The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1946-08-08
Makes MiniinQ
Observations
Last Week End
Frank Lilly, Lore Varies
and JnO. S. Crandall of
Spokane, Check Section
LIBBY DISTRICT is
A PROMISING FIELD

Signs point to revival of in
terest in the mining industry for
this section. True among many
interested parties, there has never
been any lack of interest in this
matter, but other industries have
held the public attention for many
years, the successful Universal In
sulation Zonolite mines proving a
notable exception to the rule.
Saturday afternoon Frank Lilly,
of the Mine Research Bureau, Spo-
kane, paid this office a very pleas
ant call. In discussing the status of
mining in the Libby-Troy section,
MIR. Lilly stated, that in his eSti-
nation the industry has been and
is in its infancy and the section has
a brilliant future ahead of it COM
parable TO the Occur d Alene sec
ton.
While gold, copper and other
metals are found here, Mr. Lilly
believes that the important opera
tions of the future will be silver
lead.
That Mr.. Lilly's opinions regarding
the future of metals and mining
here are shared by other prominent
authorities, is born out in a state
ment written Thursday of last week
by Mr. Charles E. Pond, Spokane
Broker and Stock salesman, who
writing to James M Blackford, Sr.,
regarding survey which was to be
(and has been) made this past
week end, comments:
"As you know, / am very vitality
interested in the development of
the Herbert Gold Mines, Incorpora-
ted, at Libby In fact am very
much interested in seeing the Lib
by mining district come into its
own, for in my opinion, it will be
one of the outstanding mining dis
tricts in the country
MIR. Frank Lilly, who you know,
or know of. will be in Libby on
Saturday, Sunday and Monday with
view of checking up on the en-
tire Libby district, and as have
written you about that visit, there
is no use adding more. However
Mr. L. Lore Varies, the outstanding
mining engineer o. the Pacific
Northwest, and who is the mining
engineer on the Hubert property,
viii be in Libby, Saturday, August
3. 1t should prove conclusively
to you that the people who
now have the Herbert are de-
termined to develop the mine in
the right way for when a com
pany has associated with it such en-
gineers of standing as L. Lore
Varies, it is definite proof that
their property has merits and will
be developed in the right way"
Mr.. Varies is not only a mining
engineer of far-reaching fame and
consulting engineer for the Her
bert Gold Mines, Inc, but is also
quoted in other scientific research
matters. The Hon. Walt Koran,
representative to Congress from
Washington, has spread on the Con-
gressional Record of March 26, 1916,
a report from Mr.. Varies regarding
the atomic bomb tests which are
both challenging and a proof of
the depth Of the engineers studies
in scientific research.
The party which arrived Satur
day in Libby also included Jas. 5. I
Grandall, Empire Engineering Co,
Spokane whose duties are to eX-
anime mines, collecting information
regarding them.
The party, headed by Mr.. Varies
in assisting Frank Lilly, made an
aerial study of the district Satur-
day afternoon, County Engineer Ira
Miller, and Garth Kennelty, in
charge of operations at the Herbert
mine, guiding. Mr. Miller guided
the aerial inspection in making OBJ
servations of the entire district, I
while Mr. Kennedy guided the
ground observations which were
made Sunday and Monday.
The study was made under the
auspices of SEC, a government bur
eau for the safeguarding of the pub
lie in promotional matters. Reports
of the study, while not released
for publication, prove very interest
ind. Kennedy and Miller will
continue their respective duties a.
long the line of development of the
Herbert property, and Crandall is
to examine and report on all mines
and mining prospects in the Libby
and connecting districts