Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-06
MINING NOTES
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
Butte, Nov. 5.-In September the
Davis DAILY Copper company produced
/, 1861 21 pounds of copper and 9o.os3
ounces of silver, compared with 1,o63,-
Oh pounds of copper and 52,s9s ounces
Of silver in August. and s70,619 pounds
of p p and 4o,967 ounces of silver
in July.
The Richmond Mining, Milling &
Reduction company has installed pumps
and begun the unWatering of its shaft
near Adair. Ida. according 20 infornla-
ton received here from Alex Leggat,
manager. The unwatering starts at a
point in the main tunnel. where a depth
of $50 feet is attained, and will be
continued to the mex level about 100
feet distant. Leggat says that he ex-
poets to complete the discharge in a
short time. 1t will be followed by an
extension of the east drift to connect
with a west drift run from the st.
Lawrence mine. The faces are so feet
apart
The financing of the Galena Mining
company will be considered by the
hoard OF the Callahan Zinc-Lead COM
pany at a session TO be held at the
mine near Wallace November u. The
development of the GaIena has reached
a stage at which arrangements must
be made fer milling facilities and the
installation of other extensive equip
meut, and as these are matters that
concern the minority stockholders as
well as the majority, the directors of
the Callahan decided TO meet at Wal
lace that there may be full discussion
of the subject. A meeting of the Ga
1.a s.zlInT1o~ ,-,Iy Io boJI ~, sln
day following the Callahan meeting.
1t is probable that the Galena com
pany will be absorbed by the Callahan
on Il basis of stock exchange to be de-
termined, but whatever action Is taken
will be with due regard to the sides of
the minority Galena stockholders.
Shipments from the Silver King
mine, located near Thompson Fails. TO
the East Helena smelter show some
excellent returns. One shipment of
1851 ounces of silver per ton, making
a net return OF S540.25. Another
shipment of a little more than a ton
carried 4n3,5 ounces of silver and net
ted S410.TS.
Tonopah Divide revenues fell off
S:23,9T0 in September. as compared
with S50.110 in August when abnor-
mally rich ore was shipped to the Bel
mont plant for customs milling, Sep
tenher shipments of 1903 tons aver
aged 500. 20 a ton, or S4T.T45 gross.
MetallurgicaI losses amounted to ST.
$50. or about 10 per cent, while treat
ment charges aggregated $500 or
St5.5n a ton, Net realization for the
Tonopah Divide company was S333,9TO,
The company does not plan to ship adj
ditionaI high grade ore to the Bel
mont mill. although the richest product
was forwarded in August, only of
S43.1 - average grade. In the future
Tonopah Divide will try to hold up
shipments To So grade SO as not to
gut the entire mine Of all good orc.
The unwateriug of it's workings has
been started hy the Success Mining
company. according to reports frem
Wallace. The extent of the unwater-
ing has not been stated. but the plans
of several months ago are reported to
have contemplated their continuance
to the next level. less than 200 feet
from the main tunnel level, referred 10
| Us the TOO. 4 cross cut to the vein
| opened on the 700 last spring is in
Guided in the plans. Orc shipments
| have been increased as n result of
which larger receipts are expected for
the production made this month. &C
cording to reports. The ore stopped Is
of good quality. The vein cut last
on the No. 4 level of the Western
Union is Is feet wide, according TO the
same source of Information. Six 10
seven inches of high grade ore IS on
| the feotwall and the appearance of the
vein is attractive. Drifting has been
! started. The scene of the develop
ment is 1000 feet east of the Aron
| s johnson Slope.