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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
| PORTERS FLOOD
AMERICAN MARKETS
WITH FOREIGN OIL

WASHINGTON - Imports Of
crude and refined oils amounted to
3O,O97,0OO bbls. during first six
months this year, nearly 15% over
same period of 1888, commerce de-
partment reports. Larger purchas-
es of foreign crude were mainly res
ponsible for the increase, total i'm
ports amounting to 1928, 900
bills, gain of 3,S44,O0O bbls. En-
tries for immediate consumption
were higher by 2,41S,O0 bbls. due
to heavier shipments from Venezu-
ella and Columbia received in New
York and Massachusetts customs
districts. while imports from Mexi-
co at Galveston for refining in
bond at Houston increased from
nothing to 1,406,000 bbls. Case
line imports were negligible aside
from an entry in March of 313,-
900 bbls. from Mexico into bond
at New Orleans.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
new PROFESSOR
MINERAL DRESSING
AT MINES SCHOOL

The nomination of DR.. S. r. B..
Cooke to the position of research
professor OF mineral dressing at
Montana School of Mines is an
nounced by President Francis A..
Thomson. President Thomson ex-
pressed great satisfaction that Mon
tana School of Mines has been able
to secure the services of DR.. Cooke,
who is one of the outstanding
younger men in his field. President
Thomson also stated that DR.. Cooke,
a native of New Zealand, has had
unique preparation, as he became
a student at the Thames School Of
Mines, New Zealand, at the early
age of IA and has continued in the
field of metallurgy and ore dress
ing continuously since that time.
Thus, although a young man, DR..
Cooke has already had half a life
time of experience.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
MINE sEVNRANOE TAX

ARIZONA tax-snatchers are en-
deavoring to revive the destruc-
tive mine severance tax. 1t would
seem as though the extremely ac-
tive (and militant when necessary
Arizona Small Mine Operators As
ISOLATION, with its large member
ship, will be able to properly edu-
cate the voters of a state so de-
pendent upon mining. And again,
the Little Fellow" is the one who
should be most crippled by such
Notwithstanding Review, Salt
Lake.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
RADERSBURG MINES
EMPLOYING TO MEN

The capacity Of the 75-ton flota-
ton mill is being increased to 100
tons by the addition of extra flo
tation cells and accessory equip
ment at the Ohio Heating mine of
the N. and M. Mining Company.
Walter McLaren is president of
the concern which is employing 40
men at Radersburg. P. M. Mosier
in general superintendent. Others
on The operating staff are: Harold
Sitton, mine foreman; X. P. Thur
ston. mill foreman; Martin Voll-
mer. master mechanic; and Jack
Rails, assayer. Concentrates are
trucked TO Tolston and loaded on
cars for shipment to the East Hell
ena smelter.
This company has been working
the mine for the past nine months.
Mine and mill are powered by cleo
tricity.
Between 80 and 40 men are en-
ployed at the Heating mine and
mill. owned and operated by George
G. Griswold. Jr.. and L. ]. Cody.
One shift daily in the mine keeps
the mill operating three shifts. ].
j. Chiuminatto is superintendent
and Nels Anderson is master me-
chanic. both of Radersburg.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
HELENA May GET
GOLD TIES

The city of Helena has granted
a placer lease on city land known
as the Old Sewer farm for gold
dredging purposes, to Montana
Mineral corporation. Louis H. Tan
gen is president and Herman Ing
mare of Helena, is an officer of the
mining company. They expect to
test the 600-acre tract and IL re-
suits are satisfactory they will
dredge 1t, paying royalties totaling
$4,000 to the city of Helena. The
lease runs until July 81. 1910.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
NOTHING FOR NOTHING

Nothing comes from doing moth
ing" wrote Shakespeare.
The Bard of Avon died some
three centuries ago, but his advice
seems more necessary today than
ever before. For the first time, in
our American history of least, a sub
stantial group of citizens have some
to believe that they are entitled to
something for nothing. They feel
that the world, as exemplified by
their government, owes them a liv-
ing. They are quite convinced
that no responsibility devolves up
on them to save, to work, to think,
to plan
Well, it is time they learned
otherwise For the country has spent
billions providing something for
nothing, and about the only result
is a tax and debt burden that is
throttling our productiveness, and
new "class" holding out their
hands for more money they did
nothing to earn. We've squander-
ed a great deal more than we can
afford already. to learn that Moth
ing comes from doing nothing"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
USE HYDRAULIC ON
UPPER GOLD CREEK

The Master Mining Company, r.
w. Shoemaker Of Deer Lodge, presi-
dent and general manager, has leas-
ed the entire holdings of Fabian
Bissonette on upper Gold Creek.
Hydraulic equipment including
dragline and shovel has been in
stalled and dam built to impound
the waters of Gold Creek lakes to
insure a sufficient water supply.
John Mcintosh is foreman in charge
at Deer Lodge. o. L. Rhoades OF
Missoula is a director Of the COM
pany. Fifteen men are employed.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
GENERAL PET HAS
GE0L 0GICAL CREW
IN ALBERTA FIELDS

General Petroleum Corp. has be-
come the third Standard Oil inter
est to join in Alberta oil develop
ment. The company has sent two
biologists, A. F. Barratt, of Cas-
per, Wyo., and E. C. Edwards, of
Bakersfield, to carry out survey
OF the local industry and report on
the prospects for new develop
ments.
The two geologlsts have opened
an office in Calgary. Two other
Standard groups are also actively
engaged in oil field development in
Alberta, Standard Oil of New Jer-
sey is represented by Royalite Oil
Co., dominating figure in Turner
Valley, and The Northwest Co., now
engaged in developing the Grease
Greek field. Standard OF California
is represented by The California
Company, holding a total of around
10000 acres in the Stevensville,
Clearwater and Ross Lake areas
and now starting a drilling pro-
gram at Stevensville.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
HELENA next
HOST CITY TO
MINING Men

Helena will be the 1910 host to
the Mining Association of Montana,
by choice of members assembled at
the meeting at BOzeman. White
hall made a bid for the session but
the Helena delegation mustered
enough votes to win over the ac-
tive Whitehall boosters.
The Bozeman meeting was highly
successful, thanks largely to the
hard work of A. Doornbos of the
local committee. Intelligent publ
city and an excellent printed pro-
gram was credited to Elliott Cold
water, a student at the School of
Mines at Butte, who had an i'm
portant part in all of the conven-
ton arrangements.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
STANLEY GRAY IS
INTERESTED IN new
VERMICULITE zine

The Vermiculite Company of
America, Stanley Gray of Mime
apolis, president, is planning to in
stall a second mill near Gunnison,
Colorado, on a large vermiculite
deposit which the company owns.
The present mill is at Hillside,
Colorado. where the vermiculite
ore is cleaned and graded in three
sizes at the rate OF about three tons
an hour. Mining is done by power
shovels.
H. Clyde Closer of Canon City
is western manager and purchasing
agent for the company, which has
holdings in Custer and Fremont
counties. The company also owns
vermiculite deposits near Hamilton,
Montana.
Gray has large oil interests in
Northern Montana.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
USE BAKER OIL
As FUEL FOR
STEAM PLANT

BAKER Northumberland Utili-
ties company started this week to
haul crude oil from the storage
tanks at the two oil wells south
east of Baker. The crude is being
trucked to Miles City. where the
company will use 1t for fuel in its
steam generation plant.
1t is partially an experimental
process, but the company officials
estimate that 100 barrels per day
will be required for present use.
The company will now resume pun
ping, which was stopped when the
storage tanks were full, for want
of market.
William Harris of Baker has the
hauling contract.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
FIFTY-TON Mill
FOR B0AZ MINE

A 5O-ton mill will be construc-
ted at the Boaz mine near Norris,
Montana, this fall. While a final
decision has not yet been made, 1t
is possible that recovery will be by
cyanide. The property is being Op-
Grated with the adjoining Josephine
and Comstock mines by Arthur J..
Theis of Norris and associates. Re
cent development work included the
extension of the double compart-
ment Boaz shaft from the $50 to
the 5O0-foOt level. Considerable
water was encountered in the low
er reaches of the property and is
being pumped. Including lessees,
40 men are working in the mines.
E. w. Stevens Of Norris is mine
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
PORTLAND Man GETS
HARVEY CREEK Mine

Edwin T. Hodge, of Portland has
leased the placer ground Of the
Harvey Creek Mining Placer Com
pany on upper Harvey Creek near
Bearmouth. Hydraulic equipment
with bulldozer and dragline is being
installed. A II mile road down
the canyon is being built to the
property. Eight men are employed.
The Harvey Greek company Is
owned by Walter Alexander, E. F..
Perkins. and F. C. Howard of Deer
Lodge.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
COPPERs ARE GOOD BUY

NEW YORK-The likelihood OF
earnings of copper producing com
psnies rising to the best levels since
1929 was foreseen today in study
of present position of the copper
industry" made public by Horn
blower g. Weeks, members of the
New York stock exchange.
The study, summarizing financial
and operating data on three leading
copper producers, Anaconda, Kenne-
colt and Phelps Dodge, included a
chart showing the correlation be-
tween the trend of copper sales
and the price Of the stocks.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
DRAKE Mine WORKING

The Green Mountain Mining Com
pany is employing Is men at its
Drake mine near Dixon, under the
general management of Earl F.
Elstone. The company is shipping
smelling ore. values being in gold,
silver, platinum, and copper, and
is stockpiling mill-grade ore. AS
yet capital is not available for mill
installation. A shaft has been sunk
to a depth of 100 feet and new
level is being run at this point.
Mart J. Sullivan Of Dixon is presi-
dent.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
cow MYSTERY SOLVED;
DRANK POISONED WATER

Half a dozen cows disappeared
in the Helena district near the once
world-famous Bald Butte mine.
Their bodies were found later, with
the brands cut out of the skin.
The sheriff investigated. He found
that mine operator buried them
after they were killed by drinking
water poisoned with cyanide from
the mine. The miner had cut out
the brands so he could find the
owners. He settled in full with the
owners.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
sae5. rs CoLLRCTED

The state board of equalization
collected $665,7S5 in July, with
S576,13S Of the total coming from
the five-eent per gallon state tax
on gasoline used on the highways.
other tax collections: Oil produc-
ton, $22, 4O1; coal production,
S18,995; corporation licenses, $12.-
OO9; natural gas production, SILL
957; electricity licenses. SPAS;
cement production, $5.897; income
taxes, S4,S76.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
MAPlETON SHIPPING

Thirty tons of ore are being
shipped daily to the Washoe Sampl-
er at Butte. frsm the Mapleton mine
near Virginia City. The ore is
being removed during development
operations and values average 0.4
to the ton. w. J. Franklin of Salt
Lake City, recently acquired the
property under lease from the Ell
ling and Willard estates of Virginia
City, owner. Franklin is in person
al charge at Virginia City.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
WORKING FOR THE
GOVERNMENT

The American Federation OF IN
vestors recently made a study of
1853 typical industrial. railroad and
utility corporations. 1t was found
that 81 per cent of the aggregate
profits made by these companies
was paid to government in taxes.
Read that over again If you're
wondering why capital is in hid
ing'-and why industry at large
is marking time and not going
ahead.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
FINISHES CONSULTING WORK

H. ]. McClelland of Metaline
Falls, Washington, has completed
his work with the Glacier Silver
Lead Mining Company of Libby
Montana. He left the American
Zinc. Lead and Smelling Company
when its mill closed early last
spring and has spent some time
in Kellogg, Idaho. doing consulting
work a we'll as work for Glacier
Silver-Lead.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
SMELLING EARNING UP

NEW YORK Smelt-
ing & Refining Co. and subsidiaries
net income after all charg-
es for the first half of 1899 Of
$5,429, 674. This was equal to
$1.6S a share on common stock
after preferred requirements and
compared with net income of
$5,112,66S, or $153 a share, in
the comparable period of 1888.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
HOLSTERS INCORPORATB

Articles of incorporation were filed
by the Hoosier, Inc. of Cooke, Park
county, to carry on a mining bust
ness, sell water, to operate tourists
camps, beer parlors and confection-
cry stores. Capital stock, $4,000
in shares of 800 par value. In
corporators, each of whom has one
share of stock are w. A. Harry
and Fanny May Hoosier, all of
Cooke.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
DECIARE DIVIDEND

The Montana Silver Queen Min
ing Co., Neihart, paid divi-
dend of one cent a share, totaling
$4,000, September first, to stock
of August record This is the
company's first dividend from oper-
atoms. The company's latest smell
ter returns on concentrates shipped
amounted to $14,645 on As tons,
which ran $3.50 silver, sos gold
and $1.72 lead per ton. Therrett
Towles, Spokane. Wash, is presi-
dent.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
MNING QUOTATIONS DELAYED

Friday quotations on the mining
stocks could not be obtained owing
to the fact that the wire closed be-
fore they could be obtained. owing
to the rush of the big board. Ana
conda, as an example, opened at
2SA and closed at 2S1s; American
Smelling & Refining opened at
AK and closed at 46A. BethIe-
hem Steel opened at 56% and clos
ed at 81 II, all as a result of the
war buying.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
HARVEY PLACER COMPANY

Harvey Placer Company, INC, has
been incorporated in Missoula
county to engage in placer mining;
capital stock listed at $4,000 shares
Of common with no par value. all
of, which is subscribed. Directors
are DR.. Edwin T. Hodge, A. B.
Cutler and Edward A. Bayrie, all
of Portland, Ore. Plans are to
develop placer mines in Granite
county.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
PONDERA WE'LL DOWN $50

Drilling of the well of Pondera
Oil Syndicate on the discovery
tract of Pondera oil field, in Sec
ton 17-27N-4W. was reported drill
ling at a depth OF $50 feet this
week. Prevol & Shea. contractors,
are using electric power for drill
ling. Pondera is the only field In
the state where electric power has
been used to any extent.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
DANDY MINING 90.

The Dandy Mining & Milling Co.,
Bearmouth, has been incorporat-
ed for 100000, with S. H. Rich
ardson. Spokane, Wash, as princi-
pal director and manager of the
company's gold mine operations.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
WITHDRAW RRGIsTRATTON

Wyomont Petroleum Co. of Bill
lings, w. T. Hardendorf. president,
has withdrawn its registration
statement filed with the Securities
& Exchange Commission at Wash
ington, D. G.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
FORREsTER Ar U. OF IDAHO

MOSCOW, IDAHO-Dr. L. Dom
aid Forester of Butte, Mont, was
appointed by the executive COM
mittee of the University of Idaho
board of regents as head of the ge-
ology department.
DR.. Forester formerly was with
the Anaconda Copper Mining Co.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
EvENsTA.MoRToN co.

Articles of Incorporation have
been filed by the Evensta-Morton
company to engage in general
mining business. Headquarters of
the organization will be in room S
Penwell block, Helena. Fifty thous-
and shares of capital stock at 81
per share are listed. Incorporators
are E. G. Evensta. H. S. Morton and
Paul w Smith.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02

FOR SALE-Popcorn wagon, cost $500
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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-02
MISCELLANEOUS

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before 200 Key-men- Cost trif1ing
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OVER THE COUNTER
ATEgTAIl

Wash. Water Power 1O4.5O 1866
Mont. Power Pfd....--1O3.OO 1866
Evening star., 1939-03-08

more, makers Of the remedy which
is used largely for headaches and
neuralgia, was given until April l
to file an answer to the charges
against the product.
II such an answer is filed a trial
date then would be set by Federal
Judge Marvin Underwood, who au-
thorized the seizure. Mr.. Left ex-
planned that if the Government
proved its accusation in a jury trial
the destruction of the medicine then
could be ordered. If the accusation
were not sustained the product
would be returned to its owners.
He emphasized that no criminal ac-
cusations were involved.
Yesterdays seizures were made
at a wholesale warehouse and two
distributing companies. Retail
stocks were not Immediately affected.
Evening star., 1939-03-08

At least three of the stories Lowell
Thomas told on himself last night
when he appeared at Constitution
Hall on benefit program for the
Central Union Mission appeared to
be new to the rather sizable
audience.
And they all went to show that,
regardless of the esteem COM
mentator commands-whether he
leaves the radio public nodding or
gasping-he can always be sure of
his fan mail, be it complimentary or
otherwise.
For instance, Mr. Thomas recalled
the time he devoted a part of one
of his broadcasts to dispatch from
Ireland which dealt with the un-
earthing of tomb containing
skeletons believed 1000 years old.
After relaying the speculations of
archeologists that the bones were
those of ancient Irish royalty, Mr..
Thomas hazarded a guess that it
was possible, too, they were the
ancestors of Pat and Mike
At that time Mr.. Thomas COM
ments were sponsored by national
magazine and the response to this
frothy close to an otherwise serious
news item was the cancellation of
10000 subscriptions to the publica-
ton.
That is what Mr.. Thomas said,
explaining how he was deluged by
telephone calls and other messages
from indignant Irish Americans i'm
mediately after he signed off.
A little different was the story
presented via the radio by Mr..
Thomas about a Bulgarian woman
who attributed her longevity-150
years of ito the fact that she
Evening star., 1939-03-08
Rand|e Highlands
Citizens |ndorse
Legislation
Association Fovors
Heavier Penalties in
Hit-Run Accidents

Several legislative proposals for
the District were Endorsed by the
Randle Highlands Citizens Associa-
ton last night at its monthly meet
ing. They include: Enactment of
heavier penalties on convicted hit
and-run drivers; means of deter
mining the degree of intoxication
of drunken driver; establishing Of
municipal parking lots; limiting the
number of taXicabs in the Dis
trict; the Overton bill, dealing with
taxation of district property used by
the Federal Government.
The association opposed a bill
raising the gasoline tax to cents.
Also opposed was the present park
ing of taxicabs on the Union Sta
ton Plaza, and the further issuing
of liquor licenses in the Randle
Highlands vicinity.
The Rev. Father j. V. Buckley of
st. Frances Xavier Catholic Church,
the Rev. w. Bertram King of Foun-
tain Memorial Baptist Church, and
the Rev. N. G. Newell of Ryland
Methodist Church spoke of the his
tories of their respective churches
and of the rapid development of
the community. No II police pre-
cinct was commended by the men,
bers for handling traffic at the visit
of the transatlantic Clipper. John
McGinnis spoke
Requests were made for road i'm
provements and for particular at
tention to focusing of auto head
lights and of eliminating one-light
machines in the District automobile
inspection.
Paul r. Donley repeated his plea
which he made before the Kenil-
worth Citizens Association on Mon.
day night against the proposed
building of dormitories to tempo
rarlly house 40 or more Occoquan
prisoners necessarily engaged in
transporting bricks and laundry be-
tween Washington and OccOQuan
Evening star., 1939-03-08

ing were invited to send Mr.. Thomas
telegram at no cost.
The messages poured in in bales
266, 900 telegrams-and Mr.. Thomas
was informed that if he had to pay
for them it would cost him close
to $250,0O0.
Then somebody decided it wouldn' t
be a bad thing to sort the wires to
get slant on what the public wrote
when it was at gift rates. From the
Middle West one man telegraphed
a lengthy excerpt from the Bible.
1t seemed he thought the offer of
free service was fake and this was
his way of getting even.
Many of the messages were of a
similar tenor, but the most glaring
coincidence was the fact that about
1000 wires-from all sections-were
signed with the name of that buxom
actress who likes company. Need
Evening star., 1939-03-08
Lowell Thomas Attests
Surety of Fan Mail

had always taken a Bulgarian DO
tato to bed with her.
This also brought some rather
cryptic reaction from his listeners,
possibly the most notable exception
being taken by an 8O-year-old Ver-
mont woman, who said she thought
she had done pretty we'll to live
fourscore years, but she did not
blame 1t on a potato. She pre-
ferred a hot-water bottle.
Then, also, there was a program
Mr.. Thomas put on from the nerve
center of one of the couritry's great
est telegraph companies. Near the
END OF the broadcast those listen
Evening star., 1939-03-08
Bromo.Se|tzer Seized
nDruq Act Charqe
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, March 8.-Assistant
United States District ATTORNEY Isa-
dore Left announced yesterday Fed
eral agents had sized more than
$500 bottles of Bromo- Seller, a pro-
prietary medicine, on charges it was
mislabeled and potentially danger
GUS to health"
Three petitions of accusation, filed
under the Federal Food, Drug and
Cosmetics Act of 1898, alleged the
widely used medicine was mis-
branded" and lis dangerous to health
when used in the dosage or with the
frequency prescribed" on the con-
tainers.
The Emerson Drug Co. OF Balti-
Evening star., 1939-03-08
Prince Churminq' Vetoed

LOWER MERION. Pa, March 8
R.-Lower Merriam High Schools
Student Council vetoed a pIoposal
that girl pupils elect by secret bal
lot a boy to be crowned prince
charming at the annual school
dance. The council held that it
was unfair ito force any boy to
start life under such a handicap"