Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-10-03

anticline.
Further up Granite Creek are several other
promising quartz properties, such the Silver
Mountain, the Mountain Rose, The Double Mack
and the Victor Empire. About six miles south of
the Glacier Silver Lead Mine and located on Snow
shoe and Cherry Creeks is the famous Snowshoe
Mine. This mine produced millions of pounds in
silver, lead and gold ore some thirty years ago.
This is vertical fissure the apex of the Cabi-
net Fault. 1t worked to depth of about
five hundred and fifty feet at which point it was
abandoned because of inability to keep the water
out. The ore is reported to be very rich in metal
lie contents and the ore as abundant and rich
the day it abandoned as it had been at any
time during operations. This property should
be opened up and active operation resumed.
Adjoining the Snowshoe property is the Saint
Paul group, and the amount of improvements be-
ing only short tunnel has revealed full face
of valuable lead-silver ore, four or five feet in
width.
This property is certainly worthy of develop
ment. In the same locality are the Seattle, the
George Walker group, the, Silver Tip properties
and the Jacobson groups, now known as the Fari-
bault Mining Company. These properties are To-
Gated in the Snowshoe and Cherry Creek District
Group and the Montana Silver Lead group, all of
which give great promise of developing into divi-
dend payers with the advent of sufficient capital
for their development.
Going southeast along the Cabinet Fault
anticline next to the Silver Cable
property and the Johnny Bull and Uncle Sam
group which show excellent Indications for real
mines. They also the apex of the
antcline.
Continuing south along the fault to the head
Of Libby Creek we find the Wilson Warrington
claims which show excellent values in lead, silver
copper and gold. These deposits are of recent
discovery and are among the most promising in
the district.
Continuing on southwark along the fault we
next to the Golden West property on the
head of West Fisher Creek. This property con-
sists of some fifteen twenty claims and is pre-
emnently gold Nine In 1928 the owners,
Messrs. Herbert and Schouweiler, mined some
two hundred fifty thousand pounds Of this hgn
grade ore sacked it in the mine, packed it three
miles on horses, and then trucked it to Libby and
shipped it to various shelters. car load of this
run-ofmines ore shipped to the Bunker Hill Smell
ter on August NINTH assayed gold 387 ounces per
ton, and also carried some silver, lead and zinc.
The Golden West Mining Company recently
formed for the purpose Of developing this valu-
able property.
We come next to the Black Tail mountain
property. The ore these properties is rich in
gold and like the Golden West property is or
the apex Of the anticline. These properties
contain numerous lodges Of gold bearing quartz.
John Fredericks owns very promising claim and
some high grade ore has been encountered even
with the small explorations he has made.
The Tip Top Mining Company owns several
claims on this mountain and they have recently
installed 1900 foot aerial tram and ten stamp
mill. They are expected to go into active opera
ton in the near future This Company has
abundance of available ore of sufficient richness
to warrant confidential expectations Of nice
profit The Black Tail properties are located
about mile and half south of the Golden West
property
Crossing Branngan Creek to the south and
adjoining the Black Tail properties is the well
known Brannigan mine. This property
worked many years ago with crude machinery and
equipment and under those conditions the
gold content was sufficient to make profit until
the sulphide was reached and the crude
method of amalgamaton then used would not save
The well known Midas mine is in the same
district four miles east of the Golden West and
two three miles northeast of the Black Tail
properties. The Midas Company has recently in
stalled modern, up-to-date mill and flotation
system for the treatment of its complex ore. The
Midas ore contains free gold, tungsten, silver and
lead The Company reports large tonnage blocked
and ready for mining and milling This Company
has spent several hundred thousand dollars in
the last two years placing proper equipment at
its mine and developing bodies Most of the
officers and stockholders of the Midas Company
residents of Spokane and vicinity.
Next is the Jack Bohemier property now
owned by Bohemer Bolyard and Olson This
property lies about one mile south of the Midas
mine and it is reported that very rich has been
recently encountered in this property and it is
planned to run five hundred foot tunnel to
further develop it.
The West Fisher district is a wonderfully
rich gold territory and there are many quartz
leads running high in gold values. The gold ore