Show MONTANA A H jones of 0 the barton gulch mining company operating six miles south of virginia r city recently exhibited samples of ore from the marietta lead of the company which were literally alive with gold the picked samples were estimated to carry values of about a ton it is a free milling proposition fairly well developed and the company is planning a mill for the ground julius goodrich who holds an option on the property of the mammoth mining company located seven miles from bonita in missoula county has laid plans for the early resumption of operations there mr goodrich shipped several carloads of ore from the ground last winter with satisfactory results and the mine is regarded as one of unusual merit A recent meeting of stockholders of the company held at wallace idaho elected A H featherstone president D J hefron of missoula vice president george austin dr C R mowery and dr W A smith additional directors the hayden stone interests of boston and new york have optioned option ed the germania one of buttes big silver producers of the but closed for many years now the option is in the name of J L bruce manager of the great butte superior and a new company will probably be formed to carry on development the mine has a shaft feet deep with extensive drifts at the and levels there are also several other shafts on the property the workings are now full of water and the first work will be to pump them out to allow a thorough examination of underground conditions this work will probably take until october 1st ast following which determination regarding the further sinking of the shaft and the opening of deeper levels will be made |