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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-06

contrary to law. The defendants re
Gently had q hearing in the justice
court at Havre. and were bound owe,
to the district court.
See the new hats at T. G. Power &
Bro.
Spring millinery is arriving daily
at T. c. Power & Bro.
High grade piano for sale cheap.
Apply to Geo. J. Shook.
Berlin enamel filling by DR.. Ste.
phens, over Lockwood's.
w. w. Sheetz Of Chinook, is trans.
acting business in the city today.
Fred LaBarre. OF the Marias, was
among the visitors in 'he city today.
A. W. Kiugsbury returned this
morning to his home 10 Great Falls.
Fred Thies, who is in town today
from Lost Lake, reports that green
grass Is showing up in that locality.
County Attorney F. A. Carnal and
Attorney B. L. Powers left this morn.
ing for Havre, on q short business
visit.
Local attorneys are In receipt of
letters from several shippers who de-
sire to commence suits against the
Great Northern for damages sustained
by reason of delayed stock shipments,
the apparently overlooking the
fact that suits must be brought within
three months of the alleged loss.
This is q provision of the contract
signed by the shipper when the stock
is loaded, but many of them appear to
be ignorant Of the contents of the
document they signed.
Great Falls Leader: James Cor.
don, Of this city, sent ia his resigna-
ton to the head Offices of the Great
Northern and ST.. Paul last evening,
as claim agent for the company. Mr..
Gordon has occupied this position for
seven years, representing the terri.
tory between Minot, N. D., and Cat
Bank, Mont, including the Montana
Central and its branches. He gives
his reaso for resignine as Insult.
cheney of salary, the average conduc.
tor, be says, drawing much better
wages than the claim agents, who al
90 have much responsibility and who
have the handling of large sums Of
money.
A bill introduced in the state senate
by Hon. T. M. Everett defines the
duties of railroads., express compan.
les, al companies and ell common
carriers except by water and provid.
ing an average minimum rate of speed
of all trains carrying livestock. The
bill reqaires railroads carrying live.
stock within or to any point in this
state to. maintain an average rate of
speed of not less than twenty miles an
hour for stock trains except On branch
lines and moYntain divisions where
the rate of speed shall not be less than
ten miles an hour. Failure on the part
of q railroud to observe the law makes
it liable to the owner of the stock in
the sum of S. for each hour any car
loaded wholly or 10 part with livestock
is detained beyond the time provided
in the act.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-06

Fine Book and Job Printing Q spe.
ialty at the RIVER PRESS Office
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-06
Ranch for Sale.

A we'll located ranch Of 100 acres In the Milk
valley 70! eale on easy terms. Address p, River
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-06

sASoouVs IL W. ~SOO0o0AAS WIl0E0 uG
has spent the past ten days in audit.
ing the books of the absconding treas
urer, Woford. of Valley county.
Mr.. Rabsn, after going thoroughly
over his accounts, found that Wof.
ford was short just %, 400.01 at the
time of his departure. The officials
of the county had estimated Wofford's
deficiency at about q 1000, so we're not
far of in their calculations.
A suit for damages on account of q
delayed beef shipment has been com.
menced 10 the district court by vii.
liam T. Morrow against the Great
Northern Railway company, the com.
plant including claims assigned to
plaintiff BY other shippers, and the
total alleged damages amounting to
$685. Is. The shipment wss made from
Kershsw on November q and did not
reach Chicago until December 8. An.
other suit growing out of the came
shipment 10 commenced by George F.
Lewis against the same defend ant,
judgment being asked for el998. F.
E. Stranshsn 10 attorney for the plain
till in each suit.
Prom Fridays Daily
w. s. Towner. deputy county attor.
ney, has fled informations In the dis.
trict court against E. c. Carruth and
D. 81. Boone. OF Havre, who are
charged with running slot machines
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-02-21
NINE MILE COMPANY.

CrOsscut Started From Lower Tun
mel to Tap Rich Ledge.
No property on Nine Mile Ia NOR.
deserving Of attention on the part o.
the investing public than that OF the
Nine Mile company. 1t owns q com
pact group Of claims between the
forks OF Nine Mile creek, adjoining
the Success on the west. 1t has q
great surface showing which has
been opened by tive tunnels and q
shaft, none of which attain a depth
of more than 100 feet but all OF
which show fine body of concen-
trating ore that Is manifestly I'M
proving with depth.
The shaft and drift from 1t were
only recently completed and show a
solid body of good grade concentrat-
ing galena fully IL feet wide. An
unusual feature of the mine is the
presence OF considerable percent
age of copper which will doubtless
disappear with depth.
Since the completion Of the shaft
and drift which were run to show
the exact course and dip of the
vein, the long lower tunnel, In
which some 5000 feet OF work have
been done. has been cleaned out, re-
timbered and surveyed, with the re-
suit that crosscut has been started
at a point in some 1900 feet which Is
expected to reach the ledge in about
$50 feet. This crosscut will give a
depth on the vein of over $50 feet.
The ventilating apparatus Of the
mine has been repaired and work on
he lower tunnel is now progressing
under the direction of o. H. Linn,
he superintendent of the Success
nine.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-02-21
RUTH Is PROMISING.
Crosscut and Drift Show Everything
Except Pay Ore.

Crosscut and Drift Show Everything
Except Pay Ore.
The Ruth mine Is looking as IL 1t
would break into ore any day. 1t
has been doing this for some time,
but the ore has not yet appeared.
That II. is likely to do 20 a~u day is
still the firm conviction OF the seven
men at work there and Manager Os-
car Wallace as we'll.
The Ruth company owns nine
claims adjoining the California
Black Cloud (Pittsburg company on
the west. 1t has developed a SINH
lar 70-foot wide ledge that has now
been drifted on for $50 feet. 1t was
tapped by the crosscut tunnel when
1t was In 600 feet and as the direc-
ton of the tunnel was diagonally to
the course of the vein 1t took 100
feet of work to cross it. The vein IL
all quartz and ledge matter and Ia
we'll mineralized. A second crosscut
of it will be started In a few days.
: The control is owned by the same
people who are 80 successfully devel-
oping the Interstate mine.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-02-21

phides will be easily separated and
saved clean by water concentration
There Is considerable copper sui.
phide also In the ore but this will
probably disappear with depth.
The crosscut tunnel Is now beins
extended to reach the second ledge,
which is parallel to and 100 feet
from the first. They expect to tap
1t with about rs feet more Of work.
1t has a much stronger surface out
crop than the first ledge.
The group consists of four claims
adjoining the Highland Chief and
will be equipped in the spring with
compressor plant and 50-ton con-
contractor. The latter will be mod
elled on the Success mill and will
produce both lead and zinc concen-
trates.
The principal shareholders In the
Surprise company are: w. j. Nc
Lean, VIM. letter, A. e. Cowles and
M. J. Sinclair of Kellogg and AL
Page Of Wardner.
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Murray and North Side
THE MONARCH MINE.
Ledge Cut In Tunnel at 400 Feet
Vertical Depth.

Ledge Cut In Tunnel at 400 Feet
Vertical Depth.
At vertical depth of 400 feet
the Monarch company last week
tapped the ledge in its crosscut tun-
mel when in $3.50 feet. The vein
proved to be over Is feet wide where
tapped and a drift was at once start
ed to the east to get under the big
ore shoot explored by the upper
workings. 1t may require 600 feet
Of drifting to reach the ore shoot on
the new level, which is 500 feet be-
low the workings in the shaft.
All the development work has
done hitherto by means of a shaft
and drifts from it both ways on the
vein. This shaft is 600 feet deep
and has drifts on the $50, 500 and
600-foOt levels. On the 50O-foOt
level the ore shoot was only $50
feet long, but on the 600 it had
heightened to 285 feet. II the same
ratio Of increase is found when the
shoot is opened up in the tunnel
level 1t will be 1000 feet long. This
is exactly what has happened in the
Hecla, Morning, Standard, Mammoth
and many other mines in the district
when developed at depth so 1t is ex-
'tremely likely that the same will
prove to be the case at the Monarch.
The ore shoot in the upper work.
ings Is from three to 16 feet wide
and much of the ore will average
over so per cent in lead and 10
ounces of silver to the ton.
The mine consists Of 30 claims on
Pritchard creek, above Murray, on
the line Of the Idaho Northern rail-
road. 1t is splendidly equipped with
machinery and buildings to accom-
modate 40 mon. 2. P. Spalding,
vice president and general manager
of the Idaho Northern railroad, is
manager.
The company is incorporated for
$1,000,000 In SO shares. Otto
Kochler of San Antonio, Texas, is
president; Oscar B. Bergstrom Of
New York. vice president. q. p.
Spalding is secretary as we'll as man
ager. The Monarch company is
largely interested In the financing OF
the Idaho Northern railroad.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-02-21
THE PHOENIX GROUP.
1t Is Being Explored Free Of Cost to
Owners.

It Is Being Explored Free Of Cost to
Owners.
Joining the Sunset mine of Sena-
tor w. A. Clark on the east Is the
Phoenix M. & M. company's group
of IA claims. 1t Is now being devel-
0ped without cost to its owners, the
exploration work now In progress be-
ing done by the G. & r. company in
return for free right of way into
their own ground.
The work consists OF a tunnel
which cut the ledge when In $50
feet. It has since been continued az
"a drift to the east for 400 feet and
has still to be run 225 feet through
the Phoenix ground to reach the G..
& r. The latter has developed an
ore shoot In its upper tunnel 200
feet east OF the Phoenix end line
and 1t 4 this shoot they are working
to develop.
Meanwhile the showing Id the
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-02-21
SYDNEY MAKES STRIKE.

Small Shoot Of Fine Concentrating
Galena Encountered.
The Sydney group of nine claims
lies just east of the Nabob and is
owned by l.. w. Gay, e. S. Gay and
H. M. Ross of Kellogg. 1t is being
developed by tunnel on the vein,
which is the same as the Nabob, and
Is now in 230 feet. 1t shows little
galena all the way. The ledge uas
been partially crosscut and is known
to be over 40 feet wide with neither
wall In sight. They are now cross
cutting towards the footwall and
last week opened up from eight to
10 inches of good galena on this
crosscut. 1t is first class concentrat-
ing ore. Three men are employed.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-02-21
HIGHLAND CHIEF NINE.
Bonders Have Developed q New ORR
Shoot to the West.

Bonders Have Developed q New Ore
Shoot to the West.
Thomas Thwaite and associates of
Spokane are developing the we'll
known Highland Chief mine on Pine
creek under a bond for $4,000.
They have driven. lower crosscut
tunnel which developed a fine new
shoot Of ore 400 feet to the west of
the old ore shoot opened in the up
per workings. They are now drift
Ing to the east to tap the old ore
body on the new level.
The ore\~sApsR shoots is lead-zins
ore Of a ST. appearance, charac.
ter and val3-s to that found in the
adjoining Surprise mine.
The property is equipped with a
sawmill and numerous fine buildings
erected by previous bonder. 1t is
considered to be assured that the
bond will be taken up when due and
the mine equipped with machinery
and concentration.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-02-21

workings. The new crosscut will b.
400 feet long and will start from
the head Of main Elk creek. on.
mile from the railroad. where the
company owns q splendid millsite
and water power.
The upper workings consist of q
crosscut tunnel 100 feet long to
the footwall of the vein. From this
point drift runs 400 feet westerly
along the footwall. 1t is this drift
that has opened the four ore shoots
above referred to at an average
depth of 500 feet. The longest of
these shoots Is 100 feet and they
run from sjx Inches TO FIVE feet in
width. The ore will average better
than 10 per cent In lead and between
10 and II ounces Of silver to the
ton, assuring an unusually rich
grade of concentrates.
The crosscut was then continued
700 feet further to the hanging wall
side of the ore zone, where 300 feet
of drifting have been done. This
work Is now progressing and shows
a big strong ledge of iron which is
being crosscut in search of ore
bodies every hundred feet.
John A. Finch Of Spokane is pres
ldent Of the Alhambra company and
NJ. J. Sinclair of Kellogg is mana
ger. E. H. Moffitt of Wallace is
among the large local shareholders.
The new work planned by the COM
pany will require about two years
Tine and cost in the neighborhood of
$4,000.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-02-21
SINK SHAFT ON ROANOKE,
Strong Company Organized to Work
Elk Creek Mine.

ALAA OECCA NAlWCs
The Roanoke company has order
ed an electric hoist and pump and
as soon as the machinery arrives
will start sinking 30O-foot shaft
on its group Of eight claims adjoin-
ing the U. s. mine on Elk creek on
the east. This shaft will start at a
point. about 100 feet below the pres
ent lower tunnel. The two tunnels
already run on the ledge aggregate
about 800 feet In length and from
them two carloads of high grade
galena were shipped some years ago.
The ledge is from four to six feet
wide.
James F. Mccarthy. manager of
the Hecla mine, Is president; Al
Page of Wardner. vicas. president; w.
D. Greenough, manager of the Snow
storm, is secretary; George Rug
gless, general superintendent of the
Federal company's mills, Is treasurer
and manager and James R. Smith,
president Of the Hecla company, is
the fifth director.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-02-21
THE HEATING NINE.
New Working Shaft Is Now Down
400 Feet.

New Working Shaft Is Now Down
400 Feet.
Right in the heart of Wardner
just block from the school house
is the Heating mine. 1t consists OF
six claims and Is being developed by
a two-compartment vertical shaft
now down 400 feet. A crosscut to
the ledge will be run and drifts
started 10Th ways on the vein when
the 500-foot level is reached. 1t is
equipped with 40 horse power gas
oline engine, hoist and sinking
pump.
The old owners ran several hun
dred feet of tunnels above the site
OF the shaft and these workings show
some good bodies of Is per cent lead
ore.
The mine is now owned by the
Heating company, of which R. J..
Jennings Of Chicago is president; r.
P. Tremble of Portland, Ore, secre-
tary; P. ]. Jennings OF Pittsburg,
Pa, manager, and J. P. Hart, super
intendent.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-02-21
CUBA LEDGE IMPROVING.
Iron Has Given Place to Quartz Car
rying Good Values.


The lower tunnel on the Cuba,
which lies just this side of the Pitts
burg company's mine on Nine Mile,
is now in $50 feet and at a depth of
1876 feet. The last 100 feet of work
has been in the ledge which was en-
tered from the footwall side, was cut
diagonally and is now being drifted
on alongside the hanging wall.
When first entered the ledge was
almost entirely filled with iron, but
OF late this has given place to very
lively looking quartz, carrying good
values in both lead and silver. AS
the ledge IL very wide a crosscut
back to the footwall will be run
from about the present face and the
drift on the hanging wall will also
be pushed ahead.
The upper tunnel on the Cuba Is
500 feet long. Its portal is Just
about directly over the present face
of the lower tunnel. 1t followed the
ledge for the last 400 feet of Its
course and showed continuous vein
Of quartz, heavily impregnated with
iron and carbonates. When the
lower tunnel reaches this shoot 1t Is
confidently expected that 1t will de-
velop a body Of pay ore.
D. L. Hopkins. formerly county
assessor, 10 manager and the stock IL
mostly held In Wallace. IT. treas
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-02-21
MILL STARTS MARCH 1.
Pittsburg Company VIII Soon be u
Dividend Payer.

Pittsburg Company Will Soon be .
Dividend Payer.
The Pittsburg Lead Mining com.
pany will resume milling operations
on March /. This time the mill
feed will be of high grade and the
quantity and value of the concen-
trates shipped will prove surprise
to the public. The ore reserves now
In sight insure continuous operation
and what is even more important,
regular dividends beginning at an
early date.
The new surface tramway from
the No. tunnel of the mine is now
completed and the mill has been
thoroughly overhauled and put into
first-class condition for long run.
The development of the mine has
been steadily pushed for some time
and now there Is an enormous body
of high grade galena, much of it
clean shipping ore, available for
stopping.
There still remains about 200 feet
OF upraising to do to connect the No.
4 with the No. level, but half of
this distance has been proved by a
Winze from the No. level, further
to the west than the upraise, to con-
tain a shoot showing Yully two feet
OF clean galena of shipping grade.
The company owns the California
Black Cloud group of mines on Nine
Mile and the old Black Cloud mill.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-02-21
'VVOVVVOVVVOV
Mines Near SaItese, Mont
HAS $4,000, 900 IN SIGHT.
Monitor Mine Shipping Steadily and
Pushing Development.

Monitor Mine shipping Steadily and
Pushing Development.
The Monitor mine at Saltese,
Mont, is hauling ore steadily to the
railroad and also hauling on the re-
turn trip to the mine timber for new
buildings to accommodate larger
working force. The main shaft,
now down 37o feet, Is being deepen
ed at the rate OF about foot day.
1t will be put down to the 500-foot
level as quickly as possible when the
ore bodies will be opened up BY
drifts 200 feet below the present
lowest levels.
The ore reese: YES blocked out In
the mine are estimated at $4,000, 900
now, the average grade Of the first
class ore being something over 16
per cent In copper, about Sc ton In
gold and an ounce and half of sill
yer.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-02-21
HAS STREAK OF GALENA.
ShoshOne Company Developing Good
Ledge Close to Town.

Shoshone Company Developing Good
Ledge Close to Town.
The Shoshone company's property
on Nine Mile is almost In the city
limits of Wallace. Work on 1t is
now being confined to the lower tun-
mel which is In about 400 feet, the
last $50 feet having been in the vein.
The ledge Is from eight to 10 feet
wide and shows streak Of good
concentrating ore all the way on the
hanging wall. In places this streak
has widened out to IS inches.
The face Of the tunnel is now at
depth OF $50 feet and from now on
depth will be gained rapidly. Bar
ney Fredina is in charge of the
work and the mine employs five
mon.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-02-21
ORE IMPROVES GREATLY.
TarbOx Opening Fine Shoot on 600
Foot Level.


Foot Level.
DURING thu -paS< two YeolsB thSS
Tarbox company has been opening
up a fine body Of concentrating ga
lena ore on its 6O0-foot level. When
this ore shoot was first encountered
1t was pretty low grade but OF late
1t has begun to look like the shoot
found on the 500 level, hitherto the
best ore body encountered in the
mine. On the 500-foot level the
shoot contained about six feet In
width Of 20 per cent lead ore, be-
sides big body of lower grade stun,
and already the lower level shows
nearly four feet of the same high
grade material.
Two shifts have been kept at work
on development all winter and the
mine is now considered to be about
ready for a mill.
A general meeting Of stockholders
will be held in April when PROPOSE
ton to increase the capital from ST.
100000 to $1,500,O00 will be sub
mitted to them. The object Of this
increase in capitalization is to pro-
vide funds for the deepening Of the
main working shaft to the 600-foot
level and to connect it with the
present lowest workings, to equip
the mine completely for production
and to provide for the erection Of q
l50-ton concentration.
The mine is on Packer creek, six
miles from Saltese. Mont, and II
owned principally by California peo-
pie. 1t is one Of the oldest locations
in the Occur d'Alenes.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-02-21
Idaho and Los Angeles,

The Idaho and Los Angeles COM
pany, which owns group OF claims
on the East fork OF Nine Mile, has
kept steadily at work all winter. 1t
is now engaged In prosecuting from
the lower level to tap the ledge
opened In the upper workings. Four
men are employed. John w. Fink
of Los Angeles Is the principal own
er and N. Wittner is resident man
ager.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-02-21
CONCENTRATIONS FOR SURPRISE

Pine Creek Property to Become Pro.
Queer Next Spring.
The faces Of both drifts on the
first ledge in the Surprise mine on
Fine creek are in high grade galena-
zinc ore and the shoot has already
been drifted on for over 100 feet
The ledge was cut by the tunnel
when in 275 feet and the body Of
clean ore has varied in width from
Is inches to four feet. The galena
10 coarse grained. much Of It beine
clean shipping ore. and the zinc &C.
ours In It n the form Of banded
streaks and punches. The two sui.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-02-21
U. 5. Has Two Shoots.

The U. S. mine on Elk creek, Just
below the Alhambra, is being opened
by drift tunnel now in 500 feet on
the ledge. 1t shows two shoots of
galena ore highly impregnated with
gray copper. The work is being
done by contract and a winze is now
being sunk on the second ore shoot
at point about 700 feet in the tun-
mel. AL Page of Wardner is presi-
dent and manager.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-02-21
O. X. Is Crosscutting.

The 0. X. company has suspended
drifting on the 4OO-foot level in the
O. K. shaft and is now running a
crosscut to the Mabel vein. The
drift to the east on this level opened
up some good galena but to the west
the vein was filled with solid quartz.
The 0. K. group les just below
Wardner and near the Stewart mine.