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Show BJSIUCK GOLD 15 PROViNG BOWM Initial Clean-up From New Mill Brings 3300 Ounces Gold-silver Bullion. ON DISPLAY IN CITY General Manager Hansen Says Output Will Be Steadily Increased. That the Bannack Gold Mining company, com-pany, operating in the Bannack district, Beaverhead county, Mont., is making pood the promises of the management and the experts who have examined the property and erected the strictly modern mill is now an established fact. In the front window of the Merchants bank. Third South and Main streets, was yesterday morn in ar placed on exhibition 3300 ounces of gold and silver bullion, the result of the first ten days' run at the property. Is Worth Large Sum. The bullion was brought down only Sunday night, and. in the absence of certified assays. General Manager George T. .Hansen was not inclined to make a specific statement as to Die value of the bullion, 'because the exact ratio of the Filver and gold has not yet been definitely defi-nitely determined, but expressed his belief be-lief that the bars would net $S per ounce, -which would bring the total value in excess of $26,000. The initial run of the plant was made on the lower grade ores, in order that the cyanide tanks might be filled at not too great an expense. There is held constantly in solution something like S5000 worth of metal in the tanks and the higher grade product of the mine will -be handled at an early date. Officials Pay Visit. G. TV. "Wood, consulting engineer of the company and the builder of the new-mill; new-mill; George T. Hansen, president and ge n era.1 man ager ; Dr. W. C. Eba ugh, secretary and treasurer, accompanied by E. N. Greenleaf. the eales engineer of the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing com-Moy, com-Moy, which furnished the equipment, returned re-turned Sunday night from a four days' stay at the mine and mill, bringing down the bullion results of the first clean-up. Mr. Hansen said yesterday that the mill was now up to 100 tons dailv capacity, ca-pacity, but that only 33SO tons "were treated to run the first four bars and 'soak up" the tanks. Will Increase Output. The capacity of the mill, said Mr. Hansen, Han-sen, is to be crowded to 200 tons per flay and the shipments of bullion will follow regularly every fifteen days. Questioned Ques-tioned as to the amount of ore in the mine already proved. " Mr. Hansen said the company estimated there was enough In Fight to run 200 tons per day for at least five years, with much favorable mineralized min-eralized ground yet awaiting development. develop-ment. The new mill is making a record In saving values through the Ball crusher and cyanide process, at least 9S per cent of the values being recovered. The four big bars of bullion on exhibition ex-hibition in the bank window attracted the attention of thousands yesterday afternoon aft-ernoon and the comments and compliments compli-ments in every respect favorable. |