Show MONTANA philipsburg Gre garlan E A hannah and W H mcwilliams drove out to the alps district monday to look over some mining property upon which a mill is soon to be placed in operation butte evening news word reached butte today that parties evidently acting for some big mining interests in butte have secured options upon several ranches in the neighborhood of divide about 30 miles southwest of butte on the oregon short line for the purpose of erecting a big smelter and concentrator in that locality butte mining review james W murphy manager of the property of butte hill copper mining company and also connected with the north butte mountain company exhibited some come specimens of fine looking quartz saturday and said they were from the property of the latter they were still wet showing that they had not been taken from the vein a great while previous each piece weighed about 10 pounds and showed copper mr murphy stated that the vein from which they were extracted was about six feet wide but the chunks had come from a streak on one of the walls the company is sinking a shaft on one of the claims in the group butte evening news superintendent ed higgins 0 of the columbus butte mining company pan y returned today from washington D C where he was called by the serious illness of his father mr higgins stopped on his way home at columbus ohio to meet the directors of his company who had an bounced in a cincu circular lar some weeks week sago ago that they were about to discontinue operations on the properties unless an additional assessment bessm ses ent of two cents a share was forthcoming from the stockholders during his stay in columbus a meeting of the directors was held at which they decided to let their lease expire abandon the property and fulfill their dobli obligations actions to the extent of their ability butte mining review the eagle company is installing hoisting machinery and a boiler on its property the eagle claim north of walkerville Wal kerville and will connect the engine and boiler as soon as practicable the shaft is 65 feet deep on account of striking water sinking was suspended a few days ago pending the installation of the machinery butwill but will be resumed at once peter B handlin one of the best known mining 0 men in the district is in charge of the work and will make a mine out of the property if the ore is there A good vein traverses the claim and it is believed that when it is properly opened the big end of the ore body which yielded so well for the old operators of the ground will be found the flow of water is not heavy but without pumps and steam to operate them little progress in inking finking can be made even when it is slight lewiston argus the barnes king cleanup fo for the past month foots up to something over and about the end of the week the usual dividend will be declared the company will also daso salt away a nice sum to be added to the growing surplus fund and affairs could hardly be in a more satisfactory shape than they are at present the ore now being taken out carries somewhat higher values than usual and there is plenty of it in the course of a few months the large body of high grade ore struck in the long tunnel now nearing completion will be available and the reserves now in sight will be ample for an indefinite period with the opening of the ground in the north end of this great property the barnes king will practically have a new mine the kendall is also looking exceedingly well and the new ore bodies tapped there recently are showing up in fine shape |