Show MONTANA butte copper age the ida montana situated in the gulch near columbia gardens strikes a 4 foot vein of commercial copper on the foot level and is thought to be a true fissure vein of great depth the ore assays essays over 17 per cent copper with good values in silver and gold this same vein was encountered in amazon butte a few days ago butte copper age the butte coalition company is now producing in excess of 1 ra tons of ore daily and the product reached as high as 1650 tons per d average yield of the ore mined now is p bably not more than sixty pounds of cap coppa per ton as the coalition like all other cy banies in the butte district is holdi holding ng tta high grade ore in reserve and is fencl its lowest grades to the smelter while price of copper is high it is the expect tion of the coalition company to mine a aa 2000 tons per day by the first of 0 year lewiston argus while the opera at the barnes king have been consider considers consi derr interfered with by the rains this fine progress is now being made the ne ile main shaft is going down in splendid shape and the transportation to it is finisse finish so while the shops and warehouses are cor plated and the grading all done the sa s1 sj tiago ore body has been developed up j feet with a raise from no 4 level A I 1 t shaft has been started on the mule shoe tand and an open cut comi commenced fenced on the horse shoe the situation is altogether satisfactory factory to the management s lewiston argus the directors of the r 11 north orth kendall gold mining company own is ing over acres of land in the plum creek section have completed arrange ments for starting operations and within a I 1 k short time a diamond drill will be at work exploring the ground the company being i t prepared to go down 1000 feet if necessary W S amici is president of this company A W stoddard vice president and horace lill hill I treasurer they are all very hopeful of making a mine of the north kendall and consider the outlook favorable enough to justify putting their money into the venture butte copper age the annual meeting of the stockholders of the reins copper company was held in this city tuesday of the shares were represented either personally or by proxy there are still shares in the treasury in the name of J mcguffey Guffey AT president of the company as trustee according to the report of glen L thompson assistant secretary of the company 2061 dry tons of ore were taken from the mine and shipped during the past year bringing a revenue of the ore averaged 57 per cent copper and ounces of silver to the ton the financial report shows the company to be in excellent condition butte miner in striking contrast to the score of companies organized during the R past ast eighteen months fori for development of opper copper properties the british butte company owning a large acreage of placer ground near rocker is devoting its efforts to the finding of gold the company has proved to a considerable extent the wisdom of its promoters and if the surface results can be depended upon I 1 a great future is in store for the proposition the success of the british butte company will mean h for butte for it will prove that the ar grounds west of the city which d large returns of gold in the early rays fr ays when the ground was only scratched ar ver is a veritable gold mine the wealth which will go into the millions i |