Show MONTANA MINING MENTION william Will iain C Si derfin long on 13 prominently connected with the mining interests of the late senator W A dark clark has been elected president of the butte independent mines co which aich is operating 6 in the southwest butte district to a mortgage the properties of the hecla mining company near melrose have been sold by the sheriff to george B conway of helena for the hecla was at one time a famous producer and is said to still contain large bodies of oxidized lead zinc silver ores butte copper consolidated mines operating the joe dandy mine near radersburg burg has opened its number one ore pipe on the no 5 level this pipe being 32 feet wide and fifteen feet long and containing high grade lead silver ore the last shipment from the number four level assayed lead and ounces of silver per ton montana idaho mines corporation is now treating tons per day at its cyanide plant at the spring hill mine near helena and also is installing concentrating tables to eliminate some of the sulphides sulp hides before cyaniding cyan iding the mill heads have been running from 6 to 15 per ton C L hewitt has resigned as manager Z being succeeded by S E pierce at winston the company has started its foot tunnel to tap the veins on its january and east pacific properties butte olive branch mines company has been incorporated to take over the olive branch black hawk and several other claims in the southwest portion of butte north of the ardsley butte ground tile the olive branch is one of the most prominent claims in the district several hundred thousand dollars of silver ore bein being b taken out by hand workings b s near the surface the property will be with modern electric machinery and actively I 1 worked in the near future as its ore contains commercial quantities of zinc and lead in addition to the silver at the property of the butte southern mines inc concrete has been poured for the electrical machinery which will be installed in the near future the shaft has been re timbered and enlarged 4 to a depth of over feet this shaft is located on the virgo claim about a mile northwest of tile the holdings of the ardsley butte mines corporation at the recent meeting of the board of directors colonel A P peake was elected president harry T lewis recently retired from the time honored firm of lewis 8 walker W alker assayers was elected vice president ernest dorais secretary treasurer and J J davis assistant secretary |