Show MONTANA phillipsburg Phillips burg Gre garlan manager J H price of the gold reef mining company is in the city from the south boulder and informs the that the cyanide tanks have been completed and that the treatment of ore from the companas comp anys mine will begin at once dillon tribune the silver fissure mining company is working its mines at polaris at bulf blast the traction engine they recently put on the road has contrary to the expectations of certain skeptical people shown excellent results although the road has been far from perfect because of the lack of rain which of course is in no way a reflection on the work of the grading force although the construction of the smelter is not quite completed it is expected libat it will be in working order early in the fall a phillipsburg Phillips burg work on the old puritan mine will be resumed tuesday morning under the direction of frank D brown who with butte capitalists have an option on the properties it is understood that capt thomas mitchell one of the most experienced miners of this section will have charge of the working force and that ore shipments will begin at once the properties are situated near here ande are owned by jas A murray of butte who caused considerable work to be done of them prior to the great decline in the price of silver now however it is believed by mr brown and his associates that the reduction in cost of transportation will warrant the taking out of the ores immense quantities of which are already in sight it is said to be the intension tion of the management to confine present operations to the upper levels of the mine but later on work below water level will be vigorously prosecuted and the properties de to their fullest capacity this undertaking der taking is but another evidence of the confidence that is possessed by practical mining men that the former old silver producing mines of this section that have not been worked out will all be producing their share towards the wealth of this great state before very many days great falls leader frank and jerry have returned from work upon their mining prospects near maiden in fergus county and report an excellent showing for the work done A tunnel is being run to tap the vein and is now in feet with but a short ways further to go before striking the vein A sample of ore brought out by mr runs in gold and if the ore runs anything like expected the great falls men will have a fortune in sight mr also brought out some queer looking octagon shaped stones which are found in profusion throughout the country rock about the mineral vein the stones run ff from om half an inch to a couple of inches in length have flat ends and are perfectly formed octagons being of a sort of half granite and lidstone lim stone court stenographer crowther is positive that the stones were cut by some prehistoric race for some unknown use and will send samples to the smithsonian institute in washington mr 20 years ago discovered the same form of stone in the same section and at that time a geologist connected with the spotted horse mine figured out that the little le octagon stones were a sort of money used by a prehistoric race which at one time peopled northern montana dillon tribune the calumet and montana mining company filed articles of incorporation po ration with the clerk and recorder last monday the company incorporates for which is divided into shares with a par value of 1 each the board of directors of the company is composed of john daniel paul P roehm edward john H holman and charles all of calumet michigan W frank james of hancock mich and J 0 mcfadden of butte mont the principal place for the transaction of business is at bisbee arizona general offices are at calumet mich with branch offices at such other places as the board of directors may direct the calumet and montana mining company is the owner of the dark horse mine and the group in which it is located during the past few months quite a lot of information has appeared in these columns regarding the group and ea specially ally regarding the dark horse mine which is considered one of the best pro eions in this section of the country very extensive mining operations are being car ried on up there some splendid ore is being extracted and the dark horse camp bids fair to become a permanent camp |