Show MONTANA butte 2111 mining ning world thomas cruse ol of helena has bonded the violet jane mine and other properties at mud springs about 12 miles northeast of helena and will prospect them with diamond drills considerable ore was shipped from the violet jane in years gone by butte intermountain J K dark clark has returned from a trip to the mayflower mine mr lr dark clark says that ahat another rich shoot of ore has been encountered at a depth of feet t T e ore will avera average e about in gold to the ton the pay shoot was only about 0 inches in width when mr dark clark left but promised to widen out it is a fact said mr dark clark that we have never had a second class ore dump at the Alay mayflower flower all the brewe ore we shipped averaged over per ton the lowest values ever obtained were about to the ton but much of the ore carried values of and upwards and the low grade and high grade ores were mixed to keep up the average 11 it is four years ago this month thata K dark clark purchased the mayflower mine for W A dark clark and associates the purchase price was I 1 I 1 during the past four years the mine has harf paid a million dollars in dividends and promises to yield as much more there are pillars of high dirril 1 grade ore left standi standing ncr 11 in the mine which will net the darks clarks at any time they desire to remove them butte mining world the anaconda company is equipping all of its mine ca cages g c S with gaiety safety doors to conform with the law I 1 passed by the last legislature while some I 1 of the mines of the company have been so I 1 equipped for some months a few of the shafts 4 were in such condition that the doors could not be attached without causing serious inconvenience this was notably so in the bell and diamond mines where the shafts were sunk in ground requiring the use of false sets and the services of shaft men who were employed solely in easing up the timbers |