Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-10-03

ley IS credited with an output running into
big figures. IN 1920 the Neihart Consolidated
acquired the property, and between February
OF that year and 1877 the Hartley Welded
799, 7o9 ounces Of silver. LOIS ounces Of gold
I and 134i.I35 pounds Of lead with q total
value Of s552,099.3s.
I During 1928 q small min handed from the
Hartley dump $40 tons Of concentrates con-
silver III sos pounds Of lead and zs4 pounds
Of zinc, valued IN all az t38.o5s-s7.
The mill nov In use was built By the pres
ent operators In preparation for removing
/ equipment About IS men are working at the
! property.
The old silver Belt property Is being opsr-
ated b. the B. X. ". Mining Co, which In
eIudes ". r. Wilcoxson, A. A. Kiingel, Earl
Boxford and Paul Dvovec. Work on the dump
has been going about four months, fol-
lowing the completion Of the mill Machinery
was installed last winter. In addition TO
handling material from the dump. the com
pany has miiied about 5000 tons Of ore from
the mine. car OF concentrates Is being
shipped 70 the smelter about every 70 days.
SringinE a return. It Is reported. Of around
32500 q car.
Located in the eighties. no work was done
on the Silver Belt claim until 1900 when it
was acquired BY d. l. S. Baker. who operated
Il for nearly 20 years. Net smelteT returns
between 1900 and 1927 we're approximately
s2i3. 900. ore shipments varied from 80 70 500
ounces Of silver. to 20 percent lead. 20
30 percent zinc and % TO 30 ounce Of gold
70 the ton.
Owned BY Allen rierse and e a shaw Of
Great Falls. the Florence Is being operated
under lease By Dan Reider, Ralph NIset. John
Pometer and Louis Stark, who recently built
the mill car Of concentrates has been
shipped. Present activity is in milling the
dump.
Production in tire Florence and allied claims
now owned by Shaw and Pierse under the
corporate name Of the n and Mining Co,
began In 1891 but was suspended In 1898. Work
was resumed in 1895 by the Florence Mining
Co. which operated the property is years
The Florence was one Of the important pro-
ducers during its active period.
The Montana Silver Queen Mining Co has
some Is men employed IN its mining and
milling operations at the Big Seven property,
one Of the outstanding groups OF claims in
manager OF the company; Thomas Rogers.
mine superintendent; Herbert Shook, mine
engineer and r. 8. Stewart min foreman.
Operators IN the mill began IN June Three
cars OF concentrates have been shipped, good
returns being reported Two shifts are work
Ing in the mill and one shift In the mine.
The property has new cookhouse and new
clubhouse which IS being enlarged.
The Bic Seven mine was located In the
eighties Before 1893 It became a large pro-
Queer Of rich silver ore with high gold con- ]
tent. Early shipments contained from 100 to I
500 ounces OF silver and $40 to $50 in gold 1
a ton. From 1898 10 1921 the mine operated I
Internationally. D. L. 8. Barker. who operated I
the property during It's most productive pc
Rod IS authority for the statement that the
total OUTPUT has been in excess Of 8 million
dollars.
individuals are working at various proper
ties in the district which has a variety OF
ores Of silver base In addition there are sew
erai metals not commonly found In the state.
One OF these is moybdenum, used in making
steels Of high tensile and torsionai strength
and great elasticity Bhowings Of the metal
are being found by John Collette. who is
working claims on Snow creek.
Development Of a gold property In the gen.
eral Neihart region is reported. The property
now owned by Dan Benney of Neihart. Is on
King creek on the Middle fork on the east
drainage Of the Little Belts, 16 miles south
east Of Neihart II is a steam shovel opera
ton. The ore, averaging from 81 to s1l a ton,
responds to cyanide treatment.
Electric Power
The mills operating in the Neihart dis