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Show MOIITAIIteilieUAM MAKES RECORD III SEPTEMBER f According to statements made by ' the manager of the Montana-Bingham - Consolidated Mines Company, operat- Ing extensive property In the Blng- ' . ham district, the month of Septem- ber, in spite of difficulties occasioned , by the prevalent .shortage in labor. ! has been a busy one, with results i ' that in the main are creditably and at the same time highly, encouraging to those Interested who have perse- vered in the face of many difficulties. f It was explained that during the month of September only eight cars of ore had been sent from the mine I to the smelter, but that in this period I the idea of the management was not . so much to make a record in produo- - . tion as to carry forward the develop- - ment of the property on a basis that . would serve Its ue in months and ht years to come, " There appears to be " no question about the existence of f large bodies of ore in the property, f . the Issue hss been presented in the manner best suited to opening up the f deposits that have been , proved to 1 exist. . . I - During the month the ore has been I taken from both the Montana Blng- ham level and the Keystone tunnel I on the Fortuna group, the bulk of the I shipments being in the ore in which -f'- and silver, while two cars of the lead !'. copper predominates with some gold I and silver, while two cars of the Ips'I 2 4 silver product have been marketed f Opinion was officially expressed r that if labor conditions did not ma- ' terially Interfere with progress, the i month of October would show the i property on a much better basis. J |