Show THE HIGHLAND COMPANY news butte mont nathan godfrey clerk of the house of representatives will leave for the east in a few days to put a portion of the treasury stock of the highland mining and milling company on the market to secure funds with which to erect a mill on the companas comp anys property the highland company owns eighteen quartz claims and one placer claim in granite county in one of the most famous camou s and richest mining districts of the jhc state it is but a short distance from the world famed cable and the southern cross mines and close to harvey showers flag which gives pro promise mise of becoming one of the greatest gold mines of the state among the heavy holders of stock are a number of practical miners such as frank oconnor of the butte miners union and their confidence in the property is so strong that only the least quantity of stock required to put the mill in 0 operation pe ration will be parted with the lead values are almost entirely gold A 20 stamp mill is contemplated but the company owns 57 5 inches of water and can furnish power for 75 stamps if required but propose to increase the number of stamps from the proceeds of the mine making them pay their own development an immense amount of work has already been done on the claims numerous tunnels shafts and dinzes have been driven and a number of leads have been uncovered in one claim ore in th the e shaft runs 10 a ton a tunnel on the same claim cut the lead at a depth of feet and the ore assayed 25 a ton this lead was more than 18 inches wide another drift cut a body of two and 0 one ne half feet wide assaying 12 to 15 a ton one of the claims the armada has a blanket lead from three to six feet wide extending under the entire surface of the claim another the general delacey De larey shows values from 10 to 30 a ton the most mosi important mine of the group 41 is the Glena willey which has a lead forty feet wide |