Fergus County argus., 1904-02-10

Fergus ......... $52 ,670.35 sos, 1905
Granite .... 2,9S6.32 7,657.43
Lewis and Clarke 22,34S.70 25,233.63
Madison ...... 17,423.35 30,577.91
Park ........ 21,49S.49 12,14705
Broad
water Deer Lodge,
Jefferson, Powell
and Silver Bow 14,022.42 5,595.49
The receipts by states were:
1903. 1904
Montana .$130, ,S99.63 S1S0,710.56
Idaho ...... 6,754.64 3,S21.69
British Colum.
bia ........... 1S,9O4.72 22,936.43
From Nevada,
Washington and
a consignment
of jeweIry -. s,426.51 4,s33.1O
Total .......s165,sS5. $212,161.7S
Increase, $46,176.28.
Gold-value, s211.017.O7. Silver
Value, $1,144.71.
A mining claim located in this
month of January does not require
any assessment work during the year
1904, unless local or state law de-
mands 1t. What constitutes 500
worth of work depends to great ex-
tent upon local custom. At one time
a shaft ten feet deep or a tunnel ten
feet long represented 800 worth of
labor, but there are many places
where a ten-foot drift can be run
for $25 or $50, and ten-foot shaft
sunk for less than $50, as well as
places where it costs upward of 500
to sink a single foot In a medium.
sized shaft, owing to the hardness
of the rock.-Mining and Scientific
Press.
That there is any material differ
ence between a ''flssure vein" and
true fissure" vein is not apparent.
Those assures associated with in
trusive dikes are probably of the
most deep-seated origin, as the dixie
rock came from a sphere not within
the possibility of human invention or
genius to reach. A dixie may be as
sumed to indicate great depth of fis-
sure, but can not be considered an
index of size of vein or of value Of
contents. A dixie which appears at
one part of vein is sometimes OBJ
served to leave the vein. 1t is gener-
ally possible to determine by careful
examination whether the dixie or the
vein be older, when the two are sit
uated side by side.-Mining and Sci
entific Press.
General Mining Notes.
Machinery for the mill being built
by the Willow Creek M. Co., near
Phillipsburg. is on the ground. The
mill will be ready for operation by
March 1st.
M. l.. Hewitt. manager of the Cata.
ract c. M. Co., in Cataract district,
near Basin, says the smelter is COM
pleted and is expected to be in op-
Grafton this week. Delay was caused
by waiting for coke and coal supplies.
The Pennsylvania-M Montana M. Co.,
operating the Hattie Ferguson mine,
in Cataract district. near Basin, has
placed its machinery and operations
are under way. The number of men
at work will be increased. The wa
ter has been pumped out of the shaft.
1t is expected that operations will
be resumed at the Whitlach-Unio
mine, under bond to Canol & Martin,
of Helena. The Whitlach- Union is 4
" miles from Helena They will sink
500 feet, going down on the dixie. The
ores are free milling. Canol & Mar.
tin have two shifts of men developing
the NJ. & N. group in Ontario district,
which group includes the Sure Thing
mine. They are nearing the 3O0-foot
level. where station will be put in and
cross-cuts run from It, The shaft was
sunk on the lead and the vein is 35
feet wide.
On the Big Indian mine near Hell
ena development work is progressing
The company will develop IL 10 q
depth OF 1000 feet. Besides the 1000
foot shaft to be sunk on the largest
vein two tunnels are being run. one
to be driven 1,200 feet TO tap the mair
vein at depth of several hundred
feet below the present workings. i
was expected to run this tunnel a
least 700 feet before striking any orr
body. but a vein was cut at a dis
tance of $50 feet which was previous
ly unknown.
The Alder NJ. Co., operating on thu
kearsarge and Rough Rider mines a
Summit, near Virginia City, is push
ing work on its mill and cyanide plan
and 1t is expected the machinery will
be in operation by March 18th. TIL,
company has sixty men on the pay
roll, besides forty miners who arr
further developing the Kearsarge
Two tunnels will be run. One will b.
driven 1,500 feet to cross-cut severa
veins known to exist. The other tun
mel will follow the vein of the ..ougl
Rider and will run in 1000 feet. de
veloping the mine to depth of 75'
feet.
The Dakotah NJ. Co.. which is OF
Grating group of mines in Hungr.
Hollow. has bought the Genera
Shafter mine. near the Kearsarg
mine, near Virginia City. Men hav
been put to work and will develop II
There is a five-stamp mill and cyar
ide plant on te mine, the capacity @
which will be increased.
The Grant NJ. Co. is working the I
s. Grant and Fairweather mines, on
mile from Virginia City. The compan