Show BASIN MONTANA TUNNEL COMPANY GETTING development RESULTS butte mont aug 25 under the management of samuel barker jr consulting engineer of the butte copper zinc company the basin montana tunnel company is opening and cleaning out another tunnel on the gray eagle claim near basin jefferson county this tunnel will tap a large b body of zinc lead silver ore left by former operators who worked at the properties in 1905 and had to suspend operations on account of heavy zinc penalties levied by the smelters shelters sm elters with the efficiency of present day flotation metallurgy this zinc should prove to be highly b profitable instead of being penalized and it is planned to work the property on a large scale the gray eagle group is situated at the northern end of the companas comp anys properties the company controlling seventy four claims on comstock hill under which the three mile cross cut tunnel will be driven to tap thirty known veins situated south of the gray eagle b and extending Z nearly to the main line of the great northern railroad about two miles east of basin the surface crew of the company has opened a large vein on oil the port claim about 1800 feet south of the gray eagle 6 this vein vein assaying 23 ounces silver at the surface on oil the mattie claim situated midway between the gray eagle and the railroad a vein has been opened which assays essays 91 per cent copper 35 per cent lead and ounces silver per ton and on oil the extension of the gold hill vein on the surface assays essays show 20 per cent zinc 41 ounces silver and gold per ton william H hax president of tile the company recently arrived from new york and will remain in montana for a 1111 number anber of weeks |