Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-23
in MONTANA MINES

north of the Kendall group which is now
under bond to a syndicate for an amount
approXimating very close to q half mill
lion dollars. The interests in the group
are owned by Joseph Wunderlin. Clar-
cree E. Barnes. John F. Barnes and NJ
l.. Woodman. the original locators of the
group. with the exception Of the Horse
Shoe lode. located by Jacob Harmon and
afterward acquired by purchase and E.
" King. \. K. LedouX and w. B. Dew
erouN. of the Great Northern NJ. and D.
CO.. of Gilt Edge, who will have become
equal owners upon the completion of a
certain stipulated contract with the orig
inal owners.
The group consists of IS claims of
which the Passaic, Horse Shoe. Mule
Shoe and Discovery have been patent
ed. and are the principal ore bearing
lodes of the group. The formation is
limestone and a little porphyry the or.
lSlnal porphyry overflow having been al
me st entirely removed by erosion and
the action of the elements. The ore is
an altered limestone and sedimentary
matter. being low grade and of such a.
character as to make it strictly a eva
nide ore. no free gold being present
The extent of the ore bodies is not
known on any of the claims, as at no
place has sufficient work been done to
determine just how extensive they are.
ard Judging from tx ore exposed by the
present development there are no reeu-
larly We'll defined veins, but. as Mr. King
aptly expresses 1t. the ore is deposited in
GOD veins, or massive deposits With
out regard to structural form.
Inc development so far on these claims
consists OF about GOO feet Of tunnel, WINES
and shafts executed at various places
on them, and on all the four patented
claims and the CRIB lode which is We.
unpatented, ore has been encountered
On the south end of the Passaic is a
tunnel 300 feet in length mostly in ore
III Which it is estimated 30 600 tons of ore
nave been exposed and blocked out ready
Tor extraction and at other places in the
group Indications for as extensive de-
! posts are just as favorable At this
| point the proposed mill will be erected
! N such close proximity to the Passaic
| tuhhel that the ore may be brought by
! car directly to the mine from the mill
! The new mill will have capacity of
| 100 tons per day and will, though not
50 large, be constructed much on the
! same plan as the Great Northern NJ. &,
| L. W =. MN at Gilt Edge, using prob. H.
| ~ the Gates rolls for crushing and the
| same pattern of tanks for teaching The
| water necessary for the operation of the
| mil Will be conveyed through a pipe line
| by the force Of gravitation from Doc.
| creek, which is about one mile distant
| by lar the greater part OF the timbers
| that Will furnish the lumber has already
| been cut, and II. O. Wareham the con-
| tractor. has logs that will make $50, 900
| feet of lumber drawn into the sawmill
| yard now. AS early as the weather will
! permit, work will begin on the constr,,c-
! tion and be pushed forward to connie.
ton as rapidly as possible, as the con-
tract requires that the mill shall be COM
| plete ana in running order by july of
! the present year.
| me plans and specifications for the
mn nave been prepared by Mr.. King
| ana he Will exercise general s,lperyis,
lch over the construction, and the ind-
cations are now that when the second
cyanide mill in the North MoccasinS is
| completed. that, though not so large az
some, 1t will be the best and most com
plete in detail of any cyanide plant VET
erected in Fergus county.