Show MONTANA dillon tribune W T taylor the mining expert is making preparations for an tended extended prospecting trip in wyoming he will revisit a district in which he prospected years ago and where he discovered mineral which although very promising was not rich enough to work at a profit at that time but which would now be with the improvements in transportation facilities and mining machinery mr taylor expects to be gone several months butte miner james J southwick and max I 1 goldstein of great falls left that city last week for american falls idaho where they will experiment with a new in invention which may revolutionize placer gold mining if it is successful they will make their first tests along the snake river with which mr southwick is familiar the new olvce dayce is expected to meet the peculiar requirements quire ments of that locality the machine has as up to the present time met all aquire ments ants and great things are predicted for it butte miner As an indication of the increased in activity in the mining districts around aund helena the managers of the fast east helena elena plant of the american smelting smelling Sm elting refi fining ning company state that the outlook for or a plentiful supply of ore was never better etter three furnaces are in operation continuously at the smelter and improve innas ants at the works are under way which will cost at least the old bruckner ro asters are to be taken out and in their place a set of huntington gebelein Heb elein ro asters will be installed with a capacity of tons a day A dispatch from missoula says C F arnold of butt one of the heaviest stockholders of the albion mining company which has a silver copper proposition in granite bounty some six miles from the bimetallic mine was in missoula yesterday and placed on exhibition at the apartments of the chamber of commerce a number of the latest specimens taken from the property they show a good percentage of silver with a sprinkling of copper in paying quantities the company now has one tunnel driven feet another and a third seventy feet considerable eastern capital is now interested and within a few weeks a big force of men will be at work and new machinery purchased people familiar with the property believe that it will prove to be one of the best dividend payers in granite county |