The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-10-17
Center Of Interest at Present in
Thompson District
PROFESSOR AUGHEYs REPORT
Two Spokane Men Also Favorably
lmpresssd..Paymsn Made on Mint.
Iron Daisy Improving
(Thompson Ledger.)

Mammoth mine on Tuesday, return
Ing In time to take the train fol
Missoula. The professor had spent
nearly week at the mine, and has
made a most thorough examination
OF the property. In conversation
with the Ledger man. while waiting
for his train, he said: 1.-The Mon
tana Mammoth is going to be great
mine. 1t will have large quantity
of ore to send straight to the smelters
and large portion OF concentrating
ore that will be easy to concentrate,
because it is mostly galena and cop
per pyrites. am satisfied that 1t
will make the fortune of the CON-
pany because 1t will be developed and
worked on business principles" Com
Ing from an authority like Professor
Aughey. this is indeed splendid news
to Montana Mammoth owners and tc
the people of the district.
Spokane Commissioner Pleased.
w. r. Parks of Marshall Junction,
Wash, arrived here Sunday to in
spect the Montana Mammoth mine
He is an ex-county commissioner OF
Spokane county and has recently In,
vested heavily in Montana Mammoth
stock. He was greatly pleased with
his investment after seeing the prop.
erty, and said he expected to leave
shortly for Texas to interest his
friends in the proposition. He said
II was shown all that there was to
see, and can go among my friends
with knowledge OF what a big thing
the Montana Mammoth really is.'
Mr.. Parks is held in high esteem
at home, where he has accumulated
comfortable competence. He war
accompanied by F. F.. Mills, repre-.
senting the c.. E. Mitchell company
Of Spokane, who IS OF late becoming
frequent visitor in Thompson. After
his trip to the property Mr.. Mills was
seen by the Ledger man and he told
him that 'the development work is
progressing rapidly with a force Of
IL men at work. The new office and
assay buildings are about completed
and everything is moving right
along. Some free gold is being
found in the upper tunnel, and the
lower tunnel is in over 100 feet, with
good ore all the way. The property
is certainly looking fine"
Bigger Than Expected.
"The Montana Mammoth has tho
promise of being the biggest thing
ever saw said R. H. Dunn of Spo-
kane on Tuesday. He had just re-
turned from inspecting the Montana
Mammoth when met by the Ledger
man. I'm some respects it reminds
me Of the CRANKY NINE" continued
Mr.. Dunn. II came expecting to see
big thing, but it is bigger than !
expected" He was also much sur
prised at the amount of development
work that has been accomplished and
said: Il expected to find a few cab
ms and found little village. They
have done a lot of work in a very
short time"
$4,000 Paid on Mint.
The second payment amounting tc
$4,000, was made on Tuesday by the
Mint Mining company to John M.
Miller, owner OF the Mint mine, on
Prospect creek. M. R. Rutherford of
Missoula came down to make the
payment for the company, which is
operating the property under the
bond, The property is looking fine /
and work is going right along on the
new tunnel. which will tap the ledge
at depth. With Mr.. Rutherford
came ]. 0. Marks Of Missoula, who
Is also interested in the Mint COM
pany, and Mine superintendent Fred
Jemieson. They drove out to the
property Tuesday, spending the en-
tire afternoon looking over the work
accomplished.
Mining Notes.
The Iron Daisy has shown up some
better in the past day or two, and at
present the showings warrant a con-
tinuation Of the development work in
progress. 1t is likely that the force
will be put to work again upon Mr..
Durkee's return from visit at
Wardner. He left on Tuesday to
confer with the stockholders OF the
Montana-ldaho Mines Development
company, who are operating under
bond.
o. A. Schenck, secretary-treasurer
OF the Montana Standard Mining
company. arrived here on Sunday
from Columbus, Ohio. Mr.. Schenck
will remain at the property several
days to plan with Manager Murphy
for the future development of the
mine. Charles Frech, also from Co.
lumbus. came with Mr.. Schenck as
his guest.
Manager J. D. Murphy Of the Mon