Show MONTANA philipsburg Gre garlan operations at the hope mill were suspended sunday for an indefinite period many people believe this to be the final shutdown shut down of this old producer produce rp but as there have been many previous suspensions it would appear that the duration of the old mills idleness depends upon the quan quantity city and character of ore uncovered 0 on n hope hill where the mines will cantue to work 4 A kendall special says A cleanup clean up of over was made at the barnes king k I 1 this month the tunnel to the north end of jq the property is being pushed as rapidly as possible and as soon as the ore body which was prospected by the diamond drill is struck the monthly output will be greatly increased at present the pockets of ore and the ore stains indicate close proximity to the ore body butte mining review J L presnell superintendent perin of the denver rock island development company of borgia came in to participate in the elks exercises and to assist in antl ering the new herd mr presnell says at the present time he is employing but six men in development work in his mine which is a silver lead proposition the showing is magnificent and he believes that it will be but a short time until his mine is a producer and dividend payer A butte dispatch says the control of the queen mining milling company owning the bullard tract at kendall mont has been sold to foley brothers of st paul minn who paid for shares of the stock giving them control the purchase by the foley brothers brings peace to the stockholders of the queen company who have been wrangling among themselves for the last few months regarding a disposition of the treasury stock the doleys are to sink a shaft at once and install a cyanide mill of large capacity as soon as the showing of the property warrants such an improvement pro butte mining review articles of incorporation po ration of the west butte mining company have been filed the capital stock is in shares of the value of 10 each the k incorporators each of whom have subscribed for one share of stock are carroll G dolman charles L smith and L P forestell the company is the owner of the columbia lode claim and a number of other claims west of excelsior avenue the columbia proved very rich in silver yielding not less than worth of that metal in in very shallow workings good values in copper were also found but the developments were not sufficient to demonstrate fully the value of the mine below the silver level it is proposed to fully explore this mine and several other promising copper mines adjoining it |