Show 0 MONTANA great falls leader the old od barker mine at barker which was owned by the moulton mining company composed of milwaukee men has been purchased by richard and chas gies of great falls ahe cons consideration de ration has not been made public it is the plan of the new owners to do considerable sid erable development work in the near future the mine was at one time a great producer and is one odthe of the oldest mines in the district butte miner the butte balaklava company filed its net proceeds report with the county assessor this afternoon and it that the expense exceeded the income the report states that tons of ore brought 2150 a ton making a total of tons brought 1865 each or 1865 and tons brought a ton ore making a total income of the total expenses were as follows cost of treating the ore improvements on buildings 16 money paid for labor machinery cost of supplies A libby correspondent says clyde daniels has struck a four foot ledge of sil ver lead ore in his good hope claim on horse creek eleven miles from libby mr daniels has just brought out some remarkably rich looking samples of the ore from his claim which are on exhibition here no assays essays have as yet been made but there is no doubt about the ore being rich capt A J mccorkle mccorkie and john H town who have a bond on the hill mine report that a crosscut of the ore vein has just been made which shows a space or of thirty eight feet between the hanging and foot walls on the hanging wall la is a vein of good shipping ore which is being taken out and sacked the balance of the ledge is concentrating ore and can not be shipped until the mine is equipped with a concentrator A car load of the ahe ore arom this property will soon be sent to a smelter A dispatch from lewiston says A S wright manager of the cumberland mine at maiden is in from the camp and will leave shortly for the east on a business trip during his absence james breen of spokane who is heavily interested in the enterprise will be here to supervise operations the Cum cumberland berand under mr wrights management has been put in first class shape shap e it has been opened on scientific alc mining principles and the new mill has been found after a long experimental run to work perfectly the ore now being treated averages better than 10 and the saving is about 90 per cent the cumberland people now own the spotted horse and they have opened some nice ore bodies in the old producer timbers are on the ground for timbering re the old shaft and a tramway will soon be built from the mine to the cumberland mill the plant will be enlarged by the addition of twelve more tanks and the owners expect the spotted horse to furnish a lot of high grade ore in the near future |