Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1906-06-19

mountain, about half mile south az
Maiden. The Clara May joins the Spot
ted Horse for about 200 feet. John "A.
Drake has an option on this ground.
| and some work will be done on the
property this summer. Victor Lang
doc has been working on the ground
for the past ten years and has done
not less than 1000 feet Of work. The
showing Is excellent. the same sort OF
ore as that found on the Spotted
Horse having been opened up.
Several men were working on the
Maginnis when the bad weather start
ed In making suspension of work
necessary. Good shipping ore Is being
taken from this mine and regular
shipments have been made to the
East Helena smelter with good re-
turns. Supt Ralph Dorm Of the Globe
Maginnis has a good body of cyanide
ore blocked out and some Of it will be
put through the mill beginning in
July. They have a good mill and 1t is
the opinion of the mining men in the
Maiden district that the mine is one
Of the best in the country.
TWO REMUNERATION
Johnny White who has ranch at
the mouth Of Maiden gulch combines
ranching and mining very advantage
eously. He has some teaching tanks.
four of them, on his ranch, and eyerv
summer for the last ten years, has nut
through some Of the tailings from the
old Spotted Horse. 1t Is said that Mr..
White has taken $4,000 from these
talllngs since he commenced to work
them Some of the tailings run as
high as $50 per ton and the average Is
high enough to make the work very
profitable. Mr. White has gathered q
summers run and will get out a few
gold bricks during the coming season.
Jack Williams made the first test OF
these tailings ten years ago using a
whiskey barrel for tank nd the re-
suit was so successful that a numbeE
Of people commenced to work the
dump among them being Mr.. White
and Fred Coos, who also ranches and
mines.
John 5. Warren and G. T.. Wright
Of Lewistown are surveying 10 claims
on both sides Of Alpine gulch below
Maiden. Frank Currie is doing the
surveying. They expect to do some
work on the ground this summer.
One of the most promising claims
in the district Is that of S. D. Ander-
son of Lewistown and j. b. Shaw of
Maiden Their property is known as
the Sunrise group and comprises
eight claims located one and a quater
miles east of Mriden. A lot of work
has been done on this group and SAM
pies of ore which assay as high as
$1,100 per ton have been taken out
1t is said to be the intention of the
owners of this property to install
Burley drill within the next few
weeks in order that they may more
rapidly explore the ground
Ben Dexter is steadily working on
his group of claims located on Judith
peak at the head of Collar gulch. Dex-
ter is an interesting character him.
self and is one of the real, genuine old
timers in the country. He run the
first saw mill in this part of the coun-
try and lumber from his mill was haul
ed as far as Fort Benton in the early
eighties. He has been working for
several years on his mining property
and has some good looking ore opened
w.
Cliff Deyo has been working on the
Minnie Deyo group of mines just be-
low the Sunrise group While we
We're unable to get down that far, we
are informed that he has some fine
surface showing and that the develop
ment work that he has done is most
encouraging.
w. E. Wilson, the original discov-
erer of the Chickadee from which the