Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-04-22
Among the Mines
Devoted TO the LARGE MINI
Ing Interests OF Fergus
County General Notes.

County General Notes. Sl
Albert Russi has sold to George
Stoudt the Arrow lode claim located
in the North Moccasin. Consideration
not made known.
J. w. Coleman and Thomas Ryan
have bought q onefourth interest In
the Judith mountain quartz lode claim
located in the Judiths. Consideration
$50.
Sapphire Claims Sold.
The New Mine Sapphire company |
has purchased Of 8. 8. Hobson FIVE
claims known as the Baker, Snow
drift, Clayburg, Gum and Hoover, all
located In Yogo district. It is said
that there is more prospecting for
s~apphires out nea Yogo than ever
before and that some promising pros
poets have been opened up.
Should Make a Display.
Every mining state should begin
making arrangements for a grand min
eral display at the worlds fair at st.
Louis . This will be the greatest Of all
similar gatherings and will be visited
by millions Of the representative peo-
pie Of the entire world. A fine min
eral display from each state will be
worth much to the mining industry
and will result in a large amount Of
capital in mining.-Western Mining
World.
Pushing Work on New Mill.
A dispatch from Landusky to the
Argus states that the work on the
cyanide mill which William MCLEAN
is putting up for e. w. King on Put
nam & Zortman's property Is pro-
crossing rapidly and in q most salts
factory manner. They are somewhat
handicapped from q lack Of men, but
this shortage will probably be filled
very SOON Several loads OF carpen-
ters and miners from Gilt Edge have
gone over there during the past two
weeks and others are getting ready |
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Making Many improvements.
Since 1t was finally determined that
the widely discussed big mining deal
would not 60 through the Kendall and
Barnes-King mines are being greatly
improved and everything possible Is
being done to make the mines and
mills models OF their kind. The Ken
dali has installed a new electric hoist
which is a money and time saving
addition. Both mines contemplate
the sinking of shafts to a depth Of 500
feet or more, hoping to be able thus
to determine the extent of the ore
body. Every foot of depth adds thous-
ands Of dollars to the value Of the
mines and II the ore extends as deep
as the experts predict the North Moe
casin can truly claim the greatest
body Of gold bearing ore in the west.
Will Build a Dam.
A new feature about the Kendall
mill is the electric elevator belt which
solves the problem OF removing the
tailings from the mill. The tailings
had piled UP several feet In the gulch
until they had reached a point on a
level with the troughs through which
they were conveyed from the solution
tanks. The plan is to dump the tail
ings from an elevation of about twenty
feet. The elevator belt carries them
from a tank into which they are wash
ed from the solution tanks to a trough
at the elevation above mentioned,
through which they flow a safe dis
lance from the mill into the gulch..
The next step is to avoid running
tailings down the gulch stream and
through ranches where there is much
danger of poisoning stock from the
cyanide in the tailings. To avoid any
trouble of this sort 1t is proposed to
build a large dam across the gulch
and stop the flow of tailings beyond
the property of the Kendall company.
This dam may be built higher and
higher as the occasion demands.
The Kendall mill is treating from
$500 to 5000 tons of ore every thirty
days.-Kendall Chronicle.
viii Make Portland Cement.
1t is probable that in the near fu-
ture the manufacture of Portland &C.
ment will be added to Montana's var
led industries. It is known that in
this state the proper lime, calcium
carbonate, abounds in a far purer
state than in others. Calcareous
springs abound here and the neces-
sary quality Of clay shale is abund-
ant. The lime formation from Hell
ena to Alhambra, to say nothing OF
the deposits in other parts of the state