The weekly tribune. [volume], March 21, 1891, Image 2

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II THE CARBIONATE DISTRICT,
A Relei eof Good Barn ee Showings
and a Good Pleld for in.
vestment.
A Description of Some of the More
Promising Mines in That Lo
cality.
Great Falls Parties Largely inter
ested in Some of the
Leeds.
The country lying west of Belt creel
and extending from Tiger butte on the
north to the parallel which passes througl
Neihart on the south-over 15 miles--i
perhaps the most broken region in the
Belt Mountains. The mountains are
more abrupt, mere broken and have beer
covered with timber, and are difficult t
prospect. The fires last summer cleared
away much of the timber and now pros
pecting will be much easier. Notwith.
standing the difficulties a number of
men have forced their way into the
region and found many surface indica
tions of mineral. Only in a few places
have they followed up the indications,
but have been rewarded by finding some
prospects which are a surprise to the old
timers.
The region is well watered and has
several sparkling streams which now
into Belt creek. The principal mines
are near the divide between Logging
creek and Tenderfoot and Pilgrim creek
and Tillinghast. The claims are up near
the summit and in the winter seasons the
snow is deep-interfering with work.
THE EXCELSIOR OROLT.
Near the divide between Logging,
and Pilgrim creek and Tenderfoot is
located a group of claims, some of which
have been worked more than any others
in this district and are valuable properties.
The Excelsior was located by Boling and
Burghardt in '80. Burghardt sold to J.
E. Williams and Getz and Henry now
own the Boiling interests. The lead is
found between magnesian lime and por
phyry. A shaft was sunk 35 feet on this
claim in '89 and the sides were ore all
the way down. The ore consists of an
Iron stained carbonate, sand carbonates,
chunks of galena and occasionally large
bodies of liver colored iron. At the bot.
tom of the shaft the lead did not appear
as favorable so the owners decided to run
a tunnel lower down the mountain to tap
the lead or ore body. Mr. Dougherty,
who has been running thistunnel,finlshed
the work a few days ago and is now in
Barker. He succeeded in tapping the ore
body. At this depth the lead looks well,
but no cross.cut has been made and its
size has not been determined. This claim
showed ore from the grass roots, and the
assays which gave 88 ounces of silver and
71 per cent lead, have been very satisfac
tory. The development so far has proved
that there is a large body of ore in the
claim, and this will no doubt prove a
valuable mine.
Near the Excelsior is the Hope, owned
by Henry, Getz & Petersen. This claim
had good surface showings and a shaft
was sunk 00 feet. At the depth of
11 feet a cross-cut was made and the
lead found to be 11 feet wide and com
posed of liver colored and honeycombed
quartz. This quartz assayed in both sil
ver and gold. At about 12 feet the lead
turned of to one side and a strata of lime
was encountered. The shaft was con
tinued on the contact, but no ore was en
countered. At 35 feet a cross-cut was
made in the lime and when 2 feet in the
lead was again encountered, but the cross
cut was not coptinued through the lead,
so its width, without depth, is not known.
Between the Excelsior and Hope is a
fraction owned by P. Petersen. A dis.
covery of ore was made on this at the sur
face. A shaft was sunk and at a depth
of 7 feet the ore body was found to be 4
feet wide. The ore is found between
walls of porphyry and in the center of
the lead is a kind of brown or black iron
bearing pockets of black sand and show
ing native gold. Three assays were made,
the first gave 9 ounces silver and $P in
gold; the second gave 8 per cent copper,
384 ounces silver, and $90 in gold; the
third gave 74 ounrse silver and 916.50 In
gold. On each side of the streak of iron
is a gray-colored matter which is very
heavy. The first and second assays were
made from matter taken from the sides
and the third was in the black sand con.
tained in the iron. The gray matter looks
much like the ore in the Drum Lummon.
This is one of the best-looking prospects
in the carbonate district. Mr. Peterren
expects to develop the claim during the
summer.
Joining the hope are the claims of the
Carbonate Mining company, in which
Williams and 8utherlin are largely inter
ested. They have several properties on
which work was prosecuted all summer
and which looked well for the amount of
development done.
East of the Carbonate company'sclaims
are the Governor Husk and the Garfield.
The locations were made on a lead of Iron
which is known to be 16 feet wide and ex
tends 8,000 feet, or through both claims.
On one a shaft has been sunk 40 feet, all
the way in iron. A cross-cut of 16 feet
was made at the bottom of the shaft, but
it failed to reach the wall. This a black
carbonate iron and assays of it give 28
ounces silver and 7 per cent. lead. P.
Peterson, who owns these two claims,
thinks that he has a fortune in them.
The showing is very good and they are
properties on which any one who investi
gates would not hesitate to spend some
money.
Mr. Dunalap owns the Brandywine, a
claim lying near the Garfield, and show
ing ore from the grin roots. The claim
is not developed enough to determise its
value, but the showing il splendid.
One mile north of the Hope and Excel
sior the Wolf Brothers and John Sinclair
of Great Pls, owe someclaimse on whioh
they hae doe co.sid.sable development.
They have started a tunnell which is li
abot40 feet sad have takn oat mom
ore. A soon as the snow dlappers
Stnoe all summer.
TBn n WYMA-MRIITTr OROUP.
Wyman creek fows into Logging cree
from the north or northwest, about eight
(S miles from Belt creek. Near the heed 91
Wyman creek the mountains are covered
with float and the showlng on the surface
lndicates that the country is rich in mmt.
eral. Early in 1800 Kid Merritt and Frank
Wyman made some discoveries in this
region and brought out some samples of
eore which caused a stampede to that
country. They found four leads or bodies
of ore and were careful to make as many
locations before makingl the discovery
known. Later they returned and did a
little work on each claim, finding ore
from the surface on all as far as they
,r- went down 8 or 10 feet in several places,
however, merely desiring to prospect
their claims and determine their value.
The mountains here are very precipitous,
and, in the language of the prospector,
are all burnt up. That is, they appear to
have been recently thrown up, and the
evidence of the terrible heat is plainly
visible. Merritt & Wyman located the
e Columbus, America, Mountain View,
h Merrltt and Wyman claims In such a
is manner that a tunnel for which there is
an excellent site, may be run and all the
claims worked from it. The excellent
e surface showings have attracted some of
n Montana's mining experts. A bond of
o =80,000 was otered last summer on this
group, but the boys did not like the con
ditians and it was refused. It is under
stood that eastern capital has become in
I- terested in them and will make some ex
f tensive developments during the coming
summer.
The Mary K. mine is in the immediate
vicinity, owned by C. A. Martin of Mon
a arch, Douglas and others. A tunnel has
been run in this lead and a 15-inch vein
of solid galena and carbonate ore has
been found. This may prove to be a val
n uable property with more develop
ment.
Below the Merritt & Wyman group is
a claim owned by Sam Dodd & Co., on
which there is a ledge of solid ore crop
s ping out. The ledge is about 10 inches
thick. This is another prospect which
should be developed.
There are a large number of claim, in
'this district, nearly all of which have
good surface showings. The coming
summer wall certainly see the Logging
creek district come to the front as a re
gion of great possibllities.-Be!t Moun
tain Miner.
T AT AGREBLEMENT.
The U. P. and Great Northern May Build
the Seattle Branch.
In reference to the extension of the
Union Pacific from Portland to Seattle,
Mr. Pusey, a Union Pacific conductor,
mid:
"I have, of course, no oicial connec
tion with the road, and I can speak only
as an outsider. My understanding is that
Gould was not wholly satisfied with the
route and other arrangements were made
for the extension by Adams, and now he
is trying to make some plan which will
serve the end better. Personally I have
no doubt that some basis of agreement
will be reached by which the Union
Pacific and the Great Northern will join
their forces in this extension."
THAT AGREEME-T.
Says Col. J. J. McCook concerning the
agreement: "Yes, there is a decided dif
ference between Hill of the Great North
ern and Villard of the Northern Pacific.
It appears that Mr. Adams, when presi
dent of the Union Pacific, agreed with
President Hill to share equally the ex
pense of paralleling the Northern Pa
cific from Portland to Seattle. President
Hill has plenty of money to complete his
Great Northern to the coast, and you can
see that this will cut into the Northern
Pacific territory. A good-sized row is
brewing in consequence, for the parallel
ing has been pushed so rapidly that the
work cannot be undone. Mr. Villard has
grievance against Jay Gould for con
tinuing the work begun by Mr. Adams.
The end of the business must be that a
gigantic stock company will be formed to
control all the western lines in the same
way the Pennsylvania company controls
the lines west of Pittsburi. Harmony
cannot come until this is done. It is im
material what line takes the traffic to or
from the Pacific coast. There is no poe
sible legal objection to this plan. It also
must include the Canadian Pacific."
"The latest report from othersources is
to the effect that an independent hline will
be built without regard to the agreement
with the Great Northern. DiTflculties
have arisen about the route which seem
incapable of settlement, the Union Pa
cific being unwilling to give up the route
already selected, while the Great North
rn desires a more direct and less costly
one. The subsidies secured by the
Union Pacific are also an inducement to
it to continue work independently,
as they are chiefly on the part of
the road which it had been agreed that
the Great Northern should build."
FILED FOR RECORD).
MAinon 16, 1891.
John Gerin et ux to Daniel Mc
Kay, lot 2 block 948, city....... $1,00
Henry A. Shepard et ux to F. P.
Atkinson, lot 9, block 492, city. 400
Olof J. Johnson et ux to F. P. At
kinson, lot 9, block 499, city.... 900
Andrew Mills of Custer county,
South Dakota, to F. P. Atkin
son, lot 18, block 471, city....... 450
Drug.Hoase Baued.
CHIrcAo, March 14.-The wholesale
drug-house of Humistone, Keeling & Co.
caught fire yesterday morning. Peter
Van Shaack & Co., also wholesale drug.
gists, located close by, were also threat
ened. The chief damage was confined to
the establishment of Humistone, Keeting
& Co. The loss is estimnate at $100,000;
Insurance unknown. Hooley's theater
was damaged $1,000. For a time there
was almost a panic among the guests of
the Sherman house, but the fire did not
reach the hotel.
teamsahip Laumehed.
CuICAOO, March 14.-Today the first
big steel steamship ever built upon the
great lakes was launched from the yards
of the Chicago company at 110th street.
lnstead of sliding from the stocks, stern
first, in the usual fuashion, the huge craft
tnaveld sideways and crushing support
ers at the water's edge will make a sher
drop six feet into her element. She as
the Marina, 808 feet long, and will be
used for carrying ore.
FIRST IATIONAL BANK 0LOCW
f A Deserlptip of the Handsome Nei
I Block Now in the Course of
Erection.
It Will Cost About $140,000 ant
t Will be The Hanudomest West
of St. Paul..
The Structure Will be as Near Fire
Proof as it is Possible to
Make It.I
A TnBxnEs reporter yesterday had the
pleasure of examining the plans and
specifications of the new First National
bank and Townsite company building
which will be built this year on the
corner of Third street south and Central
avenue.
It will be constructed of cut red sand
stone and when finished will be one of
the finest bank and officoe buildings west
of St. Paul. There will be four stonries, a
sub-basement and basement, or practical
ly five stones in all. It will have a
frontage of 50 feet on Central avenue
and 100 feet on Third street south.
The architects, Bertrand & Keith of
Minneapolis, intend to make tbis a
fireproof structure from foundatlon to
rgof, as the door frames, doors, windows
and mouldings will comprise about all of
the combustible material to be used in
the building.
The sub-basement floor will be of burnt
tillng and so will the first or beuk floor
The floors of the three other stones will
be laid In white maple grouted under
neath or filled in with cement which will
render them as fireproof as tiling.
The frame work of the building will be
of iron and steel, and the walls between
offices of brick, so that if a fire breaks
out in one portion of the room it wil be
impossible for it to spread elsewhere.
A large corridor will run lengthwise of
the structure from the second floor to the
roof.
The inide of the building will be per.
fectly lighted, and there will not be a
dark office in it.
A hydraulic passenger and freight ele
vator will make one floor as desirable as
another for office purposes.
The basement or cellar will contain the
hot water generator heaters, with which
the building will be heated.
The ground floor or sub-basement will
be fitted up for safe deposit vaults and
storage, with an entrance on Third street.
There will be one large safe deposit vault
and a storage vault fitted up with seventy
five boxes, in which subscribers
can keep valuable papers and jewels.
This much needed acquisition to the
city, the first of its kind to be es
tablished in Montans,will berun on as so
cure a plan as are similar institutions in
large eastern cities.
The vaults will be provided with time
locks and trusty attendants will be on
duty during the day to wait on cu'tomers,
while a watchman will patrol the vicinity
uring the night. The boxes will be
rented to responsible parties only, at a
nominal figure, and will be so constructed
that the key of both a subscriber and the
attendant will be required to open any
ne.
There will be also ample room for half
a dozen offices besides the safe deposit on
he ground floor.
The main entrance to the bank on the
Irst floors u well as the rest of the build
ing, will be through large double doors
n Central avenue.
Stepping up four steps one will pass
hrough the massive portal and stand
ithin the main lobby, on the right is
he entrance to the banking room and on
he left double doors lead to the spacious
)fices of the Great Palls Water & Town
lite company, while straight ahead is the
ntry to the ranid elevator which will
carry one to the deired floor. Entering
he department intended tor the First
National bank the visitor will se as fine.
ly furnished and convenently arranged
banking quarters as can be found in the
west. The president and cashier will
have ine rooms set aside for them. The
counting room for the clerks and book
teepers will be well lighted and con
reniently arranged. The money and
book vaults wile of the latest design,
supphed with time locks and constructed
to as to defy burglars and the elements.
On the left of the main entrance the
private and general offices of the Town
ite company will be arranged in conven
ent and suitable style. There will be a
arge private oaie fronting on Central
ivenue and the secretary's office and gen
eral counting-room arranged adjacent.
The second, third, and fourth floors are
ill designed on the same plan, having
three offices fronting on Central avenue,
siz on Third stredt, and three on the In
tide.
As mentioned above the building is ar
ranged so that there will be no dark of
lces or rooms in it.
This magnificent edifice when com
pleted will represent an expenditure of
about $140,000, and will be the peer of
ny bank and office building in the north
west. The people of Great Falls can
point to it with pride as a fitting monu
ment to the men who were instrumental
in giving this city a start.
Mystereously Disappeared.
GRA]ND RAliis, Mich., March 14.-Pree
on Ford, a young man related to a prom
ilent family of this city, disappeared in a
most remarkable manner yesterday. He
was sick with fever and asked his nurse
to let him visit the bathroom. He was
clad in a suit of underclothing with a
blanket over his shoulders. He was gone
half an hour when the nurs searched
for him. He could not be found and
cone of his outer clothing is missing. He
lsappeared at six o'clock In the mora
g and no trace of him has ben discov
red. Hundreds of citizens, school chil
lien and police are searching for the
mis.ing ain.
'REMOVING i
e
We are now moving into
our new building. Will be
ready for business tomor
row.
LBach, Cory & Co.
NO.W EAID! CLOSING -:-OUT
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FOURTH - ADDITION Beginning onday, Dec. 8, and contining until sold, we shall oer our
entire stock at cost. We have now in our warerooms a large and elepgant line
of eeasonable goods which this sale ofters an exceptionable opportunity to par.
chase at prices never before offered n Great Falls.
....TO....
Sweet's Common-Sense Bob-Seighs, "Best on Earth," all sizes
GREAT FALLS ! A Large Assortment of ght Sighs aid Cutters,
Runner Attachments for all Classes of Vehicles
Seigh and Carriapge Robes and Mats in arae Vlriety
From Twentieth to Twenty. Heavy logging and Work Harneso
third streets, and from Second Medium and Fancy Driving Harness Whips Etc
avenue South to Eighth avenue
North now on the market and
for usale. Anlnspection of this Stock before the assortment is broken wil
For prices and plats call at well repay you.
the office of the Great Falls
Water. Power and Townsite S. . ASHBY CO.,
J. BOOKWALTER,. GREAT FALLS AND HELENA.
General Agent.
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