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Show i pleted in the St. Lawrence mine to keep it I clear of obnoxious gas. Work is progressing progress-ing so satisfactorily that men can work in almost any part of the mine. Ten-inch galvanized iron pipes were run through all the levels down to the BOO and are being continued down to the lower workings. Pure air -will be continually forced through these pipes and in this way the mine kept free. A larger force than has ever been em- ' ployed there will be put to work. Improvements Improve-ments are to be made in some of the syndicate syndi-cate mine3 and the men who are laid off there will be worked in the St. Lawrence. The Lexington company is seriously considering con-sidering the purchase of the Goldsmith mill and adjoining claims. Superintendent Rueger has referred the whole matter to the directors of the company at Paris and is expecting ex-pecting a favorable answer in & short time. Important changes have been made in the j water jackets and furnaces of THE BOULDER SMELTER during the past ten days. Work has been resumed again and the smelter is iu better shape thau ever before. This is 6aying a good deal, for the plant is regarded as a model of its kind. While the improvements were being made the shipments of ore did not stop, most of it coming fioin the West Gray Kock. ENTERPRISE WAS REWARDED in the Queen of the Hills mine, where a double-compartment shaft is being sunk by electric power. When the shaft was down 150 feet a crosscut that was run a short distance dis-tance exposed the lead that is seven feet wide. The ore assays $20 to the ton. Considerable development is being done MINING MATTERS IN filONTANA Butte. Notwithstanding the low price of silver, the shipments of silver ore to custom works continues as large as ever, reports the Inter-.Vountain. Inter-.Vountain. There are many leasers who would willingly quit for the time, "but," they say, "we have to make a bluff for our board." The Butte sampling works reports the receipt re-ceipt of about 1000 tons of ore during the month. The Missoula mine is one of the re-liable re-liable producers that recently fell Into line, and its output is 100 tons of first-class ore. The Eveline is producing ore from two shafts. Their combined yield is 200 tons per month of fine ore, which carries from $15 to $80 per ton in gold. The Ophir is another steady producer, and the Stella ships a vast quantity of ore every day. Good ore bodies were opened last week in the different drifts of the Brtttania. Most of it is silver glance, assaying 175 ounces to the ton. Several shipments of second-class ore have been made to the Lexington. At the Vulcan development of the shaft from the 300 to the 400-foot level is going forward. Harrison & Olds are erecting a new hoist THE ROYAL GOLD MINE and the company is running the mine so that ore can be taken out through it to the mill. Two other tunnels are being driven for development purposes. The lower one will be used as the working tunnel and will be connected with the others by chutes, through which all the ore mined will be sent to the lower tunnel and thence to the mill. Fine ore is being obtained and, besides, the property has lartre reserves. At present the mine produces $500 a day. Adjoining the Royal Gold is the Volcano, one of a group of valuable properties in that neighborhood. A. tunnel is being run to reach the main vein, which is 12 to 15 feet in width. The tunnel is in now 35 feet, and a contract has been let to drive it 150 feet more to expose the solid vein matter. Assays As-says taken from near the surface showed up well in gold. on tne eneriaan. Drifting and crosseutting on the Star West is in progress. A large quantity of ore is being mined and shipped to the Colorado Col-orado smelter. The Travonia, owned by W. A. Clark, is producing a quantity of ore. COLORADO SMELTING COMPANY talks of experimenting with a new process by which the tailings of the concentrator are to be worked over. The concentrator now diily treats 250 tons of concentrates. At the smelter a patent furnace, an improvement 1 on the O'Hara, was recently started up. It I is operated by rope transmission by means of Dodge pulleys. A new cruiser and set of rolls have just been added. ALICE COMPANY'S STATEMENT. ' From the annual statement of the Alice Gold & Silver Mining company it . appears that of the capital stock of $10,000,000, none has been paid in money. The mines owned by the company are the Alice, Curry, Rooney, Magna Cbarta, Valdamere, Boston, Magnolia, R.i6lng Star, Walkerville, Biue Wine, Midnight, and a portion of the Paymaster Pay-master lode, and interest in adjacent claims. The company paid no dividends this year. The latest quotation of the stock is 70 cents a share, the number of shares in the company com-pany being 400,000. Lienemann Ss Schmidt of Butte bonded a property in the Pitestone district and on which a hoist will be erected. The property has been a good producer and assays recently re-cently taken from it average $50 in gold vu the ton. . Work will soon begin on 400 or 500-foc t stack for the Parrot smelter sometime thi month. A new system of ventilation is being com - i l i i |