| Show MONTANA A sapphire bed has been discovered close to the town of billings by B T dickinson butte and superior production for october was pounds of zinc in concentrates cen and ounces of silver satisfactory progress is being made in driving feet of tunnel on the rambler property near troy according to harry falk superintendent with a production of pounds of copper for october the anaconda copper mining company shows a greater output of any month since lust january barnes king development company shows a net profit for the third quarter of the shannon and kendall properties showed a profit while the north moccasin and piegan gloster showed a loss when the fuel situation clears up it is the intention of the anaconda copper mining company to resume operations on its zinc plant on a limited scale A force of men will be worked and seventy five tons of zinc will be turned out daily A large tract of placer ground owned by A P johnson of superior is to be worked very shortly the ground which is located in mineral county has been tested by keystone drills with very satisfactory results and a company has been formed to develop the holdings after a search lasting fifteen years year sJohn john dullenty of virginia city claims to have discovered the position of the mother lode from which the rich placers of alder gulch had their inception he is endeavoring to form a company in butto butte to secure finances for uncovering the lode next spring A rich vein of high grade ore has been uncovered in the hartley mine one of the properties of the neihart consolidated silver mining company the new find according to john drinville superintendent is about eight inches wide assaying ounces in silver and 13 gold to the ton so excellent are the silver showings in the ripple mine at neihart and so successfully has development been progressing that john mcbarron president of the operating company has decided to start shipping charles i stone former superintendent of the butte alex scott mine has been appointed superintendent A rich strike has been encountered in the properties of the vermilion silver lead mining company located on vermilion creek in sanders county the ore runs very high in lead and silver with some gold and the size of the ore body is sufficient to supply plenty of tonnage for the new mill constructed last year the first car of second grade ore has been shipped from the property of the scratch awl mining and development company at philipsburg and with the new compressor installed the mine will be in a position to make regular shipments throughout the winter several cars of very high grade ore have been blocked out for shipment chandler potter said to be the last surviving participant in the pike peak rush of 1859 who is actively engaged in mining is operating the new dominion mine six miles west of helena mr potter who is eighty five years of age has driven a tunnel in the property for a distance of 1000 feet without help and expects to encounter a large ore body that shows on the upper levels of the property at the annual meeting of the black traveler mining company recently held at wallace idaho there was considerable talk of a consolidation of the properties held by this company with the saltese maltese consolidated mines which adjoin the mines of the first named company located near saltese maltese Sal tese 0 V manring of spokane washington is said to hold control in both properties and it is his suggestion that both be developed through the black traveler the report of the third quarter ending september 30 has recently been issued by the north butte mining company and shows the company to be in a very satisfactory condition total assets are shown to be and surplus is total development work of the quarter just ended comprises feet of crosscuts cross cuts raises and drifts the production was 3 pounds of copper ounces of silver and ounces of gold |
