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Tey, ’ mene Published in the Center of the Great Cataract Mining Official Paper and Leading Adve. tising Medium of Jefferson County. ‘i . ‘ BASIN, MONTANA, JULY. 30, 1904. Fe glee | ¢ UM ; = eens ——— —— : : eee along six inches next to the hanging | Eugene Ring, a well known mining Bnoging with him information to thé] is quartzite, on which lies this rich |1n about 150 feet, Theout ofcoal wall assaying $317.80 per ton in gold. | man of Montana, instructing him tofeffect that a vein of ore carrying py-| ogre,’ The depth of the ore is about | will be greatly increased this year. “. of W se tana Northern. . ay of Mon- }s * ee '. The smelter of the \Cataract Cop- per Mining company at Bullion, has been funpving successfully for the past week and the company have been shipping a car load of builion a day. A reporter of the Progress visited the plant last “Phursdey, ead it was a busy sight¢hat greeted him. The heavy sulphur smoke from the _ furnace.was in evidence long before the smélter was in sight, |’ A lower tunnel-is now being run to thoroughly prospect the discovery, the foot wall.only being disclesed in the bottom.cf the open cut. A car- loa! of ore is being shipped from the other property of the company as a test of value, and on the returns ot this depends the building of a cya- nide or concentrating plant for thet property. The Black Hawk is a close corporation, being owned by the stockholders of the Big Indian of Helena, and no stock has ever been offered for sale. Remini District. General attention is being attracted to.the Rimini district by the opera- tions of the Inter Ocean Mining com- pany. The district has been famous as @ producer in early years, and a number of profitable properties have been worked there, but fora few years, owing to the low price of silver and other reasons, but little has been done there. The Inter Ocean com- pany, underthe miinagement of Allen C. Mason, president of the suc- cessful Big Indian company, has se- cured control of a large area of min- ‘the furnace. The pieut “has” _Tunning steadily without a stop. any kind since it was blown in, and the men in charge of the furnace claim that it 1s one of the most com- plete and perfect smelting plants in the west. The plant is thoroughly modern in every particular, and has several features in the way of im- provements that but few smelters in this state have. Beet cae The concentrator being erected by the company, is beiugbuilt asfast as the workmen can put it up. The ex- cavations in the side of the hill are almost completed and the carpenters have the beavy timbers all framed and ready, and it will take but a short time to complete this plant. Supt. J. Mulligan has the Bullion. mine in excellent shape and is send- ing down to the smelter some of the|- finest ore that ever came from the hill, and claims he can furnish 1,000 tons a day if necessary, Now that the smelter has resumed opérations, and everything is in con- dition for a steady run, we expect.to' heer something from the small oper- ators on the Bullion hill and vicinity. The starting of the smelter gives them an opportunity to have their ores tested thoroughly without the large exper se of transportation... In this issue appear the advertise- ments of the Montana Nort Rail- Way company inviting bids/for clear- ing the right of way and for grading | und bridging the proposed line of tailroad between this city and Ellis- ton. The.bids are to bein by Aug- ust 10th, and the contract will then be awarded and the work of clearing the right of way and cross-sectioning will immediately. be commenced, gnd the grading will be started as soon as this work is completed. The immense amount of work con- nected with the surveying and right of way departments of a new railroad is not appreciated by the average * maf, and this company. has lost no time in this, the preliminary steps of building a railroad. It is the intention of the company to put the work through as fast’ as - possible and-heve the line-completea: as far as the Cataract Copper Mining company, at Bullion,” at least this Pr aabie Monk Conny tak, Luck in gold mining is aptly illus- trated by the recent experience of the Black Hawk Mining company, oper- ating at the base of Old Baldy moun- tain in the Tobacco Root range in Madison county, An abandoned claim adjoiged the property of the company on which about a thousand dollars hod been expended by the owners to find the ledge from which the rich float came, but. without re- sults, The claim lay idle for years. Six weeks ago Manager Foster, of the Black Hawk company, put » man at work to follow into the bill a nar- row brown streak which showed up in acut nade by the former owners, and bas opened up a ten-inch. streak of ore spotted with free gold, ‘pay g property in the famous Red tain and is proceeding to develop a a large scale. ~ \Phe operations of the company in- idlade the running of two miles of tunnels to tap. the numerous ore bodies that are known to exist in. the mountain. .The company |, com- menced operations about three months agoand have already run a main tunnel over 600 feet, which had al- ready tapped four well defined leads. The tunnel is to be nine feet wide, to carry a. double track. This tunnel will be 4,000 feet long and will attain a depth of 1.700 feet, cross-cutt: right angles over 50 ledges, se which was sent to Swansea, Wales, for treatment, and Freiberg, Germany, long beforethe day of smelters ip Montana. Rich Ore Found Near Pony. The Pony Sentinel of last week says that what is said to be the greatest strike made in the history of Mineral hill occured about the middle of last week in the Mountain Cliff mine, owned by the Elling and Morris estates, and under lease for a term of one yearto Harry Measer and Jack Stewart. The strike was made by the lessees, who have been work- ing the property since last spring. The ore encountered in the mine is ot a gold;copper and lead nature, carrying values anywhere from $150 to $200 per ton and the pay shoot is at least four feet wide. How much rock of this class there is_canpot.at this time be said, but it is the opinion of conservative mining men tiat the key to the situation on the ‘hill has been uncovered in this strike—that is, that the lead struck in the Mountain Cliff is the great mother lode of the hill. The Mountain Cliff mine is located above the Clipper and Boss Tweed and Oregon mines, just west of the old Leonard property, the Union. The claim has been considered one of the best on the hill and for years has always had development work going on through the agencies of lessees. This strike however, is the only one of any great importance that has been made un the property since it-firet-became-s nine: Shoult—tatt of what is said about ‘the mine by enthusiastic miners prove true the strike willvo doubt awaken the in- terest offdapitalistic minivg men and attract them to this district again. Golden Sunlight Group. In all likelihood the Golden Sun- light group of 21 patented claims, located four or five miles from White- hall, Jefferson county, will soon be worked on quite an extensive scale, The property was formerly owned by the American Developing and Min- ing company, the financial affairs of which became so uncertain a few years ago that Livingston Cushing of Boston, who had advanced ‘the company several large sums of ney on promissory notes and took & mortgage on its property to secure them, threw the business of the cor- of which have furnished shippingore, |. see what could be done in the way of operating it. Mr. Ring went east a few weeks ago and eucceded in inter- esting New York and Chicago men in it, andthe latter are now engaged in an endeavor to ascertain the method or process by which the ore can be treated to the best: possible advan- tage. The ore is gold and silver bear-. ing and is rich enough to be reduced at a good profit, providea a process for saving the metal can be found. The American Developing and Min- ing company built a 100-ton mill at the mines and operated it for some time, but failed to save the mineral to a percentage high enough to war- rant it in coutinuing operations. Mr. Ring says there are about 6,000 tons of tailings near the mill, each ton of which contains from $7 to $9in gold and silver. All of these tailings can be reworked at a good profit. It is the intention of Mr. Ring and his associates in the enterprise to build a new mill at the mines as soon as the experiments now under way are concluded, but the class of plant cannot be determined until it is ascer- tained by what process the minoralj of the rock can be saved. The ore will not cyanide, but the mineral car be saved by roasting the rock before crusbing it.. This method, however, is considered to etpensive. It is be- lieved that desired results can be‘ob- tained in some other way. Ship- ments of ore are now being made to various places with a view of learn- ing which process of the many.in use is the best. It is thought that by the latter part of August the men in- terested in the enterprise will have decided upon the processbest adapted for the ore and will then proceed to establish a plant'at the mines. Besides the mining ground, the property includes the old mill, ma! chine drills and iu fact, every \devicé and convenience required in the oper- ation of the mines and treatment of the ore, all of which, »with the ex- ception of the mill, can be used to advantage. “Money with which to operate mines is pretty hard to raise in the East at present,” said Mr. Ring at the Thornton one day last week. “When I left here I thought a month would be sufficient for me to work up a deal, but it took me considerable longer. Several thinge are operating aes ing to interest capital in- legitimate mining enterprisesy one of .which is the presidential campaign, which I might say is the most potent. In my case capitalists desired to know who the democratic nominee would be be- fore they would entertain the’ prop- ositioh I had to offer- them. They seemed to be afraid Hearst would be the man. Judging by their language, had he been nominated not much new in the way of enterprise wou have béen considered for the present. come out all right. I understand that three ‘men, Messrs. Malm, Morrison and Leech, have discovered a process by which ore carrying cop- per can be successfully cyanided, and if such is the case itisa great discovery. They are now using it at this state, I have written them for detaileda-regard to it, -anddf their answer is fayorable I will visit their works and endeavor to secure a better knowledge of it. Ore carrying even as much as half of 1 percent copper has been hard’to cyanide on account of the fact that the copper eats the constituents of the solution, but re- port has it that the men operating the Empire bave found a remedy for this and are now using it, saving the copper slong with the other metal almost every thiag is possible, and it is quite likely they have solved a chemical problem that will extend the and make it applicable to the success- ful treatment of almost any class of gold and silver bearing ores.” Ore In Sisters Property. Mining company, running $57.20 in gold, andan a L to the disadvantage of persons seek- | “As to the Golden Sunlight pro-| perty, it is good and will undoubtedly | ,ome of the best miuing \property | in | the Empire propefty in Marysville, | In this age of invention and discovery | possibilities of the cyanide process O. Bergstrom, a well known metal- . | largist of Butte, returned Friday from a visit to the property of the Sisters about a mile and a ‘half from Wallace, Idaho, zinc and lead has been ‘struck’ in the workings of the claims. This ‘is pretty good news for the steckhold- ers, of whom Mr. Bergstrom is. one, Nearly. 200,000 shares of the stock are held in Butte. The property of the company com- prises six claims, for which patents have applied. Ithas always ded that the grou good mineral covery ofa vein has knocked that theory completely out. Last yearthe Sant drove a tunnel 450 feet to- wards the point at which it thought the vein should be found and then suspended operations for the time being. In the early spring it took up the work at the point at which it had been stopped and drove the open- ing 250 feet farther, with the result that it struck a stringer of ore about an inch wide. It then began drifting onsthe stringer and the latter gradu- ally widened until the face of the ‘drift contained two feet of ore. The company now has about 25 or 30 tons of ore on the dump, and is of the ropinior-that~itis~about to realize that which it has always maintained-— that the property contains ore in paying quantities and will eventually ‘become one of the large producers of the district. 8 In speaking of the niines Saturday evening Mr. Bergstrom said the ore and accompanying indications were identical with those of the other large lead-silver mines of the district, fand for this reason and the fact that the property was iu a direct line with large producers, he is inclined to the belief that the enterprise would come out.all right.” ; Morning Star. of the most promising proper- at the Cataract district ia that of the Morning Star, now being operated by Messrs. Mott and Anderson. A fine body of high grade ore, running in gold and silver values from sixty to sixty-five dollars has beee encoun- tered, and the gentlemen are now making their initial car load shipment. The property is being further devel- oped by a shaft and the fortunate Operators are now preparing to make extensive shipments of their ore. This property is located on Basin creek about two. miles above the mouth of Jack creek. Messrs Taylor and Johnson, who have beet working on their claim in the. same vicinity | now havea large amount of ore ready for shipment and are preparing to deliver itto the Cataract Copper Mining company for treatment. | ——-Redinge-Some Mining Claims. |best claims at the head of Warm | |ferin, says the Anaconda Standard. | They have als secured the St. Marys, | Bell, Alpine and Lakeview claims. | Hugh Daly and.othersnuvesecured 'a bond on the St. Thomas, one of the | | Springs creek, owned by Thomas Hef- Mr. Daly believes he has secured | 66 feet from the surface. It is now assured that Mr. Miller will be re- warded for his hard work and good judgment in working his property. He has another property bonded here which is showing signs of somie- thing good. He certainly deserves all the good fortune that may come his way. Heis a thorough, quiet, practical miner and might be called an expert, if he would only wear can- many other fine showings in thigg camp. The Coulson mine; which shipped rich ore some. years ago, ismow being worked by Jack Nolan and Chris Mirrow, They are sacking ore which runs as high as 300 ounces silver and $400in gold perton, | : Mr. Miller said when he started his drift he would run 49 feet and-if he did not strike it, he would quit. He ran 27 feet and struck it rich. Company Is Incorporated. Articles \of incorporation of the Three Metale Mining company, of St. Louis, which ‘will operate in Granite county, Montana, were filed Monday with Secretary of State George M, Hays; The company is capitalized at $50,000, divided into 500,000, shares at 10 cents each, all of which have been subscribed,' : The directors of the company are Charles Clark, August Gehner, Ben- jamin Gratz, William F. Walker and Charles McL, Clark all of St. Louis, » Mine In Madison.v The Galena Gold Mining company has been organized under the laws of the state, to operate in Madison county. _ The. articles of incorporation filed with the secretary of state show capital of $100,000. . The incorpor- ators are O, 8. Blackman, J. W. Mae- |'t Lane and Louis M. Thayery ‘ The Tanner Gold & Gem Mining company, incorporated under the laws of Arizona, and operating ‘the sap- phire mines of A. W. Tanner .at Red Bluff, Madisen countys has filed its annual statement. There is a capital of $150,000, paid in property, and no liabilities. : Deep Mining Is Required. The shaft on the Wunderlin-Draper property, near Iron Siding, Scratch Gravel district, is now down to a depth of 100 feet, says the Helena Record. The lead is from four to five feet in width and assays give good average returns in gold, It is pro- posed to let another contract for an additional fifty feet which, when com- pleted, will give an incline depth of 150 teet. fe This property is an old prospect, which.bas been owned by Mr. Robin- son, uf Silver creek valley, for years past. If the lead holds its values for another fifty feet the owners propose to put up a mill. to reduce the ore. The mill will probably inelude a cya- nide equipment, as the gold values are not free. It is predicted by old time mining the district and preparations are now | men with a wide experience, that the being made to proceed with the neces- | Scratch Gravel district will in time |sary development work. | Machinery has been ordered and | the work of exploration will be begun at once and carried on in a systematic manner. , | Strike At Ophir. i d tune of a Helena man: Philip Miller, of Helena, last Tues- day made a strike of exceedingly rich ore at this place, on a claim, Ophir No. 8, which he has leased and bonded be a good producer of the precious metald. Depth is what is needed in the camp to demonstrate its value, they say. There is all kind# of ore in the Scratch-Gravel hills, but no systematic effort has yet been made i A correspondent of The Indepen- | to mine there ia a scientific and.up- ent, writing from Ophir under date | of July 24, thus tells of the good for- to-date manner. The ores to be found in the camp are iron, copper, silver and gold. The formation is an eruptive granite, broken somewhat at the surface,-and therefore depth must be attained to accomplish results and find the lead between firm walls. from Mr. Downhour. The ore is sul-| Waunderlin & Co., are surely work- phide in charaeter, fairly bristling with ruby and brittle silver and runs very high in gold also. Taking the run from $500 to $3,000 per ton. Mr. Miller a short time ago eom- pleted running @ crosseut 225 feet. After running through a large talc vein and encountering thé foot wall, he drifted along the wall 16 feet north- east, but found poor value, so he turned from the tunnel and drifted south west on the same foot-wall 27 feet and struck » shoot of ore two feet thick, which runs up in the thousands Toe vein is a largetale vein, between and granite. The foot wall values in both silver and gold, it will | ing on the right plan, and their suc- cess may mean much for the camp's future. Fergus County Coal. In addition to other resources of Fergus county, there is considerable coal land, which bide fair to be exten- sively developed. The McDonald Creek Coalcompany has a tract of coal land of 820 acres about eight miles east of Lewistown. The coal veins, so far as explored, run from four to five feet in width. There are two entry tunnels of about 450 feet each in length, and a third is now being driven, The company also ot, bas been developing a property... near Cottonwood, aod has an entry tunnel land. There is about 1,200. feet tunneling done aud the coal’ vé far as shown, averages about fo’ ahalffect in width. The averag output has been about 350 tons month, and this can be increaset _ The Mountain Chief, one of the oldest mines ‘in the Cataract C is again to be operated. Messrs, Wm. Martin, Wm, Erwin, Martin have Davidson and J, B. Brien cured a lease and bond on this prop- erty and have taken up supplies this week. They will put on a fore ‘men and will have the r oughly overhauled and pre ship ore as soon as possible. This is situated Q mile up the oa from the | and the ore is of the sa but is only about 85 ' The ore carries values in gold silver to the extent of about | ton. The product will be J the Butte smelters and j centage of silica makes ore and gives the owners and it will be possible to | Butte and make a good pro The mine was located in James Gibson, James Poore ap Holt. Later B. EB. Barteau ai W. Burdick, of Boulder, pe the Gibson and Holt mine has been idle a number a the first owners and locators unable to come to any agreemen to how the property should be wo but since Messrs. Barteau and dick haveacquired an been on the market > will be shipped from Bale rangements for the hauling from mine to this city have been pleted. Montana Men In Utah: — ae é Horn Silver, Utah, July '26,—~Mon- _ tana mining men with Mr.O..B. ‘ the well known inventor of the cele-- brated Peck centrifugal process of — concentrating ores, will erecta500-ton, Utah. Through the Peck mill will be run several hundred thousand tons — of tailings from ores that have once — beep ceneeahentan, SF: ires process practically abstracting all values re- maining in the ore. The mill will be constructed under the aoa ency of Mr. F. Ww. Ross y One Of. the best known and most successful . milling men in the northwest. Mr. . Rossberg will be assisted in the uti- et ® iy dertaking by his son, William Roos- —— berg, a promising young mining engi- neer, who recently graduated from =» the Columbia mining school of New- York at the head of hiv clase; The Centrifugal Concentrating 4 calculated to have the works in opera- tion in the course of several months. The plant will afford { for half a hundred men. Through the accumulation of years the tail- piled up almost mountain high; a mass of ore 80 low grade gs to defy all efforts at re-working it'&t a profit, until the Peck machine was into operation. Careful and *. sive experiments made at Corbin, Mont., by the Peck mill under thedi- fection of Mr, Peck and Superintend- — ent Rossberg, have demongtrated be- yond a fact that by the centrifugal method of concentrating ores as high as 98 percent of the values. of thé tail- ings at Horn Silver can be saved. The tailings at Horn Silver are of class particularly adapted to the cen- - trifugal.method of “ne eee The tailings abound in fine sli incapable of being saved by vanm and tables, but when they are pa through rapidly revolving Peck cia
