Show MONTANA A dispatch from twin ridges says daniel agos has a crew of men working in the roach mine in the hills above wisconsin creek A sawmill is being erected to cut timber for the mines more afore men will be put on as soon as the snow is sufficiently gone so that work can be pushed without any delays mr air agos is an experienced miner from butte and in past years has operated successfully in the homestake Home stake section it is said that lie he has an all exceptionally tio nally good showing in the roach property butte miner the tuolumne copper mining company yesterday returned to county assessor gilbert bennetts for the purpose of taxation a statement of the net proceeds of the operations of that company for the year ending may 31 the statement is made by J J harrington as the secretary of the company and is as follows number of tons of ore extracted from the tuolumne mine gross value per ton 1526 total gross value of ore 55 cost of extracting per ton total cost of extracting cost of transportation cost of reduction per ton total cost of reduction expended for labor expended for supplies cost of improvements net proceeds of operations for the year butte miner operations in the crosscut from the butte superior workings on oil the 1200 foot level into the property of the pilot butte mining company were commenced a few days ago and is progressing at a good rate the crosscut is being made from a drift from the main crosscut west in the butte superior ground and will be carried south to the north end line of the pilot claim and thence southwest to intersect orie one of the principal ledges in the pilot ground it will be carried to a point beneath beri eath the present pilot shaft when a raise will be made to connect with the shaft which is now down feet the crosscut has proceeded about 25 feet and will be pushed as rapidly as possible it will be necessary to carry it a distance of about feet to reach the point of raising to connect with the shaft the ledge which will be cut by this crosscut shows strong on the surface and it is believed that it will show commercial ore at the depth of 1274 feet which corresponds with the 1 foot level in the butte superior ground this ledge will be reached in the course of about 60 days |