The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-18
NEWS OF THE MINES.

Spokane, Wash. Nov. f7.-Advices
fpm Murray Idaho, are that the dec
laration OF a dividend by the Bear
Ttp Mining company In the near flu
tds'e will be no surprise To the people
OF the north side. The property is
controlled by eastern capital The
Company Is in excellent financial con-
dltion and has been shipping high
grade lead ore and concentrates stead
IN for several months The liver
values. however. are small. So far
Oily the lead and silver values have
hoen shipped from the minc. New Gre
bins have been erected aud in thsse
TIE zinc values have 'aen saved, i,
- expected that a market for this ore
wiW be found either al Cleveland or
ut Denver. but as Far as can he
lepned IL is the intentiof To alluN
the zinc to accumulate. The great
org body which was encountered in
the raise some time ago Is reported
to be holding out well.
Monarch mill, operated by the
Occur d'Alene. North Fork Mining
company will soon resume work with
three shifts. treating zoo tons II. ore
daily. under the direction ~ Otto
Trojonowski. This means that the
Monarch mine will enter tho list rs
steady shipper on the north side
OF the Cosur d'Aicmcs. In addition
to the big body OF concontraStn.. ore
exposed there is also a magnificent
showing of clean shipping ore from
which shipments can be made direct.
In this way IL is believed that the
output viii he big and that 1t is only
question of time until the property
is I'm the disidend-paying stage. The
raise from the a0o-foot level has now
been driven 4s1 feet and IT is claimed
that the body of ore exposed therein
is greater than that of any other mine
in the Occur d'Alenes at similar
depth. Here there are no less than
eight feet of ore. all of which. II is
claimed, can be shipped direct to the
smelter without treatment. while in
addition to this there are vast re-
sources Of milling ore.
Stockholders of the Snowstorm Ex-
tension company have voted to trans
fer its holdings To company TO be
organized by Los Angeles people. A.
j. Richardson and James l.. Brice
formerly OF Wallace. are interested I'm
number of copper properties in the
district and il is their intention to
merge their holdings into one organ
igation. The new company will take
over all claims against the Snowstorm
Extension and will put crew of
miners TO work 10 further develop the
property. which adjoins the Snow
storm mine and is traversed by the
ha $40 IN, H.,
old company will receive share for
share In the new one.
Owners of the Monitor mine have
selected sit. on the Chicago. Mil
waukee a. Puget Sound railway near
Saitese for tunnel of 5.la5
feet. which will give a vertical
depth of 2.el0 feet. deeper than any
other copper property in the Occur
d'Alene district 4 compressor plant
and other machinery, will be installed.
II is expected that progress will he
made al the rate of 800 feet a month
In the meantime the operation Of the
mine will be kept up through the
shaft. and shipments will be contin-
ued. The Monitor il shipping regular
~. the ore being broken down on the
70o-foot level The completion Of the
long tunnel will cut the cost of mining
operation in two. as it viii do away
with the hosting the ore and hauling
ii out over a long road which il fire.
quentiy impossible.
Arrangements are being made for the .
construction of mill with an initial !
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