Show MONTANA dillon tribune W V butler was in town thia from the polaris butler and van zant are working that famous property under a lease and shipped several cars of paying ore cre from it this season philipsburg call L N van and george P durham have secured a lease and bond on the iron mines on franklin hill bili formerly operated by david conklin and associates they will begin work on the lower tunnel within a few days enterprise the ajax mine situated in big hole basin eighteen miles west of fox at the head of swamp creek is a nice little property and is paying its owners dividends there is a 10 stamp mill upon the property in which the gold is amalgamated and the tails concentrated on wilfley tables and a saving of 90 per cent is made by the process the ore averages 12 per ton in gold that metal existing in a free or metallic state to a large extent the vein is from six feet to twelve feet wide and is easily mined the mine has been operated for four years while the mill has been running for about a year the mine is high up in the hills and snow prevents the owners from running the mill during the spring A wire tram will soon be installed and this will do away with ore hauling A cleanup clean bip up was rought brought b into dillon two weeks ago from the ajax ore representing a thirty day run |