Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-08-21

milling equipment will be Installed next yea
when the ore is further developed and metal
y lurgical tests completed. The metals are gol
and silver. partly oXidized and running int
sulfides. Several VEINS, it is said, are o
workable width and extent as far as opene
show commercial values.
Past production Of the group is in exces
Of S150,O0o.
Easton-Pacifie Mine
Most famous producer in the Virginia Cit!
region is the Easton-Pacific group, now BENT
opened up by the Alabama Montana Mlninl
company whose operations we're started re-
Gently. The mine was shut down in 1914 be-
cause Of impending LITIGATION and the ma
chinery moved to the Missouri mine, despite
the fact that the operations we're quite sue
cessful. Past production is estimated at from
one to two million dollars and more
The mine. located in Browns gulch. five
miles west and south Of Virginia City. con-
sists Of antimonial silver sulfide ores con-
] tanning a fair percentage Of gold. The ore
bodies are found in a granite (aplite) intru-
/ sion. During the last eight months OF opera
ton IN 1914 the value Of the ore milled was
/ y in gold and silver at present prices.
! IN the l6sVs ore from the Shallower workings
was mined and shipped to Dillon BY team
and thence to the smelters at a profit
II is said that at the time the mine was
shut down in 1914 there was enough ore in
sight to run the 20 ton mill for a year without
further DEVELOPMENT work, the ore in the
more per ton.
The mine is developed to the SIS foot level
ana mas i've miles OF UNDERGROUND workings
with mining operations already underway,
the Alabama Montana company which holds
the mine under lease and option from the
Filing Estates company, will be shipping ore
to the smelter within the next week or ten
days At a later date they plan to erect n
modern mill on the property Harry REYNOLDS
is president and treasurer Of the company
ana William M Hoff vice president and sup
erintendent
Marietta Mining & Milling Co.
Largest quartz producer in the virginia
City district during the past few years has
been the Marietta Mining g. Milling Co. OPP
Grating the Marietta group near the head OF
Barton gulch. Since late in 1885 the company
has been operating the so ton mill on the !
property and in 1886 declared a dividend of
$4,000 The ores are largely sulfides and de- 7
levels-the winze from one of the main tunnels |
now being 4OS feet in depth-have shown the
VEN increasing in strength with a further /
l iiel. IN values Operations are under the
81. Johns Mine
me st. Johns mine has been operated for
the past two years under lease by George |
Purdy. Three shipments have been made from
the property by him and a great deal of
development work has been done He Is the
holder OF three nearby claims in conjunction
nan mile north Of the Wfnnetka
Homestake Mine
The Homestake mine located a short dis
lance from the FL Feleda, is being operated
- AVIAN Dbl ana partners on lease from the
owners. Like the FL Feleda the Homestake
another mine in which many leasing OBJ
,rations have been successful First shipment
rom the mine by those now working it will
'e made next week
Bamboo Chief
Under lease to John A. Schneider the
Bamboo Chief Is now being worked by him.
)ne shipment was made from the mine last
week but returns are not yet available.
Winnetka Group
The Winnetka group Of three claims, To-
ated in Highland district four miles south
virginia City and owned by @. n Gohn, ,
as been operated in a small way by the
wner for the past five years. The mine is !
eveloped by over 1000 It, Of workings. Reg I
lar carload shipments, with smelter returns
angling from $40 to $50 per ton, have been
iade. This year IL shipments have been sent )
0 the smelter.
A IS ton mill, using amalgamation and
ables, Is on the property and is operated :
hen sufficient mill run ore is blocked out.
Though exact figures are not available the
line is said to have produced sl75,o00 The
mall scale operations during the past five !
ears have accounted for $4,000 OF this !
mount.
MapIetOn Mine
The Napoleon group Of three claims near !
ne old town of Nevada City Is worked by
iilliam J. Batten. one OF the owners, and
OCCASIONAL shipments are made. The mine
developed by three $50 It. tunnels, a 200 Y
+. crosscut and a 80 It. shaft The vein is u
-om two to four feet in width. During the c
ears he has worked in the mine. Batten Q
as shipped 1900 tons averaging "a o. in P
Did and az o. in silver.
FL FeIeda Mine q
The FL Feleda, located a short distance Is
,uthwest Of Virginia City, is being operated G.
, Rice and Hulett The property is one that 4
rs been worked successfully by leasers off n
ON the dumps is now being milled in the
irginia City Gold Mining company's MILL 9
ow under lease to E. Prosper McCarty. :
KearsarEe Group =
Under the direction Of J. Willard de-
,lopment is going on, aimed at opening up u
me of the older workings OF the Kearsarge y
inc. One Of the more famous producers Of q
lis district, the mine has been inactive since
e first years Of the century except for oc-
.sional development work. -
Norris District ~
The Norris district, including the mining AZ
stricts OF upper and lower Hot Springs p
ering, Revenue Washington Bar and north y
Id south Meadow creeks, first came to at :,
ntion in 1864 when placer deposits were y
scovered on Norwegian and Meadow creeks.
Two years later the important Red Bluff,
1az, Revenue and other lode mines were 10
und. The late sixties saw this district per a,
lps the most active in the state and it is q,
Id that in 1869 eight quartz mills were in II
eration there. br
figures show a production Of IF
300. 600 for the district Of which 100000 d.
me from the placers. Among the important in
mes Of the district are the Boaz, Red Bluff, Is
alena, Madisonian, Missouri Revenue and di
ontor. The Norris district is perhaps the e2
ost active in the county.
Revenue Group
Under the direction Of p v. Jaskson, the q
venue Mines Development Co., Inc, is un- Sc
rtaking the rehabilitation of the Revenue 81
CUP Of Is claims and the 100 ton cyanide J..
ant on the property. The group Is credited re
tn a production in excess Of $4,000, 600. pro-
ced mainly between 1890 and 1921, when the
50 previous operators shut down. vi
During the past two years the present op- ur
ators have carried on a development and tn
pioration program. series of open cuts, q
y oy araghne shovel, were made, exposing Pc
veral hitherto unknown veins Of commercial m
e. rms spring the company started sinking ! to
ore ana at present claim TO have $4,000
ms OF mill rock blocked out. lowest samples OF
micn are Saio TO run 5000 per ton. Thia Of
s1sIon vas started IN May and during tina | an
~ t"o months u carload shipmsnts we're dr.