The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-04-30
AMONG THE MINES.
Railroad Prospects Are Bringing
C~opperopolis tn the Front
Rapidly.
TIE Recent trikr in the Benton
Group at Neillart The
May and Edna.

Montana Midland has brought Copper.
opolis into considerable prominence.
Says the Meagher county News: "a
representative of the News visited Cop
peropolis last Sunday and took a look at
the future copper camp Of Meagher
county. The Darling Fraction was the
only property visited. 1t has "A large
amount Of ore in sight and can commence
shipping Just as Dor as a railroad reaches
that point or a wagon road is built to Nei-
hart. There are six patented CLAIMS in
this camp. all of which are as good as any
in Butte Or Anaconda at the same depth.
Good prospects were struck last fall
where 10 one suspected there was "a lead
before. A spring bubbles out at this lit
tie camp that is highly pregnated with
copper, and probably comes from some
rich lead Of that metal. Fine specimens
OF native copper are found in this neigh
borhood."
There is little doubt now but that this
will become one of the leading copper at
fractions of the Belt range country at au
early date. 1t is certain that no richer
ores have been found in the state than
were shipped from the Copperopolis
leads. and all that remains to bring the
camp into prominence is the building of
a railroad and the enlistment of capital
for better development.
II BENTON URour.
John G. f. Barker. who came in from
Naiborf SnturJ,N Loot ,,e a., p,,l,,.
Mountain Husbandman, brought with
him some of the finest samples of ore we
have ever seen produced from any mine.
This ore came from the new strike in
the lower levels of the Montana Gold.
| Silver. Platinum and Tellurium mine
and can scarcely be beaten in any cuun-
try. Two men working in the face of
the drift are taking out 81 1000 worth of
ore per day. The mine at this point
shows eight inches Of ore that will sam
pie $1,000 per ton. The specimens re-
ferred to are simply magnificent. They
are literally streaked with ruby silver III
crystal form. In fact there were streaks
of ore two inches in thickness in which
the ruby seemed to ~predominate, while
between the ruby streaks was a class of
green crystals equally as rich. These
specimens will average from $500
to $1,000 per ton. The larg-
est specimen. nearly the size Of a
mans hat, showed the thickness Of the
streak and the position of the different
classes. The tellurium ore. now not in
a regular streak. showed up in splendid
quantities and would average fully $780,
600 per ton There were also streaks Of
gold ore in the vein that were very rich
indeed. In addition to these fine chunks
Mr.. Barker exhibited two saucers full of
pure metal in wire form. The cluster of
wire silver was simply wonderful, one
mass weighing seven ounces while the
saucer of wire matte would have weigh
ed four OF five times that much. The
saucer of gold wires was not quite so
large or pure as the silver exhibit but
it was the richest ever dug from a quartz
mine in the northwest being worth al
most as much rs gold bullion. Mr..
Barker assures us that all the old min
rrs of Neihart who examined the spccI-
mems pronounced them the richest ever
found in Montana. The owners Of this
property are much clatcd and well they
may be for there is certainly millions in
it.
THE MAY AND EDNA.
The Belt Mountain Miner contains the
following concerning the recent stink" in
the May and Edna:
There has been no piece Of news i'm
parted to the people of Barker for Il long
time that has caused such general %rcjOic-
ing as was occasioncd Friday when Wm.
Mcqueen. came down from the May and
Edna, bringing with him several spcci-
mems of a body of galcna ore Just en-
countered in that mine. Saturda! Il
representative of the Miner made a visit
to the May and Edna and was shown
through the workings by Superintendent
Price. The lower tunnel on this property
is in 40 feet: from the face OF tlis tun-,
mel d crosscut running west is being run
and is now in 10 feet, and here it was
that the ore was struck. The vein is
well defined, and at the place cut
through is three feet and Il half in width.
The ore looks remarkable well and evil
IDENTIFY runs very high in lead, with Il
good, paying quantity of silver. 1t had
been expected to strike this vein IL
about 1000 feet, and they have thus
found it 200 feet sooner than they cX.
pected, giving the vein considcrabI"
pitch. and making it at least 800 feet in
depth.
The May and Edna was the first prop
crty upon which work was started in
camp. after the long period of s~tagnation
following the shutting down Of the smclt
cr eight years ago. 1t is nearly three
years ago since a small force Of men un-
der Il. W. Maloney started work on this
mine. and work has been almost contin-
uous since. About five months ago the
present superintendent. q. Il. Price, took
charge. Mr.. Price discovered that in
some 100 feet the contact had been
passed, and conceived the idea that 1t
would be much better to try and strike
that than to keep on straight ahead. so
two months ago he began the present
crosscut with the result that 1t" found
the contact and the ore as abov" stated
Good Looks.
Good looks are more than skin deep,
depending upon "a healthy condition of
all the vital organs. ; If the Liver he IN
active you have "a Bilious Look, if your
stomach is disordercd you have a Dys-
Da,t;, I ooh ,pI II your kilpnyS are af-