The weekly tribune., 1891-06-19

Hills and shows a large vein and rich
ore. 1t has long tunnel and is work
ing force of men.
! North OF the Gait is the Nevada. In a
| 1O-foot shaft this mine makes showing
or about seven feet of ore in 1O-foot
vein.
The Neihart Cumberland Mining COM
panys claim is located on Rock creek.
1t is now working and shows two feet
of ore in 4-foot vein.
In close proximity are the Flagstaff.
belonging to VIM. Muller and John
Lyon. and the Peabody to Adam Hamil-
ton. Both prospects have been tunneled
2OO feet and make excellent showings of
rich ore.
Adjoining the Diamond r. company
and owning five claims is the Ingersoil
Mining company This is one of Nei-
harts strongest" companies and is con-
stantly developing its claims. which
grow richer as depth is attained. Four
feet OF ore is found in vein running
from five to six feet
| The Rock Creek lode, the Rochester,
the Lizzie and the Crandell adjoin the
Ingersoll claims and are the properties of
K. Menefee, Patrick Boyle, William Mul-
Ter, Nj. Powers, Hugh l.. White and
Frank Marion. The vein on which all
are located is large one and shows
from one to five feet of ore
| Next comes the Champion Bee and Say
age, belonging to S. Savage and Joseph
Sylvester. Both are excellent claims,
showing about two feet of ore.
The Dacotah is also located on Rock
creek and is the property of L. Bergeron
| H. Lambeth and Warren Toole. A 1000
foot tunnel has been run as we'll as sew
eral shafts sunk. The vein is large and
shows about five feet of first class ore,
| rich in silver.
The Enterprise and Grand Prize, be-
longing to j. L. Neihart and VIM. Gran
| dell and the Silver Belt and Fair Play.
belonging, to Jonathan McAssey, Dune
Mcdonald and j. l.. Neihart, show ex-
cellently so far as developed. The two
former have about two feet of ore in a
five foot vein and the latter about five
feet in twelve foot vein.
The st. James Consolidated Mining
company own the st. James lode, the Alb
solute and the Lady of Shallot. Through
these three veins run one vein about ten
feet wide, showing eighteen inches of
silicious carbonate ore. In a tive-foot
vein the st. James shows two feet OF
| quartz rich in silver.
East of the Silver Belt and Fair Play
the Commonwealth lies. Its develop
ment indicates twenty-foot vein and
| about three feet of ore.
The Broadwater group comprises the
| Minnehaha, Montana Belle, st. Julien
| Dickens and MaudS. This property has
l.5O0 feet of shafts and tunnels and
shows some very rich ore. Col. Broad
water of Helena and j. j. Hill of St
Paul are its principal owners.
The Hartley, owned by Captain McIn,
tosh and Thomas Angus, has three veins
showing ore rich in silver
The Empire belongs to Duncan Nc
Donald and Jonathan McAssey. II
shows about two and half feet of rich
ore.
Near the Mountain Chief is the La
Platte. It's vein is quite large and the
ore shows well. Its owners are Field
burns and Heitman.
The Evening and Morning Star are
two fine claims belonging to Crawford ~
Burns. They show about three feet of
galcna.
On Carpenter creek are the mines of
the Whip Poor Will company. two in
number, called the Whip Poor Will and
Uncle George. Both mines are now
worked and show well in silver, copper
and lead.
On Belt, Carpenter and Rock creeks
the ore is mainly smelling galena. which,
when assaycd. proves very rich in silver,
Some copper is also found. The Snow
Creek mines on the contrary are largely
milling gold, silver and tellurium
Among them are the |. \. l.. properties,
comprising the |. X. l.. and Eureka. In
the Eureka a shaft has been sunk 100
feet. going through ore all the way. The
ore is free-milling gold and silver and as
says as high as 300 to the ton. y level
fifty feet down the shaft shows four feet
of ore. North of the Eureka the /. X. L.
shows the same character of ore.
The claims of the Lexington Mining
company, the Lexington, Mountain
View and Fair View, adjoin the l. X. l..
About $4,000 has been spent by the com
pany in developments, and the ore proves
very similar to that of the Eureka and
|. X. l..
The Cornucopia company has five
claims. They are the Cornucopia, the
Ontario, Albatross. Mabel and Montana.
About $4,000 is now being spent with
most encouraging results. The ore is
very rich in gold and silver.
The Gold, Silver, Platinum and Tel
lurium company own group formerly
known as the Benton group. Its slX
claims are the big Snowy, Blue Cloud
Floral. Rebellion. Puck and Last Chance.
The ore is found to be a very high grade
of gold and silver.
South of this group is the Snowdrift
owned by White Sulphur Springs and
Great Falls parties. Developments show
excellent ore.
The Ripple is east of the Snowdrift
and its tunnel shows a fine body of
ore.
The Jennie Whipple company own
four claims west of the Ripple. They are
the j. w., Ada, Silver Horn and Ida.
This property is well developed by 80
foot tunnel and shows vein eight feet
wide, well defined and filled with rich