Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-08-21
More Than SO Mines Active Near VIRGINIA CITY

four feet Of $40 ore has been ds.elossd
five ton shipment made this spring nefte,
o. Of gold per ton The mine at one tim,
was equipped with a 20 stamp mill the OF
NIL taiiines being SHIPPED to the smelter IN
Rosebud Mine
I In Lower Hot Springs district the Rosebud
NINE Is being operated under lease by the
Rosebud Mining Co A $50 ft. incline shaft and
I 500 n. OF drifting on three levels comprise
the development work. The mine is owned by
william Reel. Gasoline hosting. COMPRISING
I and pumping machinery is being replaced WITH
electrical equipment During 1885 the mine
Billy and Ellen
The Billy and Ellen mine has been developed
oy Ed Price curing the past four years An
90 It. shaft and l,400 IT. OF drifting comprise
the oevelopmenH work. With samples cut at
five IT, intervals IT'S It, Of the VEN averages
past four years and averaging SIS tons each
netted $40 per ton. Gasoline hoistine and
COMPRISING equipment is used The mine IL
located four miles west OF Norris and is owned
Black Chief Group
Leased to W. A. Cook. the Black Chief
group OF four unpatented claims In the Nor
Wegian district is owned by Gordon Mcleod
and the Northey Bros. Recent operations in
clude sinking ITO It. shaft from which drifts
have been extended small mill Is on the
property with milling operations Just start
ing No definite results have been announced
as yet.
Grey Eagle Group
CONSISTING OF six unpatented claims one
quarter OF a mile south OF the Boaz. the
Grey EAGLE group is under lease from Herman
Stoker' owner, to the Ida-AGont Dew. ca
Approximately l.5O0 It. OF development work
mas oeen done Production from 1890 to 1900
is estimated at $4,000.
New Deal Group
Eishteen miles west Of Norris in the WASH /
ington mining district, Claude Heater locator /
and owner, is extensively developing tbe NTey I
Deal group Of four claims drift tunnel is /
being run on the vein and some small shin
ments have been made during the past three
seaIs. gasohne compressor has been in
stated, one OF the lew successful loan appli-
cants. Heater is now operating under an RIG
aeVelopment loan In the amount ofs2O 600
Josephine Mine
Located short distance south Of the sooz
The JoseEhine mine has been operated nv tbe :
Josephine Mining company for the past sew
srai years with A. Doornbos in charge.
i. FIoauctlon hsures were not obtained but
Z Is understood that several profitable ship
nents have been made The present manage-
nent has carried on an extensive deveIopnent
,rosram and the mine is equipped with hoist
ng and pumping machinery The ore fs siro I
lar to that found in the Boaz although the
Ho mines are on separate veins
Pony District
At one time the largest quartz mine T., ]
ne county the Pony district has u,roduced
a excess OF $4,000 0OO largely from tIe 49,,
aoth Atlantic-Pacific Boss Tweed & Clipper
.athet ana Strawberry-Key Included in =
ne uistrlet are the Mammoth, Mineral Hill
otosi and Norwegian districts :
OF these producers the Mammoth At1on+t.
ael4lc ana strawberry are now active I
Atlantie-Pacific Group =
me Atlantlc-Facific group is now being op- a
.ated py the Montana-Southern Mining COM G
any closed corporation. The company COM 4
leted installation Of a 100 ton mill using I
citation. last fall and this spring started 7
le-As with M l. Leydig Of Helena in
laree. Unique among mining operations IN 81
aolson county, the ore is mined In an OXEN
~ using gas shovel and a truck to haul
e ore the snort distance to the mill Several II
asst ~ VIC = =
The vein, which has been exposed for h
stance OF several thousand feet, is from 40 ~
lou ieet IN width and at the present time nj
e ore going into the mill averages So per &c
a. The mine is further developed BY an
lt level l5O0 feet long and opening 400 feet
low the surface, open pit workings =
ne mine Is located six miles west Of Pony =,
top OF the ridge separating Willow creek
ON south Boulder creek =
Mammoth Group
Located on south Boulder creek, two rnfIeS
nth OF the Atlantie-Pacific is another i'm
snse low grade deposit-the Mammoth-
Wathan group operated by the Liberty
ontana Mining company. The mine has been
tensiyely operated during the past 10 years |
d the company has shown a profit almost |
cry year production OF the group is estf- ! |
iteo at more than 81, 900 600
The mine is we'll developed and the vein
S been explored for a lineal distance ~ | |
re IMAM S'OO0 Feet, with maximum vertical
lance in excess Of 1000 feet. During 1895 |
; company treated an average Of 50 tons |
ny IN their mill which utilities flotation |
ore running s6ll per ton.
Strawberry Keystone
Intermittent milling and mining operations
We been IN progress at the Strawberry and
yStone mines during the past several years
ID and Dave Box are the operators The
1es equipped with q mill are two and one |
u miles west OF Pony and are reported to
70 produced over $50, 600.
White Pine and Pony Mines
he White Pine and Pony claims are being l
rated by Homer Rodgers under lease from
owners. No work is being done on the |
~, while the White Pine is being worked |
ough the Pony tunnel The Carmin estate |
'wner Of the White Pine while the Pony is
ned by the Filing Estates company and |
ers. Work at present is confined to de-
'pment work. with four man crew. The
es are one and one-haif miles west Of
Strawberry.
Willow Creek Mine
he Willow creek mine. owned by the FL
Estates Co., is now under lease to Reid /
Dawes. Present work is confined to clean
up the workings in preparation for winters
witty.
Garnet Mine
he Garnet mine, located miles south
t OF Pony, Is now under lease to Charles
.er, who is opening up the property
duction records indicate that 175,0OO tons
81 rock was milled at the property from
to 1905. Mrs. M L. Conner is owner
Mountain Meadow
mother old producer in the Pony district -
Ig re-opened is the Mountain Meadow W