Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-06-11 | Page 38 | Original Bannack Has Tow Shafts Going down Rapidly

O ORIGINAl BANNACK HAS AS TWO SHAFTS GOING DOWN Two To hoisting plants and two com corn compressors p are being installed at the Original i inal nal Bannack properties in Montana a according to E. E W W. Griffiths and n B. B Binnard who have Just returned from froman fromn a an n inspection trip The hoisting plant a and nd compressor at tho the gold shaft have been installed and are operating and t the he plants over th the copper shaft shaf willbe will willbe be operating in a few few days There are about thirty men engaged In sinking t the he two shafts three shifts shUts being bein employed employed employed em- em em em- on each ach of ot the workings and good progress has already been made At the gold shaft shaf they have havo sent the two-compartment two workings down feet and are are sinking at the rate of ot four feet a alday aday da This is on the Excelsior ground from which considerable considerable consid consid- erable high grade gold ore was ex extracted extracted ex- ex by the pioneers The old workings workIngs workIngs work- work Ings are under water and Supt William Dunn who is among those who operated operated ed in Bannack In the tho early days days claims claim I that he can cn get th the ore in dry territory territory terri tern tory in the location he has selected forthe for forthe forthe the new workings The be shaft shaf on the copper vein is about one-half one mile mUe from the gold vein yein his shaft is now down about forty feet and they intend to follow the vein to bedrock bed rook rock roCk with wih this working They may not decide dedde to drift and crosscut until a depth of or feet has been attained This vein has one of the strongest outcroppings in the camp and shows I on the surface from 55 to feet in width It I is believed that some of the f shipments will wi be made from this portion of ot the property Griffiths says that Dann Bannack ck is a busy camp there being no vacant places Inthe in iii inthe I Ithe the town arid and the Bannack Gold is working about seventy five men men almost al almost almost al- al most entirely on construction work worl The development operations are practically t I cally at a stands standstill tn as the company has Ins so m much ch ore blocked out that it I has as been decided to wait walt for tor th the completion com corn of ot the mill mi It I is expected that t the he mill mi will wi be operating about September September September Sep Sep- 1 lr and that its Is capacity will wi range from to tons daily daiy The claim dalm at t the camp is that the ore will wi average from 10 to 1 in gold to theton the theton theton ton and that a recovery of from 96 to 97 7 per cent will wl be made Griffiths and went to Butte Bute and from there thero thereto to Pony wh where re they examined a gold property from which they took samples sam samples sam sam- ples pies and upon the returns from these a 1 deal Is hinging