The tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1890, 1890-04-02
Detailed Report on the Great Silver
Lead Deposits of Neihart and
Snow Greek.
The Tribune's Special Commissioner
Gives a Long List of Pro-
ductive Mines.
Exhaustless Deposits of Iron Ore Are
Also on Hand in the Belt Noun.
tains Mining Region.

IL may Dc SAID, also, upon tie threshold;
of II review of the mighty transformation
now in process, that, but for the uncon.
querable will, foresight and sagacity of
James ]. Hill, this road would not prob
ably have been built for years to come.
When directors of the Manitoba visit
ed this country in the fall of 1888 they
said they could not see anything in the
shape of mining development to Justify
the building of a railroad into the Belt
mountains, and so reported atthe ensuing
meeting Of the directors. Notwithstand-
ing this adverse report, we have today a
first-class, broad guage, steel railroad al
ready laid 80 miles and the grade com.
pleted as far as Martins and ready for
the rails, excepting q short piece of solid
rock cut in the wonderful formation
known as the sluice boxes of upper Belt,
a distance Of 65 miles, with the surveyors
tents pitched yet far above Martins, to-
wards Neihart and the line located into
the heart of that f1o%urishing camp. The
cross-sectioning has commenced and will
be completed to Neihart, SO that the
graders may proceed onward and upward
as soon US the track is laid to Monarch.
THE DISTRICT.
In this district there are between 400
and 500 recorded bona tide mines. Among
the first to be named is a group of pat
ented mines resting gracefully upon the
bosom OF The hill overlooking the camp.
This is called the Broadwater group, be-
ing composed of the Dickens, Montana
Belle, Ninnehaha, Maud s and St. Julian.
The gronp is owned by Messrs. James J.
Hill, G. A. Broadwater and James Cham
berlin. The ores are sulphurets and
carry an average assay value of 10 ounces
silver to the ton. There have been devel-
opments on this cluster to the value of
$685. 600, including 400 feet shafting and
1000 feet of tunnels and levels. The ore
bodies, so far as exposed, seem absolutely
inexhaustible and the veins are pronounc-
ed true assures by all experts who have
examined them. There are about 1000
tons of ore on the dump.
THE QUEEN OF THE HILLS GROUP.
The Queen of the Hills, Homestake
and O'Brien cluster is owned by G. P.
Downing, 1. G. Baker & Co. and others,
and carries an average of IS ounces sill
yer, some portions running as high as
1000 ounces. They have 100 feet of
shafting besides several shaft openings,
exposing the three distinct veins of ore
their full length of 4,500 feet. They have
also a 5O0-foot tunnel at the base of the
end claim, tapping the vein at a depth of
300 feet, exposing a continuous ore body
for $50 feet between four and five feet in
width of high grade ore. These veins
will also yield between 20 and 80 per cent
lead. They have 5000 tons of ore on the
dump.
The Florence, owned by johnson,
Henry Il Wight, adjoins the Queen of
the Hills and carries a similar grade of
ore. This mine has two tunnels, one 40
feet above the other. The upper has a
depth of $50 feet, exposing a strong vein
of high grade ore the entire length. The
lower is 200 feet in depth and shows the
vein in undiminished richness and ex-
tent.
'fhe Mountain Chief is owned by the
Hudson Mining company of Boston and
yields sulphurets and c%arbonates assaying
in value from 20 to 10000 ounces silver
per ton, besides 10 to 80 per cent lead.
This mine has a 30O-foot shaft, exposing
a vein of from 8 to % feet high grade
sulphurets. A 700-foot tunnel also pierces
the vein. The company is now running
a 2,200-foot tunnel to tap the shaft at q
depth of LOO feet. Over 5000, 900 have
been expended on the mine.
TuE 1ONDoN NINE
The London, owned by Fehrenbach,
Rotwitt s. Co., shows a heavy ledge of
galena, assaying from 30 to 100 ounces
silver and an average of 20 per cent lead
1t is opened the full length Of the vein
by shafts and has an 80O-foot tunnel on
the vein, exposing an ore body from 4 to
II feet in width.
The Monarch and Concentrated, owned
by Clark, Eaton, MCGOWAN and Street
are silver bearing galena lodes, assayins
: from 30 to 100 ounces silver and about %
/ per cent lead. They are working three
S-hour shifts and have a tunnel 800 feet
on the vein.
BONDED FOR $4,000.
The Moulton, owned by John McCas
say and bonded to Capt. lummer for $50,
900, is also a silver-bearing galena lode
the full width of the tunnel, averaging
$40 ounces silver and from 80 to 30 pei
cent. lead, with enough ore on the dunn
to pay for the mine.
The Compromise, adjoining the Moul
ton on the south, exposes a view of soliC
ore from wall to wall, averaging in assay
value about the same as the Moulton.
The Cumberland, owned by MCGOWAN
Mcdonald & Lemb, is a silver bearing
galena ledge assaying an averaging o.
40 ounces silver and 65 per cent. lead
free smelling and ore body 8 to 8 feet il
width. 1t has a 250-foot tunnel and a 30
foot shaft.
The Gait and Nevada are on the SAM
vein aud average 200 ounces silver; FREE
smelling and ore body never less than
feet,
The Baltic, near the Mountain Chief
worked by a tunnel from the south sid
OF Carpenter creek, is tapped by a tunne
1856 feet or the lode and 800 feet deer
the cross-cut showing a vein 16 feet be
tween walls. The average assay S, ore
1924 ounces silver and 23 per cent. leaG
with a percentage Of gold. Its owner ar
G. Black, T. Rotnwell and d. Condor.
The Whippoorwill and Uncle Georg
on Carpenter creek are owned by Burg
hardt & Co., and carry al average 0
10 ounces silver and 80 per cent. leat
free smelling ore.
SNOW CREEK DISTRICT.
The Colorado and Rainbow, owned b
r. Brennan & Co., Is a heavy deposit g