Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-11-23

There Is one usurper among Tue
royal metals in the monetary system
of the United States and that is tne
five-cent nickel piece that mas taken
the place of the silver hall dime. IL
is ugly and inconvenient. II you nave
several nickels and quarters In your
pocket and reach for quarter you
are sure to bring up nickel.-Waii
Street Journal.
Salt Lake Mining Review: The
Bunker Hill Mining & Concentrating
company, which announces dividend
No. 10 of $4,000, has made strike
Of importance in the Sullivan nine
near Wardner, Idaho, the ore body.
forty feet wide, on the lower level
being little more than 1900 feet
long. The ore reserve is SO great
that the management may erect an
other mill to handle it. The dividend
announced, totals $1,9S0,O00, since
January. 1906, and $77,5o6. 900 to date.
Granite, Oregon, Gem: Jas. A.
Drake, of Corning, New York. Is ex-
pected to arrive in Granite the first
of next week. He will be here sew
eral days looking after mining inter
ests near here. Mr.. Drake is one OF
the principal stockholders in the Steu-
ben Placer Mining company. They
are operating the old ThOrnburg plac.
ers on the North Fork, and are doing
the most extensive placer mining IN
eastern Oregon. They are still piping
at the mine and will probably contin
ue to for several weeks.
Tombstone Epitaph: The worlds
record for the amount of ore taken
from mine in a specified time was
broken at Bisbee yesterday when 1,
1877 cars were shafted from the Spray
shaft in seven hours. The enormity
of this performance can of course be
estimated by men, familiar with min
ing conditions, but the fact that it has
never been equalled is evidence
enough that it was remarkable. Dur
ing one thirty minutes, 103 cars wer
hoisted and during the following fiji
teen minutes fifty-three more were
brought to the surface, making a to
tai of 1856 cars in fOrty-five minutes
Grants Pass Mining Journal: Thu
Yellow Aster, of the Randsburg dis
trict, with c. 8. Burnham, general man
dSCI, SILL oIduNS WCll III CAC ICou "
the gold producing propositions in Cal
ifornia, and it's pay roll numbers III
men. The greatest depth below thu
surface at which ore is mined is 1,2O'
feet, and in order to follow through
all the levels, drifts and wines, on
would have to travel about IL miles
Mining in the Yellow Aster is virtual
ly quarrying scheme, over 1,700 ton
Of ore being taken out and milled dui
ing each month, all of it being perfect
ly free milling. The general forma
ton of the Randsburg district is con
posed of diorite, diabase, schists an
porphyry, and the lodges proper al
sorts of widths.
San Francisco. Nov. 22.-George Z
Roberts, director of the United State
mint, is here on tour of inspection
of the branch mint in this city. Afte
this local institution finishes coinin
the silver ordered by the Mexican go,
eminent, it will turn it's attention t
tne recoinage of Filipino coins.
According to Director Roberts, tn
big advance in the value of silve
makes it necessary to recon the Fl
ipino coins. Both the southern n
public and the United States.
> claims have discovered that silver
,, of more value as bullion and that th
: operation of making coins smaller wi
not only give them a true face va
ue, but will more than pay the Coz
, of the change.