Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-01
Mining News From Butte
and Other Ore Centers

Butte, Sept. 29.-With the arrival of
A. NJ. Chisholm of Duluth, work has
been started on the sinking of two
shafts on the properties Of the newly
organized Midwest-Butte Development
company in the silver section west of
this city. On both the Garibaldi and
Prospector claims shafts are being sunk
which viii be used for development
work on the Nile, Silver Cleft and other
properties of the company.
The Midwest is making preparations
for extensive work, and with the other
properties working in this section, the
West Butte district is showing more
activity than at any time since Bur-
lington was at it's zenith. The ANAL
gamation Of the claims acquired by the
Midwest, engineered by John McBarron,
and more than 30 mine owners sold
their holdings Besides Mr.. Chisholm,
A. Guthrie, FL. l.. Mundy and Charles
Foliott are directors of the new COM
pany. The latter three are members of
a large st. Paul brokerage concern.
The price of a side of bacon and side
OF ham given to a man 20 years ago
was the means of blocking a $150,000
mining option here Thursday. J.. Il.
NAe mAuIuS CuSiutcT anu EApCEt
from New York offered Ed Fellows and
John Cleary that sum for a six months
lease and option on three claims owned
by Fellows and Cleary, west of Boulder
creek.
The deal was halted by Cleary, ac-
cording to Fellows, who made the state
ment to The Tribune representative,
that the sum offered was too low.
More than 20 years ago, Fellows and
Cleary were working in Granite. Cleary
quit and came to Butte and Fellows,
after acquiring a grubstake, went pros
pecting near Dawson. A year later the
two men met in Butte and Fellows got
a grnbstake from Cleary and located
the claims near Boulder creek. Since
then the men have been partners. Mr..
Earring stated that it would take at
least six months to see what value the
property had. He left for New York
Thursday.
Information from the Idaho
property at Adair is to the effect that
ore has been uncovered and the drift
has been extended toward the Monitor
shaft The shoot is IL feet wide and
VIII average three or four per cent
copper. The finding Of copper ore at
a dept Of 1900 feet from the surface Is
considered a matter of great impor-
lance to the copper belt.
The Stemwinder Mining company has
sent out a shipment of ore to the East
Helena smeiter. The ore is a silver
bearing product which is characteristic
of the western part of the Grass Val
ley district. The Carbon Hill property,
adjoining on the west, is producing a
good quality of silver ore with the sup
port of greater output In the near fu-
ture The ore shows native silver as
well as silver oxide and horn silver.
The pay streak is small. The ore lies
in a porphyry uplift peculiar to that
region and which is limited in extent.
Excitement in the Scratch Gravel
hills in regard to the so-called lack or
want of title TO the Franklin mining
property is substituting very fast. It is
learned that title was acquired years
ago from the Northern Pacific railway
and Thomas Cruise acquired this title
by purchase. However it is main
tanned by locators of mineral claims on
the tract in question that no mineral
rights were reserved consequently a
mining title may be acquired by loca-
ton.
But. since the surface Ia owned by
the Thomas Cruise heirs, it may well
be that locators on mining claims on
the surface are trespassers. BY fur
nishing bonds for any possible dam
age to the surface, there is thought to
be a possibility Of working any .loca-
tons that may be made by other Cruise
heirs. The tract consists of about 800
acres, and the Franklin property is
credited with a production Of gold
amounting to S1,000,00O.
The Franklin is now idle and, from
the present outlook, will remain so. 1t
adjoins the Scratch Gravel Gold Min
ing company property on the north
western end. In order to determine
the rights of the parties mentioned
above, the Thomas Cruise Mining and
Development company has brought
suits against A; F, Vaughn, q. E.
! Wayne, A. Clark, John W. Carlson
sought by the Cruise company to pre-
vent the above named locators Of min
ing claims on the ground from tres
passing on the property.
Ore shipments are going forward
from the Success mine, according to
reports from Wallace. Two cars were
shipped last week and IL is expected
that the same number Will be made
this week. This ore Is expected to
return about 60 per cent lead and 90
ounces in silver. A raise 10 being
| started on the ore, and slopes viii
soon be opened which will permit in
creasing the running time of the mill,
which is now running only one shift
The ore shoot has now been proven
200 feet long, and there is still a fine