The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1888-02-03
MINING NOTES..


Items Of the Great Montana Industry.
Messrs. ThOs. Strang and Thos. Stuart made
an assay of Mountain Lion ore yesterday
that went 1921 ozs. in silver. This is the
largest yet made, and it was not Foreman
Jonss's choice piece, either.
Trustees A. H. Mitchell and WIN. Facer,
of the Champion Consolidated Mining Co.,
purchased in Butte last week a 25-horse
power boiler and engine, and a hoist and
pump with a capacity to sink 800 feet on tina,
property, and R. T. Harris this week loaded
the machinery and took it to the Lily, on
which operations are now commenced.
They are going after that mine to get it.
Stockholders in the Mountain Lion, Cot
tonwood and Champion Consolidated may
be interested in the opinion of those we'll
informed that all the leads covered by these
companies are on even-numbered sections,
as is almost all Of Gospel Mountain, and not
subject to railroad entry. The Banker and
others are on odd sections. But the welfare
Of all is concerned in not permitting any
mineral lands to be patented by the railroad
company under its LIANT grant.
MI. Irvine Higgins informs us the Iron
Mountain, Ironclad, Big Jim and Little Jim
iron mines, on Haakes Hill, at the head Of
Caribou bench owned by A. 81. Mitchell
and others, is under bono to j. B. Leahy &
Co., of Butte, for SID, OO0-the bond running
to Dec. Is, 1888. There is a shaft on the Iron
Mountain IS feet deep. showing 10 feet Of
hematite iron ore, and widening. The an
ticipation is it will turn out to be very
valuable property. Leahy & Co. expect to
commence developing in March.
The annual meeting Of stockholders of the
Cottonwood Mining Company was held last
Saturday evening, resulting in the election
of and the selection of trustees and officers
as follows: President, A. H. Mitchell; Vice
President, Noise Menard; Secretary, James
B. McMaster; Treasurer, H. S. Reed; Attor-
ney, H. r. Whitehill. General Manager
McMaster, who was at the mine Wednesday,
reports the level from the 15O-foot station in
- feet, and the rock getting so much softer
that IS inches in "a hours are now made, and
getting softer every shot. 1t is thought it is
approaching close to the vein, and already
shows some lead indications.
The Boston & Montana Company will
take charge to-day of the Clark's Colusa and
Piccolo mines and the concentration and
smelter, negotiations entered into some time
since having been consummated. A good
round figure has been paid for the proper
ties. This will increase the capacity of the
B. & NJ. Co. enormously. The concentration
and reyerberatory furnaces will continue
running under the new management without
any stoppage, and as soon as they start up
the two blast furnaces it will treble their out
put. The improvements being made at the
Mountain View mine prevent the company
from working their new possessions to the
full capacity, as will doubtless be the case
when the Mountain View is able to put the
force at work it can employ.-Miner, ID.
General Manager McMaster was at the
Mountain Lion Wednesday. Foreman Jones
is making 8! to 4 feet a day progress on the
tunnel, working two shifts. The vein mat
ter is still somewhat mixed, with SEINE richer
ore than heretofore brought down, but not
so wide. The vein matter continues to carry
kidneys of brittle silver. 1t is in contempla-
ton next week to start an upraise for an air
shaft, the tunnel now being in so far it is
deemed best to have a vent. It is not in
tended, however, to lessen. the force on the
face of the tunnel. Foreman Jones is very
much pleased with what has been developed
and feels confident there is a mine there.
enc" brought down one piece of ore which
Mr.. Jones offered to wager a months wages
would 20 500 ozs. more than any ever assayed
from the mine, and as there have been assays
of over $500, it will rave to be pretty good
%ttstonan to make his wager good.