The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1888-01-20
MINING NOTES.
Items Of the Great Montana Industry.

Items Of the Great Montana Industry.
The Hecla Consolidated Mining Company
OF Glendale, has paid dividends a~RgreRatinR
$l,0T7, 500.-DiHon Tribune.
The st. Louis Republican Of the 9th inst,
quotes Granite - arm at $3.50 bid, $50 q
asked: West Granite as strong at THO bid
024c asked.
It is learned from Georgetown that the
Pyrenees now has six feet Of ore, and of I
better average grade than previously.-Re
Uiea0, 10th.
Work at the Tiger concentrating works has
been suspended on account of the cold wea'
Their. The suspension Of operations will be
only temporary.-Wdrdner Nesos.
At the Pueblo Sampling Works yesterday
morning the thermometer registered IS dogs.
below zero. The water pipes were frozen up
and burst In several places, and it was noon
before the works were In order again-Lnter.
Mountain, TIL.
1t is reported seams of quartz have been
found in the Wickes tunnel on the Montana
Central. The surprising thing is, that with
the amount Of railroad tunneling done in
Montana, there have not been valuable
quartz veins struck.
What is known as the Silver Tip series of
mines on Sunset Peak, at the head of Beaver
creek, were yesterday sold by Chas. W. Toole
and VIM. Williams and Joseph E. Boss, and
by him to Joseph K. Clark, of Butte, Mon
tana, for ST., 600 cash.
The Gray Eagle copper mine, located just
at the end Of the Parrot claim, was sold this
morning. The purchasers name has not yet
been made public, mol the price, but it is I'M
dsrstsod that between So, 600 and $4,000
changed hands on the deal.-nter- Mountain,
18th.
Mr. VIM. Hyde, who returned yesterday
from Wickes, says the vein of galena ore
found in the tunnel, is six feet wide, at a
depth Of SEQ feet from the surface. It has
Larsen & Keefe, contractors. There has also
been a surface location of it for some years
by other parties.
Mountain Lion mining stock In Deer Lodge
1uctuates between Is and 70 c~ents.-InteT-
Mountain, 10Th.
Scarcely a fair statement, neighbor- It has
never sold at Is cents since the vein was
reached. One party sold at 25 cents when
the stock was firm at so cents, and we do not
believe a share could be bought to-day for
less than Is cents.
General Manager McMaster, of the Cotton
wood, Mountain Lion, and Champion Con-
solidated, and Secretary of the D. L. F. and
r. A.. has leased a good office room on the
second floor of Union Block, and will have
it ready for occupancy by next Thursday. 1t
is just what is needed for his business, meet
ings of Trustees, Directors, etc, and is a
most eligible location.
Since last ISSUE communication with the
Orc Elmo mines has been in%frequent, and no
one has come down the past few days. The
The granite in the shaft has softened, and
stringers-infltration veins-of quartz are
coming in thickly, AMI stained with ruby sill
YER, indicating near approach to an ore body.
Work was still being pushed in the shaft.
AT a Trustees meeting yesterday General
Manager Mem aster was authorized to and
made a contract with Mr.. Kelley, of Butte,
to sink a 5O-foot shaft on the Lily with hand
hoist. The rates we're For the first 20 feet,
$40 per foot; second 20 feet, $11; last 10 feet,
s13. Work will begin at once. President
Mitchell expects to buy hosting works in
Butte this week, have it delivered at the
mine on runners, and set it up on masonry
when the season advances.
No advices have been received from the
Mountain Lion since Sunday. The ore was
then 50 inches wide, with IA inches of it the
rich ore. This was changing from ruby to
brittle silver, getting wider, and fully as rich.
There were some three tons of this ready to
sack. "Kidneys'' of rich ore were also COM
ing in and increasing in size and frequency
in the second class ore. The mine was look.
ing first rate. A lot of / 200 shares, which
had been placed for sale, was sold at so cents
Monday. No later transactions.
Mr.. w. A. Clark is now negotiating a sale
ter, and his interests in the Mountain. Chief
and Piccolo, to the Boston Consolidated.
The price to be paid is in accordance with
the importance Of the deal. This sale will
enable Mr.. Clark to concentrate his energies
onthe important works he now has in prep
%aration. 1t was stated in the Miner some
days ago that the matte furnaces of the Butte
Reduction Works were being enlarged, and
it can now be added that new reverberatory
furnaces have been ordered and will Don be
placed in position at the works. AS soon as
spring opens new concentrating works of
large capacity will be erected. These works
will be for treatment of copper ores from Mr..
Clark's properties here and the Bell mines at
Thompson Falls. If he can obtain reasona-
bic rates from the Northern Pacific for the
transportation of galena ores for the Cnur
d'Alenes, he will also erect large lead works,
and it is not likely that the railroad will miss
the large traffic that will thus be insured
Miner,