Show MONTANA the montana oil refining company has shipped a drilling rig to canyon nine miles south of dillon and is preparing to go to a depth of 2100 feet which is ia thought to be more than enough to reach oil bearing strata the company owns acres and holds 1400 acres under lease alex walker of butte is manager the operations of the ophir mill of the butte detroit copper zinc mining company on zinc ores of the davis daly company have proven attractive earning possibilities bili ties for the plant A steady full capacity daily run of tons on ore from the ophir mine should net the butte detroit about a year W L creden is superintendent in the cost to the north butte mining milling company N B braly manager of the recent disastrous fire in its granite mountain and speculator shafts at butte will probably reach the former will have to be re timbered its entire depth of 1600 feet the latter can be operated to the level below which it is slightly caved the damage to the lower levels is unknown as yet the number of dead is placed at and under the compensation law the company I 1 must pay on the basis of each much interest is manifested in the opening up of big bodies of manganese ore in the hibernian and new republic properties of the davis daly copper company at butte in the former tile the body is about feet in width and from to tons have been blocked out it is said that the deposit on tile the new republic is even larger the ore is near the surface and will be handled by the quarry system it will be treated at the butte detroit mill and the profit at present prices is estimated at from to a lay day william L creden is general manager for the company |