The Daily Missoulian., 1913-07-13
NOTES OF MINING

NOTES OF MINING
Mullan. July 12.-(Special 1.-THE
strike of galena ore made at the Hec-
tor mine a short distance west of
Mullan has been farther developed
this week with the result that the tun-
mel now shows q vein of ore is feet
in width. About five or six feet of
the vein filling is fairly good ore and
ii the shoot continues as good as it
is now the management believes it
viii be possible to sort and ship a
large proportion of the best ore
streaks. Preparations are being made
to start drifting on their vein as soon
as the main crosscut is far enough
away to allow another crew to start
the work. The main crosscut is be-
ing pushed ahead for another vein
which is believed to be about 800 feet
further north. This is the third or
fourth vein Of ore crossed by this
tunnel, the others being located on the
Mayflower ground
The IdOra company Is making prep
aratiOns to haul concentrates from its
new mill in the Sunset district to Bum
station on Nine Mile The ship
ments will be the first concentrates
to come from the Sunset Peak dis
trict.
The Iron Mountain mine and mill,
near Superior. were started this week
under most favorable conditions Elec-
trio power is used throughout both
mine and mill. and it is expected that
steady production will be main
tanned indefinitely. To return this
mine to the producing stage has been
herculean task, and has been ac-
complished under extremely adverse
conditions. The old workings were in
such bad shape as to render their sue
cessful reopening and operation from
the surface impossible. The first task
undertaken by the new company was
to drive new adit tunnel a distance
Of 5000 feet. This opened the vein
100 feet above the old sump. It was
then necessary to sink 400 feet and
open sufficient ore reserves to warrant
the installation of a new milling plant.
Power was the next problem. and this
the company solved by constructing
an electric line to Thompson Falls at
ments completed and the mill in OPP
GRAFTON the mine has now passed to
profit-earning basis. William @.
Ranft is manager and Jesse Daily is
superintendent.
The Big Creek Leasing company has
awarded contract for 400 feet of tun-
mel to Joe Sligo and Walter st. Ger
main. This contract is the first of
series of contracts aggregating $500
feet of tunnel on the Yankee Boy prop
erty in the Wardner district.
The Nipsic company in the Sunset
district has received it's compressor
machinery, and as soon as same can
be placed in position operations will
be resumed at the mine, connections
having already been made with the
Washington Water Power company's
electric line.
The Great Western property east of
Burke is reported to be making a
splendid showing of galena ore. Re-
Gently WinZe was started on a shoot
of ore encountered some time ago and
carried down about Is feet showing
feet wide. At this point the water
became too heavy to handle with the
equipment at hand. and the work was
suspended and raise started on the
same shoot Of ore with good results
so far. Manager Russell is now in the
east making arrangements with prom
inent stockholders in the company to
finance the proposition for further de.
velopment in the winze
The Terrible Edith company at Mur-
ray has several carloads of first
class ore ready for shipment, and
which Is now being hauled to Little
field, the shipping point The Edith
Is one of the steady shippers in the
MURRAY ulSlTlCI.
Patrick Burke, formerly Of Mullan,
has secured an option on the Vir-
ginia- a-Carlyle group of claims on Car
bon creek In the Sunset district.
Thursday Of this week the Snow
storm company at Mullan paid div
idend of $2250O to its stockholders at
the rate of ~ cents per share. This
brings the total dividends to $l.169,617
AT the present time the Snowstorm is
the only dividend paying copper mine
in the Occur d'Alenes. The profits
are being made from a mill feed of
about 2h per cent copper. The COM
pany Is we'll fixed financially and Is
carrying on much new development
work.