The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-08-28
BUTTE IS
BOOMING
Old Mines Are Being Re-Op-
ened in Many Cases
NOW A NEW PROCESS
For Treating the Ore Has Been Adopted
A Combination Of All Kaown
Methods.

Butte, Aug. 26.-Something has
happened in Butte mining which
every citizen of Butte and of The en-
tire state would be glad to know but
which is being carefully suppressed
by the interested ones. When it was
announced last week that the famous
old silver mine, the Alice, would start
up operations everyone was glad, al
though they thought it meant that
only the mill would start, the ore to
be treated by an entirely new process.
But on the inside it is known that
sinking on the Alice will be carried on
in secret. Not a word has been said
of it but it is owing to the equally fa-
nous old silver producer, the Lexing-
ton, that this is to be done. On the
1,500-foot level they struck magnifi-
cent copper ore. which is now being
brought quietly up the main shaft
and the Anaconda has never produced
finer ore. And if in the Lexington, Of
course, the copper is in it's neighbor
the old Alice.
Not word has been said in the pa
pers Of the Lexington strike nor is it
to be made public until the owners
have all the stock just where they
want it. A funny thing happened
last week. A big strike was made on
the Gem, owned principally by Jim
Murray. It was on the 50O-foot level
and was magnificent. OF course the
daily papers got hold Of 1t and told
of 1t. It did not suit Mr.. Murray's
plans at all so he was interviewed and
declared the reported strike myth.
He had to acknowledge that the ore
veins had been struck. but he said the
assay was disappointing" That a
fortune had been spent on the mine
and not a cent taken out. Your cor
respondent strolled around the dump
and the magnificent ore there would
make any one 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 he cannot get hold Of
the Jessie, owned by the Lewissohn
brothers and the West Gem, owned
by the Davis estate. He has a cinch
on everything else. This district will
be one of the greatest in the district.
The great Speculator is near neigh
Dor, 400 yards from the Gem.
At the same time the experiments
a. the Alice mill will be anxiously
watched. They are trying new pro-
cess for saving the gold and silver
values, which is said to be combin-
alton of all known methods and which
has worked successfully on small
scale. It costs S. per ton to treat it.
The ore being experimental on is the
oxidized, that found above the water
level. II it is successful 1t means bill
lions of money for Butte as the Alice
and Lexington have millions of tons
of this ore as have several hundred
claims in Butte district. It also means
the employment of an army of men
and q big boom in Butte stocks.
With her low grade silver ores sue
cessfully treated and her copper area
widening daily, Butte has surely q
future second to none. Manager Buzz
20 of the Alice says there is $25,000.-
900 in sight at the Alice properties if
the treatment proves successful.
It is at last certain that Butte will
have q real live mining exchange.
This announcement has been made
with promptitude every few months.
but this time it is go, apparently.
Joe Long, one of the most popular
mining men of Butte, for years cash
Ter Of the DAILY bank, will be manager.
He has been visiting the exchanges
of other states so as to learn just how
to conduct an upto-date mining ex-
change. Long is q capitalist and will
have associated with him some of the
best men of Butte.