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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-16
MAGNETOMETER
FOR Mine SURvEY

CRIPPLE CREEK, COLO.-The
first experimental work with the
new geophysical machine, the As
kama vertical magnetometer, will
be undertaken in this district with
in the next six weeks, it was an
nounced by A. H. Koschmann of
the U. S. Geological Survey.
E. L. Stephenson, Kirk Stephen
son and r. w. French, geophysical
experts of the U. S. Geological
Survey, arrived in the district and
started preliminary preparations
for their work. They brot along
two instruments and the first tests
will be made in the Cameron
School Section areas of the north
slope, Mr.. Stephenson said. Later
they will be moved to other parts
of the district.
1.-THE work we will do here the
next six weeks is purely experiment
tai in nature" Mr.. Stephenson
said. 1.-THE Askania machine is a
German invention and has given
some very satisfactory results in
other mining districts where we
have given it trial We hope to
show some practical results in the
Cripple Greek district"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-16
DREDGING Of
MISSOURI TO
START soon

! WNSEND-Interes is increas-
ing over the gold deposits in the
Missouri river here.
A number of inquiries have been
received by the chamber of com
merce as to how extensive the de-
posit is. So far no actual log is
available, but tests are being made
from Toston to the head of the lake.
One test made at Toston by Poston
Bros. recently with a dragline
show good pay to the depth of
II feet.
All of the river between Lom-
bard and the head of the lake has
been taken by lease from the state
for prospecting and is believed by
engineers that tests will show one
of the biggest gold deposits in
Montana
Word received from Poston Bros.
indicates they intend to move up
large equipment in 10 days for OPP
Grafton on the Three Forks ranch
facing the Missouri river near Tos-
ton and following shortly with
equipment to operate from the
mouth of Indian creek south on the
river bed.
The machinery being used is
manufactured in Minneapolis and
is guaranteed to make big recov-
cry no matter how fine the gold
may be.
Engineers report there will be
room for many large dredges to
operate for years.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-16
MILL.-SME LTER
WORKERS VOTE
ON new WAGES

Date of voting by various locals
of the Mine, Mill and Smeltermen' s
union on the wage proposal made
by the Anaconda Copper Mining Co
on Monday tentatively has been set
for next Wednesday, according to
information received in Great
Falls.
A mass meeting of members of
the local union to discuss terms of
the proposal was held last night
at the junior high school.
Members of the Great Falls To-
cal said it was probable the vote
would be taken next Wednesday,
but that this date would have to
be confirmed by Butte and Anacon-
da locals before becoming definite
Members of the various craft
unions also receiving wage propo-
sails will vote today, but it was not
certain when the results would be
made public.
The proposed wage scales would
give craftsmen S675 a day instead
Of Sc which is now being paid I'M
der the contract of 12-cent copper
and the rate for smeltermen would
be $3.50 instead of $4.75. The
proposed scales would go into eff
feet Immediately upon acceptance
by any of the unions and there
will be no 30-day wait to make the
wage based on the 12-cent copper
effective.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-16
j. S SURVEY
CHROMITE IS
IN PROGRESS

RED Within a few days
after a party of the U. S. Geological
Survey entered the saltwater
country for a survey of the chrom-
ite deposits, representatives OF the
y. s. Bureau of Mines secured an
agreement with the stockholders OF
the Chromite Products company
permitting the bureau to develop
the Benbow properties, held by the
company. Local people interested
in the company are DR.. z. l..
Greene, president; Judge B. e.
Berg, director; VIM. B. Calhoun,
DR.. F. Nelson, DR.. B. l. Pampel,
Dan Miles. Ross Williams of Big
Timber and other Montanans.
The agreement signed puts the
representatives of the U. S. bureau
of mines in active charge of the
properties for development and
readiness for production. It is ex-
pected that 25 to 30 men, under
direction of Paul T Allsman of the
mineral division of the bureau OF
mines, will spend a minimum OF
three months in the work of deyel-
opment.
The work is under new law
providing for development of stra-
tegic war materials for the United
States government. The work does
not contemplate actual production
at this time. but to develop known
quantities of ore and to bring de-
velopment to the point that produc-
- gnnodvr racJIlf
Incorporated in the bill was a
$4,000 item for financing the de-
velopment and exploration of new
domestic sources of strategic min
erals. The Bureau CT Mines will
utilize S35O,OO0 of the amount
and the geological survey $4,000,
to be expended before June 30,
1913. There has been an impress
sion that federal money would
actually be used to develop these
but this is not true.
The bill provides for the accumu
lation by the government during
the next four years of 00,OO0,-
600 worth of minerals that would
be necessary in case Of war and
whose supply might be embarras-
singly short. These may either be
produced in this country or import
ed. If the latter the usual duties
will be paid The secretaries Of
war and navy, thru the army-navy
munitions board. will have control
If purchases and will make the
decision as to what to buy and
when. but the actual purchasing
will be done by the procurement
division of the treasury department.
Rubber and tin are expected to
Dom large in the imports for this
purpose, with manganese ore also
important.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-16


of the stainless steel industry has
brought a tremendous demand.
The world now produces approx
mately 100000 long tons OF
chromite per year including a pro-
duction from the United States oil
about 900 tons per year The
United States consumes approx
mately $50 of the worlds produc-
ton. Practically all ore used in
the United States is imported from
Turkey, Russia, South Africa. New
CALEDONIA, India. small eastern
European countries and the Phil
ippine islands. Approximately 55 %
of the ore consumed goes into max
ing ferro chrome, 80 per cent into
refractories and 15% into chemi-
Gals of which the bulk goes into
the tanning industry.
For neutral Innings for steel fur
naces and open hearths the lump
chromite and chrome brick are
excellent. 1t is estimated that one
one-half pound of chromite is used
for Innings for each ton of steel
made in the U S alone. Chromite
is sold by the unit of chromite OK
ide contained, the lower grades
bringing lowest prices. The present
quotation elf. Atlantic ports for
4S% to 5O96 CIR 2O3 grade is close
to 46 cents per unit or $22 to $23
per long ton. Freight from entry
ports to reducing plants is $3.50
per ton.
The better grade of chromite
ores are used in making ferro-
chrome which is used in making
chromium alloy steels and castings.
It is also used in the manufacture
Of chrome chemicals, the center of
that industry being Cleveland, Ohio.
Ferro-chrome is made in electric
arc furnaces and large plants are
located at Buffalo, NJ Y, Kanawa
Falls, W. Va, with plants near
Canton and Youngstown, o., Pitts
burg, Pa, Birmingham. Ala. and
wherever electric furnaces are
available.
The selling prices of the various
chromium products have an even
trend and vary little from year to
year. A gradual increase can be
expected in the future due to the
gradual exhaustion of the known
high grade chromite deposits else
the competitive market owing to
the war, since chromium is one of
the first essentials in modern war |
materials.
The result of this world situa-
ton will be the utilization of all |
Available domestic chromium and |
this in turn means the permanent |
establishment of the Montana |
chromite deposits in the market
picture OF the United States.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-16
KEYSTONE
MINE FINDS
RICH vein

Morning Glory Mines, Inc, held
its annual meeting in Helena last
week hearing an encouraging re-
port from E. w Johnson, secre-
tary, on the Keystone property
purchased last January. Tremen-
dously rich ore has been opened
up while sinking the winze from
the main lower level of the mine,
he reported. The vein previously
exposed was followed downward to
the winze and the work has encoun-
tered high grade ore of such rich
ness that when sampled it assayed
as high as $40 a ton. The high
grade is being sorted and shipped
to the sme1ter.
The report shows the winze down
"a feet exposing ore all the way
with values in excess of $40 per
ton across the width of the face
and high grade ore from eight to
IL inches wide along the foot wall
showing assay values of $133.90
and S1.44f0 per ton. Engineers
Goodsell and Goodsell estimated
a developed ore tonnage of 10000
tons estimated to run $3.50 per
ton
The company's equipment at
Basin as been moved to the Key
stone which is equipped with
20-stamp mill which has been OPP
Grated with SIT heads Additional
equipment is to be added to handle
sulphide ore.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-16
1870 John GILPIN

A horse wrangler on dude
ranch in the Augusta region re-
Gently had a ride that vies with the
legendary one taken years ago by
John Gilpin. Cowboys on the
ranch ran a troublesome bear up
a tree and tied a bell around his
neck. At 3 one morning, the
wrangler began rounding up his
horses, but had a little trouble
getting ahead of the lead horse
the one that usually had bell on
his neck. When day broke the lead
horse turned out to be bear, and
the wrangler was seven tired miles
from home.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-16
new HEATER WILL
INCREASE CAPACITY
OF LAUREL REFINERY

Rehabilitation OF a new
furnace heater at the Laurelleaf
plant of Independent Sales Co.,
work on which began about the
middle of August and is to contin-
ne until near the middle of Novem-
Der will provide the Laurel refin-
cry with the latest developments
in equipment for selective cracking.
The installation will give the
plant more crude oil capacity and
an output OF higher octane gaso-
line. G. A. Cromwell, plant SUI
perintendent, said, This brings
our plant to a comparative status
with modern cracking practice"
Net results are that stocks will
be cracked farther In layman
language, more classes Of products
will be produced.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-16
War May Bring ChrOmite
Mining OF Montana Into
Permanent Development

With government turning its attention to the
chrom ore deposits Montana local mining be-
eye will be matter short time until the world will know
the significance the properties Carbon Saltwater
and Grass counties
Chromite great depths basic magnas by mag
netc segregation only such places the earth sur
face that these deep exposed the surface OF
eaa of where able to recover this val
natal but DEVELOPMENT
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-16
MIKKELSON PASSES

BOULDBR-Henry H. Mikkelson,
IS, for many years a well known
mining man in Colorado and Mon
tana, died last night at Boulder
Hot Springs where he had been
taken by a son to take vapor baths
for rheumatism.
Mr.. Mikkelson was born in Dem
mark but came to America when
youth, starting life in this coun-
try in Nebraska and later moving
to Fort Collins where he followed
mining unti1 six years ago when
he came to Boulder to make his
home with a son, Harry, county
road foreman of Jefferson county.
sENn a C0NTRaRTTToN
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-16
FIND NEW FISHING SPOT

A. E. Lion" Crumley and w. c..
"Bill' Mcknight, veteran Kelvin
producers, have learned of a place
where the fish grow bigger and
fiercer than in st. Marys lake and
have gone on a three-week expedi-
ton into Idaho
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-16
CALLS FOR TUNGSTEN

The U. S. Navy is making an eff
fort to secure needed tonnages of
alloy metals. Inquiries have been
made for close to 400 tons of tung-
stem. The navy is anxious to Sc
sure the metal within the next 90
days. 1t is not believed that there
is that amount of tungsten avail
able in the United States for
prompt delivery. There is a tar
iff on tungsten and 1t may be
necessary. the report says, to take
the tariff off the metal so that
necessary tonnages can be secured
from China.
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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-16

FOR LEAsING-One hundred sixty acres
of exceptionally promising oil land on
the Mostly Dome In the Cat Creek oil
field. Address ]. c. W. $40 E LIST st.
Butte, Montana. 9-l0-a
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-16

NUEBERG BROS. & SLOAN
Nueberg Brothers & Sloan, Inc,
has been incorporated at Basin
with capital stock Of $4,000 in
shares Of ascent par value.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-16
WE BELIEVE

THAT THE FUTURE Of the Montana mining industry
will be written in STAINLESS STEEL Montana
has great deposits of iron. manganese. chromium
moybdenum, natural gas coal and power to create the
These vast resources await only the arrival of men of
the calibre Of the Clark's and Days Of the great
copper era.
THAT THE DAY of rich exposed ore veins that any
jackass fnd is thing OF the past but that geo
physical and other scientific methods of prospecting will
in the future uncover more veins now buried than
ever found by bewhiskered prospectors of the past
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-16
MISCELLANEOUS

CAPITAL sEnKERg-Put your project
before $50 Key-mem- Coet erifllng
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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-16
KENrUCKY AND INDIANA

Two wildcat blocks one each state.
Drilling contract let on both blocks.
Operations start 80 days. 10 acre
tracts each blOck-$25.00 each, 5000 for
two tracts. Geological reports. Brokers
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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-16
sUNTANA GETS L. s. LEASE

An oil and gas lease received
by the Great Falls land office from
the General land office issued to
the Suntana Oil Company of Great
Falls. Montana, for 1887 acres
in Sections IS. IS. 10. 20. %, 26,
80. 80 and SO Township "a North
range 6 West and Sections 13, %.
"a and 25 Township "a North
range West.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-09-16
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WANIED-Capital to devotion valuable
Mining Property with platinum silver
ana molybdenum. Inquire M
heih@nlahn' Buena Vista, Colorado
9-16-a
Individual or group interested An Oh
sSng control Of a good gold and
tungsten mining property ia Eontharn
Montana. This can be mad Tor : s.,saiI
amount Of capital Property consists ~
"a patented and unpatented elaimss com, n
plete Win y ton mtn and power toeefh.
er Win other equipment neeeesarv eor
operation. For more detailed fnSo~v,s
ton, write Box 204 care MontsnS ni,
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Copper, Forelgn-------- NO Quotation
Copper, Domestic to 1850
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-15

recent years we're due To expanalhg
governmental functions. He aaaea
that periodic salary raises were
provided by the state civil service
act for employees maintaining
certain efficiency rating.
The senate committee on con-
stitutional amendments recon-
mended submission TO the voters
of two measures, to cancel lines
taken on homes under the states
original old age assistance program,
and to eliminate q short cut by
which initiative measures may be
placed on the ballot by obtaining
signatures of five per cent instead
of the usual eight per cent OF the
voters at the last election.
The legislature undertook pre-
viously To cancel the liens for aged
aid by law, but the provision was
declared unconstitutional, making
it necessary to submit the issue to
a popular vote.
Senator Frank L. Gordon, r.,
Gordon Valley, author of the ini-
tiative provision, explained the
measure would eliminate the pres
ent provision by which initiatives
may be submitted to the legislature
ON five per cent petitions. The law
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-15
State Employees Protest
Salary Boost Moratorium

SACRAMENTO, Cal, March ID.
UP)-Representatives of the ap-
proximately 10000 employees oil the
state of California today protested
attempts TO effect federal economies
by declaring moratorium on pre-
viously promised salary increases.
A statement by Assemnlyman
Gerald C. Ke.pple, r., WHITTIER
that he favored a two-year mora
torium on state salary raises was
bitterly attacked before a meeting
CT the assembly ways and means
committee by John Hamlyn, attor-
ney for the California State EN-
ployes' association.
1T would be a tragedy to start
an economy drive by holding up
salary adjustments of the great
body of low-paid state workers,
Hamlyn said THE average wage
paid by the state of California is
already lower than that of most
ether public agencies
Executive Secretary Louis Kroeger
of the state personnel board ex-
planned, at the request of the COM
mittee, heavy increases in the
number of state employees during
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-15
kriz. Lawmakers
Pass 1903 Measures

PHOENIX, March Is. tUP) =
Statistical minded capitol attaches
today counted $50 measures. ex-
elusive of memorials and resolu-
tions. that were placed in the l4th
legislatures hopper and from
which only 103 emerged TO be plac-
ed on the governors desk for sig
nature.
OF the bills passed only 18 re-
NAMED unsigned. The governor
did not veto single measure. al
though he allowed one TO become
law without his signature.
A survey of the legislation re-
vealed that the most important,
politically, of the bills dealt with
giving the governor more control
of state administrative affairs. Ap-
pointment of a new five-man high
way commission and a state en-
gineer. and taking control of liquor
from the state tax commission were
among the administration legis-
latiye victories.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-15
Mystery Death
Called Suicide

SAN DIEGO, March Is. (UP)-
After two days of intensive inyesti-
CATION, Deputy Coroner David Ger
shon today recorded the mystery
death of Mrs. Gertrude Jackson at
Moonlight Beach as a suicide, ac-
cidental or homicide, unknown"
Mrs. Jackson, formerly of Glen
dale, left her home at Encinitas
Sunday night telling her ten-year-
old son she was going for a walk.
Her bruised and battered body was
found Monday morning on the
beach, % miles north of here.
Gershon said an autopsy per-
formed yesterday showed the wom-
ar died from drowning, but because
of a lack of evidence to show how
death occurred, no inquest will be
held, leaving the records open for
any subsequent discoveries in the
case.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-15
Ex.Czech Leader
Cancels Speeches

CHICAGO, March Is. (UP)-Dr.
Eduard Benes, who resigned the
presidency of Czechoslovakia dur
ing the Sudetenland crisis last fall,
Cancelled a scheduled California
speaking tour today because OF
further German invasion of the
nation he helped to found.
He secluded himself in his hotel
room after conducting a regular
weekly seminar last night as Wis
iting professor at the University of
Chicago. Cancellation of the trip,
scheduled to have begun today, was
announced by his office.
Before the seminar last night
he was visited by Jan Masaryk.
son of the first president OF
Czechoslovakia, who speaks TO-
night at a mass meeting of Chi
cago Czechs on the fate of their
fatherland.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-15
Coogans Near
Final Settlement

HOLLYWOOD, March Is. fUP)
Only the signatures of jackie
Coogan and his mother, Mrs. Lii
lian Bernstein, and a few minor,
technical changes remained today
before a final settlement is
reached in Coogan's suit for re-
covery of $4.000o00 he claims he
earned as a child film star.
Coogan. now "a. and his mother
will divide approximately $750,000
in real estate and other invest
ments--all that remains of the for
tune Coogan made while appearing
in The Kid" and other famous
films of the silent film era.
Attorneys expected the final
settlement would be signed some
time this week.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-15
Valley CaftIeman
Dies on Coast

News of the death of Toledo E.
Proctor. 81. rancher and cattleman
Of Imperial Valley for many years,
was received by friends in FL Cen
tro Wednesday.
He died in Los Angeles March II.
Proctor was born in FIT. Smith,
Ark. July l9, 1872. He lived III
Colorado for several years and
later came TO the valley. He be-
came a member of the Elks lodge
in Canon City, Colo. in 1912. He
transferred his membership TO the
FL Centro lodge in 1925.
His survivors include two sisters,
Mrs. Frank Comfy of Denver. and
Mrs. V A Campbell of Long Beach,
and three brothers, DR.. o. S. Proc
tor of Long Beach, B. NJ. Proctor
of Los Angeles, and Wilbur Proc
tor OF La Junta, Colo.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-15

OllOn ulgn SGIlOol pupllS received
certificates showing that they had
completed the course and pledged
themselves 10 do everything in
their power TO prevent accidents
On Thursday IS certificates will
be awarded Holtvile Union high
school pupils.
Last year Walsh conducted the
training school at Central Union
high school in El Centro and at
Brawley Union high school.
The certificates are awarded by
Captain Frank Oswalt, who de-
clared that juvenile traffic viola
tors had decreased so per cent since
Walsh started his traffic safety
school
The course runs for nine weeks
Walsh teaches the pupils the Mo-
tor Vehicle Code and then super
vises actual training in driving an
automobile. The final test con-
sists of IS true and false questions
and a visual test during which
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-15
Southern Pacific
Sues for Freiqht

Suit for $41882 was filed Tuesday
by the Southern Pacific Railway
company against the Mexican Chi
nese Ginning company for trans
portation of 113,940 pounds of cot
tonseed from Corcoran to CaleXico.
The railway company alleged
that the company owed the s41982
as the balance of the original
freight charge of $793.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-15
Year-0Id Labor
Complaint Aired

D. Anderson will go To trial in
superior court on four counts of
complaint filed against him year
ago by Deputy Labor Commissioner
Stanley Cue.
He is charged with paying shed
labor with checks which his en-
ployes found worthless The work
men were represented at a prelim
mary hearing in El Centro Tues
day by Deputy Labor Commissioner
Ralph Chrouch.