Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-15
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Mining News From Butte
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Special to The Tribune.
Butte, Sept. 14.-Reports from Ne1-
hart indicate that the Silver Dixie
company, operating on Carpenter creek,
are preparing to open their properties
on a big scale. 1t is stated that IN
thing like four acres of the big lead
is being stripped on the surface pre-
paratory to the extraction OF ore by
the glory hole" method. The COM
pany has had a crew of men employed
for the last year in driving a MAN
tunnel and several crosscuts have been
made from wall to wall of the lead.
tpraises viii be made from these cross
cuts to the surface which is being
stripped and the ore, which IS an I'M
mense body, will be worked by grav-
ity through the glory hole" and dump
ed into cars at the tunnel level n
then transported to the mill which is
now in course of construction.
This method is one of the most eco
nomical yet devised for handling large
bodies of ore and the properties of the
Silver Dixie company are very favor
ably situated for this sort of handling.
Practically every ton of ore can be
handled by gravity from the time it is
broken until the final treatment at
the mill, and even then, in the form
of concentrates, it can be transported
to the railroad by tram or aerial con-
veyors and loaded on cars, all with
gravity as the motive power. In the
opinion of experienced mining men who
visited the property, the Silver Dlke IS
destined to make a considerable dis
turbance in the mining industry. 1t
Is stated that it is operating under
very capable management and that
there is plenty of capital behind the
company.
Dismantling of the Northport Smelt-
ing and Refining company's smelter
at Eorthport, Wash, which was pur-
chased by the American Smelling and
Refining company, Is proceeding rap
idly. Thirty-five men are employed
and II carloads of machinery have al
ready been shipped to the East Helena
smelter of the company. The equip
ment to be removed will be the roast
ing machinery, blast furnaces and other
apparatus essential in lead smelling
and will be used at the East Helena
smelter in treating an increased ton
mage of lead silver ores from the Occur
d'Alene district. The equipment was
purchased only a few years ago and
is practically modern. The buildings
will not be removed at this time.
Considerable excitement has been
created in the Sheridan, Mont, district
by the showing lately made in the old
Tamarack mine, which for the last few
years has been operated and developed
by Otto Schoenfeld and Charles Lehme,
under the direction of Schoenfeld. Ex-
tensive development work has been
going on for some time and last year
mi lIfHn~ narna - NJ Nha a.an
ton of a stamp mill and the production
of ore has justified the outlay. Early
in August q big lead was struck, the
production of which in three weeks re-
suited in something like 252 ounces of
gold, equivalent to about 5000. This
amount vas produced by four miners.
Fishermen who passed through Sheri-
dan were shown several large gold
bricks by the elated operators of the
mine. The gold is retorted at the mill
and shipped to the assay office in East
Helena, and is said TO be of fine grade.
The lead recently struck promises to
be quite extensive.
One of the most interesting mining
projects of Montana is the Walrath
group of claims in the northern part
of Gallatin county. This property con-
SISlS Ol - CidLHS lOCdLSQ III Jue
Bridger range of mountains, % miles
north of Bozeman. The values are
principally in lead. Other values are
in gold. silver and copper.
A most interesting feature in con-
nection with the property is the fact
that in some of the ore found in the
vein there is one-half of one per cent
tin. And this brings the further tate
ment that some of the tin found very
largely resembles the tin ores from
Cornwall, Wales. Mr.. Walrath has
been at work developing the group
which bears him name for about 10
years and believes he has some real