The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-09-17
Extensive Developments Being Made
in the Mines-An Interesting
Letter From Our Spec
ial Correspondent.
GONE TO The FINAL ROUNDUP.
James II. Lemon Meets With Il Fatal
Accident-AnOther Old
Timer Gone.
A Light Observation-Disclosures Com
ing in Slowly-Points
on Registration.
NE4 NEWS,

Tribune Correspondent Tells of the
Progress Being Made in That Camp.
Especial Correspondence of the TRIBuNE.)
NEIHART, Sept. 9.-Editor TRIBUNE:
We begin to see the effect of the new
promise of the railroad being completed
to Neihart. Nine owners are organizing,
incorporating and commencing the work
OF developing their mines and getting
them into shape to extract ore for ship
ment when the railroad is completed.
The booming of the blast in the mines
can he heard at all hours of the day and
night.
The mines of the Little Belt range are
true tissure lodes and improve in quantity
and quality of ore as depth is attained, al
though but a few have sunk shafts to any
considerable depth. Long tunnels have
been run and | do not know of a single
instance when there has not been a great
improvement in the ore vein as they gain
IN depth from the surface.
The Mountain Chief lode, situated on
the summit at the head of Spring Gulch,
is a notable instance of this improvement
in depth, a shaft has been sunk to the
depth of 400 feet. The company are now
running a tunnel that is estimated to tap
the mine in 1900 feet at a depth of 1900
feet from the surface. The London Lode
situated in Spring Gulch, has a tunnel
run on the lode 900 feet. 1t shows a fis-
sure from 8 to 10 feet in width, showing
large bodies of ore, part of which is high
grade with fine specimens of native silver.
The Queen of the Hills, Homestake
and O'Brien lodes, all owned by the same
company and on the same vein, are de-
veloped by a long tunnel, showing a ifs
sure of 6 to IL feet IN widtl. wlln large
bodies of high grade ore.
| started out to speak of the mines on
which they are now actively engaged in
developing, but find it would make an
article too long to expect you to give it
space, and We will make special mention
OF them at some other time.
They are working a day and night shift
on the Monarch, Florence, Moulton, Dako-
ia and Amelia, anda day shift on II number
of Others SO, you see, the camp is max
ing some progress. There is also consid-
cradle improvement being made in tn e
town. We have two restaurants, two no.
tells and a fine new hotel nearly COM
pleted and furnished throughout.
Mr.. Muller is the merchant prince of
the town. He carries a large stock of
general merchandise. Gregg Bros. have
a good assortment of hardware. Mrs.
Sprague keeps tobacco, cigars, candies,
nuts, fruits, papers, periodicals and no.
tons of various kinds. We have two
butcher shops, two livery and feed sta
bles, four saloons, lodging houses, etc
Preparations are being made for other
business houses.
New and valuable discoveries of mines
in the vicinity are frequent. The late
discovery of Pottle and Burgh, of hard
carbonate of lead, carrying two to three
hundred ounces of silver t. the ton, Is
one of the most important. Mr.. Pottle
has extracted some bullion from it by
melting it in a frying pan. The bullion
assays IL, 1868 per ton. NEIHART.