Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-08-26

will crush the black ore into finer par
ticles. From the rooster. the ore.
now entirely cooled. is conveyed to
the mill, where the $50 tons of roast.
ed ore is mixed with 100 tons of oxid.
lied ore and the mixture cyanided.
The efficiency of the rooster will be
increased after we have run IL for
awhile" said Mr.. Mccormick. I'VE
have an unlimited body Of black ore
in sight and also have a large body
Of the oxidized ore. We recently
struck a good body of the oxidized ore
on the Chickadee and development
work is steadily in progress" There
are about n hundred men employed
in the mine, rooster and mill at the
present time and Gilt Edge can be de-
pended upon to do her share towards
keeping Fergus county in the lead Of
gold producing counties for an indie
finite period"
From the Cone Butte District.
Some weeks ago the Argus publish.
ed a descriptive article on the Cone
Butte mining district in which was
mentioned many of the properties Of
that region. The Argus representa-
tive visited Cone Butte again during
the past week for the purpose of in.
specting the properties which he was
unable to reach on his former "trip
On the northeastern boundary oil the
district is Conklin gulch, one Of the
most favorable prospecting grounds
in the county. and in this gulch lives
Charles Stephens, one of the pioneers
of the district. For twenty years Mr..
| Stephens has lived in his comfortable
cabin in Conklin gulch and the many
exposures of pres in numerous tuI.
nels, shafts and cuts on the various
locations in which he is a part own.
er are eloquent witnesses as to his
energy and faith in the value OF that
part of the district. The formations
in Conklin gulch are limestones, por-
phyry and slate, in the contacts OF
these formations are found ores that
need but development to become val
liable producers. While Conklin gulch
is very easy of access 1t Is somewhat
remote from the other gulches in
which mining has progressed in that
part of the range and for that reason
seems to have been side-tracked by
most of the p~rospectors. Yet, every
prospector who has worked in the
formations of that section looks upon
Conklin as n of the best gulches in
the range.
At the extreme north end of the
range, where one may look out over
bad lands and prairies as far east as
North Dakota and as far north as
Canada. Jas. Mitchell lives on a snug
ly sheltered ranch on the head of Box
Elder creek, and while the crops of
potatoes and grain mature in the good
old summe time Uncle Jimmie
whites away the hours in prospecting
the porphyry and granite contacts that
lay almost at his threshold. He has
two prospects within a half a mile OF
his house and in n of them has
found some high grade gold ore, but
not in a continuous body. The view
from the Mitchell ranch is one of the
most splendid sights to be seer from
any point in the Judith range. The
Bears Paw and Little Rocky ranges
look as II they were but an hours
ride distant and the fantastic breaks
of the Missouri river are so plainl,
outlined that one may easily follow
stream as IL twists and winds through
the most eccentric country that was
ever piled up to make men marvel.
In another gulch tributary to that
inhabited by Mr.. Mitchell lives Johr
Lennon, who, for eighteen years, has
delved and dug for the lead ores
found in that part of the range. But
all of Mr.. Lemons time has not beer
spent in the lead prospects, for las
year he located a cyanide claim ant
now has a tunnel 100 feet into the hill
all Of which is in ore, and ore of 9
grade that would pay with economical
working. Mr.. Lennon also has a sill
yer bearing vein that would be valu
able If the white metal were at thi
old time price.
On the west side of the range a new
milling plant is being erected on ;
tributary of Armells creek. Thi!
plant is located in Tilden gulch, ant
is being built by A. l.. Losinger ant
John Morrison. Messrs. Losinger anC
Morrison have a group of nine claims
in Tilden gulch, in the usual lime an,
~porphyry contacts, and they have
splendid showing for the amount o
development accomplished. The as
says from their claims are along to
ward the ten dollar mark, and sixt.
: per cent of the ore may be leached il
/ cyaniding tanks without crushing
/ Because o fthis they have erecte:
three six-ton tanks and the necessar!
solution tanks and will treat ores dur
ing the summer without crushing, blu
in the fall they expect to erect
crushing plant and work the ore NOR
/ extensively. The ledge on their prop