Show THE MONTANA TONOPAH tonopah To miner it is reported from a reliable source that a great strike has just been made on the foot level of the montana tonopah at a point about feet west of the crosscut according to the report a rich shoot has been opened up in the macdonald ledge which shows between four and five feet of ore that assays essays higher than any one shoot of this magnitude heretofore found in the mine while the information lacks official confirmation fir it is believed by well informed observers that it is trustworthy at the annual meeting of the stockholders of the montana held in salt lake last wednesday the official reports showed that during the past year the sum of was received from the shipments of ore and that practically this entire amount was expended in development work the affairs of the company were shown to be in most excellent condition and from this time forward large returns from the forwarding of ore may be expected george F badgett who served the company so faithfully and efficiently as superintendent was elected second vice president A resolution was passed commending mr badgett for his services and his election to the second vice presidency is a fitting recognition of the good work he has done for the company the offices of superintendent perin and general manager were consolidated soli dated and donald B gillies late of butte mont was elected to the new position mr gillies until quite recently occupied an important position with the pittsburg montana mining bomp company any of butte and for a number of years baag had c harge charge of the butte interests of W A clarl he is a man of fine attainments and ireat great executive ability george A bartlett of tonopah To the local counsel of the company was elected a director with the exception of bf the changes noted the old board was reelected elected re under the new organization the same liberal policy that has characterized the operations of the company from the beginning will be pursued the company has for a long time been experimenting to ascertain the best methods of re and it can confidently be stated that it will not be long before active steps will be taken to erect reduction works as it is understood that the experiments which have been conducted by fred M field the assayer and metallurgist of the company have given the most satisfactory results |