Montana labor news., 1935-09-05
MONTANA mining
NOTES
August II, 1885.

Ruby Gulch Mining Company, near
Zortman, Phillips County, is getting its
mine in shape to produce low grade and
medium grade gold ore for a new mill
which probably will be erected in the
next few months, to replace the 650-ton
mill which burned several years ago.
The new mill will be Of three hundred
tons daily capacity, the ore to be
crushed in a crusher and rolls to one
eighth inch and, then leached with
weak cyanide solution. Electricity will
generated by Diesel power. The
mine is equipped with modern electi-
.cally driven compressors and locomo-
tives, the main haulage tunnels being
about 600 feet below the upper levels
of the mine and the large open cut,
from which 100000 tons have been
mined. The company has paid over
81 100000 in dividends. A typical
month under former operators shows
10000 tons mined and milled with head
assays of Sis, tails IS cents and min
ing and milling costs $1.05 per ton
THE property is about so miles south Of
|Dodson, the railhead. With the in
creased price Of gold, operations should
be profitable at this time. Reuben
Blumberg, St. Paul, has resigned as
president and has been succeeded by
Carl ]. Trauerman, mining engineer,
president of the Mining Association OF
Montana and the Montana Stock &
Bond Company, Butte. c. B~lumberg,
st. Paul, resigned the office of vice
president and was succeeded by Charles
Whitcomb, Of Zortman, who is mainly
responsible for developing the district
and who is a large stakeholder in the
successful Little Held Mining Company.
located five miles from the Ruby Gulch.
Ernest Dorain, Of the Montana Stock
& Bond Company, succeeds Charles
Eichelberger OF Minneapolis as secre-
tary and Harry Whitcomb OF Malta is
treasurer. Charles Whitcomb is gen
eral manager and George Whitcomb is
general superintendent. The company
is a closed corporation.
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Little Ben Mining Company, operat-
ing the August group of gold claims
near Landusky, Phillips County, is in
creasing its milling capacity to $50
tons per day, the process being coarse
chrushing and teaching with cyanide.
In July nearly 5000 tons Of ore were
treated at a low cost. The company is
deriving its power from a 110-horse
lpower Diesel engine and is installing
another Diesel plant Of US horse-pow-
err. This should be in operation in
September according to P. A. Wick
ham, Los Angeles mining engineer, who
is in charge of operations. Since start
ing operations only a few years ago the
company has paid for practically all
its equipment from mining operations
and has paid its stockholders in divi-
dends practically the entire amount Of
their investment. The nine stockhold-
ers in the company include some OF the
foremost business, professional and
men and bankers in Montana, the ven
ture having been started by Charles
Whitcomb Of Zortman. When the
NuDN 0ulCl lHiil SONS mo OpSl dllOh
that district, known as the Little
Rockies, will probably be the largest
gold producing section in Montana.
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John L. Templeman, Butte, for
merly attorney for the w. A. Clark
interests, recently purchased the Isele
silver claim in the southwest portion
Of Butte and has made arrangements
for financing operations with Salt Lake
interests. Work was resumed at the
property around the middle OF August.
Basin Montana Tunnel Company is
now treating better than 200 tons per
day Of silver-gold Headline ore at its
Comet mill near Basin, Jefferson
County. The Comet has been unwa-
tered to the 600 level. Recently some
high grade gold ore was encountered
on the 900 level OF the company's Grey
Eagle mine. Custom ore shortly will
be milled from the Mount Washington
mine near Wickes. William II. Hay
of New York, president OF the COM
pany, will spend the month OF Septem-
Der in Montana. The company in
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