Show MONTANA marysville marksville Marys ville mountaineer A number of nien men are in marysville marksville Marys ville ready to go to work on the north star mine owned by col thomas cruse this property has never disappointed any one at any time when they have been developing and opening it up deer lodge silver state W L higgins the first of the week shipped a lot of machinery from deer lodge to drummond to be used at a splendid coal mine he and his partners have developed about four miles southwest of that place the coal is said to be of a very superior quality and the vein a large one isaac perry is interested with mr higgins and we trust it will not be long before they are able to mine the black diamonds and put them on the market Butte Mining review the raven mining company on the vein has opened up an ore body equal to anything opened up in the camp of butte on the 1200 level the ore body has been exposed by a drift for a long distance and the vein is continuous and holds its own throughout we understand arrangements are now being made by the raven mining company to secure additional property after which the force will be enlarged and continuous shipments will be made A dispatch from helena says just south of t the state capitol grounds and within the city ty limits of helena E hahn was struck a 20 foot vein with a pay streak one toot foot wide de which averages from 30 to 33 a ton ln ill gold silver and lead the strike was made at a depth of 14 feet ore was found 1 n I the same vicinity in the early days but the e cost of treatment 26 a ton was cally prohibitive the present cost is about out 7 a ton mr hahn has commenced shipments ip ments to the east helena smelter lewis lewiston tola argus the cherry creek ing company pany owning acres of placer ground gro on cherry creek fifteen miles soul south h of ln in this state has tor for perfected pla pa ns a a r nafle and a half flume and a hydraulic plant ta t this work the ground is to lo be put in winter r the flume win will take about I 1 feet of lumber and ts this will be all surfaced murfa ced rt it is intended to cut and surface the lumber this winter and do as much surface work as the winter will permit the boiler engine and machine and all the other parts of the saw mill which the company intends p utting putting in have arrived both engine and boiler are 40 horse power capacity the mill has a capacity of feet a day lewiston argus ore has at last been found on the great fergus tract extending on out from the bullard at kendall in a northeasterly direction the find was made saturday morning and while it proves the judgment of john A drake and his experts was correct the find is not as satisfactory as it might be for several reasons the ore according to authentic report is very low grade it was encountered bythe by the diamond drill at a depth of feet this being the deepest diamond drill hole ever bored in montana the ore is of the same general character as the other cyaniding cyan iding ores found at kendall and the first core brought up showed small values it was hoped and expected that with more depth the values would increase and all connected with the operations were intently waiting for the drill to get further down when an accident happened that caused more disappointment the cogs on the drum operating the drill broke and all operations at once came to a stand still arrangements were at once commenced to bring up the drill and a new maw drum will be put in place just as soon as ae possible meanwhile those who have so much at stake on the ultimate result are left up in the air but all are quite confident and there is certainly room for much satisfaction in the fact that the ore has been found in this tract |