Show MONTANA suit has been filed in the united states district court by the government ag against ainest the stockholders of the dissolved pilot butte mining company one of 0 the older producing companies of butte for the purpose of collecting income taxes alleged to be due the united states the stock of the jib mining company operating at basin is to be listed on the new york curb A six foot body of ore assaying 8 per cent copper and 6 ounces of silver to ane ton has recently been encountered on we the 2100 foot level of the colorado mine belonging to the davis daly copper company at butte during the first eleven months of this year the east butte copper company operating at butte produced a total of pounds of the red metal of which about 80 per cent or pounds has been sold or contracted for sale east butte copper company has declared a dividend of 50 cents per share payable december 31 to stock of record december 17 this is the first dividend declared by the company this year the last having been paid in december of 1918 the butte superior mining company has filed its report in the united states district court asserting that is the amount that it should pay to the minerals separation company for infringement of the batters lat patents on oil flotation so excellent are developments proceeding at the legal tender mine at clancey that it is safely predicted that regular shipments of a car of ore every ten days can be made from now on in the upraise from the level silver ore averaging ounces to the ton is being encountered the placer ground recently taken over by frank D brown from the hughes creek dredging company near philipsburg will be thoroughly prospected this winter by a series of shafts sunk to bedrock bed rock under the direction of charles hewett who has had considerable experience in british columbia and alaska early in the month the supreme court of the united states ordered a reargument of the appeals in proceedings brought by the minority stockholders of the alice gold silver mining company against the majority stockholders of the same corporation the plaintiffs contested the sale of the com banys properties near butte to the anaconda copper mining company the southern cross mine one of the famous gold properties of the state has been permanently closed down by the anaconda copper mining company the present owners the mine which was formerly owned by senator lee mantle and associates was a consistent gold producer for more than thirty years and was taken over by ane anaconda company for its iron content which they used as a flux at the anaconda smelters shelters sm elters the ore bodies of the old producer located leovi above georgetown are now worked out and operations have ceased completely ely the revenue consolidated gold mines located near norris have been recently acquired by new york parties and are again being actively developed the property tor lor many years was one of the bonanza goia properties of the state and the resumption of activity will be watched with interest ry oy old mining men to whom the mines were ra millar A power line is being built to connect the workings with the montana power companas Comp anys lines in madison county |