| Show RICH SILVER ORE UNCOVERED BY MONTANA ROAD WORKERS according to reports which reached philipsburg yesterday from the lower valley iver johnson has a bonanza silver mine on his ranch about a mile and a half north of maxville says the philipsburg 6 mail of the for several years surfacing material for the county roads has been taken from the hillside on the lower part of the johnson ranch and several days ago when the road workers were getting more material for the roads they kin fun covered some rich silver float and after further prospecting they found what is believed to be a bonanza iver johnson with the help of a neighbor gabor has done a little development work according to reports and has uncovered a streak four feet deep and nine feet wide without reaching the side walls the ore in this streak is said to average between 50 and 1 00 while there is a small st streak reak about an inch in width that assays essays around ounces the formation is blueie lime and the lead has been traced for nearly three fourths of a mile through 6 h the johnson ranch the big find is only a short distance from the county road and is not more than yards from the philipsburg dammond branch of the northern pacific railroad A larg r of men motored down domn to the valley yesterday and today to take a I 1 look 0 ok at the property |
