Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1904-12-13
Late MiningNewS

IIu- SIaolTet, VINO Is superintendent
or the Maginnis mine, which was re-
Gently re-opened, shipped car lead of
ore to the East Helena smelter last
week. The car contained between
fifteen and twenty tons OF ore, which
will run about 5000 ton. Mr.. Crab
tree, who went with the shipment. ex-
Iects the returns to pay for all the
development work which has been
done and leave a balance for contln-
uing the work. To the Democrat he
stated that the showings of the mine
since work has been resumed is most
encouraging and that regular ship
rients of high grade ore will be made
in car load lots from ,ime to time
The rejuvinatiOn of the Maginnis
mine will mean also the rejuvinatiOn
OF the camp of Maiden. The working
force will be gradually increased and
1t will not be long before the pay roll
will mean something to the old camp.
The time was when Maiden held the
distinction of being the premier gold
camp Of this part of the state and
cne OF the good ones of the west. But
leverses came, the Maginnis was shut
down and as there were no other
mines being opened up to take it's
place, Maiden lost her prestige. But
ed mining men in the county who
have always held that the Maiden dis
trict will once more come to the front
and that prosperity such rs was ex-
perienced in the heyday of her youth,
would once more come to the pioneer
mining town. Prospecting has been
steadily prosecuted by those who new
CT lost faith III the district, the show
ings being just sufficient to keep them
digging and blasting ever hoping for
another Maginnis or Spotted Horse.
| They have always held that the mines
are there and still hold To chat Il
! ion. The re-opening of THE Maginnis,
| whose second lease OF life promises
TO be even more profitable than the
FIRST, Will encourage the prospectors
in the district and once more focus
the eyes Of mining men on that sec
ton
Ii. G. McEvony and John Wester-
gren of Gilt Edge have completed the
organization Of d new mining COM
pany all of the stock holders Of which
reside in this county, and the articles
of incorporation will be drawn up
within the next week. The new COM
pany will own IA claims adjoining the
Whiskey Gulch group in the Judith
mountains. These claims have been
taken up by McEvony and Wester-
gren and at least $4,000 worth OF
work has been done on the ground by
those gentlemen. The greater part
OF the work has been done ON the
"Nellie" and "Red Rock" claims. A
tunnel 100 feet tong has been run ON
the "Nellie." Assays from this tunnel
which has been in ore from the start,
average about $4 IL ton and the assays
become steadily better as the tunnel
is pushed into the mountain.
A tunnel not less than IS feet long
has been driven on the ''Red Rock'
and good ore has been found from the
grass roots. Messrs McEyony and
Westergren, both experienced miners
of that district, believe that the show
ings on either of the claims will just
ify a thorough development.
The new company will be organized
with SOC, 900 shares of stock, 200, 900 of
which have already been subscribed.
One hundred Thousand shares will be
set aside as treasury stock, to be sold
for the purpose of raising money with
which to prosecute the development
work. The remaining 100000 shares
of stock will go to reimburse MCEvony
and Westergren for turning the prop
erty over to the company. The fol-
lowing gentlemen have taken stock
in the new company; VI. Stephens,
Horace Hill, F. E. Wright, Charley
Shufelt, George Reeder, John Mengle-
koch, J. W. Kearney, Edmund Wright,
Vincent Caraway, Louis Grossbeck,
w. S. Mershon, Dekalb & Ayers,
Frank Currie, A. l.. Holman. McGee
& Caldwell. Carl A. Anderson, G. j.
| Wiedeman, Z. c. Bryant, S. $. Hob
son, \. NJ. Sloan and |. NJ. Beatty.
The fact that the company is being
promoted by two such thoroughly re-
liable men as Hank McE9ony and
John Westergren induced many to
take the chance with the boys. Inas-
much as everyone interested lives
here in the county, the welfare OF the
new organization will be noted with
particular interest.