The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-28
LITTLE ROCKY MINES
The Work Being Done and the Glass
Of Ore Described.
A NUMBER OF PRODUCERS
AS Told by Fred Whitehead, John
Rich and Charles McCerry-
For Decoration Day
Politics and News.

Great Falls, May 27.-Frederick
Whitehead, John Rch and Charles Nc
Gerry, old-time Montana miners, drove
into Chinook Sunday from Landusky
and the Little Rocky mining district
In describing the class of ore found and
the work being done in the district, Mr.
whitehead said to an Opinion re-
porter:
The Silver Leaf vein is about two
feet wide The ore will run from $40 to
SlOO per ton, partly silver.
The Only Show vein is about two
feet-50 ounces of silver and $40 in gold,
both owned by Charles ID. Mcclure the
81. Louis millionaire, and the Ian
dusky estate.
The Gold Bug has about / 200 feet of
development work done-shafts and
tunnels The vein is tapped at the
lowest depth at about $50 feet, and is
owned by George Manning and the
Landusky estate.
The August has been a great pro-
queer, having produced over $50 900
worth of gold. The August is owned
by Robert Orman. Mr.. Whitehead is
of the opinion that the mine should re-
vert back to Mr. Orman as the discov-
cry and the development demonstrated
that there was mineral on the reserva-
ton, which subsequently to the con-
sideration to the opening of the re-
serve. The August is a well-defined
insure, the ore chute from which all
the ore has been taken is about so feet
long and a vertical shaft has been
sunk on the ore shute for about 100
feet.
The Bachelor is owned by whaley g.
Hubbard. They have a 50-foot shaft
and 2O-foot drift. The vein, which is
a changed quartzite. is about two feet
wide and one porphyry wall-the other
is a black G1afa-fha
average about $40, free-milling
The Two Liars, recent discovery, is
owned by Rich & McGerry. They have
contact vein, laying between mica,
schist and fine-grained quartz por-
phyry. Development work has reached
about 35 feet in depth.
The Humboldt, owned by the Hawk
eye company, is well-defined fissure-
traverses porphyry and gneiss forma-
ton The vein will average about four
feet in width. The gangue rock is a
dark blue, hard silica, carrying gold,
silver, lead and zinc: The zinc is in
form of a zinc blend. The ore is very
base and is a concentrating PROPOSE
tion-a splendid auxiliary to the Hawk
eye mine.
The Hawkeye is one of the bonanzas
of the hills-a great shattered zone ex-
tends up and down Bonanza Hill. The |
solutions have come up along this |
crevice, dissolving the porphyry and |
finally depositing a hard, white, pure
silica, which is the gangue rock This
hard, white quartz carries gold in |
scales and grains disseminated all
through the mass. The maximum
width OF the ore body is about 20 feet.
so far the ore is strictly free-milling.
They have about 100 tons of ore on the
dump and 200 more in sight.
The Clara Bell-the gangue rock here
Is blue and gray fine-grained quartz,
where it is unoxidized it is heavily
with auriferous pyrities.
The Big Chief is over in the Shell
Rock Butte region. 1t is owned by
carter & Mckenzie and some Chinook
parties. They have here a well-defned
vein, averaging about five feet in
width. The gangue rock has a f1uorite
character, which, in the Little Rockies,
Invariably leads to high-grade ore in
he lower levels
The Compromise lays just southeast
# the Big Chief. 1t is developed by a
O-foot shaft. The gangue rock is an |
iuriferous porphyry, heavily charged !
With iron pyrities. This is another
proposition.
The Alabama-this is the property
lnder bond by Putnam & Reser They |
ave a well-defined assure which. on
he surface, is very low grade and has
fuorite character, but as depth was
'ained strange new high-grade ore |
made its appearance, which come to
he surface nowhere else in the noun
aims. This speaks well for the claim,
IS usually gold ore does not increase {
n value as depth is gained. The result
I the development on this claim would
Indicate that the Little Rocky noun {
aims has ore bodies and deposits that
o not make their appearance on the
urface.' The outcome of the property
being watched by mining men all .
yer the world. A shipment of ore was
lade last fall from the bottom of a 100
Dot shaft, which netted them over 500 :
er ton after paying heavy freight and :
melter charges to Aurora, Ill. At the :
resent time they are continuing the
haft to the 200-foot level. {
Just east of the Alabama is located !
ne Moonshine, owned by Al Andrews
nd Pete Zortman. The ere resembles
lat from the Alabama. /.
Mr.. Whitehead predicts great rush !
Ito that country with the opening of :
he reservation. Every prospector and .
liner in the Little Rockies has great
nth in the ultimate outcome of the n
lture of the district with deep devel-
)ment. a
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