Fergus County Democrat., 1906-01-23

MINING NEWS


IL is reported from Maiden lHdI All
derson, DeKalb and other members Of
the Sunrise Mining Co. are pushing
work for all there is in it on their
group of claims. 1t is the opinion that
there will be plenty in it for them
when they get under ground little
ways on their property.
The prospectors in the Maiden dist
rict are all very busy at this season,
and the indications are that there will
be more work accomplished during
this winter than at any previous win
ter in the history of the camp. 1t is
matter of regeret that there is no dia-
mond drill in that section, which
would make it possible to show up
rich bodies of ore in short order. Resi-
dents of that locality claim that the
installation of modern machinery will
prove their claim to the possession Of
the richest ore in Montana.
Diamond drill operations at the Bull
lard extension have been retarded to
some extent by a failure in the water
supply and freezing of the pipe line
some weeks ago. The pipe has been
laid deeper in the ground and is COW
cred so that it will not be affected by
cold weather. A pit is being dug which
will hold sufficient water in reserve to
keep the drill running without inter-
ruptiOn.
Members of the Society of Engineers
who visited the Kendall mines last
week were impressed with the large
bodies of ore available for future oper-
alton Of the mills. A number of the
engineers, prominently connected with
the copper mines of Butte, saw for the
first time practical demonstration Of
the comparatively new method of gold
extraction by cyanidation. From the
Barnes King samples of ore running
$2S per ton were carried away num-
ber of souvenirs. This of course was
some of the best ore in sight. An en-
inent geologist, after carefully in
specting a piece, remarked that it
looked like country rock or slate. 1T
is hard to believe that there is gold in
that formation" he said, but if King
says so. it must be so.''
Robert Scott has secured the con-
tract to sink an additional 200 feet on
the Santiago property, and some drift
ing will be done. Work will commence
as soon as the boiler for the hoist ar
rives. H. M. Rae, general manager Of
the Drake interests, is expected here
from Gilt Edge in day or two.
David jonathan is doing develop
ment work on the Ironside claim, in
which he and Frank Roben have an
interest. This is one of a group of
promising claims half a mile west of
the Kendall mine. There are five
claims in all, including the Florence,
Monarch, Yeo, Louie and Ironside. On
the Florence a tunnel has been driven
in ninety feet and it is understood that
the showing, as indicated by several
assays, is gratifying to the owners.
Willis G. Moore, the Colorado
Springs mining man, who represents
prominent capitalists of that city, is
expected in Kendall in the near fu-
ture. Mr. Moore is coming for the
purpose of experimenting develop
ment work on claims owned by his
company Mr.. Moore, we believe, put
down the first diamond drill hole ever
sunk in the Kendall district.
Not all of this great increase in the
gold production of the world has been
due to discoveries of new gold depos-
it's A very considerable portion of ii
is the result of improved methods OF
treating ores. The cyanide process
alone has furnished an appreciable
part of the gain, and other methods OF
working and treatment of ores have
done their share. No small portion OF
the output of 1904 came from gold
mines which had been abandoned al
an earlier date as not payable, but the
operation of which has been renewed
under improved methods, says the En-.
gineering & Mining Journal.
This is the case not only in thu
United States, where the advance II
metllurgy has been very great, bu
also in other countries, as in western
Australia, where the successful treat
ment of the ores in some of the larges
mines now in operation presented