Show NEW METAL MINING REVIVAL IN COUNTRY EAST OF BUTTE Jefferson county montana is is comin coming I 1 g back as a a metal meal producer ro d u e r after nearly thirty years of comparative obscurity afif penalization of zinc zinc wa was s the reason given fo for r stoppage of operations toward the close of the last century 0 O on c all sides of whitehall renewed mining activity is now spring ingup u p says mining truth of spokane apoka ne to the north the W A clark estate is opening up th the e big foot group an immense ledge of medium grade lead silver zinc three miles north the old milburn is is again shipping and this product has always been above aboa e average in golds silver iver values the old whitehall ds is again shipping i in n a small way and the whole lead zinc zone to the north of whitehall is showing activity south of whitehall on the south boulder the liberty lib e a rth montana has voted for improvements the enlargement lar gement of the mill and increasing the water and electric power the mill capacity is to be increased to tons per 24 hours and on april 1 supt bupt leyson says he was six months ahead of the mill capacity in ore actually mined or blocked out in the four tunnels liberty montana has a bond and lease on the old green campbell at silver star which was for thirty years a consistent producer the mojave has opened up an immense body of low grade silver lead ore in bear gulch eighteen miles south of whitehall and is planning a mill of tons capacity |