The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-10-17
Writes Article Describing Mineral
Resources Of Lincoln County

stone, and is said to be producing car
loads of concentrates valued at $4,000
IN gold and silver to the carload with
a small mill, Is miles north of Troy.
Giant Sunrise Equipped.
A former Alaska and British Column
bia mine operator, A. H. Litchfield of
Spokane, looked into a hole on the
Giant Sunrise of Grouse mountain.
SIX miles south of Troy, put in few
| more holes, and today has levels, num-
bered up to 10 and volume of ore.
developed and probable, with which he
expects to keep a 1OO-ton, nearly fire
proof flotation mill extracting natur-
al wealth indefinitely. In the short
period of its operation the mill has
produced eight carloads of lead, sill
yer and zinc concentrates, according
to the manager. Recently he installed
compressor three times the power of
one displaced as insurance of suffi-
cient ore breaking until the mill is
enlarged.
Penetrating Grouse mountain for
half mile is a tunnel of the Liberty
Metals company, driven to mineral by
Kansas Cityans. Near where the drive
was halted is a showing 81 inches wide
that challenges exploration and that
encourages expectation of expanded
ore bodies. The development by tun-
nels on each side of ore bodies striking
at almost a right angle toward the
main tunnel is reported, both ore
bodies on Liberty Metals ground
Convenient is a 50-ton mill and
camp Of exceptional comfort and
beauty for employees and owners.
Near by are the Diamond Hitch, Cab
met Queen. Black Mask and other
properties in which the development of
lead, silver and zinc ore is reported.
At Troy, sawmills, the Great North
ern railroad, and virtually all of the
mercantile, banking, religious and So
clal equipment OF city are found.
!, Twenty miles east of Troy is Libby,
the county seat, population perhaps
1900, having wide paved business
streets, and the Neils lumber mill
that employs ESQ, which has not been
idle for three years. There it has
been necessary to buy or build if a
nice house were wanted
Fifteen miles southwest of Libby is
the SnoWshoe silver-lead mine. cred
tied with yield of $1,00O,O00 and
large resources developed. Ten miles
south of Libby is the the Glacier Silver
Lead mine from which wealth has
been drawn for many years and in
which great bodies Of ore are observ-
able above and below without STEP
ping from the tunnel level. An ear
nest board is giving the several hun
dred stockholders encouragement to get
the ore moving again with the aid
of assessment while the prices Of
metals are rising A large flotation
mill is ready to serve
Gold and Silver Only.
A mile from the Glacier is q strict
ly gold-silver mine, the Herbert Gold.
On the steep side of mountain it
occupies, named Treasure mountain
on the United States forest service
maps, is a ribbon of yellow, mineral
lied, IS to % feet wide, revealed by
open cuts and two tunnels for half
mile The body Is reported to strike
on the length of the property, which
is mile and half
The managers Of the Herbert Gold,
William Herbert, an attorney of Lib
by, and Samuel B. Holbert, mining
engineer Spokane and Troy. propose
the installation of a small mill, for
which they are preparing to gather
funds, the earnings of the small mill
to pay for large one, as was done
recently by the Standard Silver-Lead
on another Montana gold property,
that is reported officially to be earn
ing hundreds of dollars daily.
About 16 miles northwest of Troy
is the Black Diamond gold mine, for
which has been provided 10O-ton
mill that is reported by an official 10
have extracted nearly $1,000 in pre-
liminary run this year
Engineers say the lead formations
of Lincoln county are like those of
the Occur dAlenes, SO they expect to
be able to mine to equally magnifi-
cent depths, although the ore bodies
are found much nearer the surface
than in the Occur d'Alenes. A line
drawn from the Occur d'Alenes to the
Sullivan mine at Kimberley, B. C..
passes across Lincoln county
The Sullivan, source of 600 tons daily.
the wear around. is regarded as the
worlds greatest lead-zinc mine, and
the Occur d'Alenes is one of the
worlds greatest, richest and most di-
versified districts, having a record of
81, 900. 100000 in lead, zinc, silver gold,
cadmium and tungsten produced.