The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-06-12
PICTURE ORE IN
KATIE MINE, BASIN
GOLD ORE FOUND WHICH GOES
5000, 900 to the Ton! One
Third Solid Gold
Ton Of Ore Shipped to East Helena
Shelter, Which Ran Over $50
Ounces in Gold; 1877 Ounces in
Silver.

Giving promise of ranking with
the famous gold discoveries of the
Cable mine west Of Anaconda, the
MayfIower of Madison county, the
Drum Lummon at MarysviIle, and
other properties which resulted in
naming Montana the Treasure
state 40 years ago, the strike of
free gold made on the 400 foot
level OF the Katie mine at Basin
on May IL has been an important
topic with Montana mining men
during the past several weeks.
Mining engineers and geological
experts of Butte, Helena, and other
cities have inspected the new find
and all are optimistic as to the fut-
ure of the Jib Consolidated Min
ing company.
More than 20 years ago when the
Katie was a new and small mine,
finds of free gold were made on nu-
merous occasions but those discover
les showed no such area although
they averaged as high in gold values
as the present strike.
In Virgin Ground
The present find was made in vir-
gin ground, we'll to the west end Of
the Katie and close to the east end
the Hope, also a Jib Consolidated
property. 1t is the intention of the
management to crosscut for this vein
on the 500 foot level, the present
bottom depth, and also on the 800
and 200 foot levels.
The picture ore or free gold shoot
IS close to the foot wall of a 27-foot
vein. The four feet adjoining the
foot wall is high grade ore; the free
gold shows in the center of this four
'eet and averages from 10 to Is
inches in width.
A picked sample of the picture ore
vas assayed at a Butte assay office
.wo weeks ago. 1t returned values
If 5000, 900 to the ton, or nearly one
bird solid gold. A shipment of one
on of this bonanza ore sent to Hell
ma a few days after the discovery !
'eturned values of 251.5 ounces of
,old, and 1874 ounces in silver.
After the vein was cut on May IL,
he management went east 100 feet
N the 400-foot level from the dis
.overy, crosscut, and again encoun-
cred the high-grade. Drifting on the
edge, both east and west, at both
apparently proves that the
ore is continuous in this sec
ion. To date this streak has been
developed for a distance of 1875 feet
,ast and west.
Inspires Optimism
One feature of the big strike al
is the universal moral support
ccorded the Jib by mining men in
IL sections of Montana. 1t has been
ollowed by a pronounced feeling of
ptimism, after several years of de-
ression in Montana mining opera
ions continuing against a high cost
f operation.
c. E. Gilman, of Oakland, Calf,
managing director of the Jib, is now
t the property. He is highly en-
husiastic following a thorough in
p~ection of both the discovery and
ne general operations at the proper
Robert w. Single of Honolulu,
resident of the company, and a num-
er of directors, are expected in Mon
within a week.
At present about 100 men are en-
loyed at the Jib, but this number
i'll be increased daily, according to
lie management, which says the ton
age will be 400 daily instead of
90. All the surface equipment is
ectric and of the latest type and the
d town of Basin, which had been
iceedingly quiet for a number of