Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-10-01

he has spent considerable time max
ing arrangements for the building of
a mill on the property Of the Alder
Gulch Mining Co., in which he owns
a heavy interest. A crew of fifteen
men are now busy developing the
mines with very satisfactory results
and Mr.. King mentioned that he had
let a contract to Messrs. Cox & Skaggs
to move their saw mill outfit to that
section Of the country and get out TO-
600 feet of mill timpers and lumber
for use in the erection of the 100-ton
mill on the property. The ore ncoun
tered in the ground is very easy of
cyanidization and the venture will
without doubt be entirely successful.
New York Company.
c. A. Case. president of the lately
organized Case Wilson Mining Co., is
in this section for the purpose Of max
ing arrangements for the letting OF a
mining contract for the completion of
five tunnels on the Alphabet group of
cyanide claims owned by the company
in the Judith mountains.
The company was organized In New
Jersey a short time since and articles
of incorporation have been filed in the
clerk and recorders Office in the city.
The capitalization of the company is
$3.50 900, out Of which 10000 shares
at IS each have been already disposed
of. The $50 10000 thus obtained will be
used for development purposes and
the erection of necessary machinery,
the building of mills, etc. The COM
pany will operate both in Warm
Spring and North Moccasin mining
districts, but for the present work will
be confined to the Alphabet group of
cyanide claims. which is situated back
of the Mitchell place in the Judith
mountains. The property was discov-
cred by Mr.. Case during the past sum-
mer and even from grass roots has
shown good values. Mr.. e. A. Fischer
of Trenton. New Jersey. visited the
property last Thursday with Mr.. Case
and expressed himself as very favor
ably impressed w. the future out
look. The officers of the company are
c. A. Case, president; Z. c. Wilson.
treasurer; George B. Glover, Of Hat
tenfeld, N. j., secretary.
Big Cyanide Proposition.
Attorney Thomas c. McGrath of
Butte, who practices law when not
engaged in selling mines and real
estate, is in a fair way to add a mil
lion dollars to the $50. 900 for which
he sold a mine near Pony, Madison
county. a few months ago, says the
Anaconda Standard.
Near the line between Silver Bow
and Deer Lodge counties. about 16
miles from Butte, there Is a reef OF
rock which protrudes 200 feet above
the ground and is several hundred
feet wide. It is estimated that there
are at least 1000, 600, 900 tons Of rock
In sight, as a creek cuts through 1t
almost in the center, thus making 1t
an easy matter for one to form an
idea of the area there is above the
surface Of the ground.
A short time ago an enterprising
~prospector discovered that the rock
carried gold; just how much each ton
contained he did not know. He called
the attention of Mr.. McGrath to 1t,
adding that il he desired to locate 1t
and make tests OF the rock he could
do SO, as the entire reef was unclaim-
ed. Believing there might be some.
thing in it, Mr.. McGrath visited the
reef, and after looking it over care
fully decided to set his stakes. He
located two claims, which about COW
cred the reef, and returned to Butte
with some of the rock. An assay OF
that which he brought into the city re-
turned a value of a little more than
a dollar in gold per ton. With A.
600, 900 tons of ore in sight and a pro-
cess for treating ore for so to 60 cents
per ton in existence. the showing
looked good to him, and he at inc
began searching for an e by
which he might make a turn.
Two days later he found a man
who informed him that he vas looking
for just such a body Of ore as the
reef, provided it would cyanide. Nc
Grath enthused him on the PROPOSE.
ton and on the following day the
two and three other well posted min
ing men visited the reef. They meas
ured the ore body in sight, and then
sampled the whole from one side to
the other and lengthwise. being very
careful to avoid anything that look
ed as II 1t might be richer than that
composing the larger part Of the
body. When the sample was assayed
in Butte 1t showed the whole reef
to have a value Of $1.45 per ton In
gold. It is a splendid c~yaniding rock,
too, and in view OF the fact that rock
of the character in the reef a be
treated at a cost not exceeding so