Show MONTANA sheridan enterprise eugene west and R T bigham returned monday from basin where they had been since last friday they report that camp enjoying a healthy boom and say it has every indication of continuing a good town for some time to come A big concentrator is being built at the bullion mine and the works near the town are working actively ed mccool formerly at brandon will probably have charge of the concentrator al AI sanford is another Sheri danite that is located in the camp al is running a barber shop sheridan enterprise al created some excitement in town on his return from prospecting monday evening ile he had several samples of some good looking rock that he secured in the ruby mountains back of the silver spring ranch the lead was traced for a long distance and finally located next to the lead matter was found about two feet of black talc that has a very favorable look the ore is considerably mixed with granite but it is in a decomposed state and no doubt carries good values at least al is going to have it tested he is very close about the location of the prospect big hole breezes W B Stan stanchfield clifield cante came down from the ajax saturday evening going goin back up the next morning mr stanchfield was obliged to leave for butte manaa i 1 10 0 o attend to business matters but will return the last or of the week and take tho place of foreman at the mine work was was barted in earnest this week with two four horse teams hauling ore from the mine to the mill and two shifts ol of miners breaking I 1 rock in no 4 tunnel there is also a considerable quantity of good ore in no 2 tunnel which vis vas broken under contract lest year the mill is in charge of 0 tom landers a veteran mill man who is qualified to get et full value out of the ore it if the present experimental run meets expectations the mino mine and mill will wil undoubtedly in be bd kept in contin continued ucil olier alion A lewiston special says there is much excitement around kendall over the reported striking of ore in the fergus tract extending out on the flat from the bullard property and claims are being located in all directions the officials of the fergus company in this city say that if ore has been encountered by the diamond drill they have not been informed of it but it is worthy of note that president H M rae and david hilger lost no time in getting out to the ground today they say that while all the indications are favorable it is premature to assume that ore has actually been found according to the reports received here the men in the diamond drill crews are having the locating done and it is probable from this fact the belief that ore has been found arose if success attends the diamond drill work it is hardly likely that the news will be given to the public immediately and this is another circumstance strengthening the theory that ore has been found whatever the facts may be a real mining excitement is prevailing in the district butte mining review the new leaching plant of the snowstorm mine at mullan ida in which thomas L greenough of missoula is the principal stockholder after several months of construction work has just about been completed it is expected that within a few weeks from this date the plant will be placed in operation and the ore from the mine which previous to this time has been shipped to the smelters shelters sm elters will be treated at this plant the new plant and the tramway leading to it are sources of great interest to the people who haw have been watching batchin 0 the progress of the mine which has been making such a remarkable showing of late the process of ore treatment to be placed in use at the snowstorm is said to be an entirely new one having never before been placed in operation in the west A specialist has been at mullan for some time perfecting the plant and its work will be interestingly te watched the method of treatment by the new process has never been made a public matter as the owners of the mine are the only people in the country who know much about it and have been keeping it secret it is said that it is especially ally adapted for the grade of ore that is being taken from this mine and has manifold advantages over old systems of treatment one of them being economy later some information regarding its workings may be given |