Show MONTANA the last car of ore shipped from the free coinage mine in the lump gulch district near helena is said to have assayed ounces of silver the no 3 shaft at the black rock mine of the butte superior mining company has reached a depth of more than thirty feet below the 2500 foot level and the cutting of a station is now in progress the shaft is in the rainbow vein and is showing ore running from 10 per cent to 40 per cent zinc bartan tucker is making arrangements to open up and work at once an 18 inch vein of lead ore recently uncovered on his farm in the bull mountains south of roundup I 1 the ore has be been en assayed and the returns indicate that the deposit can be profitably worked the ore will be hauled to klein and there loaded into cars for shipment to montana smelters shelters sm elters extensive mining development in the crazy mountains district near livingston on the eastern edge of park county is predicted by A C badger of the bell mining company preliminary work done at the bell property has shown a large lead between granite and limestone formations with good values in silver and lead A strip of ore worth a ton and seven feet wide has been uncovered in a short tunnel mr badger declared this development if successful cess ful will prove a new mining district in this country entrance to the district is from big timber and sweet grass county |