Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-05-20

DelnR SUNK, winch Is oU Ieet below tnt
tunnel. At 100 feet a cross-cut will
be run to the vein 20 fefet and drift
ed both ways. The ore runs $50 a tor
and as soon as the roads are in con
dition shipping will begin, as there
is SIS 5000 worth OF ore broken in the
old workings.
Placer miners of Alder gulch are
preparing for a busy season. says the
Madisonian. L. A. Fenner has begun
operations on his ground. The Fen.
ner washer has been repaired. Mr.,
Fenner and his sons are stripping
ground.
]. Garrison has begun work on the
Duncan. Garrison & Fehring ground
at Adobetown.
The Consolidated Fuming Co. have
begun operations with a few men,
but will increase the number if the
water starts.
j. Wilson is mining at the mouth of
Hungry Hollow.
II. White & Co. are leasing the Ell.
ing diggings above Pine Grove.
There is more snow on Mount Bal
dy this spring than for many years
back. Under ordinary weather con-
ditions, the flow of water will con.
tinue longer this year than usual.
The dredgers at the mouth of Alder
do not depend on the water condi-
lions for a successful seasons work.
Two of them have been running near
ly a month, and the other, No. 2, will
begin about May Is.
The Gordon dredger has begun work
for the season on the Conrey plac-
ers near Virginia City, and the second
dredger will be placed in operation
by May 18th. The Chicago NJ. & d.
Co. has started its dredgers in the
Alder gulch ~placers.
The Granite Mountain M. Co..
which owns fourteen patented claims
in Summit district, hear Virginia
City, after an idleness Of ten years,
has resumed development work. A
contract has been let to sink 200 feet
on the j. 7. c. mine, adjoining the
Kearsarge. Much other work is con.
templated in the district this season.
Thirty-ive men are developing the
Galena mine, e Pony, and a good
tonnage of ore is being shipped.
The Red Bluff M. Co. has overcome
the water question and are producing
sufficient ore to keep its mill in op-
Grafton.
At the Clipper, in the same district,
forty men are at work taking out ore
of shipping grade.
Missoula reports say the mines OF
the Bitter Root C. NJ. Co., at Saltese,
are being examined by Z. P. Gilman,
Of London, Eng, for a Scotch com
pany.
Canol & Martin are resuming work
on the Snow Shoe mine in Snow
Shoe gulch, near Elliston, and expect
to begin shipping this month. They
will also ship from the Alice mine in
Basin gulch, same district.
A. B. Clark and Z. II. Mcdonald
Of Butte, M. s. Bradley and E, R
Woodle of Chicago, ILL.,, are locally
reported considering building a con
centrating plant at Emery. Besides
ore on the Emery Co. dump that could
thus be profitably treated, there are
several prospects yielding ore moi
high enough in grade for shipment
but could be treated by a %concentrat
ing plant.
Butte reports say the construction
In Butte OF a zinc smelter to treat the
ores of that and adjoining camps that
carry value in that metal is proposed
w. A. Clark and others being interest
ed. Superintendent NJ. Buckley says
Clark's Travonia mine would yield SOC
tons per day of zinc ore. 1t is claim
ed that a number of mines that run
heavily in zinc could be probably
worked, as they also carry by-pro
ducts of gold. silver and lead.
AT Rocker the Anaconda Co. has in
operation a mine timber framing
plant, which consists of a sawmill
and other machinery especially de
signed for framing timbers for theil
mines there. The timber is unloaded
from the cars at the plant and cut
and dressed to comply with the di
rections received from the mine in
which 1t is to be used, the company
thus saving the expense of hauling the
useless portions of the timber up the
Anaconda hill and then hauling down
the waste. At Rocker the waste Is
burned in the boiler room furnaces
There are twelve men employed, with
II. Crangle as foreman.
Hal. C. Corbett and Judge ]. z
Moore, both members of the firm ol
Corbett and Moore, Of Spokane, and
ext congressman Charlie Hartman. Of
Bozeman, were in the city the latter