The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-02-21

teams and three tours
hauling ore to York where it is
being shipped to the snelter.
Car No. 4 averaged nearly $40
per ton and net over $1,5OO.W
profit. Cars No. 3, 6. and Z are
at the smelters at Clifton, Ariz.
Mr.. Paul. the head metallur-
gist and consulting engineer of
the Philips Dodge Copper Co..
made his final trip of investiga-
ton to the above property, the
new strike which Joins the
Twin Peaks property to the
southeast. Mr.. Paul expresses
himself as being highly pleas
ed with the property. He pre-
dicted the new gold strike and
the Twin Peaks would be two
of the coming mines of the
state of New Mexico. The boys
are confident the Philips Dodge
Company will take the proper
ty at $225, 600 net. The first
payment of $12, 500 will be due
about February 23rd. Payment
No. 2 in three months. $26, 562.
The same in six months, $685.
1875. 90 in one year, same in eigh-
teen months and a like amount
in two years. The boys have
until the expiration Of the op-
ton to take out ore. A small
gasoline hoist has been install
ed which they are running day
and night. Twenty-eight mules
and horses are busy hauling the
ore to York where it is being
shipped to the smelters, and
from the latest news it appears
there is practically no end to
the amount of available rich
ore in sight.
Jim writes he has opened out
another shute of ore about 800
feet south of the new strike
shaft, that looks bigger and
pans coarser gold than ever.
Knowing the above is the true
condition. we feel sure the
deal will go through, which
will greatly increase the pres
ent value of the Twin Peaks
property. The Philips Dodge
Copper Company is one of the
largest mining corporations in
the United States. Records
show their different mining
interests to be worth hundreds
of millions; also that the above
company has paid out in divid-
ends over $22, 600, 600. Scientific
mining journals and numerous
mining men with national
regulations are vouching for
the Twin Peaks after rigid ex-
aminations. Any man who will
drop into the Clifton and Nor
enci district and inquire about
Twin Peaks will find that nine
ty-nine out of every hundred
will tell him that the above
company holdings stand good
to open out into the most ia
mou mining property in the
state. Also that the amount
of development done has proved
Twin Peaks to be a mine with
ore enough in sight to warrant
the erection of the 100 ton daily
capacity mill that is financed,
which will cost between forty
and fifty thousand dollars.
That the possibilities are un-
limited. 1t is true that no man
can see any further into the
earth than another; but men
who make mining their life
study can prove the value Of
the ore developed by actual
tests. They do also determine
from a geologist standpoint as
to whether the conditions are
favorable or unfavorable. The
conditions must be ideal or Mr..
John Brock man, who is a min
ing millionaire, would not try
to buy out the company after
his consulting engineer, Mr..
Barnes, had spent over a month
studying the conditions of the
property. Many other men of
note have passed favorably on
the property and have tried to
get a price on the Twin Peaks.
We have explained from time
to time that it was our one aim
in life to stick to the develop
ment as long as the conditions
continued so favorable. Our
present plans are to prove the
above statements are true, then
make complete arrangements
for balance of finances to sink
the mine from it's present depth
of 265 feet to $40 feet, also in
stall stations at each 100 feet of
depth, drift on each level at
least $50 feet, run cross cuts to