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TIE articles OF Incorporation Of the
STEMS Peak gold mining and milling
company appear on the fourth page OF
this weeks LIBERAL, The company
is organized to work some valuable
properties at STEMS Pass.
J.. r. Thompson, OF Butte, a mem.
Der Of the Thompson investment COM
pany, which promoted the Shannon
copper company, al in the city Fri.
day, en- route 10 Clifton to see how the
Shannon company was getting along,
so as to be able TO make a guess as to
the time the new concentration would
be ready for business. This is Mr..
Thompson's second trip to Clifton,
B. L. Berkey was in the city yester-
day aud told rhe LIBERAL be had
rented the Lena concentration for two
years, He has made a contract to
mill Eve thousand IONS OF ore. This
contract he will use as a base, aud at
all times be prepared to do custom
work. The mill will be under the
direct charge Of L. II. Pennock, who
has had charge Of it for some time.
Mr.. Berkey ia probably one Of the
most expert mechanical engineers In
this section OF the country. He will
put the mill in perfect shape before
he commences TO work. He says that
IL enough carbonate ores are produced
TO justify it he will erect a teaching
plant for them, they cannot be concen.
ttated, being too light. This means
that every man who can produce a
load Of ore in the Virginia district
will have a ready market, where the
silica can be separated from the
values.
Monday the LIBERAL was driven
by DR.. Crocker out to the North
American %company's properties ID the
Virginia district, south Of town. This
is the first time the LIBERAL has been
out there since the North American
took possession, and found a good
deal of work had been accomplished
10 that time. President Lister of the
company has been at the camp for sew
eral weeks, planning the general work
that Is to b edone. Superintendent D.
w. Briel, formerly of Shamokin, Penn
Sylvania, is In direct charge of the
work. At the time Of the visit Mr..
Briel had his carpenters at work
building the skidway 10 the Corbra
Negra incline. The Corbra Negra is
on the same vein as the Superior,
Dundee, and Atwood, the great vein
that crosses the country, and where it
is here opened is twelve feet wide,
and inclined to the east at an angle Of
about fifty degrees. The surface Of
the ground is about two hundred feet
lower than is the collar OF the Superb
or shaft, which leades Mr.. Lister to
think he will reach the water level
without so much digging, and 1t is the
ore below the water level he Is after.
The ore below water level is always
more homogeneous than it is above,
and so more to be depended on.
Work will be concentrated on this in
cline, and it will be pushed until the
water level is reached. The incline
is now down about thirty. five feet aud
is ia ore on all four sides. At fifty
feet the ledge will be cross cut, to as
certain its full width, and a drift run
and uprises made for ventilation.
Mr., Listers plan regarding reduction
works Is a most sensible one, aud II 1t
had been adopted by more mining men
In this western country there would
not be so many idle mills all over
the country. Pc is not going to COM
mence to figure on reduction works
until after he has developed a large
body of ole below the water level,
found The character Of that ore aud
determined the kind Of. reduction
works needed to handle it. Then he
will build what is needed. The ore he
ia now taking out is fine, he estimates
that the bottom Of the incline will
average at least twenty dollars, while
by sorting he a get a shipping pro-
duct that will go from sixty dollars
up, and ii looks as though be was get
ting enough of this sorted ore to help
amazingly in paying current expenses.
Lying parallel with and TO the east OF
the Cobra Negra is a four foot vein OF
ore that runs we'll and inclineS to the
west. Mr.. Lister looks for some re-
markable results when these two
veins meet. The company has seven
other properties in this immediate
vicinity on all Of which work will be
pushed as the company's details be-
! comes more fully organized. One OF
them, the Horn Silver, has shown
some remarkable values, a recent as
say giving $40 ounce 10 silver. Since
/ commencing the work has been most
ly Of a preparatory nature, gettinl
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