Fergus County argus., 1902-04-23
Many Prospects Have Been Located
and Considerable Development
Work Accomplished.
DISTRICT WITH BRIGHT FUTURE
Large Bodies of Cyanide Ore Have
Been Encountered and Much Work
Will be Done This Season.

That pioneer of the mining industry.
the prospector, after having introduc-
ed to the notice of capitalists and
mining men, the North Moccasin. has
turned his attention to what is known
as the South Moccasin, which is evil
IDENTIFY a continuation of and formerly
part OF the golden range which con-
tains the Kendall and the King Barnes
mines.
Reports OF rich finds have been ar
riying weekly from this new mining
district and in order to investigate
the matter an ARGUS reporter visit
ed the various properties last week.
The trip itself is pleasant one, es-
pecially this time OF the year when
the green verdure breaking forth from
the bosom of the brown prairie her.
aids the rapid approach of spring.
and the air seems full of that influ.
ence that causes the spring poet to
infiict his rhapsodies upon his fellow.
men.
The South Moccasin is but short
distance from the city of Lewistown
and the heart of the mountains can
be reached by ten-mile drive,
through lower Spring creek valley or
across the prairie to the northwest of
the city.
The formation of the range is al
most identical with that of the North
Moccasin, with the exception that this
portion OF the range has been sub
jected, In some prehistoric period, to
greater volcanic action as evinced by
larger and more frequent intrusions
of igneous rock throughout the ore
bodies. The lime rock wall and the
sand stone hanging wall is there
in evidence as in the North Mecca
sin and the position Of the ore bod
les is virtually the same. The sur
face values encountered are low: T:
much lower than those of the more
northerly range and this is no doubt
due to the fact that the surface for
nation is looser and more disinte-
grated than that usually found in the
North Moccasin and will not hold the
values. II has been demonstrated,
however, that with depth the ore be.
comes more valuable and assays have
been made which show as high as Sc
per ton In gold.
The mountains have been thorough
ly prospected and numberless claims
have been located on which the nee
essary representation work has prov
ed that with further development
many of them will undoubtedly be-
come producers and may perhaps equ-
al in value the rich properties situ-
ated in the North Moccasin. only few
miles distant. The main gulch in the
South Moccasin is Deal Gulch. which
runs in an almost northerly and south
erly direction. At the head of this
gulch. on the westerly side are locat-
ed the claims now being developed
with very satisfactory results by
Messrs. Jeter & Page. who have run
several cuts and tunnels in on the
main ridge and encountered a low
grade cyanide ore in large quantities.
Directly over the ridge to the west
several other likely looking prospects
have been opened up and exploration
work is being steadily carried on.
Johnny Shea owns promising prop
erty and has for several years been
interested i'm the district. George
Hall and Allan Brew are opening up
several good looking properties and
the Doce, Once and Grace, three