Show MONTANA sheridan enterprise the moonlight mining development company was was recently organized at twin bridges D F wheeler is president and seymour thompson secretary and treasurer the company proposes to operate in bear gulch the monitor in speaking of the new organization says the owners of these mines are eL earnest rnest and with the support 0 of f the business men of this district will in the near future develop a property that old madison the gem of the state may well be proud A missoula dispatch says edward S dorman the well known civil and mining engineer of this city left sunday evening for new york and boston where he will place on the market for sale some valuable mining properties located at lost gulch near iron mountain mr dorman has the option on three claims located in lost gulch which belong to william connell and also an option on four other claims which adjoin these properties and are owned by J J dimmock and J L bradshaw mr doran is well acquainted with the properties and it will be of much benefit to the mine owners of that section of the cou country 11 try if he succeeds in effecting a sale of the properties old timers claim that capital is necessary before the properties can be developed and if the capital is raised and development begun people will be surprised at the richness and quantity of the ore in that part of the country anaconda standard the greene camp bell consolidated gold mining company has decided to build a 15 stamp mill on its property at silver star madison county the plant will not be erected until spring however for the company realizes it cannot make headway in the work at this season of the year the mines of the company have been opened to a depth of feet the old shaft which was feet having been sunk during the year the vein at the bottom is about 6 feet wide and while all of the ore in it is not first class such as individuals and companies usually ship to some distant point for reduction it is good rock and will pay well if treated at the mine about a foot and a half of the body is shipping rock the vein on the foot foo t level is about as wide as it is at the bottom and contains the same rich strike four shipments of one car each have been made during the last few months and the company derived a good net profit from them the average being about 65 per ton work is now being confined to the foot level the company has to separate the first class ore from the sec ond class and it costs money to do it but with a mill of its own it can extract and treat the entire body without separating the good and pretty good and have a splendid average value the rich ore increasing the value of the lower grade |