Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-11-21
Ore Running as High as $1,000 Per
Ton is Found in the cumber.
land Group.
OSCAR STEPHENS is LUCKY
Organized the Company But Short
Time Ago-New Company to Op.
crate on Plum Creek.


Rosso. the well known Maiden miner.
A small vein of free gold ore was
encountered and samples were taken
to Kendall to be assayed. They show
Ell from $4,000 to $1,000 per ton. OF
course there is not much of this ore,
which is not surprising, as ore worth
often found in any quantity at all.
The discovery is most encouraging to
the owners, however. Some weeks
ago large body of $25 ore was open
ed up, and this was sufficient to bring
the company to a decision to erect
mill just as early as possible in the
spring.
John Montgomery and Ed. Wright
have filed notice Of location of plac-
er claim comprising AZ acres, stu
ated in the South Moccasin mining
district.
Oscar Stephens has transferred to
the recently organized Stephens Gold
Mining company mis- tract of 100 acres
at Kendall, retaining all surface
rights and the right to maintain the
cemetery on the northwest side of
the tract. The stated consideration
is $749995.
II. M. Rae, manager of the Drake
properties; was in the city yesterday,
and left in the afternoon for Gilt
H1ge.
The heavy drill rods for the dia-
mond drill on the Fergus tract have
been received, and work will be re-
sumed at once. The drill is now down,
1t is understood, about 900 feet, and
the company is prepared to go down
600 feet further, unless the ore is en-
countered at a less depth.
J. j. Shaw continues to remove
the ores from the fire district in the
United Verde mine at Jerome, Ariz,
owned by Senator w. A. Clark. The
part of the mine where this work is
now being done is known as the Hamp-
ton stOpe and is known to contain
body of ore 80 by several hundred
feet in extent, and then some. The
ground now being worked has always
been considered the worst in the fire
district, and the success here makes
the removal of all ores from the fire
district in the United Verde mine
almost a certainty. There is now
employed underground in the United
Verde mine between $50 and $40 men,
This is the largest number ever en-
pioyed underground by the company
and success in working the fire dis.
trict means that this number will be
materially increased in the near fu-
ture. Superintendent Taylor has the
mammoth United Verde smelter
working to almost it's full capacity
and is turning out an immense
amount of bullion.
For years the Homestake mine
shafts at Lead, S. d., have been equip
ped with cages-generally with two
decks. On these the loaded cars are
run and hoisted, and the empty cars
returned to the levels below. No
sklps are in use, which is probably
due more to tradition than to any lack
of appreciation of the value of skips.
The miners are accustomed to cages,
and many of them never have seen
a skip in shaft, but the Homestake
management is said to be seriously
considering the advisabilty Of putting
ten-ton skips in the Ellison shaft, to
replace the cages in use there So
large are these cages that the sides
are made of solid sheets of steel in.
stead of the usual frame of steel
rods. The vibration was found to be
too great with the ordinary type of
cage. The contemplated change will
necessitate considerable expense in
underground arrangements, but the
advantage of skips over cages, where
such large tonnages are handled, has
become so obvious that the contem-
plated change is likely soon to be
made, and wnen it is decided to make
il. it is probable that the skips will
be installed without the loss of an
hours time or the hanging up of a
single one of the / 900 stamps in the
mills of the ompany.-Mining and
Scientific Press.