gold ore have been taken in
paying quantities. There also appear
large bodies of pyrites gold ore, which
runs as high rs : 10 in gold. and one
body OF about or u feet IN the veln
ot ia tunnel averages SIG in gold;
this, to any one who Is familiar with
mines, Is known to be pay one with n
process 70 work 1t. Only recently n
prominent man Of he Jay Gould com
pany said to one of The owners that il
they had this pyrites ore IN Helena the
Smelter company would reduce it
simply for "A lluN. one tunnel running
on contact exposes "a body OF ore oi
about 20 feet, which also shows GER
tain proportions oi milling ore and
pyrItes. Ii was heret oiore believed
that this was n pocket of blanket
veins, but this work oi development
on the contact has proven beyond "A
doubt that the veins are II perfect con
tact of lime aud porphyry IN large
quantities. On the contact there has
been about - or 100 feet oi work
showing IA large body OF gold ore.
II would he well to remember about
this property that the Mexican lead
ore and other political combinations
will not affect the bullion in the least.
since gold is worth its face value. 1t
is even nice metal tor n diSlnterested
party to see rolling off the plates OF "A
mine owners mill.
The company has made a good move
IN acquiring this property, because
this mines reputation alone will bear
evidence to its stability. This mine
alone ought to make the company :
shares worth 80 cents in less than six
months. A small block OF treasury
stock is placed upon the market ut 10
cents u share, an advance of cents
in less than 30 days.
The ores OF the Yogo country are be-
yond question the largest free ore bod
les in this section. The leads appear
surface, and it is only u question OF
money judiciously expended. The
mountains are perfect IN outline and
the leads can be traced for miles upon
the surface, following the contour as
readily as It nature had especially de
signed this place to he towering above
The neighboring camps. Gold, and lots
of it, appears in all the ores. No
showing in camp has been worked
without showing better ior it, and
with only the little work doneby pros
pectOrs without means large results
are assured. \ number of arastas
have been run on different ores from
this camp, all having paid well. The
gold is the second best found in Mon
tana. 1t is only n question OF time
when the YOcO country will produce
as much carbonate ore as the famous
Castle mining country. To rightly
Judge of this camp, one must see it in
| order to form the FAINT est idea of the
wonderful surface showings. Right
across the mountains on one side rs
| the Dry Wolf country, which contains
lead carbonate ores in large les
everywhere. You can hardly stick IA
| pick INTO the ground without bringing
up some carbonate. ii is not neces-
~ary to make any particular mention
of any one mime or prospect. but IT l.
sufficient to say that the whole camp
is n great one. Just across the noun
tains again is the Running Wolf coun-
try, which is also "A great lead country,
some mines in that region having yield
eel many thousand tons of ore on tn,
dump, paying many times Tor the
money expended upon them. There
are strikes every day in this camp.
Just back of logo is the Middle Fork
camp, which is shown tn he II wonder
ful section by the work done durln.
the winter. The lIobson mines. which
produce free gold ore, have yielded
largely for the money spent there. II