Fergus County argus., 1891-10-15


all in lcavening strength.-LATEsT L. s. GOVERN
NENT FooD REPORT.
their many friends. These brothers are
typical mountaineers and pioneers of Mon
tana, having been in what is now the state
for quarter of century. Their adven-
lures with Indians and wild animals would
make a volume OF interesting reading.
Their home cabin is pleasantly situated at
the mouth of the gulch, and convenient to
wood, water and grass. In this gulch the
brothers located "A placer claim in 1881,
and have worked the ground nearly every
year since with varying success, according
to the supply of water. 1t is safe to say
fully SEQ, 900 in placer gold has been taken
out of the gulch, yet the pay ground has
hardly been touched. We were shown a
pit about 25x35 feet and ten feet deep,
from which 81 100 was taken out. The
| brothers have fully two miles OF wooden
tiuming in the gulch, the most OF which WAS
carried there on horseback up narrow
trail. A. b. Hopkins has been working a
piece OF the ground during the summer, and
| over three or four hours day.
The Bob, owned by the Buchanan Bros,
has 40 foot tunnel. The ore is lead car
Donate, and carries both gold and silver.
Assays from the ore show 20 ounces in
silver, 70 in lead, and from two to six dol
lars in gold.
The Black Hawk and Pontiac located in
this vicinity. are owned by Dwinelle and
Draper. The ore is same in character as
the Bob. Both nre considered valuable
prospects. There is some rich ore on the
dumps.
The Almond and Old Judge are owned by
Fred Hortop and James McDermott. The
former has a 80 foot shaft, the latter 30
foot tunnel. Both are silver-bearing and
give good assays.
THE J. T.. MINE.
This property is located in the extreme
southern end of the range. and is the prop
erty Of the Moccasin Mining company.
We found present at the mine and busy
pushing development, Joseph Norman,
| vice-president, J. l.. Harmon, president
and superintendent and James Akerly,
| one of the principal stockholders, and
| and a miner of many years experience.
| Work at present is confined to the new
shaft, which is AZ by 81 feet in the clear
| well constructed and down to a depth ~
sixty feet. The porphyry wall was struck
| a few days since on the upper side of the
shaft, and it has been demonstrated that
| the ore body lies on an incline up and down
| the mountain and it is the intention of the
superintendent to follow the ore body with
| the shaft and if possible cut through to
the lower wall. There were several feet OF
| ore exposed and constantly widening with
every shot. There is probably fifty tons OF
good shipping ore on the dump. 1t is lead
carbonate and carries both gold and silver.
| Assays from the mine show AZ per cent
| lead, s ounces in silver and S4.Oo in gold.
On the south end OF the property a tunnel
was run between 80 and 100 feet to tap the
lead and although some ore and vein mat
ter was found the prospect has been aban-
doned for the present. There is also 40
foot shaft above the tunnel from which a
large quantity OF ore was taken. 1t would
| seem though the gentlemen had now fig
ured the matter down to a fine point and
would soon locate the ore body to a Ger
tainty. If once found there can be but
little doubt as to it's extent. The superin-
| tendent and his assistants feel confident
that few days more will definitely locate
the main lead and we sincerely trust they
will not be disappointed.
Altogether there are great many I'm
prospects in the range, and the surface indi
cations are most encouraging for the dis
covery of valuable mines at no distant day,
bat it can only be accomplished by concen-
trating labor and capital on a few good
properties.
DIR. DAILY missed his napkin and tooth
picks.
Iron gulch is properly named. This blacl
metal can be picked up anywhere.
A shaft house and cabin will be built or
the j. T. before winter comes to stay.
The Meccasin range is full OF mineral
More capital and muscle is what is needed
III A walk over the Moccasin range wi i'll con
vince one that some OF the mountains ar,
way up"
ii VIM. Mcfarland was surveying mininl
claims for Arnold and Riser last Frida,
: and Saturday.
Jake Miller is the champion deer hunte
of the Moccasin range. He has several yooe
} prospects in the mountains.
VIM. Hortop and Robert Shaw wer
spending few days with Buchanan Bros
and Arnold and Riser last week.
Bob" Buchanan Bros dog, is valu
, able aid in placer mining. He goes alonl
the boxes and keeps them free from OBJ
struction by sticks and stones.
+ "Old Golden" is the name given a larg
, black-t tail buck that makes his homes il
the mountains. He has been seen fire.
5 quently and cousiderab BILE lead has besI
, sent after him, but so far he has ESCAPED
/ the aim of the nimrods. He is said to be
t monster in size and it has become a matte
2 of rivalry as to who will bring him down.
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