The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-01
A Isl MILL.

hues. This seemed at one time A.
mong the possibilities and was
eagerly hoped for. 1t has proven
that our country and the world are
not ready to open the minis
to the free coinage of silver.
AT present gold is king and silver
occupies a secondary place. Wheth-
er the free coinage of silver will ever
come about, we are in no position to
say. 1t may do so in time, but the
time appears to be very remote.
We fear the gold standard is come
to stay for many years.
The question which now confronts
us Is "what is the future of Neihart
while the country remains on the
gold standard?" This is strictly a
lead-silver camp in every respect.
We have the mines containing the
ore, and how can we best work
them? To every thinking mar in
Neihart, the answer comes, "by
means of the concentration"
This way of converting the low
grade ores into money has been
completely solved by the Diamond R.
concentration. 1t is a phenomenal
success. When one tries to figure
how low grade of ores can be
worked in a concentration, it seems
now almost impossible to figure.
AT first it was thought hat 10 ounces
in silver was the lowest grade that
could be worked to a profit in a con-
centrator. We have no doubt that
even 3 ounces in silver or less can
be worked by this means. Not
outstanding this assured fact most
OF our mines are lying idle for want
OF enterprise and capital. The
Diamond R. people evidently have
all they can do to treat their own
ores. Their concentrator is a large
one to be sure, but when one CON
siders the work before it, it then
seems small for the task. Tbey
will not only work the Moulton but
also the Broadwater ores. The
Moulton itself can keep a large con-
centrator busy and the Broadwater
a still larger n The company is
charging its mill for the task and
in time will be one of the finest on
centrating plants in the state.
But meanwhile the other proper
ties of Neihart remain idle. To us
1t seems we are in great need Of a
custom concentration, one which will
take the ores from any of the mines
In camp. Neihart could keep a 500
ton concentrator busy night and day
for the next 20 years or more
1t promises such pay on the in
vestment that parties who have not
the means to build extensively are
experimenting on a small scale, and
their faith is such that thew are
willing to put into the enterprise all
the money they have, These men
are not green hands at the business
but possess much experimental
knowledge upon the ART of concen-
t%ration, who have worked in concon-
traitors in other places for many
years. They are quick to grasp the
possibilities that are here.
We really believe that the small
concentration man will be a great
factor in developing the mines of
this place even without the assistance
of a large custom mill As soon as
one of these little plants is running
successfully, We shall see others
spring up and in time the small ones
will grow into large concentrators.
Neihart, in the near future, will have
a thousand men or more working,
and it will be all due to the concen-
traitor. The Gait mine is able to
run a hundred ton concentration, so is
the Queen of the Hills, so is the
Monarch, the London, the Ingersoll,
the Dacotah, the Wbippoorwill, the
Cornucopia and there are others.
The above would yield an aggre-
gate 800 tons per day, besides hat
treated by mill of the Diamond R.
Anybody who has doubts does not
know the facts. We invite capital
to look into the matter of a custom
mill for Neihart.