The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-01
MINING ACTIVITIES IN MONTANA

stoned not a little excitement. and Lock-
ey is more than convinced that another
Ruby Is in sight
Corbin continues to be the second Butte
OF Montana with most encouraging pros
poets for its future, which in the belief
is more than assured The Boston &
Corbln shaft Is now down 700 feet. and
the ore being extracted IS quite on
parity with that yielded by Butte mines
The Montana CorbIn Is stopping ore for
shipment. 1t Is OF an excellent grade,
while the Boston & Alta is down 700
feet and in splendid copper ore. The shaft
Is to be continued 10 depth OF 1000
feet, when cross-cutting to the famous
Alta vein will begin. The Alta Extension
company has struck a lour-foot vein of
we'll mincrali2ed ore in the face OF IA i5u-
foot tunnel Values are chiefly in copper.
The Butte Corbin is To start work on a
three compartment shaft Immediately, the
showing in the 500-foot tunnel having
demonstrated the existence of large ore
bouIes DR.. Wtherspoon and associates
have struck good ore in the Lone Star al
q depth Of 100 feet, while there is a splen-
did showing OF lcad-siver ore in the
Minnie Shea claim
Winston. the somewhat famed gold
camp twenty miles east Of Helena, Is
field Of great activity with the early
spring, with shipping ore being extracted
from number OF the old properties and
two recently developed mines as well.
Frank Nevns is shipping high grade gold
ore from his Iron Age gulch property. and
with most encouraging prospects Tor IN
definite continuation. Frank Kucers has
made one OF the richest strikes of recent
years In the district I'm his Beaver Creek
property. The pay streak is fifteen inches
wide. with the ore OF an exceptionally
good quality. while Matt Smell has opened
up a fine gold ore body on the old Sun
rise lead in Weasel eulch. Helena inves-
tors have developed splendid lead-silVer
property. with slight gold values at the
head of Weasel gulch. while the II, &c II.
continues TO yield hrst-class ore.
Henry Sherman. one of the leaders at
the Whitlatch- Union. a property with
just made j two-carload shipment To the
East Helena smeltcr OF ore taken from
the i60-foot level. The returns were most
satisfactory, The Chicago owners OF tho
near future. and IL is net improbable the
whole property will be opened up. 1t be-
ing understood that arrangements have
been tacitly completed for the necessary
water rights for the mill, The high price
asked for which is said TO have been re-
sponsible for tho closing Of this property.
as well the adjoining Spring Hill. \
crew OF men is also engaged In the Spring
Hin, and il is not unlikely the properties
Will be operated jointly,
The mill al the Lookout mine In the
StemDle district OF this county is 10 be
equipned Immediately with a concentrate tor
and cyanide plant. the necessity having
been demonstrated by regular operations.
The property Is owned by j, A. Stemple.
1t is a gold property. bur with a peculiar
ly refractory ore. Cyanide and concentra
tion tests have shown. however. tina
practically all values may be recovered.
The Hooper Brothers. operating. In the
same vicinity, have encountered sill
vcr-copper lead OF much promise. High
grade ore is being sacked OH the dump
preparatory To shipment.