Show MONTANA reports from the montana morning property at troy are that winter quarters have been completed and drifting is now progressing the group comprises twelve claims traversed by three parallel veins which have been opened by several hundred feet of tunnels and two shafts all of the veins show good values in silver lead and zinc the work is under the direction of william hogan of spokane washington and he and bud woods of troy are the principal owners the mines operating company the new corporation which has taken over the butte duluth at butte has been organized under the laws of delaware with a capitalization of officers and director are al frank president and general manager charles W whitley vice president H A frank secretary john macginniss Mae Ginniss and E L newhouse jr george D deshler is superintendent perin operations have commenced at the property yand and ore is now going through the mill assays essays show about lb per cent copper fifty men are employed the report of the butte superior mining company butte shows that tons of ore were milled and treated in the oil flotation plant in september and tons of concentrates recovered the latter averaged 54 per cent zinc cost per ton and were valued at per ton the heads averaged nearly 15 per cent zinc the output for october was considerably larger and was estimated at about tons treated and above tons of concentrates cen the mill is making the best recoveries co reported since the new plant went into commission J T is mill superintendent manager richard daxon of the tarbox mining company has the following to say regarding garding ze operations at the companas comp anys property located near saltese maltese Sal tese we expect to begin regular shipments of ore not later than the first of the year sinking operations are nearly at the foot point where a station will be cut a large pump installed and a crosscut driven about feet to the south to intersect the vein drifts will be extended both east and west to make accessible the known ore bodies the recently installed compressor and power drills are working smoothly A boarding house bunk house and office buildings are to be built at once |