The weekly tribune., 1891-06-19

and periodicals from all sections of the
country. Neihart is fortunate in DOS
sessing two excellent physicians. DR.. j.
b. McCann is the proprietor of the pi-
oneer drug store and DR.. Hunter is the
physician of the Miners union.
The Bank of Neihart is one of the re-
cent acquisitions. Its president is Geo.
w. Brown, who conducts the business of
the bank. The building of the First Ma
tional bank is now going on and Mr.. G.
L. Curtis, late of the Bank of Sand COu-
lee, will administer its affairs with his
well known business capacity.
The Neihart Herald is edited by E. X.
Abbott, formerly of the Monarch. Mr..
Abbott gives weekly to his fellow towns
men bright and newsy paper of local
news and editorials which depict in
glowing colors and brilliant tints the
glorious possibilities of the great camp
on the Belt range.
BUILDING BOOM.
Building is going on in the camp at a
rate that is really astonishing. On ev-
cry side may be heard the ringing of
| hammers and the merry whistle of the
masons laying stone on stone and fast
bringing great business blocks from the
ground up. On Main street, at the
northwest end, j. l.. Neihart is putting
up a handsome two-story dwelling. A
fine stone building is also going up on
the same street. 1t is known as the
Luther block and will be occupied by
the w. j. Miner Drug company, now Of
Benton. The building is already up one
story. A. Nathan, the enterprising Great
| Falls clothier, is also putting up a very
handsome store building which he eX-
poets to stock with clothing. The ex-
| cavating work on the First National
Bank building is done and the work of
erecting it will be pushed toward COM
! pletion as circumstances will permit.
At the south end of Main street an addi-
ton to the Manitoba house is going up.
Valentine Brandt is also erecting two
story lodging house and James Judge,
Gottlieb Veneer and d. McCowen are
building CHEEKY, home-like residences
On Granite street John A. Wilson will
| shortly begin the erection of handsome
two-story stone building. 1t will easily
be seen that. judged from a building
standpoint, Neihart's prospects are Hat
tering in the extreme.
SOME OF THE MINES.
OF course Neihart's one great resource
is its mines Silver, gold and other valu-
able metals are found in paying leads in
and about the town. The entire sur
rounding mountain district seems to be
cut up and bisected at intervals by rich
voins of ore. Although sufficient
number of these leads have been worked
to show the sure and limitless pos
sibilities of the district, there has been
nothing like complete development as
yet. The Great Northern will be com
pleted within three months and with the
lowering of freight tariffs immense de-
velopments may be expected. Some of
the Belt creek and Carpenter creek mines
show very valuable deposits in galena
ore rich in silver. The veins run from
five to thirty feet in width. On Snow
creek the mines are gold and silver in
veins from four to ten feet frequently
showing ore the entire width of the vein.
The Mountain Chief mine. north Of
Neihart on Carpenter creek, shows rich
deposits. This mine is now working a
large force. 1t has been tunneled about
1900 feet. and the tunnel will be driven
900 to 1000 feet further. The vein is a
large one and shows from three to six
feet of ore.
The London mine, located on Spring
creek is supposed to be on the same vein
as the Mountain Chief. 1t has been
tunneled 800 feet and in vein in places
30 feet wide. shows from five to six feet
of ore.
The Monarch. belonging to the Mon
arch Mining company, adjoins the Lon
don. 1t has a tunnel about 1900 feet.
The vein runs from ten to twenty feet
and shows from two to four feet of ore.
A large force is now working in the mine.
The Florence Mining company owns
and is working the Florence mine. 1t is
supposed to be on the same vein as the
Monarch and shows from two to three
feet of rich ore.
One of the bonanZas of the Belt
mountains region is the great Moulton
mine. It's yield in precious metals has
been phenominal. 1t was recently pur
chased by Great Falls syndicate for
$4,000 and has been considerably de
veloped since then with highly satisfac
tory results. About $4,000 in ore have
already been shipped and the yield IN
creases as it is worked. The mine is 10
Gated on Rock creek, practically in the
town of Neihart. The mine is owned by
the Diamond Il Mining company. G. ID.
Mcclure. of the Granite Mountain and
Bi- Metallic. being one of the largest stock
holders. E. G. Maclay, Ira Meyers,
Paris Gibson. L. E. Collins, A. f. Dick
erman, j. H. Mcknight and other Great
Falls citizens are among the principal
stockholders. The company is putting
in machinery and will work the mine on
an extensive scale. 1t promises to be a
second Granite Mountain.
One of the richest mines about Neihart
is the Queen of the Hills, owned by a
company named after the mine. 1t is
situated on Belt creek and is now work
ing large force. In vein which runs
from four to twenty feet, from one to
eight feet of ore is shown. The mine
has tunnel of about 1000 feet and has
several thousand tons of ore on the
dump awaiting the railroad for ship
ment.
East of the Queen of the Hills is the
Equator. In tive-foot vein this shows
about two feet of rich ore
The claim belonging to the Gait min