The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-18

seventy liisn are efflniANeA III the
mill. and in a few days. when the
mine and min are going at full ca
pacity. the force will be Increased 10
100.
What is declared tn be one Of the
richest strikes Of silyer-lead ore re-
ported in British Columbia was made
III the Copper mountain section Of the
Sinilkamecn district. Samples con-
tanning lead sllphides and iron oxides
assa.ad 50 PER cent lead. a6 ounces
silver and sl.60 in gold. The ledge has
been exposed at intervals for 500 feet
by open cuts. The lowest exposure in
the gulch would give depth OF 100
feet with 100 feet additional To he OBJ
tanned by stripping and a tunnel driven
on the ledge.
]. r. Tuttin. Jr.. creoitcr I. the cx-
tent of sI.16S.G6, has filed q petition in
the Spokane superior court asking tho
appointment of receiver for the Mon
tana Scotch Bonnet Copper a. Gold
Mining company. a Judgment was Sc
cured in King county against the COM
pany for s1,445 in September 1906. but
was not paid. The Judgment was re-
newed by IA suit in the district court
of Montana last June. and now
amounts to the sum named in this ac-
ton. The only assets of the company,
1t Is alleged. are several unpatented
mining claims in Park county. Mon
/ tana. of uncertain value. and in adai-
tion to the Judgment the company has
more than $4,000 of other debts.
The Bluebrd property. near Ross
land. b. C.. is to be developed by
sinking shaft that Is expected to tap
four or five producing veins within the
boundary lines. The greatest depth
reached so far is 80 feet. Five veins
with maximum width of four feet
have produced 10 cars of $50 ore, net
from the smelter. One car of car
donates yielded SIS a ton. The Cana
dian government has paid $40 royalty
on the lead contents of each car. l..
&. Carter of Spokane Is president and
manager of the company operating the
property.
Six feet of zinc ore has been opened
pany's tunnel near Superior. Mont.
The hins are filled and preparations
are being made to ship the ore in It's
crude state tn the smelters at CO.
lum5ia, Ohio The property was for
merly known as the Iron Mountain
/ mine. and paid more than $500. 600 In
dividends from the shipment of lead
silver ore mined from parallel vein
less than 40 feet away.
w. ii. Heath of Spokane has taken
a crew of eight men to Alaska to de-
veiop a group of 20 claims on Willow
creek, They will pass the winter in
tho northland. Samples of ore as
saved here by c. NJ. Fassett run as
nigh as $4,000. The property is owned
entirely by Spokane men. 4. A. Ly-
den has been prospecting the claims
Tor the past two years. and everything
is now really to begin development
work.
II The British Columbia Copper COM
/ nany has bonded three more claims in
Tie kamloors district. These are shp
Irene. Sunset an1 Shamrock claims,
!, aa1oining tho Bonanza group. The
| company secured bonds on "a. claims
III the camp In a week. The veins on
these three new cialr,s viii average
1 $40 ton in all values
| Tho Alaska Exploration compaay
mas been Incorporated in Spokane with
a capital stock Of $780, 900, and j, C.
i, PARSONS as secretary, to develop prop
critics In the Cook Inlet country.
| Conrad Wolfe of Spokane, manage,
OF the United Mining company, an.
nounces strike of ore on its propert,
near cheweiah. Wash. Work was re-
! s,med on this property two weeks ag.
after a close down of several months
The ore was found on the 100 foo,
| level. and the body Is reported I, be
| heavier and richer than any previous
| strikes made on the mine. Three ma
chine drills are being worked and tn.
| company is making small shipments
to the CRANKY smelter. The grade 70,
the railway spur to the mine Is com.
/ p'eted. and the company will soon b,
I s@ais ~ mani shipments. 1ns
| company has started work on Il 1900.
| foot tunnel TO tap the ore bodies al
] depth.
| The Swastika Mining G. Milling
/ company. controlled by eastern capita,
/ has taken over l. claims on Lake Pend
/ dorielie, most of them lying nea,
Lakeyiew on the Occur dAiene divide
/ and will deveir p them extensively. TIE
/ transfer of the claims was made
through ], NJ Ferguson of the Princess
Panama Mining & Milling company
who succeeded in interesting the buy
/ ers on his eastern trip. 1t is giver
out that the. company will install a
/ concentration at Standpoint, Idaho, Il
j handle its ores. 4 5000 foot tunne
will be started Immediately. which
] gives promise Of opening up large
bodies of ore. Assays of the ores
taken from the claims show galcns
values intermingled with gray csaea,
running from $40 to $500 a ton. Til.
claims are 1890 feet above sea :evei