The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-12-03
NEIHART'SM MINERALS
Facts Cleaned by Prof. O. c. Mort
son During His Visit in
Neihart.
SHE HAS A GREAT FUTURE.
Neihart as Ar Ore Producer-The
Untold Wealth Looms Up with
Development.
To the editor of the HERALD:

Il 10 Tic cultOA Va thO u
The Improvements and Developments
| going on constantly in this city are not
so perceptible to a resident as they are
to an occasional visitor. For the latter,
taking a tour Of the camp, the richness
and extent of the ore bodies now being
developed is a revelation, and the energy,
activity, and perseverance of the people
is a surprise.
Within the corporate limits of the
town are found nearly all the essential
adjuncts of modern civilization, though
barely ten years ago it was a mountain
wild. Broad gauge railroad, electric
lights (arc and incandescent), mains be-
ing laid for waterworks on an extensive
scale, streets graded and sidewalks laid.
A motor line and telephone exchange
are also in early contemplation.
Churches and schools are also establish
ed. and residences of a superior class are
constantly being built.
When certain experiments now in pro-
cess are completed, Neihart will still
further be transformed by the magic
wand of electricity, and that will be its
application to deep mining. The steam
hoist perched on the mountain side so
long familiar to miners will disappear,
and from one central station. power will
be carried by wires of so to 200 horse
power to any mine requiring, it however
remote, or mountainous situation it may
lay in. Pumping, hosting, drilling,
drilling and all other purposes requiring
power in deep mining will be supplied
by this master power of the close of the
nineteenth century. For transporting
ores, the present cumbersome system of
steep mountain roads will have COM
pleted their mission and their places
supplied by strong bucket cables, afford
ing a safer and swifter transportation.
Truly, Neihart is now undergoing her
transformation scene. There has been a
general tendency of her larger mining
corporations to adopt deeper mining
this past two years, and in no case has
the result been disappointing, as the ore
chutes have retained their thickness and
richness, and I predict this will still fur
Their increase with greater depth.
1t is extremely interesting to note not
only the quantity, but also the various
| kinds of minerals found in Neihart the
number being constantly increased each
year by new accessions.
In this camp as in all other places,
in the majority of the mines the baser
| minerals appear largely at the surface
workings, but these are no criterion of
what will be found deeper. Such baser
minerals generally consist of iron, zinc,
manganese, lead, heavy spar etc. Some
times some of these give out altogether
and sometimes they assume new forms
by combination with other minerals.
In other mines, however, the richer
minerals have appeared on the surface,
and in my opinion, in the majority Of
| cases this has been caused by local dis
tortion of the strata, either by upheaval
or by lateral pressure.
The variety of minerals found is some
| thing unusual for the small radius, and
vet the number identified | consider to
be a small part to what will yet be
found. 1t is also an u%ndoubtcd fact that
| the ore belts of the principal mineral
are found in zones-thus, there are the
copper, lead, manganese, Baryta and
| silver zones. Gold can not be classed
as a separate zone, because it is found in
so many mines and belts in large OF
small quantities.
In connection might be mentioned,
that other camps within a radiues OF
four miles from Neihart and tributary
thereto, carry minerals of various descrip-
ton, and of such an essentially different
combination, that anyone acquainted
with them can pick them out from
mixed pile of ore. These camps com.
prise Snow, Carpenter, Frizell, Mackey
Hoover, Robinson and Harley creeks.
There are also the Lost Fork, Middle
Fork and Crandall creeks, naturally
tributary to this camp, bearing immense
bodies of free smelling %carbonates, be
sides other minerals in abnormally larg'
amounts.
It would not be within my provinc'
in this article to give detailed account
of mines, as it would not only make i
too long, but 1t would betray confidenc
reposed in me.
However, he town of Neihart AM
vicinity will be represented at tn
Worlds fair by collections from
SO locations in Neihart,
10 Snow creek,
90 Carpenter
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