Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1932-07-21

eHre again the diorites ~ are in evil
dence There is well defined dyke
of this rock traversing the town and
large dyke exposed in railroad cut
two or three hundred yards west OF
the Great Northern depot In this re-
zion from the Northern Pacific to the
Great Northern railway large numbers
of igneous boulders, quartz and other
similar float may be found. Between
Dixon and Perma, at Hog Heaven, Star
Meadows. Wolf Creek and Pinkham
Creek embracing belt probably 70
miles wide and 100 miles in length, ex-
nost,res of ipneous rocks are noted and
promising prospects Of placer deposits
and ore in place have already been
discovered. 1t is to this section OF The
country that the energies OF the pros
pector should be directed rather than
to the areas where practically undls-
| turbed sedimentary rock are TO DC
| found In sections of the three coun-
ties parts of these dykes and the ada
cent sedimentaries are highly metal
liferous as has been proved by the OPP
erations of the Troy Mines Com
pany's property near Troy, the
Snowshoe near Libby, the Ana
conda Copper Mining Company's prop
erty at Hog Heaven. The principal
product Of these mines however is sill
yer and lead. and the owners appar-
emily found it Improbable to operate
under existing conditions OF the metal
market. Should silver stage real
comeback it is not unlikely that the
Hog Heaven mine will prove to be
one of the best silver producers
in the United States and will
have highly beneficial effect on the
prosperity of the cities, towns and
farms Of the entire region
There is no reason to conclude that
gold in paying quantities will not De
found in these belts, both in the gravel
and in place.
I In the neighborhood Of Wolf Greek
: the glacial gravels, contrary to genera
experience, have yielded small profits
, in placer gold, mining being carried
: on by the crudest Of methods
In the Star Meadows section prom
ising quartz veins are nov being de-
veloped. The ores from these veins shov
). gold in paying quantities in addition T
copper and other metals. The storie
. Of Indians finding nuggets in the Still
: water and Wolf Creek basins in N
i early days are legion-many OF Their
Y not only interesting but fairly we
l. substantiated. Contrary to the geners
/ idea prevailing the Indians sense {
!, location and orientation is not yer
sharp and the few instances where tn
Y red man has attempted 10 lead whit
! prospector to the scene of his find hav
4 always wound up in the complete be
! wilderment and confusion Of the In
IS dian and the disappointment OF tn
ly white man. 1t may be that the India
20 was not SO dumb after all In any ever
the writer knows of no instance
this section Of the country where
white man has found vein or place
deposit through the guidance Of tt
noble red man.
Further west in Sanders and Linco
counties there has been considerab
intrusion, disturbance and consequel
assuring Of the belt rocks between Trol
creek on the Northern Pacific and Il
international boundary line and cas-
ern Idaho. This region is trayersed
part by the SnoWshoe fault whit
trends in a northwesterly and soutl
easterly direction and 1t and 9th
faults are in evidence more or lie
from Silver Butte at the head Of We
million creek to the heavily timber'
Yakt region north Of the Kootenai rive
! Other intrusions are found in the TT,
region and the Silvanite district
AT Silver Butte, Sanders county, N
merous veins OF gold ore have be
discovered-some of them of mammo
proportions but apparently Of k
4 grade and carrying at comparative
4 shallow depths refractory sulphi
ores. Some of the argilltes in Il
4 region have been classified as Pricha
, gold bearing states On Great Northe
4 mountain some IS miles southeast
= Libby in Lincoln county blanket vel
$ Of very rich gold ores have be
y found 1t is said that there are a
s true fissure veins in this locality |
the writer has never had an opport