The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-19

been a great upheaval Of nature at one
time in this district and all Of the lodges
look as If they had been broken off from
some gigantic mother lode" and slid
in the tale to their present location. At
times the ore is found in places with bot
walls clear and we'll defined in the con-
tact. but mysterious part of this is that
when this condition exists no ore of value
has ever been found.
This bed of tale in which the rich ore
Is found has been encountered in every
mine in the district and it has been
proven by explorations by Mr.. Bessette
to be IS feet in thickness. In this tale
have have been found some extremely
rich deposits of ruby silver. some Of it
giving smelter return of as high as
600 ounces to the ton.
Rich Float Was Shipped.
AS general thing the formation
which is of gne.ss and lime. runs north
and south. but all through the district
immense dykes of porphyry and quartzite
transverse these lodges and whenever
this occurs rich deposits of chloride sill
Yer ore is found and the hilsides below
are literally covered with rich float In
deed, the abundance of this float was so
great and it's value so high that many
persons made a business of gathering it
up number of years ago and shins ing
it to the smelters and they made a good
thing out of the enterprise. too. This
was notably the case with both the Kent
and the Huron hills. Quite a large rsrt
of this ore thus picked up q ssayea as
high as 100 ounces of silver to the ton
and some of it has been found which
yielded over 400 ounces.
The first discoveries made in the dis
trict We're on small lodges w',;c;, may he
termed feeders" ard which. When prop
erly developed. may lead to the mother
vein. The ore was very rich. carrying
chlorides and horn silver. Almost in
variably the lodges had trend east
ward and westward and We're in The
lime. In sinking toward the lime and
gneiss formation the ore turned into !.
low grade iron at 90 to 40 fee. an? the
mines were abandoned, the owners not
having the means sufficient to sink
through this iron and demonstrate the
value which might be found with greater
depth.
Good Values May De Dsep.
1t is the opinion of great many Of
the mining men who have made A study
of the Blue Wing district that x has a
great future before it and that its good
luck will begin at no distant day. Il
is the contention that w.er this Gre is
found in place at the permanent water
level and followed, despite tho fact that
the ledge is lean and barren af value. it
will lead to the great mother lode e-or,
which the thousands of tons OF rich
chlorides. ruby silver and horn silver.
which have been shipped from that
region. originally came.
The veins of ore found in the gneiss
run east and west like the "fee1e~s."
and at depth of from 80 to 40 feet
the ore turns from chloride to a ruhy
silver. A notable example of this is The
Delmonico which is developed by shaft
300 feet deep and which has produced
ruby silver ore which paid 5000 to the
ton. This mine is owned by F. L. Graves
of Bannack and William Roe of this
city.
One of the Noted Mines.
The Brick Pomeroy is another noted
mine of the district. It's ledge can be
traced on the surface for 1900 feet and it
Is developed by shaft $50 feet deep and
by several tunnels running into the side
OF the hill from the surface. Ore has
been shipped from this mine which has
yleldeN over 3OO ounces of silver to the
ton and in places the ledge is known to
be 80 feet wide. The ore is in poc+ets
like all other Blue Wing mines, but
some eff the pockets have confirmed two
carloads Of shipping ore. Considerable
ore has been shipped from the Pomarav
to the Argenta sme,ters. It is situated
a few hundred feet from Road Agent
Rock and is owned by AmeIe Bessette
and the Nicola company. Only represen-
tat'on work is being done on this mine at
present end, in fact. tina. is all the work
that is going on in the district this wear
The Bob 1agersoll is another mine
owned by Mr.. Bessette which has h-en a.
producer in the past. being notably 50
from 1882 to 1886 when it was being
worked with vigor. 1t is developed by
one tunnel 800 feet IN length and has
several minor openings in the hill -ide.
The first-class ore shipped yielded from
1a2 ounces to 2S4 ounces silver to the ton
and the second-class has yielded from 60
to 80 ounces. About ten carloads of this
ore from this mine has been shipped to
the Omaha smelters and it has given an
average return of $1450 to the carload
net.