Show 0 MONTANA butte miner george reed is opening a promising claim two miles from the artesian well in the foothills north of helena at a depth of thirty feet the lead is five feet wide and contains high grade oxide of copper carrying good values in gold and silver it is reported that a streak of ore eight inches wide has been struck in the king solomon mine near clancy which carries 2300 ounces of silver to the ton credence is given to this report by the fact that years ago ore was shipped from the solomon which ran at the smelter ounces of silver to the ton william loughley and J N pew have brought to red lodge specimens of gold ore which it is said runs into the thousands of dollars a ton the lead is located en rock creek but a few miles from red lodge and the quartz is seamed with wire gold and spotted with nuggets the exact location is being kept secret for the present as a rush is expected when it becomes known B F forbes who during the winter has been operating the iron mines at elkhorn brought ten cars of ore to the east helena smelter this week this is the last train of ore that will come down for some time owing to heavy snows between the mine and the railroad during the winter 1500 tons tolls of ore have been extracted and shipped to east helena A shipment of ore is being made from the bold book mine ten miles from helena the ore carries from 76 to in gold there a are re several narrow streaks of unus unusually ual rich ore separated by narrow layers of quartz hence the name gold book this shipment was taken from a shaft only twenty feet deep A new opening feet west shows four inches of rich ore at it a depth of six feet superintendent connolly of the ie bitter root companas comp anys copper mine at maltese saltese Sal tese e MIS 41 s soula county says a down thirty feet fat from the 00 foot level shows from ten to twelve feet of ore with no gangue matter forty seven men are doing development work on the mine five shafts have been sunk from to feet all in ore samples give thirty one per cent copper and 8 in gold and one assay shows 42 in gold and twenty six per cent coper the silver cliff and tarbox in the same district are being vigorously worked and the tarbox is shipping many prospectors are coming into liae district and much development work is being done |