The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-05-01
MINING EXPERT SAYS THAT RI.
MARKABLE FIND is MADE.
ORE IS Of HIGH GRADE
Valuable Discovery Made Near She's
hone, Wyoming, Last Frlday-For-
syth stockman Is Interested-Rock
Averages 72 Per Cent Copper.

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Copper ore, running high in values,
was struck last Friday near Shos-
hone, Wyo, according to Angus Nc
Queen, one Of the. foremost mining en-
giners in the country and who To-
Gated some of the richest copper
mines owned by the late Marcus DAILY.
The strike was made at the Will
liams-Luman mine on Copper. noun
tain about 20 miles northeast of Shos-
hone. The vein, the exact dimensions
of which are unascertainable, was
opened up at the 800 foot level, ex-
tending gradually toward the surface,
apexing on what is known as the east
extension, which is owned by Will Rea
or Forsyth and Others. Judging from
samples which MI. Mcqueen has with
him it is clearly evident that the quail
ity of ore is remarkably rich. AS to
the exact depth and width Of the
vein, 1t is not eve calculable as the
foot has not yet been encountered nor
ltS outward eXtrem1t1eS.
MI. Mcqueen is very enthusiastic
over the find, saying that in#his ex-
perience as a mining engineer he has
never seen anything that will equal it.
His reputation is we'll known through
out the west, he having been en-
ployed at different times to inspect
and report on some of the best cop
per properties in the world. Togeth-
er with Joe K. Clark, brother of form
er senator w. A. Clark, he made the
first report on the famous United
Verde mine in Arizona. Besides the
great Clark mine and the DAILY mines
in Butte and Anaconda, he examined
the Calumet and Hecla and large
mines in Norway, Sweden and Spain.
Wonderfully Rich.
Speaking of the strike, the engineer
said: "This is the richest copper prop
osition that l have ever seen. Many
people will think that l am mistaken
but l have the ore and the mine to
prove my assertions. Monday I went
into the tunnel and took samples of
the rock eight feet across the face
of the tunnel and after smelling them
found a general average of 70 per cent
copper. Some Of the ore runs up to
80 per cent copper.
"The discovery comes as a great
surprise as the country in that vi.
entity has never been known to be OF
much value for anything although 1t
had been well prospected. 1t seems
very peculiar that it was so much
gone over by prospectors that they
should miss such a prize where the
ore cropped out at the surface in the
richest kind of copper. Very little
development has been done in that
locality because the prospects did not
Justify It, About the only develop.
ment work carried on was that which
was done at the Williams-Lumans
mine in which the owners spent about
$150,OM during the last year.
Burlington to Build.
"The construction of the Burlington
road over the property will give the
mineowners good facilities for ship.
ping their ore cheaply. Besides this
there will be plenty Of power from the
new plant that is going to be built
across the Wind river, a distance OF
about 16 miles from the mine. With
plenty of power and cheap %transporta-
ton facilities the mine can be operat-
ed at a comparatively small cost"
Mr.. Mcqueen is not very commune
%cative, being loath to say anything
about himself. In talking about some
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