The sun., 1902-10-06

! mare. Inc syndicate ~ carrying on an
elaborate system OF exploration IN the Cana
| dian field. both for iron ore and other minerals.
but the region is so vast that 1t will take years
to complete the work. Mineral indications
| abound throughout the region.
| In one day recently the Stevenson mine,
| Mesaba range, put out l8.5oO gross tons OF
ore, which Is ~" greatest record ever made,
| The Stevenson Is an open pit mine. operated
| by steam shovels. and four OF large size are
| AZ work In the ore body
| MONTANA.
| BUTTE, oct with the exception Of the
| Sp.culntor and the Minnie Healy, all the hi z
| mines in the Butte district are shipping large
| quantities of ore At the Montana Ore Pur-
! chasing Company properties only th" hrst-
| class smelling ore * being taken out. A.
| the Companys smelter AT Basin Is not ready
| to treat ore It has been necessary to store
| the concentrating ore.
| ing new ana substantial hosting works 10
/ replace ia" Old one, which had covered the
| shaft Of the Alice mine from its earliest de-
| velOpmpnt until II was DESTROYED by tire a
! few weeks ago. The foundation OF the new
| house Is Of iron.
An immense reef of cyanide ore has been
| found near Butte II contains i,oo0.O 900 tons
! Of the rock The rock protrudes 200 iect
| above ia" ground and ls SO formed that
measurement il easy. samples taken from
all parts o the rock assay 81 ~ a ton and
considering the low cost Of treating cyanide
ore and the immense quantity OF rock, the
proposition is thought 10 b" a good one.
Eastern men are already Interested ia the
find
The Gladstone Gold Mining Company
operating at Gladstone, has hauled over
300 tons Of machinery to the mine. \ large
fume has been completed ruu 5000 gallons
OF water are running INTO m" camp every
day. In pXCaVnting Tor the nill three new
VEINS of ore were encountered one OF which
shows much free gold over 1000 feet Of
drifts and tunnels are driven on lh" veins
and enough ore Is blocked out to keep the
mill in operation two years. lhe ore bodies
exposed average about Slb ton and IN treat
ng by, the cyanld" process w ~ Cept oi
the gold value Is saved Inc new mllI viii
o' II !" is "iHiSd rmmoTod % t6at + Aug einzc is trying
to secure cont rol Of the Nancy Hanks property
m old Garnet district mine.
At the ModoC mine, one OF the properties
OF the Anaconda company, thcr" nr" . million
tons oi or" IN signt that runs - per cent
copper II had been expected to work this
ore through the new COnContratOr AZ Ana
conda. but the concentration has not been
able to handle It This company has large
quantity of low grad" ore from oth"rmincS
which will only h" available when som" proc
rsS has been perfected for its concentration
and smelling
complny- property, j. producing ?O0p tons
of ore every month. which is more than u ever
produced before The cost of production is
HrLrNt, Mon. oct President James
J lin of the Great Northern Railroad has
bonded the Wi'k'> min" ior s6nwo Con
siderable development work has been done
and il i said, some rich copper ore was
found Thi. i the second Jefferson county
mine Mr. lill has token Withln thrr" months.
4 rich strike l. reported IN the Lee Mantl"
mine, near Rimni, owned by the American
Smelling and Refining t3mpany:, under
leas" to william swan ana Others The value
i, in lead and the shoot l. large enough TO
permit the finders to ship In the ncghborhood
of q car Of ore u day
The season, work in the Fergus county
sapphire fields has been satisfactory. Hoist
iug machinery has been placed on the property
of the New syndicate sapphire Company
and hereafter The earth will he treated ~
much the sam" manner ns ore taken from an
ordinary mine. ho>tcd and ml!led
The Montana Coal and Coke Company
which supplies several -melter- with coke,
has entered into a contract with the American
smelling and Refining Company FOR an in
creased supply at II. East Helena plant
which will entail the construction OF lw
additional coke ovens AT Horr. Two hun
drad men will be given employment by the
increased production of coke and the force 1t
East Helena is being gradually enlarged,
indicating that the mining industry i, in
most prosperous condition.
\ strike Of rich copper ore has been made
in he Red Bird mine ten miles west of Helena.
The ore runs 2j per cent IN the red metal,
and II IL said that a large body Of It has been
encountered This mine was located a little
over a year ago by 4 \. Punches. Il has
had a rather remarkable career in that pay
ore was encountered ten feet from the sur
face II has been shipping regularly since.
and large dividends have been declared IN
its stock, which i owned entirely by local
STATE Mine Inspector Welsh, who has lust
returned from MiSsoula county, i authority
for the statement that Butt" may soon have
n rival in SaltpSo. The company that has
been developing the copper mines in that
district for several months has just received
smelter returns on an ore shipment of l2p
tons The average assay shows 2S' per
cent copper. e. IN gold and ounces In silver
one of the claims i Developed by a 2pr-foot
shaft, al the -O-foOt level of which thcr" l.
an ore body Of ~ feet. while at the lno-iooi
level there are II feet OF ore. In two al Joining
claims li-foot ore bodies have been found
without reaching either OF the walls An
aversg. sample taken from these shows -
per cent copper and - in gold. Mr. Welsh
SAYS II j. the most remarkable showing made
IN recent Years The Bitter Root Company,
which owns the claims. is composed of both
Minnesota and Montana men, and. II is said
has refused several catering offers for the
group II j. intended TO erect a smclter AZ
IN" site and operate the mines on an eX.
tonsivc scale
ore running az high as u per cent copper
has been found in the Molly Gibson mine in
the Libby district
\ lo-foot vein at a depth of 300 feet in the
SHoWshO" min" gives ASSAY returns Of $50 TO
the ton IN gold, silver and lead The Snow
shoe j. being developed 20 depth of 40
feet, and * regarded 8S the most promising
mlne IN the linhy district
Placer gold has been discovered on Fish
Crock Fergus county, and three miles Of the
creek has been located by pro-pectors
The addition to the Barnes King plant l.
completed 1t consists Of thrc" bleaching
tank with capacity OF 10 tons cach which
VIII increa," the capacity Oi the plant 10 ?IO
output, which j. AT present on an average of
soOoo for each ten day. run.
CALIFoRNIN.
SNN FR,NCISCo. Sept 20 Suit was hecun
M Nevada city last week by the Penn-yI-
yania Mining Company to recover 1925, ,OOO
from the Grass Valley Exploration Coul-