Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-11-05
kinq.earnes Mines.

Inc DdTntS-hlne uluc 10 ~eSJdDilsu-
ing a name for itself as one of the
biggest and best paying mining propo-
sitions in the west. The more deyel-
opment work that is done on the prop
erty the greater seem its possibilities,
and there is enough ore blocked out
today to keep the big $50 ton mill
running full capacity for at least four
years.
Much Of the ore is very rich for
cyanide ore and some of it runs as
high as S23 to the ton; a considerable
amount of 1t will run SIS, and some
as low as Sc per ton. But there seems
to be no limit to the quantity. II costs
nothing to develop the mine because
all the work of that kind that has
been done so far has been in pay ore,
and there are no signs of it playing
out.
The big open cut on the side of the
mountain where a large part OF the
ore is taken out has increased in size
until today it looks like half the noun
tain side had dropped into space, leav-
ing an immense cavity. But every
bit of the earth mas gone through the
mill and has helped to swell the bull
lion output OF the camp. A tunnel
that had been driven into the noun
tain side several years ago by JOS
eph Wunderlin. one of the owners of
the mine, while he was looking for
a pay ledge of free milling ore, has
been biased away until there is little
left to tell where the tunnel was.
Two tunnels are now being driven
in a ~southwesterly direction from the
bottom of the ia foot shaft and they
are both in pay ore. One OF these
tunnels Is in about $50 feet and has
been the means of showing that the
ore in that direction is as plentiful
and rich as in the open cut. All the
earth taken from both the tunnels
will run from Sc to SIS to the ton.
The timbers are on the ground for
the erection of a hoist house at the
shaft below the open cut, and by the
LIST of next December the small eleven
horse power hoist now in use will be
replaced by one of sixty horse power;
and then sinking on the shaft will
be pushed as rapidly as possible and
there is no doubt but that the ore will
increase in richness with depth as well
as be plentiful on the surface.
The new eighty horse power boiler
is in place at the mill and fire will
be started under it this week. There
will then be enough steam power for
all demands.
The five new tanks have been put
into service and the mill is now run
ming two shifts, which e a great
ly increased pay roll.
A large force of men were started
to work last week On the Barnes-King
claims on Dog Creek about a mile and
a half distant from the town of Ken
dali, and reports from the Dog Creek
section state that the property shows
up equally as well as the older mine.
that has in the short period of one
year come to the front as one of the
biggest mining propositions of today.
Before another year goes by there
Is no doubt but that another mill will
be erected by the Barnes-King COM
pany with a capacity equal to the
one now in operation as there is
enough ore in sight to keep two mills
running steadily for a long time to
come.-Kendall Chronicle.
Neihart Mining District
According to all reports, the little
town of Neihart. known in years gone
by "as the greatest silver camp on
earth" is recovering from the terrible
blow II received in the fall of silver In
1893. and will in the near future as
sumo its former place as one OF the
leading mining districts in the state.
When bar silver sold at from 80 cents
to sl.20 per ounce the people OF Mel
hart looked forward to the time when
their town would rival even Butte as
a mining center. Many mines were
in operation. some of them employing
as many as 300 men, the shelters
were handling the great output OF ore,
and the capitalists interested In the
camp were planning to erect one OF
the biggest silver smelters on earth.
Not a few good-sized fortunes were
made by the lucky owners who got
their mines developed In time to get
the product of the ore on the market
when the white metal sold at the high
est price in its history. But when
silver dropped to less than half Its
former price, Neihart received a stag
gering blow. and not one man In ten
believed that the previously prosper
Gus camp would Withstand the crash.
From a bustling city with a popula-
tion of 1.500, Neihart became a slug
gish village with less than 700 souls.
The most optimistic residents believ-
ed that the only salvation of the camp