Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-08-03
Regular Kendall Dividend.

Local stockholders of the Kendall
Mining Co. were today notified that
the directors on the 25th inst, de-
clared the usual monthly dividend Of
$4,000.
The dividend of $4,000 which the
Kendall Gold Mining Co. declares on
the 25th of each month are being
earned on $3.50 ore.
The property, which is controlled
by Finch and Campbell, is at Ken
dali, Fergus county, Montana. under
the management of II. II. Lang, The
mine is developed by open cuts and
by a 600-foot incline shaft, with lev.
els at regular intervals. The vein
strikes northeast-southward along a
lime footwall, the hanging wall blend.
ing into the shales and s~andstones.
A dixie of porphyry cuts through the
vein at right angles, and the richest
ore is on the contact of the lime,
shale and sandstone with the porphy-
ry. At the 200-foot level the vein
has an average width of 1876 feet,
with a dip of 65 degrees; a stopped out
chamber is 100 feet wide and four
sets high, and from this level the
workings are continuous to the sur
face. The ore is a quartz porphyry,
containing n per cent silica and 3
per cent iron, with principal values
in gold, there being but a trace of
silver. 1t is well suited to cyaniding,
300 tons per "a hours being treated
by that method. The ore is crushed
to ~quarter-inch size before placing in
the leeching watts, each of the latter
being 20 feet square and S.5 feet deep,
constructed of steel, IL in number
holding IT'S tons eacn of dry ore
Seven days are required for teaching
8 pounds of cyanide per ton of water
is used as strong solution, this being
followed with a weak solution in
which 1 pound of cyanide per ton Of
water is used, and finally by a wash
of fresh water. In precipitation by
zinc shavings the consumption of zinc
amounts to 0.33 pounds per ton of ore
treated. The ore, as fed to the mill
averages $3.50 per ton, the extraction
amounting to 80 per cent. Mr.. Lang
states that the cost, including mining
milling and development. averages
below So per ton of ore treated. Ev
erything is run by electric power and
a force of rs men is employed.
The Barnes-King Mining CO.. mine
is on the same ore Zon as that oil
the Kendall. The Barnes King, how
ever, Is wholly within the lime, the
vein being about 80 feet wide, with
a dip of 35 degrees. lC is opened by
surface cuts and a 250-foot shaft. The
collar of the shaft is $50 feet below
the apex of the vein. From the 100
foot station an S00-foot drift has beer
driven; a 600-foot level has been run
from the 200-foot station. A 200-fooI
Wine has been sunk In ore from the
200-foot level. The ore comprises al
tered lime with some sandstone. TIL,
values are in gold with a trace o.
silver. amounting to an average o
So per ton. The gold is extracted
by cyanide, and 1t is stated that thu
extraction amounts to go per cent
Thus far the r is well oxidized, ant
there are few unfavorable conditions
II is found necessary, however, t.
mix the sandstone and lime ores IL
the watts to overcome the free slack
ing Of the latter. Superintendent II
|. Shaw states that they use 0.3 pound
Of cyanide to the ton of ore and tina
the consumption of zinc in precipitat
ing amounts to 25 pounds to the tol
of ore treated. e. w. King, one o
the stockholders, is manager of tn
company. The mill is handling 16I
tons of ore daily. The Golden Dis
covery group and others are beinI
developed on the same general belt
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