The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1922-12-15
GREAT SILVER DYKE PROPERTY
AIT NGlHART BEING DEVELOP

Lying in the midst of scores o.
mining claims that were first located
in the early sos, many of which have
been abandoned, refiled and agar
abandoned numerous times in the
last 80 years, that mineral deposit
now known as the Silver Dyke is fast
being developed to a stage where il
will soon be yielding immense guam
titles of both precious and base min
eral.
The Silver Dyke is located on Car.
penter creek about six miles out Of
the old and once prosperous mining
camp of Neihart, high up in the Lit
tie Belt mountains in Cascade coun-
ty, and is about four miles from the
line of the Great Northern railway
terminating at Neihart.
In all the years since this Carpen-
ter creek district was first located,
but little has been done other than
prospecting and representation work,
although the hills are potted with
prospect holes, old ore dumps and the
rotting remains of tramways and
temporary mining structures.
Some ore has been taken out of
most of these tunnels, the mouths of
many of which have long since filled
up, but the game was not one for
poor men who were unable to finance
the development required to place
and keep the properties on an oper-
ating basis, and the struggle to reach
the rainbow's end ultimately was
abandoned.
Mining men of the Neihart district
have for years known that these hills
were filled with valuable minerals
but they were unable to finance the
extensive operations required to-
bring them to light and it remained
for big business to furnish the money
and to take the initiative in develop
ing these deposits.
Much Money Being Spent
Two or three years ago, eastern
capital was induced to investigate the
possibilities of this undeveloped sec
ton of Montana and mining engin-
GERS connected with the American
Zinc, Lead & Smelling company, of
Boston, one of the great mining cor
poratiOns of the country, went into
the Carpenter creek country and |
investigated the claims.
Today, as the result of these in
vestigations, hundreds of thousands |
Of dollars are being expended in de-
work and a force of be-
,ween ESQ and 800 men is being en-
oloyed in the various features of this
Roads have been constructed
where before only trails existed, a
mill and other costly works are being
ERECTED, offices, storehouses, assay of
ices, bunk houses and mess build
ngs have been constructed and work
las been instituted upon the build
ng of town of permanent homes
md institutions for the men who will
le employed there when the mill
hall be finished and ready to reduce {
N ore bearing rock of the immense
fountain of mineral
Through the Silver Dyke Mining
ompany, a subsidiary of the great
american Zinc, Lead e Smelling s
ompany, which was incorporated in
massachusetts, to operate this prop I
rty, number of mining claims on q
'arpenter creek were acquired, these
ons1sting of seven claims including I
ne Alice Nos. 1, 2, 8, 4, and 5, which a
'ere owned by Dick Heidenrich and !
'eter Erickson, old timers of the Nei- t
art district Some work had been 4
one on these claims by previous c
Wners and their predecessors but c
Inside of the driving of tunnel c
ONE distance into the Alice No. /, =