The Daily Missoulian., 1910-07-28
.LEW|STOWN LOOKS
GOOD TO bREEN
HELENA MAN SAYS THAT Mon
TANA CITY rs ONE OF RICH
EST IN COUNTRY.

Spokane. July Thames Brccn of
Helena and Spokane. who has just re-
turned to this city from Maiden, Mont.
where he has been supervising oper-
ations on the Cumberland and spotted
Horse properties, recently acquired by
him. said In an interview that Lewis
town, Mont. is one of the most pros
porous cities In the west. adding:
"Lcwlstown is one of the richest
cities In the United States on the per
capita basis. Its banking capital and
assets total s4,o00,000. while Its popu-
lation approxmates only 1000. II Is
the center of great farming. stock
raising and mining country and the
way people and money are pouring into
its territory now IL simply astonishing.
THE wool yield of that district has
brought to It's banks recently several
hundred thousand dollars. The wheat
crop will add $1,000. 900 within the next
30 days. Though the yield of wheat is
lighter In Fergus county this year than
II was ever known to he. the crop is
averaging more than 20 bushels to the
acre. II Is No. / hard wheat, too.
AT present the only railroad to the
town IL the old Montana line, operated
as branch Of the Chicago. Milwaukee
A. Puget Sound railway. That com
pany IL building new main line from
Milestone through Lcwistown and Great
Fails To Missoula. by way Of sun river,
the Cadotte pass and the Rfg Biackfoot.
The Great Northern mas surveyed
and is condemning the right-of-way for
a branch Of the system from Mondak.
on the western line of Montana.
through Lewistown to a point 45 miles
west on the Billings AZ Northern rail-
road. which runs from Billings to Great
Falls. The construction and operation
of these two roads through the terri
tory Of which Lewlstown is the metrop-
oils. cannot fail 10 greatly Increase It's
population and business"
Speaking of his mining operations In
the district. MIR Breen said. among
other things:
I'VE started the new 10o-ton cyanide
mill on the Cumberland mine on May
] and its operation has been SO sue
cessful In every way that We are now
building second unit of the same size,
which will be ready to start early In
october. We are crushing the ore to
quarterinch mesh and getting "A very
satisfactory extraction.
The ore SO far treated has aver
aged $40 ton. or just about what I
figured IL would when | took hold Of
the property. My total expense of min
ing and milling is 1926 a ton. expect
10 reduce this to secs when get
through with the dead work ! am now
doing
''The old owner of the Cumberland
at one time shipped five cars OF ore
from the i50-foot level that netted
s25.o0D. Since | took over the property
! have developed good body of ore In
this same shoot. | am experimenting
with IL to determine WHITTIER IL VIII
be more economical To ship IL to the
smelter or to treat IL in the cyanide
min.
''On the adjoining Spotted Horse
mine which ! have under bond. ! am
retimberlng the shaft with view to
resuming production on that property
from above the 200 foot level Here
the ore Was SO base that IL could not
be treated profltably In the stamp min
with which the mine Was equipped In
the upper workings, however. a very
large body of what was tnen considered
low grade ore was left In sight and
II is this ore which | am now going
after.
Under It's old management. the mine
produced between s2,000.o0O and s3,-
100000 The taiiings from these old
properties average So In value and I
propose to utilize them as soon as the
enlargement of my cyanide plant is
completed, During the years In which
the mine was closed the farmers OF
the neighborhood have been making
good stakes out OF these tailings with
little, home made cyanide plants. one
of the men who thus got his start was
Kendall, dlseoverer of the famous m,ne
of that name at Kendall. Mont. | am
working a force of 50 men AZ present"
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