Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-11-16
AMONG The MINERS :
Latest News from the Mining Camps
Of fergus County and Elsew0ese.

The following from the Denver Re
publican would certainly apply as well
to Montana as to Colorado:
AS an aid to the opening of new min
eral fields, Mr.. Thomas F. Wash, in
his address at the Colorado State
Commercial association meeting in
Fort Collins, suggested establishing
free assay offices or something akin
to them. 1t is a good suggestion and
one which need not be far from real
ization.
The way is in fact open to start do
ing that very thing right now. The
State School of Mines, supported by
the people. has elaborate assay shops
and many assayers and students con-
stantly in it's service. These require
samples of rock on which to work. In
a general way samples sent to the
school laboratories will now be assay.
ed free, provided their characters fit
into studies under way, but it would
be simple enough matter for the rule
to be made that every sample sent in
would be assayed promptly and re,
turns on its contents sent to the pros
pector who forwarded it. In the very
nature Of things there would be lit
tie abuse of the privilege and the ben
eIit would be large. No matter if the
prospector did send for the worthless
rock. the school assay shops are run
for the experience they provide, and
the greater variety of rock sent in the
wider would be the training of the en-
bryc assayers.
Every railroad and express company
h< -ta oh, ,,,;t 1,
the agreement of the School of Mines
to assay the samples free, issue or
ders that will permit samples consign
ed to the assay department of the
School of Mines to be transported
without charge. They could well afford
to carry the samples free as bit OF
speculation on the chances of new
mines being opened. One mine would
repay in a week all the expense OF
carrying such samples during the life
time of the road A new mining dis
trict opened as the result of such
state ana the people at large all that
the School of Mines has cost.
The school should give this practical
benefit to the people who support it
the railroads can well afford to be gen
ti'uo " tiiC ~ cSPCCtoIS II ID q tAiIiS
that should be done and at once.
Even though the prospector as a rule
carries his pan and his gold horn, and
can pretty well arrive at the value OF
his discovery, either by an 'eye as
say or his panning process, there are
continually coming to him forms OF
rock that neither look good nor pan
color. 1t is the new and unknown
that y,1orlSu RI, MINING die
trict. They are the very rocks he
needs to have assayed and your pros
pector is not man with Is cents or a
dollar to spend assaying every strange
rock he finds. Open the way for him
to have an assay made without ex
pense and if any mute, inglorious Grip
pie Creek is lying around in the deel
recesses of these hills he will find i,
a whole lot sooner than he would with
out such assistance
One of the Oldest prOspectOrs in thi;
section of the state is Joseph M. Gil
rOuX, of YOgO who is registered al
the Milwaukee house, says the Great
Falls Tribune, and is spending a few
days in the city.
Mr.. GirouX has some claims at the
old gold camp which he expects vii
make him wealthy as soon as they are
developed, and among these is the
Climax" which was discovered nearly
80 years ago, and has been developed
at intervals ever since. The Climax
Was first located by Ed. Barrett il
1879 since when it has been relocated
half dozen times, finally being taker
up by company composed of J. Z
Waite of LewistOWn, Fred Warren o
Utica, Mr.. GirOux and others. A tun
mel is being run to tap the lead. ant
when this is completed it is intended
to put in mill to handle the ore
which is rich in copper, gold and sill
yer. The CLIMAX" is situated at thu
head of Skunk gulch, near the "Weath
erwax" mine, owned by Matt Dun!
of this city and others.
Mr. Giroux states that there is con
siderable other work being done Of
various claims in Yogo at the presen
time, and he tells of recent strik
. Of large deposit of iron ore on tn
/ top of Yogo Badly. which is bein
worked by William Lawlis. bette
known as Barker Bill" and Gus Hal
Goldfield. New. Nov 15.-The stor
J of the sale of the controlling interes
in the Jumbo and Red Top was COZ
firmed in San Francisco by Georg
Wingfield and Senator George NixO
paying over to Charles D. Taylor, l.
the Woolworth bank. the sur
Of 100000 in cash. Taylor transfer
red TO the purchasers 1900 shares G
stock of the Jumbo company and 315
600 shares Of the Red Top. Taylo
WHO but short three years ago. wa
penniless and hungry, offered to Sc
ali his interests in the Grandma, no.
The Goldtield district, to Urib Curt
for SIS, left the bank a milionair,
and Nixon and Wingfield added to the
Mohawk and other large propertie
INC of the richest and most famou
mines in Nevada.
Three years ago Wingfled worke
fer a mental salary at Winnemucc
~ where Nixon had a bank. The To
II Opah excitement broke out and Win
field got grubstake from Nixon. II
struck ii in TOnopah and afterWal
came to Goldfield. only to add m
lions To his Tonopah winnings. In a
transactions he always counted Nj
On in and together they now cOntr
more ready money and more b
mines than any other two men in Il
west.
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