Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1905-08-01
Never In Its History has the Gold
Camp of Montana Been so Lively
as at Present.
NEW COMPANY IS INCORPORATED
Kendall Gold Mining Company of
Kendall Organized Under the
Laws of Arizona.

After hearing from Tom Riser and
divers other persons of the incipient
boom which is on in the growing camp
of Kendall. the Democrat news gath
erer decided to make trip to the now
famous gold producing camp and see
for himself the state of affairs in the
North Moccasin town.
Reports have not been in the least
exaggerated. Kendall is not boom
camp and. has never been. No effort
has ever been made to get rush of
people to the place under promise OF
speedy opening up of mines of vast
richness. The camp has been develop
ed naturally and there never has been
superf1uX of popula ton there. Even
most brilliant promises of new mines
and mills, the residents do not permit
themselves to be carried away with
enthusiasm, but each and all will tell
YOU that, in their opinion, the town is
going to double or treble in population
in twelve months and that inside OF
known gold camps in the west.
The present excitement, such as it
IS was started by the strike made on
the Bullard property by the Queen
Gold Mining and Development COM
pany, composed largely Of st. Paul
men, Several months ago these men
took an option on this property which
consists of over LOO acres for s1o,0
As soon as possible Messrs. Foley and
Weidenborner Of st. Paul came out
and commenced to explore the prop
erty by means of a diamond drill.
Three holes were sunk to a depth of
500 feet and in every hole great body
of cyanide ore was discovered. On the
strength of this discovery the shares
of the new company scared until they
are now standing on the market at sc
cents share, or within 20 points of
par. One dollar and a quarter has
been offered for a large block of the
stock and refused. The Kendall Min.
ing company has secured an option on
81 per cent of the stock and started
in yesterday on a shaft which will YER
ify the discoveries made by the dia-
mond drill. If this shaft, which is to
be sunk about 300 feet shows up a
body of ore anything like the diamond
drill holes show. the work of thor
oughly developing the property will
be started on an extensive scale and
mill will be built on the property as
soon as possible.
Henry Rea. president of the North
Noccasin Mining company, last week
started a diamond drill to work on the
Santiago claim which lies between the
Kendall and Barnes King properties.
The drill will be sent down to a depth
of 1900 feet and it is confidently beliey-
ed that fine body of ore will be en-
countered long before this depth is OBJ
tanned. This company is back
ed bv John A. Drake. owner of the
Gold Reef at Gilt Edge, and they
stand ready to put in a mill Just as
soon as body of ore large enough to
justify it is opened up.
No one believes more firmly in ths
future greatness of Kendall camp than
John r. Cook, the townsite man and
owner of the Abby group of claims
and other valuable mining property in
the camp. Mr.. Cook has always held
to the theory that by going to a suf-
fieient depth, mines greater than any
ever vet opened up will be found in
the camp. The discovery on the Bull
lard property goes to verify this opin.
ion of Mr.. Cook and he is naturally
considerably elated at the outlook
Mr.. Cook IS now going to start to
develop some of the ground which hS
oWnes in the camp. For this purpose
the Cyanide Gold Mining company Of
Kendall. Montana, was organized last
week and this week was incorporated
under the laws Of Arizona. The prin-
cinal stockholders of this new com.
pany are the Kendall Investment
company, of which Mr.. Cook is the
principal stockholder. and William
Shaules and Mary A. Shaules. The
company is Incorporated with a capi-
tai stock Of $1,250,O0O. Within three
weeks the company will start to sink
ing with a diamond drill near the pub