Show MONTANA butte copper age jack hoy and james higgins are operating the lizzie claim under lease from the davis daly estates company their work has been attended with success A good quantity of high grade copper ore is being extracted and shipped to the butte reduction works for treatment the lizzle lizzie mine is located in the eastern part of butte where leasere leasers have found profitable work at all times lewiston argus A B lehman has returned from helena where he attended the recent convention of mining men held to perfect arrangements for erecting an independent smelter he was chosen as vice president for this county and states that the movement will undoubtedly prove entirely successful he hopes to see a good membership from fergus and is prepared to give all information as to the plan which will be beneficial to this as well as to other parts of the state deer lodge silver state william dodd of the variegated saphire company on dry cottonwood creek arrived home last evening from a business visit to minneapolis and other points east during his absence he bought a new saw mill which on its arrival will be placed up in the vicinity of the saphire mines where the company has about feet of timber to cut for the mar ket their dredge which has been closed down for the winter is receiving some substantial improvements and will shortly be started up again butte copper age development work at the colorado mine by the davis daly estates company is progressing satisfactorily the shaft has reached a depth of 1000 feet and work is now directed to the crosscut which is being pushed through in a westerly direction to intersect a southerly crosscut from clarks original mine the intersection will be under the business section of butte where some good copper ore has been taken out operations at the silver king have been resumed after a close down of several months the work is confined to development and good progress is being made |