Show MONTANA golden currie mine one of the oldest properties in the state situated at elkhorn jefferson count county y shortly will be reopened by J L donahue and associates of new york ore which is free milling will be treated by the morgan mat o gold process which uses sponge rubber for the recovery of fine gold and sulphides sulp hides J L templeman dr T B am moore and associates oi of butte have sold controlling interest in the santa anita mining company to george A winslow veteran operator of radersburg burg montana the property consists of three patented claims in the radersburg burg district the ore being of a lead silver tenor the last car was shipped on the ath of this month and assayed silver per cent lead per ton and gave net smelter returns of for the car butte copper consolidated mines has been incorporated to take over a group of twelve claims lying in township 4 N R 6 AV about two miles south of trask in the elk park section about fifteen miles from butte property which is developed by shaft was recommended by two butte mining engineers although the property is only two miles from the high tension line of the montana power company initial work will be done with a steam plant consisting of boilers hoist compressor and sinker pump the ore is copper and silver col A P peake has been elected president and general manager william maxwell state quartz mine inspector who recently returned from a trip of inspection to the ardsley butte mines corporation in elk park states that he was w is very much impressed with the renewal of old time activities in and around the mine several experienced miners and craftsmen are busily engaged in surface work preparing far for winter to set in while the work of watering unwavering un the shaft is is also going on and is about completed down to the foot level E C davis who is in charge of operations states that he intends to immediately put a crew of miners to clean up and repair the foot and foot levels preparatory to carrying on some extensive cevelo developing ping of the th e veins 14 the butte superior mining company has cut seventeen feet width of copper zinc silver ore in the rainbow lode in a crosscut east cast of the shaft on the level in the black rock claim this is the first commercial ore encountered on the level which is the deepest in the mine and is the first copper ore developed in the rainbow lode proper the grade of copper is about the same as mined in the bodies found west of the shaft on the upper levels silver content is about the same as that found in the and workings on the rainbow lode in which the principal upper itan f zinc iiri with T at lc r 41 C 1 rf metal was zinc no copper if this find proves important enough it is reasonable to suppose that the company will ivill make arrangements to sink the main shaft deeper in the near future according to geologists of prominence in butte the rainbow lode passes northeast from the present strike through the butte superior ground and into the ground of the rainbow lode development company on which a 1500 foot shaft was sunk by thomas F cole and associates a number of years ago |