Show MONTANA M J moran of grand forks north dakota who is interested in the barton gulch mining company was a recent visitor at the property located near virginia city he panned some of the rich ore from the vein securing about 3 to the pan and says that this class is probably worth about a ton the ore is opened at a depth of about 1000 feet from the surface john E white of wallace idaho one of the owners of the vermillion mine near trout creek this state reports that the company has opened a strong vein by means of two tunnels one feet in length and the other feet with ore their full length it is a galena on the side with silver values up to ounces about fourteen inches of quartz on the hanging wall carries high values in gold the company is now installing a mill work has been started on lining the shaft at the granite mountain mine at butte with steel and concrete the work was commenced on the level and will be carried to the 2400 level then it will be carried from the 1600 to the 2400 the condition of the shaft being such here from the recent fire that it would be dangerous to work from below the shaft will be lined to the surface and of course will be fireproof the work is being watched with great interest by mining men the anaconda copper mining company has taken advantage of the shutdown shut down of its properties at butte due to the labor troubles to install considerable new machinery A new hoisting engine has been installed at the and three new elec driven compressors at the leonard two at the bell and one at the Never sweat the new hoist is driven by electricity has a capacity of 2000 tons a day and will be operated in connection with the tramway hoist as the property can be operated through either shaft john gillie is general manager of the mines of the anaconda company |