Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-04-10
Nevada Mine

The Nevada mine is adjoining the Gait to
the north, and is idle It produced some rich
ore before 1905. when last shipment was made.
The mine was opened by a shaft and some
workings are not accessible, and no record
OF production is available.
About a mile north OF the town there Is
another prospective property 1t is continuous
TO the Florence. and old producer Of the
early days. This property is the Evening Star
and the London claims Very little informa-
tion is available concerning the production Of
this mine.
The Evening claim has produced a good
deal OF high grade ore, and 1t is developed
By a main tunnel over 1000 feet. large
tonnage of porphyry ore has been opened
during the last few years with some high
grade ore found this winter, the value Of
which is $50 ounces in silver per ton, lead
copper. zine iron and some gold values This
ore shows presence or gray copper mineral,
galenite, stephanite. argentite, and tetrahed-
rite This property has a very interesting
outlook for q big milling operation. the ore
seems to be extremely wide possibly go feet.
It IS a sort Of porphyry dyke vein The ground
Is hard 70 hold, unless mined clear to the
true walls. by using cave system. At the
present two men are prospecting in 1t. but
cannot make much progress in this forma-
ton By mining in a small scale, as this ore
may have to be gloryholed to handle 1t eco
nomically and profitably. Capital will be need
ed to put IL q producing basis.
The next interesting property in the dis
trict is south of the town. about a mile from
Neihart. II Is the Fitzpatrick mine. consisting
Of two claims owned by Tony Faller. mayor
Of Neihart. This property at the present is
being worked with a small crew Of men,
the mine has had a good deal Of exploration
DONE and has produced some rich, high-grade
from narrow seams Of ore in a large vein,
but not enough tonnage has been developed
to permit milling. However, this property is
on the side Of the canyon in which the writer
feels the ore bodies of the main mines and
veins will be found to be large producers Of
the future. but deep seated.
The Fitzpatrick ore body indicates that ore
shoots Of fair size Will be fuond in depth
The mine has produced so far about $4,000
worth of ore.
All the above mentioned mines are located
around Neihart proper To the north Of these
mines are other promising and operating
mines in Snow creek, Poverty ridge. and UP
Carpenter creek. From Neihart one drives
north toward Great Falls for one and a
half miles and crosses Belt creek and the
Great Northern track and follows the Carpen-
ter creek canyon going due north. The place
where one crosses Belt creek is known as
Jerico. In the early days Of the district this
was a small mining camp. The mill Of the
Hudson Mining Co. was located there. and
one yet see the ruins Of a once very
prosperous plant, which miled silver lead
ore from mines up the ridge back OF the mill
and ore from the Monarch and the big mine
Of those days the Mountain Chief. These
properties are now idle. They adjoin the Ne
vada north Of Nehart and are over the
north slope OF the ridge. The Hudson Mining
Co. had a small smelter down Belt creek, be-
low where the mill was located