Show MONTANA it is reported that B D P F hoyt of billings well known geologist ge and oil man has struck oil at a depth of about 1900 feet in a well being drilled by him on the P F W ranch two miles west of laurel considerable excitement has resulted in the district sixteen men are now employed at the property of the vermillion silver lead mining company near trout creek machinery for the companas comp anys new thirty ton mill is being hauled in and the building is being erected manager R C carpenter states that he has ore enough blocked out to keep the plant running for a number of years the sump and station at the level of the tarbox at saltese maltese Sal tese have been completed and the crosscut for the vein is under way the distance is about feet and it is expected that the work can be completed by december the company has a big body of milling ore and a good showing of high grade on the richard daxon is manager angus sutherland of wallace idaho and his brother D J sutherland have purchased the finch campbell iju interest terest in the st lawrence mine near saltese maltese Sal tese this gives them full ownership of the group the mine now being operated by henry M lancaster under bond for is regarded as a property of great value its limited development is said to have returned a handsome profit the september production of the butte superior mining company of butte showed marked improvement over the august figures which were low because of strike conditions the zinc production in september is estimated at pounds in concentrates from the milling of tons of ore carrying around 16 per cent zinc from which tons of concentrates were secured the black rock mill averaged 95 per cent recovery for the month believed to be a record for the plant this is a jackling property under the management of J L bruce |