Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-11-22 | Page 17 | States Jib Mine Condition Good

STIltS JIB HE CDNDITION GOOD Stoping and Shipping of Ore Begins; Mill Test Run Made at Helena. Encouraging developments continue to be the result of the operations at tho Jib mine, situated at Basin, Mont., accord- I tng to Owen K. Brinton, mine superintendent, superin-tendent, who arrived in Salt Lake yesterday yester-day afternoon. Drifting on the 200 and j the 300-foot levels have been begun, a Btope has been opened up on the 300 and the 150-foot levels, and shipments of 100 tons of ore per day are going forth steadily. The ore is being shipped to the New ' York-Montana Engineering & TestlxajC Works at Helena, Mont., where test run.- will be made. Ore from all the different levels of the mine will be shipped, and, aa far as possible, an accurate test of the mine run will be made. After this tert of 500 tons has been made. It Is believed sufficient data in regard to the value of the ore blocked out and to the bst process for milling will have been obtained, so Third Second quarter. quarter. 1919. 1919i 1. 762,700. S2 $ 837,427.11 s for precious SSL 622. 98 1.49,489.22 Co. dividends . 373.1S7.00 375.187.30 J2.4l9.rn I .SO $2,632,103.83 2,436,735.00 2.436,735.00 17,223.20 $2 213.368. S3 that Immediate construction of a new mill with a 600-ton capacity can he planned. As thfre is a building of sufficient suffi-cient size on the property for the mill planned, officials of the company are eohrider.t that it-will be only necessary to make a few improvements and install modern machinery. Engineers are at present making maps of the workings and estimating the value of the ore already blocked out preparatory prepara-tory to the construction of the new mill, it is said. Durintr the week on the T50-foot level of the Hope mini a strike of the richest ore yet found on the property was made, it is said. This ore, picture rock containing contain-ing free gold and silver carrying sensational sensa-tional values, was encountered on the I hanging wall of the Eatie vein, which has been opened up for a distance of 2000 feet. Enough work has not been done on this recent strike to determine the size of the shoot. It is said. The connection between the Hope and the Katie mine on the BOO level will be sooi: made. This will facilitate the handling han-dling of ore and improve ventilation.