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The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-18
Calvin o. Geer, Who Brought the Suit,
Was Not a Stakeholder Until Re-
cently-How the Shares Are
Distributed-The Holdings
OF the Parrot and Ana
conda Companies.

Since the announcement was made
that Calvin o. Geer had brought suit in
an eastern court to enjoin the ANAL
gamated Copper company from absorb
ing the Boston & Montana ana Butte
& Boston companies, people have been
asking each other for information con-
corning the identity of Mr.. Geer. In
the answer and affidavits of the ANAL
gamated company it is stated that Geer
is a clerk in the employ Of Arthur P.
Heinze in New York, and that at the
time the suit was brought in his name
he owned none of the stock. Afterwards.
however, it is alleged that l04 shares
We're transferred to him.
In an affidavit submitted by II. H.
Rogers it is stated that the An,algam-
aated company already owns 10,0o0 OF
the $50, 900 shares Of Boston & Montana
stock, having bought it in January Of
1900, and that the Amalgamated COM
pany has never made an offer to acquire
any of the stock outside Of this block OF
shares.
G. NJ. Hyams submits the mose inter-
esting affidavit In fact he says:
among the principal assets of the
Amalgamated company are majority
said Anaconda and Parrot companies.
The capital stock of the said Anaconda
company consists of 100000 shares, the
market value of which is now about $5l
per share, representing a total market
value Of over $60,O00,0O0. The capital
stock of the said Parrot company con-
sists of 100000 shares, the market value
of which is now about $51 per share,
representing a total market value of over
$13 900 The total market value or
the shares of the said companies held by
the Amalgamated company is equal to
at least $33, 0OO. 900, or nearly one-half the
total par value Of the capital stock of the
Amalgamated company.
There are no indications Of exhaus-
ton in the principal veins which are
now worked by the Boston & Montana
company; and there is every indication
that the earnings of the company for
the year 1901 will exceed those of 1900.
and that dividends at the rates which
have been paid during the past tvs
years can be maintained for long time
to come. There is in actual sight in the
mines of the Boston & Montana COM
pany copper ore worth very many mil
lions of dollars"
Mr.. Hyams further says that the COM
panys plant at Great Falls is worth at
least 100000, and that the company
has spent about $40. 100000 in acquiring
and developing its mines; that on Decent
Der 81 last the value of the ore in process
of shipment from the mines to the smelt-
err, the ore already at the smelter and
the refined copper stored was worth ST.
200, 900.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-18
RICH ORE IN SMALL SEAMS
The Flint Creek Mining Company's
Property Being Worked
Under Lease.

The property owned by the Flint
Creek Mining company is being worked
under lease by Anaconda men, It is
developed by three tunnels, but for
some reason a solid body of ore has
never been struck in any of the OPEN
ings. 1t is said to be the greatest
specimen producer in Montana, some
pieces of ore found in the seams being
almost half gold. Considerable of the
stock is owned in Butte and as none of
the holders seem particularly anxious
to sell, is would seem that they have
faith in the future of the ground The
claims are located close to the old Ca
BILE mine, which in it's day yielded a
large quantity of high grade gold ore
The Gable has on it the deepest in
cline shaft Of any mine in Montana, tn.
bottom being about $500 feet below the
surface of the ground.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-18
BILLY PARKS NOT A PILGRIM.
He Discovered the First Copper Mine
In Butte-Pays tn,
Citv a Call

Among the notable mining men that
have recently visited Butte was Billy
Parks, who bears the distinction of hav-
ing located the first quartz claim in this
district Although one of the few plo-
ne ers left, Parks is not an old looking
man, but he must be getting we'll along
in years. In September og 1854 he dis
covered and located the Parrot mine
to which he pinned his faith. This
claim was known as discovery and its
location was followed by the stalking
of others close by. One of the other
claims were staked by Henry Porter
and Dennis Leary. Parks held to his
Parrot for several years: then sold 1t
for $50 900 and went east. He bought
a farm with portion of the money and
then married. but a few years of farm
life satisfied him and he again came
west in search of hidden wealth. In
stead of coming to Butte, however. he
wandered into the mountains of Madi-
son county and is now prospecting
there. His last visit to Butte was made
during the trial of the Minnie Healy
case a few days ago. Outside of his
eastern farm, Parks has nothing ex-
cept his Madison county property and
a determination to make something out
OF them.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-18
THE PAY SHOOT HOLDING OUT.
Fifty Tons of 1925 Gold Ore Now On
The Dump at the Home
sfako

The pay shoot struck in the drift ex-
tending from the 100-foot station of the
Brow MS G,i1ch lIomestak. mine ahc ut
two weeks ago still holding It's UNI
form width of from 3 to feet. During
the last ten days the drift has been
driven about % feet. making the face
90 feet from the shaft. In prosecuting
the work 80 tons of ore that will aver
age 1925 in gold to the ton have been
taken out and placed on the dump for
shipment as soon as the roads are In
condition for teaming.
The company is now figuring on sink
ing another 100 feet and driving a level
from the bottom. This if done, will
make 100 feet of stopping ground below
the 100. No water has been struck so
far and it is believed that even 100 feet
additional depth will not result in "a
flow of moisture too great to be handled
in the ordinary way.
The principal holders of the stock are
Phil Daniels, Butte agent for the Bur-
lington road; Charles Strowbridge, who
is experimenting operations at the
mine, and 0. D. Woodman of this city.
Before the strike was made the stock
was offered at 10 cents a share with
very few takers, but since then the
treasury shares have been all with
drawn from the market. There are
few Individual shares floating about,
however, but the owners are demanding
| 25 cents per share.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-18
EAST HELENA COMMENTATOR
It Resumed Operations Last Thurs
day-Shipments of Ore
Resumed

The Peck concentration. at East Hell
two weeks before the closing of the East
Helena smelter, will resume operations
this morning under full blast. says the
Helena Record Of the 10th. Fifteen men
will be put at work.
The Peck concentrator at Corbin will
resume operations Saturday morning.
This has been closed since the shut down
Of the smelter.
I'VE will start up at East Helena to-
morrow morning" said F. w. Rossberg.
manager of the concentration, yesterday.
The ore bins are full and we will got
in a new supply Of ore right along. The
Sally Bell mine and the others which
have been shipping to the concentration
will keep on running and will ship as
fast as possible
About three cars of ore day are re-
ceived at the concentration from the Elk
horn Queen mine at Elkhorn. The Lee
Mountain at Rimini will also continue
taking out ore, as we'll as the Rumlev
at Basin, which had been shipping to tn p,
concentrator at Corbin.
The opening Of the smelter at East
Helena has made a market for the con-
centrates which it would have been im-
possible to ship elsewhere owing to the
expense involved.
All low grade properties which had
been shipping to the smelter and con-
centrator before the shut down will re-
sumo operations.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-18
A NEW LEASE ON THE P0LARlS.
Messrs. Richards and MacGinniss Will
Control the Property Six
Months Longer.

Dillon May Isl. E. Richards and
John MacGinniss of Butte have secured
a new lease and bond on the Polarfs
mine in the Lost Cloud mining district
forty miles west of Dillon. The life of
the lease is six months but the con-
sideration of the bond is not made pub
lie.
For several weeks past Carlisle Ma
son, the well known Butte mining ma
chinery man, has been in that section
looking after the interests of the lessees
and making arrangements for installing
new air compressor at the mine. The
compressor arrived in Dillon a few days
ago and was loaded yesterday for the
mine by Lloyd FRAGILE. There are also
nearly 1000 feet of piping at the freight;
on the next trip.
It is also reported that Messrs. Rick
ards and MacGinniss have secured the,
mining machinery owned by the Old
Faithful Mining Co., and that it will
be used. as far as practicable at the Po-
laris. The Old Faithful property is
owned by Tom Connors. the we'll known
mine operator of Helena, who is also
extensively interested near Virginia
City. A few weeks ago an experienced
mining man of Butte visited the Polaris
and figured on completing the upraise
from the lower workings to the upper
ones, a distance of 225 reet. This would
give a considerable distance of virgin
ground for stopping purposes and would
thoroughly demonstrate the worth of
the mine.
1t is currently reported that work on
the upraise will be begun as soon as the
air compressor is installed and a good
supply of air assured in the long tunnel,
which is in the mountain to a depth of
2,100 feet and taps the ledge 700 feet
from the surface.
The Polaris is the mine which last
December, was reported as sold to Salt
Lake parties for $15000O.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-18
DELvING FOR COPPER VEINS.
The Shaft on the Emma Is Down $50
Feet-Is Going t.
The 1000

The shaft on the Emma claim has
reached a depth of about $50 feet AMI
is being sunk as fast as three shifts
OF men can do the work. It is to be
carried down 1000 feet. Like the
Smokehouse shaft, it is located almost
ir the heart of the city, being within
few yards Of the southwest corner
OF Porphyry and Dakota streets. It's
rim is elevated and is within 10 feet
of the roof of a dwelling.
The work Is being done by the Butte
Mining & Development company, re-
&C ntly organized for the purpose Of ex-
ploring several veins of copper ore
which traverses that section. The COM
pany's surface plant is quite complete
and substantial.
There is little doubt about the out
ccme Of the enterprise. but it will cost
some money to develop the property to
the productive stage. OF this fact the
company was aware when it began
operations, but it has good financial
backing.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-18
MINES OF MADISON COUNTY
The St. Lawrence To Be Worked-Coal
Discovered On The Up
per Ruby.

Bruggerman brothers and Ed Planalp
left for the St. Lawrence mine last
Tuesday morning says the Virginia
City Madisonian. The boys have Sc
cured a lease on the property and will
at once begin work. The mine is the
property of Baker Dullea and is as
promising as any other claim in this
section. It has been worked by several
parties in the past two or three years
and considerable ore extracted. The ore
runs. well in silver and gold.
John Reed and Fritz Walker left
Monday for the upper Ruby valley
country to take up some coal land To-
Gated on the west side of the Ruby
river. They expect to do a large
amount of development work on one of
the veins of coal that exist there. A
local company has been formed and if
the coal bodies are of sufficient size a
plant will be installed to operate it quite
extensively. The quality of the coal is
known to be excellent as it has been
tested by several experts. 1t is said to
be the best found in the west. With
the advent of the railroad good coal
mine in this country would become very
valuable.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-18
HElNZE PAYS The FREIGHT
One of His Attorneys Credited With
Loss of $500 in a Poker
Game

The Boston Transcript of the 18th con-
tains history of the trouble between
the Boston & Montana and kindred COM
panies and F. A. HeinZe, and some parts
of it are quite warm. The article was
written in Helena and, judging by the
manner in which it is put together the
writer possesses splendid knowledge OF
the whole affair. The first paragraph
reads as follows:
Litigation between the various min
ing companies comprising the Amalga-
mated Copper company and the Mon
tana Ore Purchasing company, headed
by F. Aug. Heinze, has reached such
pitch that it occupies almost the entire
time of one of the district judges of
Silver Bow county and fully half the
time of the supreme court. and is Prov
ing veritable harvest for Montana law
yers. One of them lately. after los
ing $500 in a poker game, remarked: i
shall make that out Of Heinze in
day"
The writer then tells how the play
came up. He says the whole battle had
it's origin in the fact that Heinze pene-
trated ore bodies owned by other COM
panies through the workings of the
Rarus and then claiming the veins on
the apex proposition.
very simple question to determine wheth-
err a vein has it's apex in one claim or
another" says the writer, land under or
binary circumstances it is easy, but 1t is
far from being so in the Butte district
generally and in these claims particular
ly, for two reasons. The first is that
the country is so broken up that veins
and stringers interlace each other to such
an extent, and the mineral solutions
which gave rise to the deposits in the
veins appear to have been so potent, that
they have destroyed to a large extent
the walls of the crevices and have pene-
trated the adjacent country rock. Thus
it is difficult to tell where vein ends
and the country rock begins.
I'm the second place, no copper is found
in Butte above the water level, which
is about 800 feet deep, while the rich
suphides below that depth will indicate
quite clearly where the vein is. The
copper is all leached out of the veins
above water level. so that it is, compar'
alively difficult to tell just what the
course of vein is from that point to the
surface Yet that is the very important
question in determining where the apex
Is, for if it is near the line anywhere
on the 3O0-foot level, it is as likely tt
rise to the surface in one claim as in an.
other.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-18

welded together layer upon layer, until
the stamp was the desired thickness.
1t took great many tires to make the
five ponderous stamps, and every "prai-
RE schooner" and old and new wagon
which came into camp, and could be
purchased, found it's way to the shop to
be utilized in making the first stamp
mill built in Montana. When completed
the stamps We're eight inches square,
weighed 300 pounds each, and the cost
for the five was upwards of 800.
THE building of such a mill in those
days was expensive, slow and laborous
work, but when Mr.. Allen finally got
it completed and ready for work, it
pounded" out over $4,000 in gold in
three months. The ore was all taken
from No. l claim, which was named the
Dakota. The ore was designated erich
ochre," and occurred in large chimneys,
surrounded by hard limestone forma-
ton.
I'm those days ore was measured by
the cord the same as wood, and Mr..
Allen was paid $500 a cord for milling
the ore.
Upon sinking in the mine, the "pay"
ore gradually pinched out, and finally
no trace of gold could be found. Then
the company broke up, and Mr.. Allen
sold his mill to a party who afterwards
prove dto be tricky and dishonest. for
in running ore for others he would Keep
back part of the gold and mix in iron,
ETC., instead. He was soon discovered
at his tricks, however. and would have
been roughly handled had he not skipped
out. Then some parties tore down the
mill and cleaned up about $1,000, and as
Mr.. Allen had received but a small pay
ment from the sale, his loss was consid-
cradle. The stamps We're afterwards
taken for various purposes, and the one
no wat Gibbonsville was taken there
by a blacksmith named Anderson, who
used it in his shop for several years as
an anvil.
Mr.. Allen still follows the pursuit of
mining and milling, and is one of the
best millmen and amalgamators in the
west today. Although h is upwards of
70 years of age and has passed through
the numerous hardships incident to early
days travel and living in the Rocky
mountains, he can perform as hard a
days work as most of mn in the prime
of life. the present time he looks
after the running of his mill and does
his own amalgamating, at which he is
an expert"
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-18
AMI kAnkkI0
VIUvlO AIvO VHIIvvO
PLENTY OF WATER AND GOLD.
The Red Bluff Company Will Build 4
Concentrator and Buy
Pump. =

Information from Virginia City is to
til eeffect that the Red Bluff Mining
company has decided to erect a cQna.
Centrotor of 100 tons capacity at 3t3
mine. known as the Red Bluff. On acSt
count Of an accident to the pumping
machine few weeks ago no work ii
being done at the mine just now. 1t Isl
the intention Of the company to equip
the property with Cornish pump capa- y
bic of lifting $500 gallons of water Der.
minute from a depth Of 1000 feet. At
present the flow of water is about te0
gallons par minute. The shaft on he,
mine is 300 feet deep and it is esd
mated that six days will be required to
pump the water from it.
1t is claimed that the mine has pro-
duced about $30O.000 in gold and that
there is 100000 worth of ore blocked
out in the workings. Some Of the ore
in the bottom, it is alleged, assays rs
high as $3.50 in gold per ton. -
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-18
MILL FOR THE STANDARD.

The Standard Mining company. which,
is operating in the Natural Bridge dis
trict of Park county. is going to work
it's mines In manner commensurate
with the times. 1t has ordered machin
cry for stamp mill as strater and
will so arrange the mill that additional
stamps can be added at any time with
out much extra expense. The mine Is
said to be developed by 500 feet Of tun
neling-two tunnels, one above the
other. and each cutting the shoot of
ore. The ore in the lower one is said
to be richer than that of the one above,
showing that it becomes richer with
depeh
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-18
new BOND FOR THE POLARIS
Former Governor Richards and John
McGinnis to Begin Active Work
at the Mine,

Hon. ]. E. Morse of Dillon has given a
new bond to Ex-Governor Richards and
John MacGinniss on the Polaris mine.
situated about fifty miles from that city,
Richards and MacGinniss have also p,lr-.
chased the Old Faithful property out
right. deal showing that the buyers
expect soon to place the Polaris on an
active working basis.
A contract was recently let for the
completion of the up-raise from the lo1I
tunnel in the Polaris to the winze in d =
old workings. a distance of 225 feet.
An ore compressor. together with 1,006
feet of pipe, have been unloaded at the
mine and work will begin within a few
days. II
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-18

driving a crosscut which will tap one of
the veins at a depth Of 100 feet. They
are now within 30 or IS feet of the lead
and expect to uncover a fine body Of
copper ore when the lead Is tapped.
We We're shown some Of the ore from
these properties and it Is of a high
grade and will bring handsome returns
If, at depth, the ore still holds its value.
Bear gulch is fast coming to the front
as copper camp and there are many
Butte men who are interested there and
believe in it's future"
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-18
Butte's Dividend PAYERS.

The Boston & Montana Mining com.
pany has paid $23,975,00O in dividends the
last amount distributed among it's stock
holders being s1.500,000, which is $40 per
share. The Anaconda company has paid
its shareholders 1880. 900: the Amalga-
mated company has distributed $40, $780,
900. the Butte & Boston 81. O00, 900, the
Montana Ore Purchasing company ST.
080,000 and the Parrot company $685.
375,
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-18
Cleveland Men in Town.

George q. Quayles and l.. H. Malone
OF Cleveland are in the city for the pur-
pose of inspecting the Dispatch mine, in
which they are interested. The water
in the shaft Is now below the 2OO-foot
level, but there is still nearly $50 fe t
of shaft and workings to be drained.
Good progress is being made. however,
and the lower workings will soon be
reached.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-18
BEAR GULCH TO THE FRONT
Butte Men Interested In Some Good
Copper Claims
There

Regarding the copper claims of Bear
Gulch. Madison county. in which Butte
men are interested, the Madisonian says:
I'm Bear gulch. Doctor Mason and
others have some promising copper
claims and are doing considerable de-
velopment work upon them. They are
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-18
Fighting For a Fee.

W. w. Wishon, well known mining
man of this city, is now in Spokane at
tending the trial of a suit in which he is
plaintiff and the Great Western Minin:s
company is defendant. Mr.. Wishon IS
seeking to recover judgment for $500
which he claims is due him from the
company for exporting a mine for L..
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-18
The Inside Of the Attempt to
Block The Amalgamated Combine.

When the trial was first begun a motion
for non-suit was made by the CONS
pany but after listening to argument on
the point involved the court overruled
it. The trial was commenced on Wednes.
day morning.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-18
TUNNEL1NG ON THE CALVIN.

John Kelly and two partners are
working the Calvin property, owned by
Charles Chaplin and located between
Melrose and Rochester. At present they
ire driving a tunnel on the vein. Some
good ore has been taken from the prop
erty.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-18
MACHINERY FOR THE PACIFIC,

Clint c. Clark and Wakeman Sutton
are placing machinery on the Pacific
claim near the entrance to Columbia
Garden canyon. In sinking the shaft
t. it's present depth. which is about so
fet, several stringers of rich ore were
cut. The water level has not been
reached.
Arizona republican., 1901-07-13
The Churches

THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.-All
regular Sunday services viii be held
in the Christian church tomorrow. DR..
Rice, the pastor. having improved suf-
iciently to occupy the pulpit. The
preaching services will begin at II a.
m. and 1:45 p. m. Sunday school at
9:45 a. m. and Y. p. S. c. l.. at Gas
p. m.
BAPTIST CHURCH.-At the Bap-
fist church on Sunday morning there
will be only the Sunday school session
at GAS o'clock. closing with short
talk by the pastor. In the evening the
Baptist Young Peoples Union will
meet at O'Clock. AT s o'clock Evan
geist George IL. Brewer will preach a
short sermon. All are cordially invited
TO these services.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.-Servi-
ces tomorrow as follows: Sabbath
school. 9:45 a. M; preaching, II a. m.
Arizona republican., 1901-07-13
GOES DOWN IN SUPERIOR.
sailboat Run Down BY Steamer-Onc
Man Is Drowned.

Escanaba. Mich. July H. While
crossing the channel from Gladstone to
haywood last night a.sailboat, con-
tanning eleven people. five of whom
were children, was run down by the
steel ST. amer Huron. and Joseph
drowned.
The sailboat did not sink or capsize.
but filed with water. and all the occu-
pants. several of whom Jumped or
were thrown out. were in great danger
of drowning until picked up by the
Huron. MI. Perry was fifty years Old.
u dairyman, and leaves widow and
four children. His body has not yet
been recovered.
Arizona republican., 1901-07-13
PARK THEATER. TONIGHT.

The last production of that charm
ing comedy-drama entitled claire,
VIII be given tonight by the Ruble
company. No one should fail in seeing
this beautiful drama, as the Ruble
company play 1t in u manner that
would do credit to the most pretentious
high priced dramatic organizations.
BY securing your seats in advance at
Goodman's without extra charge, you
Will avoid the rush at the box Office In
the evening.