Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-08-28

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+ OF FERGUS COUNTY. 4.


being carefully suppressed by the
interested ines. When 1t was an
nounced last week that the famous
old silver mine, the Alice, would start
up operations everyone was glad.
although they thought 1t meant that
only the mill would start, the ore to
he treated by an entirely new pro-
cess. But on the inside 1t IL Known
that sinking on the Alice will be car
ried on In secret. Not a word has
been said Of it. but it IL owing to the
equally famous old silver producer,
the Lexington, that this Is To be done.
On the 1,500-foot level they struck
magnificent copper ore, which isnow
being brought quietly up the main
shaft, and the Anaconda has never
produced finer ore. And II In the
Lexington OF course the copper il in
its nelghbor, the old Alice.
Not n word has been said in the
papers OF the Lexington strike, nor
is it to be made public until the own
ers have all Of the stock just where
they want it. A funny thing hap
peuei last week. A big strike was
made in the Gem, owned principally
by Jim Murray. 1t was on the 500
foot level and was magnificent. OF
course the daily papers got hold Of it
and told OF 1t. IL did not suit Mr..
Murray's plans at all, SO he was
interviewed anj declared the reported
strike a myth. He had to acknowl-
edge that the ore veins had been
struck, but he said the assay was
"disappointing"-that n fortune had
been spent on the mine and not a
cent taken out. Your correspondent
strolled around the dump, and the
magnificent ore there would make
anyone open his eyes.
The reason for this denial Of the
strike is that Mr.. Murray is, as quiet
ly as possible, buying, leasing and
bonding all the property he can In
the vicinity. Two hecannot gethold
of-the Jessie, owned by the Lewis.
sohn brothers, and the West Gem
owned by the Davis estate. He has
cinch on everything else. This dis.
trict will be one Of the greatest In
this section. The great Spectator
is a near neighbor, being 400 yards
from the Gem.
At the same time the experiments
at the Alice mill will be a~nxiously
watched. They are trying a new
process for saving the & oil and silver
values, which is said to be a cOmbi
nation OF all known methods and
which has worked successfully on O
small scale. 1t costs s. per ton tC
treat it. The ore being experimental
on Is the oxidized-that found abov,
the water level. II it Is successful II
means billions OF money for Butte, al
the Alice and Lexington have millions
of tons OF this ore, ms have several
hundred claims in the Butte district
1t also means the employment OF IN
army of men and big boom In Butte
stocks. With her low-grade silver
ores successfully treated and her cop
per area widening daily, Buttesurely
has n future second To none. Man
ager Buzzo of the Alice says there II
$22, 0O0, 900 in sight at the Alice prop
critics ifthe treatment proves success
full.
1t Is at least certain that Butte will
have n real live mining exchange
This announcement has been mad,
with promptitude every few month";
but this time it is a go, apparently
Joe Long, one Of the most popula
mining men of Butte, foryears cashie
OF the DAILY bank will be manager
lie has been visiting the exchanges O
other states so ms to learn just how
) to conduct an up-to-date mining ex
change. Long is u capitalist ant
will have associated with him som
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