The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1907-08-29
MONTANA MAMMOTH COMPANY.
G. f. Mitchell Company Already
Working Nigxer Bill Property
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Islanders County LEDGER
The Montana Mammoth Mining
7. company since taking hold of the
'Nigger Bill" property have not been
losing any time in getting to work
Mr.. Piersal. the superintendent, 60,
the work started at once. A force OF
men was sent down to put up camp
buildings and another force OF min
ers. to get the actual mining going,
were employed at the same time.
Every day has noted progress and
the force has been increased to get
things moving quickly. Provisions
and supplies by the wagon load have
been hauled in and results may be
looked for in short time at the rate
things are going.
A party including c. f. Mitchell.
president Of the c. r. Mitchell COM
pany of Spokane. John NJ. Scrafford.
F. E. Mills and Prof. Samuel Aughey
arrived here early in the week to in
spect the property. They spent q
whole day on the ground and looked
things over carefully. The property
was bought by the C. r. Mitchell COM
pany. a corporation organized for the
purpose OF financing and operating
prospects and mines. This company
now has five operations in progress
including this one, which has been
organized as the Montana Mammoth
Mining company.
Upon his return from viewing their
recent purchase. Mr.. Mitchell gave
the Ledger man the following inter-
view. He said:
1T is the biggest and most remark
able outcrop of ore the party ever in
spected. We took the property on
representation and reports OF Messrs.
Scrafford and Roderick and their re-
port did not convey to me any idea OF
the property. l am simply astonished
at the showings there.
I'VE will put car and track in the
upper tunnel and crosscut to the
right. feeling quite sure that the ore
body lies to the right OF the present
workings. After determining by
proper exploration where the ore
shoots are and where the walls o.
the veins lie and the general condi-
lions, we will extend the lower tun.
mel on the vein as big working tun-
mel. Finally the property will be
worked by main working shaft from
about where the mouth of the present
working tunnel is.
I'VE intend to make trial ship
ment of q car of the ore as soon as
we can assert it and If we find that
we can assert 1t at fair profit we
will continue to ship the better ores.
But there is every reason to conclude
that the property needs mill and
the first capital we raise aside from
the development fund will be for that
purpose. There seems to be sufficient
ore in sight to run mill for several
years. The size of the mill will be
matter for later consideration.
I'VE will not work the property by
hand more than three months. At
the end of that time we will install
compressor and power drills.
THE home Office of the company is
Spokane. r. A. Roderick is president.
All the officers are members of the
c. e. Mitchell company Of Spokane.
Our method of operation elm
mates practically all expense Of man
agement. We put all OF our proper
ties In the Occur d'Alenes, and this
one too, In John NJ. Scrafford's man
agement and divide his salary among
the Ave companies he is operating.
Every other dollar derived from the
sale of treasury stock of the company
is paid to the men on the works.
I'VE are putting up camp build
ings. The boarding house is we'll un-
der way and a crew is employed
building road across McNorton's
land from the property to the main
road"