Show MONTANA the snowstorm mines consolidated operating a large lead silver zine zinc property at troy has struck ore on its deepest level known as the no 7 which work has been proceeding at intervals for about a year A bonanza gold strike is reported from the overland mine near the old abandoned town of montana city cal stephens operating the property under lease and bond is said to have struck ore averaging per ton the silver pick mining company Is a new butte corporation capitalized at with shares at a par value of 1 each stockholders and directors are john robinson A share W F hollowell ben hetch man and hugh daly engineers of butte have formed a chapter of the american association of engineers the local membership is now over sixty with the following officers R C davis president maurice tobin vice dent charles bowden secretary the liverpool mines located in the lump gulch district near clancey are another of the old time silver producers to again become active in recent development work ore was encountered averaging ounces silver to the ton with 19 per cent lead the property of the liberty metals company located about four miles from troy has been undergoing some active development work and the mine is about ready to make regular shipments new bunk houses for the men have been completed and work will be carried on throughout the winter J T sugars is the president montana still continues to lead the united states in production of precious stones again taking first place in 1918 according to the report of waldemar T laer of the united states geological survey sapphires Sapp hires make up the greatest share of the output representing nearly one half of the total value of all precious stones mined in the entire country last year sufficient work is planned this winter for the silver trail mining companas Comp anys property at basin to keep a good sized force of men busy the work of running a crosscut tunnel a distance of feet is progressing rapidly this tunnel will cut the silver blue vein at a depth of feet in which there is an ore body ten f feet wide with fifteen inches on the hanging wall that averages 75 per ton that the mount washington mine in the wickes district will prove a sensation is the prediction of mining men that have recently visited the property one engineer is quoted as saying that he would not be surprised if the production of this duluth owned property would exceed that of the alta montana which has a credited production of about maurice dautremont of duluth is vice president and general manager great activity has marked the operations of the jardine gold mining milling company in the rehabilitation of the old camp of jardine north of yellowstone park work on the new mill which has been going on for the past six months will be completed shortly the machinery is all on the ground and with the installation of the elevators the ball mill will be able to start with a capacity of tons per day the company has its own electric plant also supplying lighting for the town november 2 marked the official opening of the montana southern railroad connecting divide station on the oregon short line with the mining camp at elkhorn it is at elkhorn where the large properties owned by the boston montana development company are located and from now on a new era of prosperity for this property may be safely predicted the first carload of ore was sent out over the new road but it will not be until the completion of the mill that regular shipments will be made the bullion mining company operating in the montana section of the coeur dalene region has drifted in mineral for eighty feet on its deep level according to a wallace idaho report the face has a cupric content of 3 to 4 per cent by estimate the drift will be continued to a fault about twenty five feet ahead after which a raise will be made to the no 2 tunnel operations will proceed all winter with three men additional buildings are being provided james H taylor the manager is directing the work much attention has been attracted to the showings made on the and foot levels of the edith may vein of the north butte company better than 5 per cent copper across fifteen feet has been encountered on the foot level on what are known as the northwest veins as distinguished from the east and west fissures of the anaconda series greater ore reserves are indicated in the properties than for some years past and it is reported on good authority that the company is hoisting 2000 tons of ore per day |