Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1932-05-12
Many Mines
To Be Worked
This Season
Development of Quart
Properties Opening With
Coming of Spring.
GOLDEN WEST STARTS
CREW THIS WEEK

Active work in a number of the min
ing properties in this district will soon
be in full swing as the spring season
advances and the snow leaves the
higher attitudes Last Monday NJ E.
Schuweiler reported that the Golden
West company put crew of eight men
at work improving the road into that
companys property. The road work
will be finished this week and next
week active operation of the mine will
be started states Mr. Schouweiler
1t will be remembered that this COM
pany has gold property in the Fisher
river district that gives much promise
Of developing into dividend payer
Considerable highgrade gold ore has
been opened up and the company will
continue its exploration and develop
ment work this summer. Last fall prep
arations were made to operate all win
ter. but the heavy snowfall of the past
winter made operations Impractical
and work was suspended. Next week
the work Of further blocking out The
ore bodies will be resumed
Four Feet of Ore
Another property that is showing up
well is that of the Missouri Develop
ment company on Leigh creek. Work
on this property was carried on all last
summer and into the early winter
Several weeks ago work was resumed
and workmen have opened up a four
foot vein of ore that carries good values
in lead and silver with some gold, IT.
is understood this company is now
starting a new tunnel to cut larger
vein that shows up on the surface, Ac-
cording to reports the officials of the
Missouri company are much pleased
with what they are finding.
Additional Tunnel Contract.
A tunnel contract on the New Victor
property in Granite creek gulch was
completed few weeks ago and work
suspended temporarily. This is the
property in which some diamond drill
ing, done several years ago, apparent
" indicated a vein of exceptionally
rich gold ore lying beneath large iron
Gaping showing on the surface Of the
mountain Assays Of the drill core at
that time showed values of between
$500 and $500 to the ton OF late
months the company has been driving
tunnel aimed at opening this indi-
Gated body Of ore beneath the iron
Gaping At the time work was SUI
spended, nothing of value had been
encountered but the formation was
changing rapidly and indications were
very favorable to striking an ore vein
soon AT that time the contractors
wished to drive an additional Is feet
Recently they returned from Spokane
and it is understood they have gone to
work on an additional contract.
Washing Gold on Libby Creek.
Operation of the Logan placer on
Libby creek was resumed few weeks
ago. This property was operated last
summer and reports were to the eff
feet that very satisfactory results were
obtained and good savings in gold were
made. 1t is probable this property will
be operated all summer.
Ore for Two Years.
According to announcement recent
~ made by H. A. Joughin, president
of =the=eompan the Glacier Silver
Lead mine has ore blocked out suf-
ficient for two years operation. This
is another property on Granite creek
south of Libby and is a fully equipped
mine, with a modern and highly eff
ficient mill The ore is silver-lead and
carries considerable gold. A crew Of
men is now at work on this prop
erty.