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surface lean bessemer mnes, valuable largely
! for their silica and considerable tonha Sc
| will be produced this year. -, 49,. Wet.
| ern Federation OF Miners have been az Toi
! In the Mesaba and other districts OF Lake
Superior; and are orFSn ". sSe Ia m oHs o.
! $50 members at Chisholm, and one OF nlty ~
! Bull and others are now In process OF lorna,
| district and will finally have unionized al
! Lake Superior iron ore regions ,Mhat &C.
! ton the mining companies viii take cahnol
! be forecasted. they have always been aNerse
TO these unions. and may possibly try 70
| fight the organization. ,,, -
All the mines at the western Mesaba toWh
| OF Nashwauk are now working for the season
after a long idleness, and several hundred
men are employed. In addition 20 mining
these mines are stripping and sinking lot
The International Har vester Company
| is working three mines and this year WI
produce about 10000 tons %h oH Hsg oi
! this will he from Hawkins at NashWaukl
about $4,000 tons at Agnew, 81 HIDING ana
the rest at Illinois In the new Baraooo region
MONTANA.
Butte. Mon, May s-The recently or
ganized La France Copper Company, the un-
derwriting OF which was oversubscrlbed,
several Of the leases and options held by
! +. Augustus Heinze. These leases represent
a value OF about t750,00o. according 70 the
! cude the properties OF the old Lexington
! company, a French corporation and the new
smelling plant Of the Basin and Bay state
! Mining Company at Basin, Mon. The smelt-
| ing plant was never operated by the COM
pany and was erected az a cost OF sl,2O0,0Oo.
on the paRt or about 500 600 and has used the
concentrator for treating his low grade ore
from Butte. The amount called for IN his
option on the Lexington mines Is SAID 20 De
but $3.50. 900. The Lexington company has
but two develoned mines the, Lexington
itself and the Mapello. Ihe last hssIIne sl
tana Company, and stockholders Of the Lex;
ington company. who we're not consldered
when the deal was made with Mt, Helnke'
are preparing 10 sue TO set aside the trans,
actions. The Lexington is an old and worked
out silver property, but was famous producer
10 the early DAYS OF Butte.
Mr. Heinze owns the Cora mine, which u es
Just east OF the Lexington. and about year
ago he found a good copper vein which ne
siderable depth below the old silver workings.
and he set about to get ease and opuon
the ats7 he he s%SsTs Know IN
who was seeking II, and thus avoided paying
an unreasonable price, For some time he
and il now building a big holsting plant.
The remarkable resourcefulness OF Mr..
Heinze. who has often been declared about
with the Amalgamated Copper Company,
lie again shown In his ability 20 float ia France
with a capital stock OF 81 900 900 and 81 900 900
OF per cent. debenture bonds. There will
The & G psf value R Hs[ Ss Sd
600 Of the common will be held by the United
ii 'Helnze was ever pressed financially on
account Of his litigation he appears 70 have
tue to the Minnie Healey mine the supreme
hackers aad financial friends: and while the
decision In no way affected the actual con;
ditons between Helnze and the AmslgSmated
giving Heinze nothing more than he has al
ways had and taking nothing from the Anal
gamat edit nevertheless made his position
p On Tn dus'f number TS Of his ooSwsfs in Butte
Minnie Heaiey case. and in iulhllment Of his
RP6 6GIb,e e on on sgt!e Nav Ttn Yo of
Their program outlines plans for the time Of
thsr lives and e take up I about to mSp idb,
mining man. and others interested In the
North Butte Mining Company, recently or.
Ranized to take over the Spectator group OF
mines. have been in Butte for several days
inspecting the properties Which VIII be turned
over TO the new company In few days, Ne
mines in the same district, which will be
added 20 the North Butte. One. Of these
j. is predicted by mining men, wlI -, be ~ woTsth
BrTTfH. Mon. May iI-Great excitement
has been created among mining men and
prospectors by the report Of rich gold strike
In the Carbonate district near Monarch, Mon
At a depth Of 200 feet below the surface on a
body o. ore has been cut running In value
from $500 20 500 a ton. Randall owns the
ground for several miles In extent about the
find and has worked IL with Indifferent results
for several years, Messengers from the dis
trict say that the find IA the richest quartz
discovery ever made In Montana.
UTAH.
SALT LAKE., May s.-ore and bullion set
Elements for April. not counting the con-
stantly inCreas nR copper output, reached
he NINTH
put, as represented by the matte, with lie
additional values in gold and silver, amounted
Tie Boston consolidated at Bingham has
opened new 3o-foot ledge which assays
per cent copper and . N gold and silver.
awaiting extraction. The 2.O0o,OOo cOncen-
trating plant, win be built at Pelican Point
While building track In the mine at Tin
tic the May Day accidentally uncovered q
ven Of carbonate ore 10 10 feet wide,
The Mercur mine Ia making more money
that dividends viii soon be declared.
Efforts are being made by the shelters Of
this valley 70 capture the handling Of the
immense ore output Of southwestern Ne
vads and the probabilities are they viii sue
The mines Of Eureka, Tintic are distribute
ing over $4,000 monthly In wages.
COLORADO.
COLORADO SPRINGS. May. i7.-The Wood
nine IN LeayenwoTth sulGh: Central City
biende ores we're discovered in this mine
early in the '70s by Prof Richard PeArce,
Messrs Davies and Dennison OF Philadelphia,
Pa, are operating the mine under lease and
bond SulphuTetio ores carrying high gold
and silver values. with traces OF uranium,
are nov being extracted. heavy machinery
plant will be Installed.
The option held by George Crawford OF
New York on the Golden Cycle property and
the control OF the Theresa at 81 $50 600 has
been declared on. IL had been extended from
April 10 May /.
Pbilsdelphia owners viii reopen the Avon
mill Central City district, soon, handling ores
through the Ia Crosse tunnel
The 10 Dandy mine on Raven hill IL ina
large ore body on which several machine
drills are operating. Values range from t25
The Vindicator mine Ia IN good ore al ove
the tenth level. SUFFICIENT IL blocked out 20
REQUIRE three years for extraction and 10
guarantee so cents In dividends. The COM
pany il already paying I cent a month divi-
dends
Messrs King and CRAIG who are operating
cyanide mill on the Anaconda property
are treating 1000 tons Of ore monthly The
values range from g 10 $50. with 81 a. az
average. The small cyanide mill on the
Santa Rita mine on Squaw mountain Messrs
Galley Co, proprietoTs. q treating twenty.
five tons daily Former lessees extracted
only high grade ores leaving a large Quantity
Of low grade. which yields readily 70 cyanide
process.
other cyanide plants IN successful opsration