Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1890-01-11
RICH SILVER MINES.
A REVIEW OF THE MINES AND MIN.
ING OUTLOOK OF BARKER.
Busy-The May and Edna
Showing Good Results-The Pride
of the West Shows Rich Ore
at All the Levels.
Correspondence Of the TRIBUNE.

Correspondence OF the TRIBUNE.
Now that the Xmas and New Years
festivities are over, things are beginning
to settle down to legitimate business
again Old Barker mining district did
herself proud on Christmas eve by giving
a free ball that proved an entire success
in every particular. The management
was superb, the supper fine, the dancing
excellent, so all enjoyed themselves to
the musical strains of the Great Falls
string band. Neihart, Kibbey and the
surrounding camps were well represent
ed by fair ladies with their good-lookine
partners. The new year was ushered in
with a cold wave that sent the mercury
down to the forties, still the cold did not
deter jolly band of 25 from attending
the Neihart ball at Pierce & Walse's
hall on New Years eve, which proved to
be grand affair. Still the Barker boys
outdid their Neihart friends in the way
of decorating, as the ballroom in Glen.
denim was decorated in the highest style
of the art. The notices were timely and
appropriate. The designers deserve
credit for the taste displayed in theil
execution.
REVIEW OF THE MINES.
On New Years eve there was consid.
cradle stir and commotion amongst those
that would be relocators, and by the way
there was considerable relocating done
on old and abandoned prospects that were
not fully represented.
The mines that are being worked here
in genuine mining fashion, are opening
up fine. The May and Edna are looking
first class in all their workings. They
are down about 15O feet, all the way in
ore. The are shoot is getting larger as
depth is attained. The work in these
mincs 10 done on the chacing plan AT
present, as there is no levels of any con,
sequence run yet. The mines have a
large lot of ore on the dump, should
Judge about twelve hundred tons of first
class, besides considerable quantity OF
second -class ore. The May and Edna
mines being in q lime formation bid
fair to be rival to the famous Atlantis
Of Trapper, Beaverhead county.
The next mine of note is the Pride OF
the West This propsrty, pl y,sysmah mas ga mnEs aHS
tIiins IN the camp and shows ore of a high
grade in all of its levels. The Pride o1
the West shut down during the holidays
but will start up in few days with ,
large force of men as the management
intend to sink and stope out ore at thu
same time.
The once famous Wright " Edward
mine as we'll as the Barker q Grey
Eagle and the noted Four Ace, or Silve
Bell mines, are lying idle at present. AL
they need Is the guiding hand OF SOM
live mining company to make then
large ore producers. The building of
| railway into our camp Will cause tn
sound of the hammer and drills to re
sound through all those mines.
In doing the assessment work on tn
Lynch & Conway, this last month, tn
owners made big strike, finding /
| inches of solid galena in the face Of tn
tunnel that will average 46 per cent
silver to the ton and about GO per Ger
lead. The Lynch g. Conway is o. X.
The Nora B. has large body of ore i
the face of the tunnel of low grade.
will be valuable as fluxing ore, how
ever.
The Black Hawk and Palmetto are fin
prospects, both In ore that will averaa
43 ounces of silver per ton and about
per cent lead. The Emerald & Wander
bilt both look we'll for the amount
work done on them. The Magnolia I
st. Louis are fine, promising mines, wit
80 inches of 70.ounce ore In the bOttO
and 55 per cent lead. These last name
mines cannot be worked without viii
or steam hoist with pump, on account I
water.
The Tiger, T. w., the Moulton al
Meek's mines at the head of Galel
creek, are all fine prospects, ins ore, b
. idle at the present time, waiting for chez
transportation. The old Oxide and Be
mines are both good properties and on
| need the skilled hand of the miner
make them paying mines. George All
: and j. K. .Castner have some fine prospe,
on the divide at the head OF the MOI
= Fork Of Galena creek.
Taking all things through, the futr
, prospects of the camp look bright
those hard sons of toll that stayed by
, Ol0 camp IN Q0E O8Ik0st udyS.
BUSINESS NOTES.
= The business houses are all doing
fair share of business and everyone fe
I happy, There are quite number
families moving into the camp and eve
one seems to be preparing for the spr
: boom. Goslln's express Is doing a &
= business and is always on time, max
). the trip from here to Great Falls ev
day and back the next. The fare IS re
= enable with good teams and fast time.
y The mercury went down to AZ be
zero on the I'd of January. New Y
5. has come and gone with the usual
mount of good resolutions only II
" broken before the month Is out.
) have firstclass hotel here now, run
Robt. Mackey and family. More anol
CLENDENIN, Jan. s, 1890. KEN