The weekly tribune., 1892-04-02
AMONG THE MINES,
A Review of Some of the Mining
Properties at Bar
ker.
A Good Showing Made hy Several,
MOntanaS : Mines nj
the Fair

The Belt Mountain Miner contains the
following news relative TO mines in that
district:
A visit to the Top Hand last week
showed that that mine still deserves its
name of being one of the best in the Belt
mountains. An inspection Of this prop
| erty could not but convince the most
skeptical regarding the mines of Barker
that there is no question as to the fut-
ure of the camp. In the whole length of
the tunnel, which is now IN 800 feet. one
could scarcely stick pick in anywhere
without bringing out ore, and ore too
that would assay well. The vein varies
from ten to sixteen feet in width, and cx-
tends the whole length of the tunnel,
with about 400 feet of pay ore. Two
hundred and fifty feet Of this is hard
carbonate, which assays 40 per cent lead
and 81 ounces in silver One hundred
and fifty feet consists of gray carbonate.
which will run about Si per cent lead
and and 10 ounces in silver. A winze is
now being sunk at the face of the tunnel
which is now down about twenty feet,
with as much ore and of a good grade
as is in the tunnel, The vein has a pitch
of about forty-tive degrees and runs be-
tween lime and porphyry. Since Deccm-
Der the company has shipped about
1000 tors of ore and now have 800 tons
waiting shipment. Almost since the
commencement of work on this mine
not a bit of waste matter has been taken
out, and every pound of what is taken
out now is good pay ore. 1t is estimated
| that the ore now IN sight would realize
| Sl50,O00. and as the extent of the body is
still unknown, one can only imagine the
future profit to its fortunate owners. As
J. l.. Lee, superintendent for the Paragon
Mining company, said: "When we get
this shaft down sixty feet and establish
that the ore is at least that depth, we
will have property that is ahead Of the
| far famed Cumberland of Castle, and
S2,00O,0O0 was the price paid for that
! Across the gulch from the Top Hand
lies the Silver Tip property, on which a
contract has just been let to sink forty
feet at the face of the tunnel. This tun-
mel is now in siXty-fve feet and at the
end of it the lead matter dips down al
most perpendicularly. The shaft will be
sunk on this lead. and it is thought that
this will bring them into the ore body.
An ASSAY made of ore from this mine has
gone 2S ounces in silver and II per cent
lead. The general character of this
ground is the same as on the Top Hand,
and the owners think that with sufficient
development work it will prove to be d
bonanza.
The new hosting plant on the Carter
is in full operation, running night and
day. with three eight hour shifts. The
shaft is about l:Il feet deep and going
down at a good rate. The vein has
dipped away from the perpendicular so
that no ore is now being taken out. yet
the waste is lead matter, thickly imprcg
mated with iron pyrites. When the 200
level is reached a cross-cut will be made
to the vein. If at this depth it proves
as large as at the 100 level. and there is
every reason to believe that it WILL the
Carter will be leading one among Mon
tana mines for size of ore body in sight.
While making the rounds the Miner
scribe stopped at the Barker works and
found three ore sorters working at the
bench. The large ore house Is nearly
half full of fine gdlena Engaging Mr..
Stanley, the superintendent, in CONVEX
sation, he remarked "The mine is look
ing better every day. and is now profit
able property. The pay streak has wild
cned considerably within the past two
weeks, and we are taking out lots of this
which you see here" The ore referred
to nearly filled one side Of the house. 1t
is high grade cube and steel galena.
and much of il will assay over 100
ounces of silver per ton. +. W. Riggs,
the engineer on duty, said that the night
shift had broken about five tons OF ore
which had been hoistcd during the morn
ing.
At the Silver Bell plant work never
ceases. The shaft is still going down on
the lead while drift is being pushed on
the lead out under the valley. hIGh
grade galena is being taken out nearly
all The time, and no mine III the stale
can show better looking dump
; =. Harrison has been working a force
the past week cutting on go urNll
trail down the right fork of GaIena
creek from the r w mine 10 tn" wagon
road. The work is about finished and
100 tons of ore has been started down 10
the sampler. About LOO pounds ol
sacked ore will be- placed on the go
devil at each load which one hora" VIII
snake down the mountain. This ore
has been laying on tho dump some time
and after being sampled will he shipped
The trail will be a benefit to other mines
in this region which may now get th'il
ore to market.