The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-19
GOLD COIN ORE AND MILL
Enterprise of the Men Who Com
prise the Company.
THE CITYSs RICH SISTER
A Prosperous Little Town That Is q
Valuable Contributor to Anacon-
da's Welfare-A Success
From the Start.

They are doing good work at the Gold
Coin properties. The company is ex-
tracing ore from three mines. the Key
. stone, Josie and Red Fir. The ore is
free milling gold, carrying only trace
of silver The mill treats all of the
product of the mines. and it has been
demonstrated that the method emf
ployed In the reduction of the ore is sue
cessful. The mill was, last summer,
enlarged from 10 to so stamps, and these
are all dropping on good ore and lots
of it; about 100 tons are treated every
"a hours. The amalgamation is done
entirely on the copper plates-a system
that is said by mill men TO be an In
novation on this side of the range, such
process having first been introduced
some years ago in the Drum Lummon
mill at Marysville. The old way was
to amalgamate through the batteries.
The simplicity of 1t.
The comparatively small cost of treat
ing free milling gold by this company
makes it possible to handle very low
grade ore. In the three mines winch
the company is at present working are
employed from 40 to AS men. The ore
is conveyed from the mines by means of
three single-team wagons over short
graded road to the MILL where it goes
through the stamp batteries, leaving
these through fine mesh screens, and
then passing over the amalgamating
plates. where the gold remains the pulp
being carried off to the tail race by the
water that conducted it from the start
ing point where it entered as ore. BY
this simple process the ore is reduced
with little ceremony but four men on
each shift being required to operate the
mill. Improved machinery and recently
patented processes and appliances make
it possible to operate the so stamps With
so small force of men. The gold in its
native state is rather coarse and its
quality very fine, tests at the mints
showing q fineness of $50. Pretty fine
stuff when it is known that the stage of
purity is 1000 fine The water used in
the mill is pumped from two wells, one
of which was recently dug. Now the
supply is ample for all requirements.
Owners and Officers.
About two years ago the company
now operating the properties was form
ed and began work on the mines that it
had purchased for a song. l.. Z. Loom
is was the leading spirit in the move
ment, and to him is due much OF the
credit for bringing the properties up to
their present magnificent showing. The
other members of the company are j. A.
Stephens, president, of Cleyeland; Jas.
NJ Glenn of Cincinnati and Z. L. Shat
ner of Cleveland. ]. A. Stephens Is a
prominent physician OF Cleveland, and
Mr.. Shafner is well known capitalist
of the same city. AT one time he was
associated with the Standard Oil peo-
pie. James NJ. Glenn is a well known
banker of Cincinnati and who, by this
way, is a newspaper man, having re-
Gently secured control of the CONNER
cial-Tribune of that city. What is of
more interest TO the people of this state,
Mr.. Glenn is a silver man and doeSn
hesitate to decline Mark Hanna's invita-
ton to come over and slide down his
gold-lined cellar door. Mr.. LOOMS Is
secretary and general manager, with
headquarters at Gold Coin. His as
sistant is G. A. Beaton, who has, by
strict devotion to duty and a thorough
knowledge of the work at hand, gained
the confidence and good will of the COM
pany and the respect of the employees.
The foreman of the mine is j. p. Judge,
an experienced western miner, for
long time in the employ of the Ontario
company in various capacities. lie has
also resided at Granite and worked in
the mines there. The amalgamator at
the MILL M. Neville, is also oNerseer OF
the work there. He was at one time en-
gagged in a similar capacity at the Drum
Iummon mill It. G. Kingsley is as
sayer in charge of this department of
the works
by Way of Experiment.
Mr. Glenn has force of mechanics at
work repairing the old Cameron mill
at Georgetown and building houses to
be placed at the disposal of his en-
ployes. 1t is expected to have the mill
in condition for operation by early
spring. Mr.. Glenn's plan is to treat the
ore from the Orphan Boy mine, near the
Southern Cross, by the cyanide process.
IL the experiment proves successful 1t
will serve as general invitation to 9TH
ers who have ore of a similar nature
waiting for some one to turn up with
process of reduction that will profit
ably treat it to follow suit.
About Gold Coin Town.
The little town of Gold Coin lies in a
picturesque spot on the northern edge
of Georgetown Flats, at the termination
of a mountain coulee that heads up in
the hills back of Gable. On the west
side are the mill and mines and on the
east the large white ribbed mountain
that casts a long shadow over Silver
lake. This body of water is not visible
from the town There is a postoffice in
Gold Coin and c. A. Beaton is postmas-
ter, with Mrs. II. c. Kingsley assistant
in charge. During the summer num-
Der of comfortable cottages We're built
and these are the coZy homes of the en-
ployes of the Gold Coin company There
are no stores or saloons there. All of
the supplies are taken from Anaconda.
which is an item to be considered in a
favorable light by merchants of this
city