Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1912-05-14
REVIVAL OF MINING IN
THE JUDITH MOUNTAINS
r. JOHN MELLOR TELLS DEMO-
GRAFT OF ACTIVITY AROUND
OLD-TIME CAMP.

r. John Mellor, the well.known
Maiden mining man, is in the city
this week and to the Democrat stated
that conditions In the Oldest gold camp
in this section of the state are highly
satisfactorily. Mr.. Mellor is Of the
opinion that the next few years will
see a wonderful revival Of the indus.
try in that district, and, from his re-
port, this revival has already begun.
Work at Maginnis.
While the exact output of the old
Maginnis mine, now being worked un.
der lease from the Conrad-Stanford
company by Messrs. Mccormick, Bad
ger, Turnbull and Caldwell. Is not
definitely known, 1t Is the opinion of
Mr.. Mellor that 1t is now the great
est gold-producing mine in the entire
state. Within the past few weeks,
some wonderfully rich bodies of ore
have been opened up and this paper
is in a position to know that the bull
lion returns since the first of the pres
ent year have exceeded In value sixty
Thousand dollars.
Forty Men Employed.
The force at the Maginnis now num-
bers forty men, making 1t one OF the
most important payrOlls In the county.
The old mill with it's ten stamps Is
kept steadily running and large guam.
titles OF high-grade ore are shipped
to the Anaconda smelter every month.
j. II. Mccormick. one OF the most sue
cessful mill men in the United States,
has charge of that portion of the
work, while Billy Young, a Fergus
county boy and graduate Of the State
School of Mines at Butte, Is in charge
of the mining operations. From pres
ent indications the Maginnis Is
destined to repeat its record OF almost
| two decades ago, when 1t was looked
upon as one OF the greatest gold prop
critics in the west.
Another Rich Strike.
! Sellers and Alexander, whose claim.
the Last Chance, joins the Cumber.
land on the northeast, made an tmpOr.
tant strike last week and are now
drifting to catch the ore body at q
considerable depth. The face of the
drift where the ore was discovered
averaged $400 per ton and one picked
sample assayed $4,000.
| VOJNIUS oPoSSSO tVOToSs
| E. B. Coolidge, who has the Spotted
Horse mine leased, has eight men al
work and is shipping about one car
load of high-grade ore every month
The last carload shipped averaged
$125 per ton.
Cumberland Closes.
| The Cumberland mine was closed
down the first of the present month
Competent mining men believe that
this is one of the really big proper.
ties in that district, but that 1t has
been somewhat handicapped In its
management. It is confidently predict
ed that 1t will be opened up within
another year and kept running and
profitably producing for an indefinite
period.
Would Advertise District.
| Mr.. Mellor states that the mining
men in the Maiden, Cone Butte and
Gilt Edge districts are trying to de-
wise some manner of adequately ad.
vertising the gold mining possibilities
of the Judith mountains. A fund has
already been started with that in view
and Investigations are now being
made to determine the best method
of spending the money. Those best in.
formed sincerely believe that only the
necessary money, together with its in
telligent expenditure. are required to
bring the Judith mountains before the
world as one Of the most productive
mining regions In the entire western