Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-07-22

ed by j. A. Murray n 3. +. King
of Butte. ]. Dixon is superintendent.
The Mountain Ram group (the Ante
lopez is a gold property. It is pro-
posed to put up a cyanide mill.
Mulvahill & Ely, lessees Of the
DAILY group at Wickes, are shipping
three cars a week of high grade ore
and have several hundred tons OF Sec
ond-class ore on the dump. Their mill,
having been enlarged to 100 tons a
day, resumed last week.
]. H. McCabe has sixteen men at
work on his group near Corbin, and
will sink 200 shafts 500 feet to devel-
op bodies of copper ore. He has To-
Gated fifty claims in the Corbin.Wicks
district.
The Little Kid mine, near Norris,
has been bonded by ardine and Liv-
ingston men. There is a 10-stamp
mill, a 20-ton Bryan mill and sawmill
on the property. and it is intended
to build a 100-ton concentration. Ne
gotiations are reported in progress for
a lease and bond on the Saginaw.
s. Newhouse, of Salt Lake City,
Ulah, controlling the Revenue group
of mines at Norris, says he will build
a cyanide plant Of 100 tons daily ca
pacity. j.. Dedriches is superintend-
ent. In addition to the milling ore,
they have some ore which Is shipped
direct to the smelter.
Manager G.. +. Damours, of Virgin
la City, says the Damours M. Co. has
been organized to develop the Bryson-
Damours group of claims In Summit
district, near the head of Alder gulch,
near Virginia City.
One mile above Pony, in Pony
gulch, the Zenith M. Co., of Butte, J..
Hilchen president, rs operating the
Big Timber mine, with p. A. Gamer,
manager. The mine is being develop
ed by a tunnel.
C. T. Wiedman has a lease on the
Oregon mine, near Pony. 1t is intend
ed to put a 5-stamp mill On the mine,
work to begin this month.
The No. 2 dredger of the Conrey
Placer Co., near Ruby, Is In operation.
The Boulder Creek Hydraulic NJ.
Co. have been hauling in lumber and
supplies to their diggings near Ham,
ilton. They are putting in a sawmill
and engine and will cut their own lum-
Der for fumes and buildings. Boulder
creek is south of Hamilton across the
range east of the Orr-endall mine.
The company have three miles OF the
main creek and three miles Of side
gulches. A. Koehler Is superintend-
ent. The company expect to finish
the hydraulic plant this season in time
for a full run next year.
improvements are being made at
the Butte Reduction Works, owned
by w. A. Clark, at Butte, the most
important of which will be a copper
refinery. The refinery will occupy the
site formerly covered by the timber
framing plant. Adjacent property has
also been bought.
The Reins c. Co., composed Of Butte
and Pittsburg, Pa, men, operating the
combination mine at Butte. have
started to sink the shaft another 500
feet, which will make the shaft 1000
feet deep.
II is reported W. A. Clark will re-
open the Black Rock mine of Butte.
after a lapse of fourteen years. II
Is proposed to sink a shaft to 1000
feet in depth in hope Of uncovering
a copper deposit. In former years the
Black Rock was a silver mine.
Mining
II is stated by one well qualified to
know, that the gross output of gold
from the Kendall and Barnes-King
mines has already passed the million
dollar mark. That Is Il tremendous
output from two mines, n of which
has been operated not yet two years.
and the other one built little than
a year. Just think Of It! The ore
produced in this district does not av-
erage over 81 per ton. Il means that
approximately 143, 900 tons of ore have
been extracted from these hills. And
the two mines here are still mere
prospects. comparatively speaking.
Still there are lots of claims lying
idle on the same mineral belt which,
If developed. would probably turn out
to be just as good as the Barnes-King
or Kendall mines. The trouble with
many of the owners of these undevel-
oped claims is that they want a mil
lion dollars, so to speak. for a piece
of ground that is unworked and has
no particular values uncovered, but
they set an enormous price upon their
property Just because 1t is located
near a big paying proposition. Would
1t not be much wiser on the part OF
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