Show THE BARKER MINES CO leader great falls mont otto schoenfeld returned yesterday from a trip to barker where he inspected the properties of the barker mines company one of the thompson gunn interests in talking to a leader reporter concerning the mine today mr schoenfeld was unstinted in his praise of hank the manager of the mine who has made the property really worth while in the two years that he has had charge mr has made the best showing I 1 have ever seen said mr especially when the amount of money spent I 1 is considered he has a pile of fine ore on the dump the shaft has been sunk feet and drifted each way on the vein and there is a 40 foot ore chute on the water level tunnel the ore has improved with very every e foot that the shaft has gone down there is enough work doing nothing but ore to io keep seventy five men busy all the time the company is now starting on the erection of a concentrator and when the plant is completed the mine will be operated full blast thirty men are now employed the ore is a high grade lead carrying silver and some gold and with depth copper some of the ore runs 11 per cent in copper mr has been in charge for two years and the mine makes the best showing I 1 ever saw for every dollar spent 10 has been opened up and is on the dump |