Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-04-29

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wants of the Klondike miners.
The scheme, IL carried out, will
cost $4,000. 000. 1t will involve the
construction Of reservoirs, 81 miles
of ditch and fume, and 120 miles OF
lateral pipes. Conservation will be-
gin at the head of the Klondike river,
and distribution will be made from
Nome. The ground is being surveyed.
Oil Near Havre.
Havre, Mont, April 24.-Oil has
been discovered within twenty-five
miles Of Havre under conditions
which point very strongly to the ex.
istence Of large quantities of an ex.
cellent quality, similar to that found
in the Swift Current and Kintla Lake
oil fields in the western part of the
state.
Jack c. Griffin, the pioneer of the
Bear Paws, found several weeks ago
several oil seepages on his land In the
mountains. The first discovery was
made in an irrigation ditch built in a
gumbo fiat. The water in the chan
mel was covered with a thick scum of
oil after the ditch had filled up. This
oil was skinned off by Mr.. Griffin and
proved to be of an excellent quality,
known as paraine base oil, from
which many bi-products are made.
Mr.. Griffin found not far from where
the oil was secured, a large body Of
shale, or oil-producing rock. The rock
burns readily and the fumes have a
strong parafine odor.
During the summer he intends to
secure the services of an expert to
determine the extent and quality Of
the oil found on his land. The pres
ence of the shale rock gives color to
the belief that oil in large quantities
may exist in the Bear Paw mountains.
Wherever this rock appears, oil may
invariably be found.
A New Work on Cyanide.
Alfred s. Miller, Phi. D., professor
of mining, m~etallurgy and geology Of
the University of Idaho. is the auth
or of a new book on the Cyanide Pro-
cess, which he designates, an intro
duction to the cyanide process. includ-
ing the determination of the applica-
bility of the process to an ore. 1t is
a small book containing 81 pages,
bound in cardboard, and sells for rs
cents. The professor rightly contends
that "a number of books on the cy-
anide process are on the market. Ar
ticles on this subject constantly ap-
pear in the proceedings of scientific
associations, and in the mining and
metallurgical journals. 1t might, at
first thought, appear unnecessary to
publish another book on this subject,
especially since books cannot keep
up with the progress of such a sub
ject. But there is a large number Of
mining men and students, who. on ac-
count of their limited knowledge of
chemistry and of the practical opera
tions of the cyanide process, are not
able to receive much benefit from
the publications mentioned above.
ut is believed that a person Of
average intelligence al get sufficient
knowledge from this book to enable
him to read in~telligently the articles
on this subject, as they appear.
This book has not been written for
the expert, or for the man who knows
1t ALL but for the larger number of
persons who have no know ledge of
this subject. and are looking for a
book that will give them a start, and
sufficient of the fundamental princi-
Piles to understand the literature on
this subject. 1t is also intended to
serve the purposes of a syllabus and
a laboratory guide.
"Clearness was aimed at ever at
the expense of repetition. Concise
ness is essential to attain the object
sought in this book.
This being largely a chemical sub
ject, technical terms and chemical
equations could not be altogether
avoided; nor would 1t have been de-
sirable to do SO"