Show MONTANA A virginia city special says ore from the nelson mine is being hauled to the shafter mill for a trial run the ore is a gold bearing feldspar with streaks of quartz and iron through it and it carries very uniform values the shaft is all in ore and there is still ore on both the hanging and foot wall sides the vein across the width of the shaft a distance of seven to eight feet carries values which make the whole ore body average about 40 per ton libby herald frank bryant h has as brought in samples from the copper strike on creek in which lie he and lacharity doe and hurley are interested the T he rock is freely sprinkled with peacock copper and evidently there is a mountain of it A foot dyke carries veins of thi this ore running from a foot to twenty feet in width and the dyke can be traced for over feet the work so far done shows a constant improvement and it would seem that this will become one of the big propositions ions of the camp butte intermountain preparations are being made in the way of building the foundation for the erection of the butte superior I 1 company concentrator on the ME com panya ground north of the city president wolvin in company with chief engineer bradley of the ray consolidated was here during the week and the plans and arrangements were practically completed for the work the first unit will have a ton capacity and the building is expected to be ready to be placed in commission next spring or early in the summer all the new and up to date machinery which the company installed in the basin reduction works will be removed to the new concentrator the lease on the basin works expires early next summer and it is understood that after that time all the butte superior ore will be handled at the com coin banys new concentrator the company at the present time is shipping tons of ore a day and is said to be netting about |