Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-02
Mining News From Butte
and Other Ore Centers
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
Butte. Oct. 1.-More than $780,
coo from Ia car loads of ore
was the cleanup of leasers who
recently finished work at the Gold
smith mine at Walkerville. On the
first of the month, the Crystal Copper
company, which owns the property
started operations. At present about
36 men are employed on both shifts
1t is understood that all debts against
the property have been liquidated.
The Crystal company is also operat-
ing near Basin and III the Marysville
district. In the latter district a tun-
mel is being driven to tap the levels OF
the old Penobscot mine. This is the
property that nearly 80 years age
made more than a million dollars fOI
it's discovered, Nate Vestal. The
prospector and discoverer of the mine
lost his money trying to buck the Chi
cago and New York stock exchanges
and in 1897, at the age of 20, followed
the rush to Alaska.
John w. Brown, president of the
Liberty Montana Mining company, who
has spent several weeks at the com
pany's property at Mammoth, has left
for his home in Waterloo, Iowa. Ac-
cording to information received from
Mammoth, which is in Madison county
about two miles from Jefferson Island
the property will be closed down until
spring, during which time oil flOtation
machinery will be moved from the Bis
marck property to Mammoth. A new
tunnel is proposed when work re-
sumes there. which will tap the ledge
240 feet below the present tunnel level
Barton Mitchell of Stockton, Cal,
has arrived at Philipsburg from Pitts
burgh. He is associated with Pitts
burgh capitalists who W the mining
property formerly owned by the HUFF
man brothers, near Maxwell. Inc
property consists of a group of four
quartz claims, one and one-halt miles
southwest of Field spur, near Stone
station. on the Philipsburg and Drum
mond branch of the Northern Pac1tlc
and one and one-fourth miles from the
electric plant of the Granite County
Power company, which is controlled by
the McKeever brothers of New York
Work will be Immediately started by
Mr.. Mitchell, and electric machinery
will be installed, which will be utilized
in operations.
Prior to the securing Of the option
by Mr.. Mitchell and his associates. the
Huffman brothers had done extensive
development ON the property, which
resulted in Il flattering showing or ore
bodies. Mitchell and his associates
are now running a three-post drive
II feet wide, all in ore, which assays
in excess of 20 per cent copper. Inc
vein is a contact vein, averaging from
% to 80 feet in width, all of which ear
ries high values in copper and SILVER
There is at present 400 tons OF snip
ping ore on the dump.
Mr.. Mitchell, on his arrival in Butte
admitted that he had paid S2O,OoO TO
the Huffman brothers on the option,
but he would not state what the fun
price was. He stated that the property
runs high in silver and copper. lie
was formerly assistant foreman of the
East Colusa mine here and is a broth
er of Tom Mitchell, formerly superin-
tendent of the Boston & Montana
group of the Anaconda Copper Mining
company properties here.
The Heating mill at Radersburg
shut down last week and will not re-
sume operations until spring. 1t was
stated there that the SHUTDOWN WIN
not affect the 10 10 and Mountain
Maid properties, which are both oper-
ating. j..
Recent reports of the gold strike at
Raid Butte in the Marysville district
are confirmed by the assays. when
show SIG in gold. s. in silver and LEAD
orc to the ton. This is one of the old
est properties in the state, and 1t was
thought that it was worked out more
than 90 wears ago. Three weeks drift
ing on the 4OO-foot level shows that
considerable good ore still remains
George W. Padbury is general man,
ager of the property, which is owned
by Helena and Duluth capitalists.
In the same district the Smaiggi
brothers are making some big none,
on their option and lease on the old
Drum Lummon mine. This is the
%nronerty which was sold by Thomas
| Cruise to the Montana Mining company
! for 1900. 900 more than 40 years ago,
Samples of ore have been received
in Helena from new workings in the
Bald Butte mine in the Marysvllte us
! trict. which gives promise that the new
workings will develop into a second
| Bald Butte. The new lead is 800 feet
south of the old workings and at the
present time it has a width of four
feet. The Bald Butte is one of the
famous gold mines of the west, ard
| ore was taken out of the old workings
which ran as high as $4,000 a ton.
Carbon Hill and Stemwinder claims
ia Grass Valley are producing and
shipping silver ore. The veins are