The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-05-09
NEIHART MINES.

Great Activity Shown on the Mo"iton i"
Other Properties.
Under the management of Foreman VIII.
Ranks and Superintendent Raymond work
ia being pushed right ahead on the Moul-
Aon. and with over one hundred men under
their control an immense amount OF Work
il being done daily, says the Neihart Miner.
Thew are now engaged in cutting out a sta
ton at the bO0-foct levei. which point they
r..eb.d one aay last week. The station
will he lsx2h which gives them ample room
for the handling of the numerous cars ana
men to be used on this level. Everybody
about the mine ia kept on a jump, shs Top
an being busy all the time taking cars
from the cage and wheeling the contents to
the various dumps, and the three or four
oarpenters are not idle, 1t keeping them
busy preparing timbers for the men operat-
In ths shaft. tunnels, etc. Sufficient ore IL
being taken out to keep from four to SIX
f%ouy-horss teams busy hauling from the
mine 10 the railroad. and with new ground
being opened up the number OF men and
tsams will no doubs be increased. Ihe
management has a force of men working
in the Iucersoll, drifting in the direction
Of the Moulton. and We exreet to hear OF
another rich strike on this ground IN a
short time.
from anv of the mines of the camp WAS
hroken down by the night shift on this
nronerty Monday night. The specimen was
about eighteen inches square and the sur
face of il 10 covered with blotches OF native
silver half the size OF o mans hand. u
wire silver filled the hug holes" and Grew
ices, making the specimen fairly gllsten.
Manage Curin took il with him on his re-
cent trip to Great Falls, and he may con
olude TO send it to the Worlds fair. The
vein on the Queen is all of high grade ore,
and there is very little OF 1t put SHOWS
either sulphurets, native or wire silver.
The Benton is taking out more ore at
present than at any time since the dis
covery of the property, and its quality IS
such as to place II in the lead OF all mines
in the camp. The last car shipped from
over $40, 900 and the car now being filled
with the mineral of this group, and which
was shipped on Saturdays train. it Is be-
lieved, will exceed this amount fully one
half, leaving to the company $4,000.
David Barker accompanied the shipment
to the amelter.
A small force of men arc now doing de-
velopment work on the a~bove-named prop
erty, and judging from the quality of ore
on the dump IL Is paying them from the
grass roots. They are sinking Oh tbs lead
and the shaft is now down about fifty feet
The Cumberland joins side lines with the
Flagstaff on tho east and the Gait and
Equator on the west and is in q locality
that makes ii valuable ground. They have
about a half carload of ore on the dumI
and within a few days will make a ship
ment to the smelter.
A contract has been let for the sinking O,
a ffty-foot shaft on this property. ant
Tom NOLAN. with q force of men. has beer
engaged for the past week shoveling snow
from the road and making preparations TO
the hauling Of the timbers needed in tn
work. The owners of the Omaha havt
already had considerable development
work done on the property, an ii she show
up as we'll at this depth as they expect
large force Of men will be put on.