The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-08-07
MINING NEWS ENCOURAGING
North Moceasin June Report SHOVE
1852 Tons Of Ore
Treated.

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Helena.-The. June report OF the
North Moccasin mine at Kendall has
just been made. During the month
1857 tons were treated, yielding $685..
387.14, or a net bullion value Of $3.50
ton. The mining and milling ex.
pense amounted to S12,904.00, leaving
a net balance of $22,4S2.64, and OF
this amount Is per cent, or $16,861.98.
goes to the owners as partial pay
ment on the property, and $5,620.66
is retained by the company. With the
present underground working force
the tonnage for the month of July
will be in the neighborhood Of 1000
tons. The same company also holds
ter mine at Marysyille, and at this
property work is progressing in the
Piegan tunnel.
Rich Ore Reported.
Twelve men have been employed at
the Big Ok mine at Marysville for six
weeks or more, and it is reported that
some very rich gold ore has been dis
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men interested have sufficient capital
to work 1t on an extensive scale.
Mines in and about Libby are doing
exceedingly we'll, according to reports
which have been received from sever
al of the properties. The Vermillion
Silver and Lead Mining company is
doing extensive development work on
sfc LOT In, h1 NJ no t 1T tho
county. The Mountain View Mining
company is installing six-drill air
compressor on it's property forty miles
south of Libby and the miners are
working on the main tunnel. which is
now In distance Of 1,400 feet.
Concentrator Being Installed.
One thousand dollars in gold was
cleaned up during the carly part OF
this month from a short run Of the
five-stamp mill at the property of the
Kalispell-Lincoln Gold Mining compa.
ny. Most of the machinery for con-
centrator and an additional five
stamps have arrived at Libby for this
mine and will be hauled to the prop.
erty at once and installed.
~ IcpOEI DCCL lCCOlVCu A4OLA
the Shaughnessy Hill mine, which is
being developed by the Hazel T. Min
ing company, to the effect that the
drift is in an ore body fifteen feet
wide. and splendid values in silver
and lead are being obtained. This
company is planning on putting in a
concentration in the near future.
- I,<, Df a
best strikes ever made in the Orc
Finn mine in the Georgetown district
west of Anaconda was made this week
in crosscut about $50 feet from the
shaft on the 200-foot level. The cross
cut has since been run eighteen feet
! into the body of ore and the footwall
has not yet been encountered. 49, d :
Charles J. Stone of Butte, supcrin-
tendent of tho Butte-AlaX Scott mine,
says there is no truth in the report
that has been going around that ne
gotiations for the sale OF that mine
to the Anaconda Copper company are
. being considered.
A special meeting of the stockho}d.
ers OF the Tuolumne company was
/ held August J., ana al lndl lueetl il5
the enlargement Of the operations OF
the company by taking over the Butte
Main Range ground was discussed.
The purchase of the claims will give
the Tuolumne company an additional
area of about forty acres Of valuable
mining ground.
The Davis-Daly company is now
shipping on an average OF 300 tons
of ore day and the management
makes the announcement that within
another month the shipments Will be
increased to 400 tons day.
Milton f. Webster, who is in charge
of the Bullwhacker teaching plant.
announces that the plant will be in
operation by the last of this month