The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-21
MADISON MINERS ARE BUSY
Butte Men Looking Up Property in
That Section-Developing
Kearsarge.

r. A. Thornton of Butte, and his Sis
ter, Miss Jessie Pettigrew of Alton,
Iowa, were in the city this week look-
ing after their interests in the Alder
Gulch Mining & Milling company. says
the Alder Gulch Times They We're once
Virginia City youngsters several years
ago, when their father. with Messrs
CaTman and Bolinger, drove tunnels on
the Bell mine for an interest in it
which. after 40 these many years." is
now one of tn most promising proper-
ties in the neighbcrhcod of Virginia
City, and was recently sold to a New
York company for $685. 00
The Chile mine at Sand Creek has
gang of carpenters and millwrghts at
work enlarging the mill fsern five to-
fifteen stamps, says the Pony Sentinel.
They have just completed an air shaft
four by four feet, that towers above
the immense new hoist. A new spur
has recently been put in at Sapping-
ton for the express accommodation of
this company and indications are that
they are going to do things in the min
ing line.
Thomas Biesinger. the Barton gulch
mining man, was in the city this week
from his mining properties. He reports
everything as looking favorably.
L. NJ Schott, wel-known mining
man of Butte, registered at the Madi-
son Tuesday. He is investigating the
possibilities of the mineral belts of
southern Montana with view to in
vestment.
Walter Moore and w A. Mesch, two
prosperous miners of the Sheridan hills,
were in town last week. They are 0per-
ating in the Sky High district, and say
that it will soon be one of the princi
nal If ha ya1lav M rnROliS
Work on the mill and cyanide plant
of the General Shafter Mining & Mill
ing company is fast approaching COM
pletion. Superintendent Smith ssays
that the machinery will be operating
before the month ends.
Morse B. Davis has the work of clear
ing and tracking the tunnel of the Bell
mine well advanced. He is now plat
ting the mill site of the Alder Gulch
M. & M. company, and will soon have
force of men preparing the foundation
of the mill building.
Freighter VIM. Jackson took down
fifteen tons of ore to Twin Bridges
Saturday. Ten tons were from Gray &
Davis st. John property, and is Gy-
pected to yield handsome returns. The
remainder was from the Nellie BLY, lode.
recently worked by l.. o. i>nocns.
M. ]. Drum of Butte is locating some
quartz claims about Highland, and will
go to the Smoky City in a few days for
men and material to develop his prop
ties. He has a high opinion OF the
prospects here for good mining camp,
based upon his experiences In Alder
gulch "way back in the SIXTIES"
The exploiting of the Kearsarge mine
at Summit is progressing more salts
factorily than was expected. A new
tunnel has been started, in which three
shifts are being worked. c. F. Da-
mours is superintendin> the operations
during the absence of w. B. Willard,
who has gone to Omaha. The latter
will return to Virginia City in a couple
Of weeks.
A breakdown Of machinery caused
few days stoppage of the Gordon land
Maggie A. Gibson dredges at the placer
mines at the mouth Of Alder gulch.
The Gordon has probably resumed
operations by this time, but the other
machine will require several days for
repairs.