Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-06-29


d'Alenes. Manager w. D. Greenougl
says that the Snowstorm has larg'
tonnage of ore blocked out ready TO
shipment or local treatment. This orr
will average from 3 to per cent cop
per, and some portions of the vein will
run very high in. copper and silver val
ues. The vein is about so feet wide
and is connected from the lower level!
to the surface by systematic serie.
Of raises, drifts and crosscuts, puttinf
this great mass of ore in shape fol
cheap production. The leasing com
pany, which has lease on the mines
upper workings, is unable to supply
the demand for this character of ore
1t is an admirable ore for fluxing and
converter lining, containing besides its
copper values about 80 per cent sill
ca. The successful development oil
the Snowstorm is assurance that Null
Ian will make great copper camp, a.
there are number of other copper
properties here with equally good sur
face showing, that only await the ap
plication of capital to make them pro.
ductive. Two properties that have
sprung into prominence during the
past year are the Independence and
Copper King, both of which are locat-
ed on the same great ore zone as the
Snowstorm. and both of which have
extensive bodies of the same kind of
ore partly developed
Thomas L. Greenough, of Missoula
who owns 100000 shares out of $780,
900 issued by the Snowstorm CON-
pany. and who is the financial hacker
OF Howard & Company the name I'M.
der which the lease is being operat-
ed, says: "The Snowstorm has been
doing wonderfully we'll under the
lease, and the new teaching plant,
erected by the leasers, was started
last week. 1t is in shape to handle
about 300 tons a day by fine crushing
and precipitation of the copper con-
tents on steel. 1t makes about a 95
per cent extraction. The annual meet.
ing of the Snowstorm company will
be held the first Monday in July at
Mullan.
The engineers in the employ OF
the Amalgamated and Butte Coalition
companies have arrived at an agree
ment for a division of the disputed
ore bodies which for years were in
litigation between the Amalgamated
and United Copper companies, the lat
ter the predecessor in interest of the
Butte Coalition. What the terms of
the settlement and division are have
not been made public, but have been
taken to Ney York by Mr.. B. B. Thay-
er. assistant to President H. H. Rog-
ers of the Amalgamated. and they will
be laid before the directors of each
ompany for approval. There is no
doubt that they will be approved, as it
was agreed to leave the adjustment to
the engineers. AS soon as the boards
formally pass on the reports for the
by injunction for many years will be
reopened. The Coalition company has
already begun sinking shaft on the
Tramway, one of the mines that has
been in litigation. aud will sink it to
a depth of 1900 feet. The Parrot also
has begun mining on one of the big
veins from which it was excluded by
an injunction for a number of years.
The Star group of claims at the
head of Grouse gulch, near Mullan
Idaho, owned by Finch & Campbell
OF Spokane, is being equipped for ex-
tensive development work. The CON-
pany is at present engaged in install
ing six drill air compressor building,
power lines and wagon roads and con-
structing buildings to accommodate
from so to 60 men. The Star group is
between the Flynn group and the Fed
eral company's Morning and You Like
mines, and is traversed, the owners
say, by three lodges. The crOsscut
tunnel that Finch & Campbell have
undertaken to drive to open these
veins will be 1920 feet long when COM
pleted
While the United States may never
lead the world in the production of
gems, the value of it's output of prec-
ious stones in 1905 reached the respec-
table figure of $326,35O. says George
F. Kunz in a report to the United
States Geological Survey. The largest
output is from the Sapphire mines,
$125.0OO. Next are the turquoise, $685.
900. and tourmalines, $4,000, peridots.
crystal quartZes, and miscellaneous
stones are accredited with value of
$4,000 each. The production of aqua.
marines is valued at $4,000. Of kunzite,
gold quartz. chrysoprase. silicified
wood. and garnet $1,000 each. of smoky
quartz and chlorastrolite $1,000 each,
OF amethyst, agate. pyrite. malachite,
anthracite. and catlinite $4,000 each,
of moss agate $500, of beryl, rose
quartz, amazon stone, and arrow
points $1,000 each, of topaz. utahlite
and mesolite ]. 500 each. of fossil coral