Show MONTANA president lorenzo L price jr of the original bannack mining company report edfast edl bast week that the ore body for which the miners have been abeen crosscutting cross cutting for the past two months on the level from tile the washington shaft has been opened and shows a good grade of sulphide ore estimated to carry about 6 per cent copper this working is about fifty feet deeper than the drift the pioneer shaft where the body shows a thirty foot breast of ore carrying 4 per cent copper and in gold mr price stated that lie he had seven men breaking ore from this face and that shipments had been averaging fifty tons a day two more trucks had just reached the mine and his intention was to increase production to tons ions daily adie mine is at bannack the wilson mining ig Sm melting elting com ivany of which william burke of saltese maltese is president and gr W dougherty of wallace idaho is secretary and treasurer has leased its group of thirteen claims located about two miles from iS altese to arvid olson louis dahl A molander folander lk and H nordahl and they have commenced work this is a promising property which is crossed by two veins one carrying copper and the other lead A crosscut has been extended toward the copper ledge and was within thirty five feet of its objective when the leasers leaders took hold it will open the vein at a depth of about feet for theares the present the lessees lessels will confine their work to this section of the mine but when the snow goes off they will commence a cross out to open up the lead vein at depth shipping ore is expected at both points |