Fergus County argus., 1905-02-22

The shaft ON the Gagnon mine is
being sunk an additional 200 feet,
which will make it 1000 feet deep.
The Gagnon is the property of the
Colorado company and the vein is the
same as that traversing Senator
Clark's Original, which is considered
one of the leading producers of Butte.
The shafts of these two mines are not
more than SO yards apart. The Gag
non was closed down for some time
for repairs, but since it's resumption
the working crew has been gradually
increased and the output of ore has
kept pace with the increase. The
force numbers $50 men. The quality
OF the ore on the 1900 foot level is
much better than that found at the
same depth in some of the other large
mines of the district and the supposi-
ton is that it will hold its own in
deeper ground.
More than 200 men have been dis
charged from the mines of F. Angus
tus Heinze in the last two weeks. One
hundred and fifty of these were work
ing at the Rarus. The properties are
! yielding, Notwithstanding the decrease
in working crew, their customary guam
tity of ore. the output being about l.,
200 tons of ore a day.
| F. A. Heinze has about completed
his arrangements for raising the wa
ter from the shaft of the Lexington
mine, on which property he has lease
and bond. When the pumping begins
1t will be kept up night and day, and
it is possible that greater headway
than is anticipated will ue made in un-
watering the lower workings. There
are IA miles of openings it is claimed,
in the Lexington, and in addition to
this ground that must be drained. at
least three miles of water must be
pumped from the cross-eut connecting
the Lexington with the Alice and Moul-
ton mines and the upper workings of
those two properties. After the water
is we'll down in the Lexington it is
possible that an opening will be made
from the upper levels of Heinze's Co.
ra into the upper levels of the Lexing-
ton. The hosting plant of the Cora
is being put up in place at the Lex
ington, and it is hoped to be ready
for work for the first of February.
The Polaris mine. a silver produc-
er in Beaverhead county, has changed
hands and is now the property of some
New York men. The POlaris has the
distinction of having broken every man
but one that ever owned it. That man
is ex-Gov. B. F. White, one of the orig.
inal owners, who worked the ore near
the surface. One car load netted him
$4,000. This ore was taken from the
vein before the latter had been sunk
to any great depth. AS the work pro
gressed downward the ore became
poorer in quality, and when operations
were suspended there was not much
rich mineral in the vein. Mr.. White
sold the mine to New York parties
for $55,O0O in cash and a block OF
stock, and the purchasers spent about
: 100000 trying to make a dividend
payer out of it, but failed. After that
: Gov. Richards and John Maginniss go
: hold of the property and spent lo
: more in it's development without strik
: ing anything, and recently Maginnis:
sold to New York men again. The
vein of the Polaris is partly contac
between lime and quartzite, the uppe
portion being between lime and quar-
tzite an the lower part. as far as thu
work of development has been pros
ecuted, in lime. When the vein wa.
tapped well down it was found to bt
practically barren. Near the surface
the ore is very rich and is found il
kidneys.-Chicago Mining World.