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I ettee The Awl\! S n cletv •Montana Vol. 1. No. 1. Kendall Miner KENDALL, MONTANA, DECEMBER 8, 1905. 5 Cents ' THE STORY Of OUR FAMOUS MINES' f the Barnes -King, where large ore bodies have been outlined. The Pay - :ouster group of six claims is situat- MILWAUKEE ORIENT EINE. HUMPHREY JEWELRY CO. _ Railway's Extension to Pacific Coast Followed By Steamship Line _Probably the St. Paul system is to B. • II Scott . Kendall 6round Practically Abandoned On Two Different Occasions --Now Worth Many Millions --History of the Noted Barnes -King-- list of Other Promising Properties. ed between the Abby property and the Bullard Extension and covers a high - ly mineralized area. This entire vi- chitty is well supplied with water and the opportunity for treating the ore is excellent. . The Fergus Gold Mining company Watch and Chrcnometer Makers become a more colossal affatilliiiiiill become a more collosal affair than has been supposed by those who are ac- quainted with the extensive plans of extension to the Pacific coast. A steamship line between the United States and the Oriefik, may form part i f o the plans. according to statements containedn an e I :Mortal in( recent General Blacksmithing A general line of wagon re - pairing and woodwork. enammenn Rings and all other Jewelry made to order. kinds o Any \write up\ of Kendall will seem somewhat superfluous to any inhab. Rant of this town or of the vicinity but it is assumed that a great many of these papers will be sent to distant friends who will be interested in knowing something of the great little gold camp so picturesquely located up here in these world famou3 moim- tabs and for that reason we give a short description of the place together with something of its future 1 ros- pacts., Kendall, as a town, is now in its fifth year. Many years before a town in the North Moccaslemountains was ever dreamed of, the Buchanan broth- ers and Messrs. Waldorf and Draper and a fe - W - 4thers were working over in Iron gulch in some placer diggings. This work was fairly successful but operations were greatly retarded by the lack of sufficient water for sluic- log and after a few seasots this work was practically abandoned, W. C. Draper gornMenced about that time to work' on a silver and lead teroPositioh over in the Iron creek vi- dray and together _with his partner, W. C. Waldorf, still owns some good , ground on that side of the mountain, In 1896 Adolf Harmon located the Horse Shoe and Mule Shoe claims lo- cated at the north end Of the present Barnes -King group. J. P. Barnes purchased a half interest in these claims a year or so later and Mr. Her- mon soon afterward disposed of his other half inte . yest in them to C. E. Barnes. Little more than the \ten foot hole\ and the assessment work for one or two years lia , d been done on these claims up to this time. .7. T. Wunderlin and M. L. Woodman locat- ed the Discovery claim in 1898 and a few months later in the same year, located the Passiac upon which the mill now stands. In the same year Messrs. Draper and Waldorf located a lot of ground now comprising a por- tion of the Santiago and Kendall group of claims. When they came to stake it off, they decided to let the Kendall ground go. Thus for the first: time was this property, now worth millions, cast aside, Shortly after, this time, in 11398, Charlie Allen located some claims which are now among the most valu- able of the Kendall group and gave Tom Riser a half Interest for digging a ten foot hole on one of them. Harry T. Kendall, who had cleaned up a neat stake by working over some tailings in the Judith mountains bought out Tom Riser's half interest for $160 cash and took a six months bond on Allen's half interest for $500. oughly conversant with the district. i the and for the purpose of giving certain statistics concerning the output of the Kendall and Barnes -King mines and also in order to give our readers a general idea of the other properties in the district, we reproduce portions of that article as follows: The Kendall mine is now return - ing in dividends to the , $25,000 per month for ten Months and $60,000 for two months. This mine is being worked steadily and a larte_ore body guarantees dividends for ma years to come. In the five years of its operation the output of the Ken- dall mine in bullion is 12,600,000, pay- frig 81,000,000 in dividends, besides creating a substantial sinking fund and paying for all plant installation, and improvements, including a mag- nificent electric plant. This property would pay double the present amount in dividends were it worked to Its full capacity. The Barnes -King output since the plant first went into operation, four years ago, Is 81,800,000 and one half a million has been returned in dividends to shareholders, besides the pa/ment of a large amount of develo ment work of all kinds. There are Im- _ _ mense bodies of ore witltin the bound- rules of the many claim* owned by this company, enongh, in fact, so that it is impossible to estimate it In tons. as the depth of the deposit has not yet been ascertained, though a depth of two thousand feet has been reached in the district. To the north of the Barnes -King r .,, , perty le the r'-hby g• - •; - -;. - ul :oh 1 - --' --- -:. owned and operated by John Ft. Cook, Elting Johnson and F. S. Akely. A rich strike has been made on this ground lately, uncovering a ledge of pay ore 200 feet In width and assaying from 8oc to $3.00: This strike was made on what is known as the Paint Pot on the extension side of the Ab- by and seems to be a veritable moun- Lain of ore. On this ground 275 feet of development work has been accomp- Bathed, while on the entire property in the neighborhood cif 1,800 feet of drifts have been run. On the Abby claim a 140 foot tunnel has been run in the ore, which measures from 3 to 22 feet in the face. Seven samples taken from this property lately assayed from $4.40 to MOO. For the past three years con- siderable money has been expended upon this ground, the owners having .. great faith in its future and the late find would prove that they were , right in the belief that they owned one et - the biggest propositions in the moun- ta i ns, ' . . owns a number of claims to the east adjoining the Bullard Extension and ground of the Queen Mining corn- pany, A diamond drill hole has beeu sunk in the vicinity of the line of the Bullard Extension in which ore has been found at a depth of 965 feet.though John A. Drake and the Fergus Land & Live Stock company are the princi- oel incorporators of this company and Mr. Drake has signified his intention of thoroughly developing the property and expresses his belief that a large ore body will eventually be outlined. Tir entire surrounding country even , - ond the foothills has been located as t.e result of the rich finds of this seaso and an immense amount, of de- . elop ent work is already outlined f ‘ or the spring. The Cyanide Gold Mining & Milling company owns several claims adjoin- ing the Barnes -King ground and a strike has been made on the Cyanide clainv'a a depth of 340 feet of pay ore In sufficient quantity and richness to guarant good returns for treatment. Marshal Field, Allen T. Reed and oth- ers of the Illinois Steel crowd lately e a7uired a $60,000 interest in the prop- rty of this company which includes the townsite and considerable jiatent- ed land to the east. It is very prob- able that steps will be taken in the near future to put a cyaniding plant In operation on this ground. John A. Drake has lately acquired the Nine - teen Hundred group of twelve claims to the west of the Barnes King Gold Mining company's ground and this property will be put ander immediate development in the ' early springs This gentleman Is also heavily inter- ested mint lo'cal capital in the North Moccasin Gold Mining company, op- erating what IS . known as Bic Santi- ago property and this faN $16.000 worth of work being done in order to ascertain th xtent of the ore body, a This work itas met with some success and it is thought that the sinking of a shaft for further develop- ment purposes will be commenced this winter. . This ground lies be- tween the Kendall and the Barnes- King and is situated well under the lime reef. The Kendall-K1 - g Gold Mining company holds con iderable ground to the south of the slum gulch of the Kendall mine. NN hile John L. Bright Is the owner of three claims which ad- Joins the Kendall and the Moore prop- erties. The fledges Gold Mining corn- pany, a corfinTation. formed for the purpose of working seven claims on the west side, own some very likely looking ground and assays of cyan- trig ore taken from a seventy-foot , Finest stock of Watches, monde, Sapphires. Rubies, er brought to Fergus Dia- etc. ev- County. issue of the Chicago Tri Al - itune. Al - the editorial is qualified with the word \presumably It is believed that the Tribune, which is conserva- tive in its'editorial statements, has !n- side information which induces It to ''s.. . HORprSHOEING A .1 1 ECIALTY MAKERS OF THE KENDALL RING. FAMOUS We have had twenty-five experience in the watch business and absolutely all such work. years' repairing guarantee make the statement.a , tockholders The edtorial argues that the Pana- ma canal will be no hindrance to transcontinental railway traffic and says in part: \The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road will get much business In the ............................................................ B. B F Scott . Kendall, Mont. Do not send watches repaired. Leave them get them returned the away to be with us and same day, regions through which its extension is to be built. It will also get a share of . the Asiatic trade, for that will not be monopolized by the Panama canal. Presumably the Milwaukee & St. Paul road, after reaching the Pacific coast, Neill buy or build freight steamers and Clingan &, Hamilton Humphrey Jewelry KENDALL, MONTANA 0 C 0 run them to China and Japan. \It is often said that the transconti- nental railroads are opposed to the construction of an isthmain canal. They have been accused of using their influence in High Grade Union CAMPBELL DRUG COMPANY congress, first against the Nicaragua. and afterwards against the Panama route. It has been assert - ed that they saw in a canal a rival that would take from them a great voulme of trade. C • OARS HouDAy Toilet and ery, ery. ticket holder fine leman's toilet Johnson Just Consisting War Lowney's With dressed , Sets, each will to traveling set, revolver. Received Stock of 6000s of leather Japanese, Toys. Books, Candies, 26 -cent purchase be given entitling the choice bisque doll, ease, or a 32 -calibre a Fine goods, China Station- Perfum- between a a lady's a the a gen- Ivan profitable \It is settled that the Panama canal Is to be built. In 20 years at the most there will be a channel navigable by the largest ocean-going vessels, con - necting the Atlantic and Pacific. That has not deterred the men who control DM\ Chicago, Milwaukee & Si Paul road from deciding to spenil $30.000,- 000 in extending it 1,500 miles to the Pacific coast. They have had the mat- ter under consideration for a year, s c — Complete line of ..Wines and.. ... Liquors • .• and have concluded that the eaten - sion will pay. Manifestly they are not of the opinion that the Panama canal is to be dreaded. Nor is it. \If the canal had been in existence - DROP IN NOW & THEN 30 years ago, when the business done by the roadi running to the Pacific was largely transcontinental business, it would have been another story. Conditions have changed. The .exten- sive regions west of the Missori river are being developed. Cities and towns are growing up. The fertile fields are being cultivated and the mines open-- ed. The transcontinental roads have an increasing volume of local freight to handle. Al they are WIT held check by competition they charge rates which are always hikh and sometimes excessive on local trafic, and derive a large --and increasing tranecontinental business. . \CanaL comnetItion may force t l'f in Stage- Leaves m. daily, (The 3 p. m. -11.he 9 Kendall- Lewistown / Kendall 8 except Sunday. o'clock stage Lewistown O'clock stage line a. 9 m. and - . • . carries mall.) a, m. and 2 carries niallf • '- CAMPBELL DRUG KENDALL COMPANY . For Tobaccos A sheet Mental. e.itilkitlhtitlt“#it GO • BcinTen Fine Confectionery, and NUTS complete music—vocal TO • Cigars. OF ALL line THELeaves of and 4014,410 Fruits, KIND the instru- latest He took up this bond in the spring of ..__ .. , . _ A property with a future le What is ft run as high as rm. Over . , - cree -transcontinental roads to lower tkelt rates on through freight, but they will not permit that competition to deprive them 0 . 1 much business. There , is a certain. class of goods which they will continue to transport in spite of the canal. - . •---- --- Sunday coach leaves Kendall at 1 p . in. FAST TIME RELIABLE DRIVERS. CLOSED COACHES, FOOT WARMERS. Kendall office: Joe T. Monl awn - erg. - - ----.. i 1900, having had two men working on the property during the life of the bond. Shortly after the bond was taken up a small cyanide mill was erected and Kendall commenced to work some of the ore. The process was a success from the start and the proceeds more than paid for the fur- ther development of the ground. That fall the property was bonded by Ken. dall to Fineh and Campbell of Spo- kane for $450,000, Kendall retaining a one -tenth interest, valued at that time at $50,000. Early as possible in 1891 the big Kendall mill was erected and started to grind out gold bricks in the fall of the same year. This highly profitable process has been continued for over four years with results which are given below, E. W. KKing took a six months bond on what is now the Barnes -King group In the spring of 1900. The bond called for t'c payment of 876.000 for the property. He had a number of men at work during the life of the bond but did not take up the bond. Instead, he offered to build a mill as a consideration for one-half interest in th c group. This was agreed to b) J. T. Wunderlin, J. P. Barnes, M. L. Woodman and C. E. Barnes who now had interests in the ground and Mr. King succeeded in Interesting Messrs. A. D. Ledeaux and W. B. Devereaux, two prominent Colorado mining men and capitalists,, in the proposition, The mill was built in the spring and summer of 1901 and like the Kendall, has` been a paying proposition since the. first day the wheels were started. In a recent . tssue of the Fergus County Democrat appeared an article wiliten by someone apparently thor. known as the Bullard ranch 'proererty, a djoi n i n g the Barnes -King t° the south and east. This property is own- ed by the Queen Mining & u - Milling company, who have incorporated for $500,000, shares at a par value of $1.00. This company was organized by John A. Bullard, Peter Wiedenborner and J. T. Foley. A controling interest in this property was bonded . to H. H. Lang and others this spring for MO,- 000—Considerable diamond drill work has been done on this ground with the result that 917.00 cyanideing ore ham been discovered at a depth of from 365 to 485 feet. In order to be certain of the authenticity of these finds con- siderable diamond drill work was ac- complished by the parties having a bond on the controling Interest with the result that it was ascertained that the richness of the find were not at all exaggerated. Adjoining the Bullard property is the Bullard Extension, consisting of five claims which are owned by Geo. Crawford, G. B. Stuart, D. J. Burr. John It. Cook. John Bullard and oth- ere, who are operating under the name of the Bullard Extension Gold Mining & Milling company. This company la organized for one million and a guar- ter, $450,000 of which is in treasury stock. Only 100.000 shares at a par value of 81.00 have been issued to RP - cure money for development purposes and the ready sale of the stockk has enabled the company to _ make ar- rangements for the thorough exploit- ation of the ground with the diamond drill. To the west of thin is the Handicap group of three claims on which pay or , has been encountered and which Jo i is the Horse Shoe claim Messrs. Waldorf end - Dra . own a silver and lead proposition car- rYing gold values tt. which it Is very probable steps will be taken to erect a smelter. On North Plum creek the Armold boys and others have formed the Plum Creek Mining & , mi ll i ng company for the purpose working fourteen claims on which ' a large body of low grade ore has already been dis- covered. This company Is selling stock in order to raise funds for develop- ment purposes. There seems to be no limit to the bodies of low grade ore in this district and owing to the' fact that the cyaniding process has been got to the point where it is a nominal cost it is more than probable that these ores will eventually be worked with success, One of the most likely looking pros- Deets in the district Is the 80 -acre tract owned by the Stevens Gold Min- Ins & Milling company end adjoining the townsite on the east and south. This ground is patented and 14 ore has been taken from the surface. The main incorporators of the company are Oscar Stephens and Janies Hal- eton and negotiations aie now on foot for a purchase of a large interest in the company by St. Paul parties. There are numberless small prop- a rti e s throughout this district which are owned by prospectors who are un- able to develop them through lack of fund., and it is certain that no dist- • Oct in the west has ever been in so 'food a shape for profitable Investment as is the Kendall Mining Dietr i lc e t o In r , h r e eh N en o d rth th M e oc i e m a m si e n n . iw i t pos . s a lbilitles of the district without paying it a visit nd the mproved rairoad facilities in his Section shou; make the visit R deasant one as ell as profitable. Surveys Ordered. The (treat Fail Tribune is authori- Lewistown office: Harry Brown. ty for the statedent that a surveying party left that city last week. having been by - ordered the Great Northern officials to make surveys of the pro - posed extension from r Armington to Billings. It is said that the old Burlington survey will be used for a great portion of the distance, and the work of the surveyors now in the field will be to McCormack *If / • A d . / MEAT J. I. ELBERT, mARKET Prop. I eeSablish woute not covered by the old survey. The surveys were ordered by First The President Hill, upon the recom- • mendation of Chief Engneer Moue- land, who was not entirely satisfied with the route beyond Stanford. These additional surveys were necessary on account of Mr. Hill'ailecision to build branches Into Lewistown and the Kendall mining ditsrIct. attlieMilliWa . LiVery and Feed Stable KENDALL. MONTANA. Teams and drivers furnished at reasonable rates. Good teams, easy buggies and satisfaction guaranteed. - ....r. ,.....,,, Pork, Muttoni Beef, . Ham, Sausage, Butter, and Eggs. L. , - , Vegetables, Fruit and Fish in Season. \Scotty\ Disappears. . A dispatch from San Bernardino, Cal.. says that Waiter Scott, the Death Valley miner, has mysterieult I FRESH MILK Y disappeared from Barstow. He left the crutch behind which he used since AND CREAM . ' Kendall, Montana f his automobile accident. It is believ- e d he is broke and has gone back to DELIVERED DAMN( m i) , : n a e th Valley to locate another gold • C A t . 11L 4 11. 1 11k , ......ereeee.. 77.
