Show COLORADO BRIEF MENTION manager george leece of the st george mining and milling company operating the st george mine on douglass mountain has recently returned from a trip east where he went to attend a meeting of the directors of the st george and plans are in progress whereby two shifts of men will be kept busy georgetown courier according to current information the company operating for many years at silver plume under the name of the east butte mining company has cut down their corporate name to butte mining company this company continues to operate their ton mill to capacity twenty four hours a day seven days a week upon dump material the prize mine at nevadaville Nev adaville under the operation of 0 barlow willmarth is producing some fine ore mr willmarth has a good sized force working and this wonderful old producer will shortly add a large tonnage to the production of gilpin county smelting smelling Sm elting ore running 90 to the ton and a foot wide has been opened up on the prize and it is accompanied by a threefoot three foot body of excellent milling ore mr willmarth has had a great deal of dead work to look after but is now through with it so that a continuous production is expected very shortly the prize has also been working in the argo tunnel to make or complete the connection with the old prize workings on surface idaho springs gazette |