Fergus County argus., 1890-04-03

Our Correspondent Finds q Resemblance De.
tween that Camp and Leadville.

about twelve or thirteen miles in the
mount aims. twas discovered in $50
as n placer camp, and the excitement
ran high for about two years. Then
quartz mines were looked upon rs nm
profitable, as freight was very high,
there being no railroads in the coun-
try, and a mine would have to yield
$lOO or $500 ore before it would be
handled at all. After it was found out
that the placer mines would not pay,
very little attention was paid to
quartz. On the placer mines a vast
amount Of money WAS spent, and ]
would not he surprised ut some time
to see a spot in the gilch yield a large
fortune. 1t is the general opinion OF
old miners that some one will find n
deposit or 'pot hole" that will yield
many thousands OF dollars. by the
way, what gold has been found here
has been second to Highland gulch
gold, which is the best found in Mon
tana. The gold found here was also
very coarse.
Time has rolled very quickly these
last eleven years, bringing with it the
Northern Pacific and Manitoba rail
roads, placing our mines where we can
begin to realize something from them.
We have the mines. hut they are OF no
value without money to develop them.
The formation OF the mines (by for
nation is meant the character OF rock
which forms the walls of the lead or
vein) is what geolOgists say are the
best to he found. 1t is the same as
the famous La Frille veins, one of
which, the Robert T.. Lee, produced
81 600 in one day. This may seem
incredible to one who is not familiar
with mining, but will say the force at
the mine was several days breaking
ore" preparatory to taking it out, to
see bow much could be hoisted from
the mlne. would not haveyeu think
this was done very often, but mine
that could do this in one day it is rea
sonable to suppose would be a great
dividend-payer. could name many
others that have produced great rec
ords. This ore was found in large
bodies, but generally ran very low in
silver, with n large percentage in lead
when found rs smelling ores, and low
in gold when as free milling ore.
Like Iogo, Leadvlle's first excite
ment WAS from its placers, which were
not very profitable, and many an old
timer passed through Oh his prospect
ing tour saying, There is nothing
here" Lack Of space in your valuable
paper forbids me to say what ] would
like to say about how near each camp
resembles the other. In l.eadville
there is porphyry contact with lime as
formation ior minerals. The same
iormat ions are to be found in IogO.
The leads are large in l.eadvile, but
are free and low grade. The same is
the ease in Iogo, the leads varying all
What we want t o determine this is only
n few Thousand dollars spent in a iu-
dicious and practical miningway. Our
camp has been lyinsdormant for years
for the want Of money. but We are
coming tn turn where a little money
will do u vast amount OF good.
Coming nearer home, we have the
Castle mountain country, which has
the same formation as Iogo and the
same ore, with the except ION that
Castle has no gold ore rs yet found.
See what the Cumberland mine oi
Castle is. Al "a depth of $50 feet they
have over 10 feet of ore that goes only
20 ounces in silver and something over
81 per cent in lead. This Is what We
call low-grade ore, but such ole is
more valuable ii it is free and cost =
less to work than base ore which runs
from 500 to $500 per ton.
In Denver, Colo, and Omaha. Neb.,
such ore as the Cumberland produces
is worked free of charge. for they need
it to mix will other ores to ilux them
And such will he the case in a short
time in Great Falls and Helena. BY
he way, those works have to Close
down very often because they have
not sufficient amount OF that class
Of ore.
; We then come to the Middle Fork o.
the Judith, and we see the formation
is the same IA at YOgo. There the
IIobson mine, formerly the King 4
Weatherwax, is vast property, and nc
doubt in the near future will be tn,
second Spotted Horse OF Montana j
mined in thorough, practical way
There are other promising properties
, such as the Lone Starand Little Pitts
= burg, which will some day be grea
! mines. The Minnie Sloan, which wa
, discovered eight or nine years ago, bu
:, only lately known by that name, il
A developed by n 35 or IO-foot shaft
d. showing free milling ore from the gras
: roots. This Is one OF the most prom
!. Using properties in camp, and at tn
>. bottom of the shaft il "a lead of abou
, six iect, showing ore promiscuousl!
! scattered through it. 1t is my i'm
;. preston that this small lead on tn
4 surface showing mineral proves con
J. clu>ively the exist ence OF "A body below
e This ore will run from % to 80 ounce
: in silver and from 30 to 81 pei cen
.. lead. Just around from this lead i
another location called the Queel
Melvina. This, dare say, will prov