Show 0 MONTANA libby herald A lacharity and frank bryant came down this week from their copper discovery on parmenter creek about six or seven miles from town they have opened up a fine lead of peacock copper and have had some flattering returns from assays essays of the same they contemplate pushing development work the rest of the summer vigorously on tuesday they went up with several pack horse loads of supplies and provisions livingston enterprise articles of incorporation of the copper glance mining improvement company have been filed with the county clerk by 0 B hart L B st john H F P lawrence william fisher and G R pryor who are named as directors for the first three months the company is incorporated for twenty years is capitalized for shares of 0 1 each the stock is assessable non the directors have subscribed 1 each the object of the company is to conduct a general mining business and it will have its principal office in gardiner butte intermountain there is a scene of great activity around the property of the tuolumne company just now the material has arrived and the work of erecting a steel engine house has been beeh started while a score or more of men are at work assorting out the pieces and getting ready to erect the new steel gallows frame and hoist it is expected that the new equipment will be in use early in november at the latest another crew ot of men is at work building the butte anaconda and pacific railway spur to the mine and by september 10 it is expected that ore will be carried direct from tuolumne to the washoe smelter As scon as the track is ready ore hauling by team will of course be discontinued and this will mean a saving of 60 cents a ton to the company as this is the amount paid for the hauling of every toi toa of ore from the mine to railway connection the tuolumne is just now shipping tons of ore a day sinking was stopped some time ago after a depth of 1650 feet had been reached and it is expected to resume next week and carry the shaft down to a depth of 2000 2 feet A dispatch from libby says the first shipment of concentrates to be made by the present owners owners of the snowshoe mine was sent to the smelter yesterday 1000 tons being the amount loaded onto the cars two thousand tons more are ready to be sent to the smelter according to H 1 PI 1 wilson who is in charge of the mine and from this time on regular shipments will be made the company has just bought sixteen horses to be used in hauling the ore from the mine to the railroad but it is the intention to use automobile trucks for this work later work is to start at once at this property upon a long tunnel which will be driven into the mountain on the opposite side from the present workings at which about thirty men will be employed this tunnel will gain a depth on the vein feet below the lowest workings in the mine plans for the necessary new buildings have been completed and it is expected that me lae new air compressor will be here within three weeks from the new tunnel to the railroad will be two miles less than from the present workings and there will be a m much uch better grade |