Show HOISTING PLANT FOR THE JIB the granite bimetallic mining company of philipsburg has sold to the jib mining company of basin says the standard of anaconda montana the large hoisting plant that was bought by the philipsburg company for its new shaft which has been abandoned for the present the first shipments are beginning to arrive at basin where the machinery will be installed at the shaft of the l lope llope mine as fast as possible this hoisting plant will have a capacity of 2000 feet of depth with a sixton six ton load and is expected to carry the operations for several years it cost the jib company delivered in basin the pumping machinery is being installed as fast as the workmen can place it and the un watering will begin in a few days with a gallon tanker and two awo number nine cameron sinkers the joint capacity of which will be around 1200 gallons a minute about thirty men are now working at the property and manager hewett expects to have the water moving out of the mine at this rate during the coming week and says he will have the mine clear of water within forty days barring unforeseen ace accidents we have no trouble in getting labor said mr hewett last evening at the finlen butte miners who have worked at basin like the camp and are glad to come back we are arranging for good hotel and food accommodations and will pay the advanced butte scale and expect to have on a crew of several hundred men as soon as the conditions will permit the hope and katy mines have large already started which only require putting into shape for beginning work on ore so there will be no delay in getting into production after the mine is cleared bleared and cleaned up |