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THE MINING JOURNAL

MONTANA

For the quarter ended June 30, the net profit reported by the Butte Copper and Zinc Company, A. J. Seligman, president, 42 Broadway, New York City, was $87,196, after the payment of taxes and all expenses. Figured similarly, the net profit for the corresponding period in 1929 was $53,364. The net profit for the first six months of the current year was $18,242, against $98,108 in the first half of 1929.
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The Superior Mines Company, John C. Graham, general manager, Superior, Montana, is ready to start sluicing ground formerly operated by the LaCassee Brothers, of Missoula. About 4,900 feet of flume have been completed.
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The Bimetallic Mining Company, John O. Hoffman, superintendent, Troy, Montana, is driving its tunnel into Grouse Mountain, at an average of three feet daily. Power equipment is used in the work.
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The accidental discovery of an ore shoot, by a fall of rock, has been reported from the property of the Federal Silver Mining Company, managed and largely owned by I. L. Earnheart of Troy, Montana. The ore is a foot wide, in a three-foot vein, carrying gold, silver, and lead, and is about 110 feet from the portal of the main tunnel. Mr. Earnhart intends to connect with the power line now being built to the Liberty and Mecca camps.
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A surface plant, including an office, bunkhouse, kitchen and dining room, is to be completed on the Harpole ground, near Avon, Montana, within 30 days. It is expected that the water ditch, three and a half miles long, will be completed about the same time, and two shifts of four men each will be engaged in placering. The next step to be considered in the construction program is a light and power plant, so that three shifts of miners can work. V. A. Harpole is the principal owner.
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Four men are in steady employment in advancing a tunnel in the property of the Victor Gold Mining Company on Granite Creek, near Libby, Montana, and its portal is said to be within 175 feet of the downward extension of a surface cropping of iron. J. H. Eby, Box 488, Spokane, Washington, is in charge of development. After cutting the vein, drifts will be run to the point where the diamond drill pierced the quartz. The work will require about two months.
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The Emmons-Howard Mining Company, C. L. Emmons, 844 Third Avenue West, Kalispell, Montana, has opened two pay streaks while prospecting, and is getting ready to install a hydraulic giant, and an automatic hoist. The crew is to be increased.
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The Basin Montana Tunnel Company, Samuel J. Barker, Jr., manager, 15 West Broadway, Butte, Montana; has run drifts both east and west on the Grey Eagle Vein, on the 600 Level of the Grey Eagle Mine. The east face carries high values in silver and zinc, and the west face is still in copper ore. On the same level, and in the south Grey Eagle Vein, a 20-inch width of ore has been opened, that assays close to 700 ounces silver to the ton.
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The Jardine Mining Company at Jardine, Montana, H. C. Bacorn, general manager, has shipped the first of several carloads of tungsten concentrates to the eastern market. The tungsten occurs in the form of scheelite, and the concentrate is of high grade, the carload just shipped assaying 74.65 per cent tungstic acid, and will return about $25,000. This is the only mine in the state producing tungsten in commercial quantities. Work at the present time is confined to production of tungsten, and to some development work, but when in normal operation, 150 men are employed. The property is well equipped with a hydroelectric plant, 40-stamp mill of 200 tons’ capacity, arsenic and cyanide plants. The ores carry gold, arsenic and tungsten.
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During June, the Montana Mines Corporation, Gust Carlson, manager, Helena, Montana, dressed 6,018 tons of ore at an average cost of $2.47 a ton. Considering the number of days in the month, this is the highest production during any month of the current year. The cost of milling has been steadily decreased from $8.68 a ton to the figure quoted for June. The average value of the mill heads is $6 a ton, chiefly in gold.
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Churn drill prospecting equipment has been moved to the property of the Virginia City Mining Company, eight and one-half miles south of Virginia City, Montana. The drill will dig a six-inch hole and has been set up near the test shaft on the original discovery. Several holes will be dug in an effort to test the gravels. Rupert Garrison is president of the company.
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The Leiter Gold Mines Corporation, recently organized, has taken over the Leiter Property on Wisconsin Creek, about 10 miles from Sheridan, Montana, and is to receive considerable development. A tunnel driven 800 feet, when the ground was under the management of the Gladstone Mines and Reduction Company, is to be continued another 1,000 feet, and drifting done on the Gold Eagle Vein, which it expects to reach at that point. The Lakeshore Mine, on the same creek, and for a time operated by the Gladstone Company, is to be dismantled. The Lakeshore Property was closed down in 1928 after several years of unprofitable production. Cecil L. Elliott is superintendent of the Leiter Gold Mines Corporation, and was in charge of the ground under the Gladstone management.
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THE MINING JOURNAL

NEW REPORT ON COOKE CITY MINING DISTRICT, MONTANA

For almost 40 years small amounts of lead, zinc, silver, gold, copper, and platinum ores, have been shipped annually from the New World or “Cooke City’ Mining District, which is just outside the Yellowstone National Park, close to its northeast corner. A report recently issued by the Department of the Interior, as Geological Survey Bulletin 811-A, describes this little-known District, and will be of great interest to mining engineers, geologists, and tourists. The report, which was written by T. S. Lovering, of the Geological Survey, and may be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C., for 50 cents, describes the geology and ore deposits of the district, and contains a map showing the roads, trails, buildings, drainage topography, and geology of an area of about 50 square miles.

As the district is 55 miles from Gardiner, the nearest point on a railroad, it has been little visited in the past, although the famous Grasshopper Glacier, and the rugged beauty of the highest mountains in Montana have attracted tourists there in ever increasing numbers each summer. To such visitors, the illustrations, map, description of the glacier, and account of the history of the district will be useful, and to anyone interested in “Cooke City” mines, the descriptions of the mines and geologic formations, and structure, and the discussion of the commercial future of the district, should prove of great value.

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THE MINING JOURNAL

MONTANA

The Blackfoot Gold Mining Company, Mark Welch, President, Missoula, Montana, has put its new mill into operation. The mine is operating on two shifts, and 17 men are employed. According to M. S. Thompson, General manager, 80,000 tons of ore are blocked out. The property is nine miles from Helmville.
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George Weiglenda, R. R. No. 3, Lewiston, Montana, is planning to build a mill at the Grassy Gold Mine, which he is operating. A road is being built some distance beyond the old town of Maiden, steel cyanide tanks are ready for ore, and the old wooden cyanide tanks, which Weiglenda recently purchased from owners of the Kendall Mill, are being moved. Eight men are working in the mine.
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The carload of tungsten concentrates, shipped recently by the Jardine Mining Company, H. C. Bacorn, Jardine, Montana, General manager, assayed 74.7 percent tungstic acid, and returned about $25,000. The original content of 2 percent arsenic, was lowered, by roasting with wood, since roasting it with coke did not lower it sufficiently.
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Anaconda Copper Mining Company is confining work at the Flathead Mine, near Kalispell, Montana, to development, because of the present metal prices, according to a reported statement by Jack Dugan, superintendent. Thirty men are employed in extracting 40 tons daily, of ore, said to average 50 ounces of silver, per ton.
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The R. J. Price Mining Company is working seven men, in two shifts, on its silver, lead, and gold property, consisting of 15 claims, near Noxon, Montana. The mine is equipped with power drills, and a tunnel is being driven to cut the main lead, at a vertical depth of about 450 feet. Two miles of truck road, are being constructed to the mine, which is 14 miles from the Northern Pacific Railroad. R. J. Price, individually, is operating the Freeman Property, in Copper Gulch.
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A reorganization has been effected in the operating force of the Crumby Mining Company, at Manicke, Montana, Charles Luding has been elected as President; O. B. Anderson re-elected as General manager; Jens Jensen elected as field man, and Sam Aiken chosen as Secretary-treasurer. Anderson is a Manicke man, and, with the exception of Jensen, the others live at Whitefish, Montana. Development is being pushed through a tunnel, which is 600 feet into the hill. It is well timbered and comparatively dry. A well-appointed camp has been established, and a compressor house, and shop, are near the mouth of the tunnel.
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The Standard Silver-Lead Mining Company, a Washington corporation, of which Charles Hussey, Empire State Building, Spokane, Washington, is Secretary and Manager, is negotiating an option on the holdings of the New Gould Mining Company, in Lewis and Clark County, Montana. The property involved, is a one-half interest in the Forbes and the Tecumseh patented lode mining claims, near Bear Tooth. The other half interest is owned by Owen and Bessie M. Byrnes.
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According to President and General Manager P. H. Barbour, P. O. Box 782, Helena, Montana, the Montana Lead, Inc., at Rimini, has reached all the objectives planned, when the company was organized, July 12, 1927. Twenty-five men are working during six days a week, and indications are favorable for a larger crew this fall. Development is carried on through the Red Mountain Tunnel, which has reached a length of 4,250 feet, and has cut ore at depths of from 600 to 1,200 feet. Considerable drifting has been done on veins 7, 8, and 9; the latter of which is five feet wide and carries milling values in gold, lead, silver and copper.
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MINE PRODUCTS DISPLAYED AT MONTANA STATE FAIR

Specimens of precious stones, gems, agates, marble, monumental and building stone, and slate for roofing, as well as other products, were included in the mining display at the Montana State Fair, held August 18 to 23. Special spaces were assigned to the large producers, including the Anaconda Copper Mining Company, and the American Smelting and Refining Company, which exhibited their raw materials and finished products.

Considerable attention was given to the non-metallic substances, facts about the uses and value of which were given. Motion pictures showing the operation of mines and reduction plants were shown.
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MONTANA

An extensive program of development is starting on the properties of the California Mining Company, in the famous Alder Gulch section, of Madison County, Montana. The first work will be the exploring of the lava-capped channel, to bedrock. This company also has properties at Grass Valley, California. The head office of the company is at Virginia City, Madison County, Montana, and a branch office is located at 509-511 DeYoung Building, San Francisco California. Frank Zichosch, is Engineer and Superintendent. The Montana property was taken over in May, 1930, from the Alder Gulch Consolidated Mining Company.
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The Montana Mines Corporation, Gust Carlson, General Manager, Helena, Montana, during the month of September, treated 6,490 tons of ore at its Spring Hill Mill, near Helena. In the period from August 15, 1929, to October 1, 1930, the company reduced its notes payable, and interest, by $93,460.46.
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The Lincoln Gulch Placer Mining Company has been formed with a capital stock of $1,500,000 by J. F. Clifford, of Great Falls, and Oscar Burkland, and James E. LaFountain, of Butte, Montana. The principal office of the company will be at Helena.
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The North American Development Corporation has been organized under the laws of South Dakota, with main offices in the Hirbour Building, Butte, Montana, in an effort to revive promising mining and oil developments, which are idle because of lack of capital. The officers and directors are W. L. Smith, attorney; R. D. Mast, oil royalty specialist; S. B. Crocker, formerly with W. A. Clark and brothers, Charles S. Bonner and W. T. Mitchel, Jr. Smith is of Billings, Montana, and all of the others are Butte men.
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George H. Short, mining engineer, 506 Dooly Block, Salt Lake City, Utah, has an option on the property of the Commonwealth Lead Mining Company, near Melrose, Montana. The option, it is said, has been taken in the interest of one of the big smelting companies, and exploration is in progress to determine whether satisfactory ore conditions exist.
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Extensive development is planned by the Leiter Gold Mines Corporation, operating on Wisconsin Creek, about 10 miles from Sheridan, Montana. Several eastern men connected with the organization have visited the property. Cecil L. Elliott is General Manager at Sheridan.
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The vein in the Little Annie Mine, 35 miles southeast of Libby, Montana, has widened from a few inches, to two and a half feet, according to official announcement of the Golden West Mining Company, William Herbert, General Manager. The tonnage in sight justifies shipping, but instead they are blocking out enough to insure the installation of a mill, so that they can recover the lead and zinc in the ore, as well as the gold and silver, and save the freight costs. A Diesel engine has been installed, and a 10x12 Chicago pneumatic air compressor, with a pipe line to the mine, and an air receiver, will be ready for work in a few days.
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The Diversified Mines Corporation is being organized to take over the properties in Montana under bond, to the Associated Metals Corporation, and its subsidiary, the North American Mining and Smelting Corporation. Donald A. Callahan, of Wallace, Idaho, President of the Callahan Zinc-Lead Company, is President of the new concern, and Wakeley A. Williams, 458 South Spring Street, Los Angeles, California, formerly engineer with the Granby Consolidated, is Vice-president. One of the mines has ore that is worth about $20 gold, 33 ounces silver, and some lead, and by adding a small amount of equipment, can be placed on production in 30 days.
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W. O. Trenor, of Roanoke, West Virginia, has purchased a group of mining claims in the Basset District, near Townsend, Montana, for the Fanny Mining Corporation of Virginia. The group includes the Fanny Claims, 1, 2, 3 and 4; the Western View, the Broken Hill, and the Roanoke. John Kangas, from whom the ground was acquired, will have charge of it during the winter. Considerable development is planned for next spring.
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The St. Joseph Lead Company, laid off about 250 men at Hughesville, Montana, and retained a crew of between 50 and 60 men, to carry on maintenance and development work. It is understood that considerable construction and development, including larger pumps, a ventilation system, and the sinking of shafts, is necessary, and the company’s action is probably to make these improvements. H. B. Willcomb is in charge of the Montana activities.
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ANACONDA COPPER HONORS HER CREW AT THE STEWARD MINE

The crew of miners at the Steward Mine, of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company, is credited as one of the safest in the organization. It worked 7,118 shifts without a single lost-time accident.

H. B. Tunnell, is foreman, Richard Curran, assistant foreman; William Murphy, safety engineer, and Percy Tretheway, shift boss.

The first 10 shift bosses on the company’s payroll, who have had no lost-time accidents for September, or for two or more consecutive months are:
Tom Connors at the Tramway Mine;
A. McKinnon at the Mountain Con;
Percy Tretheway at the Steward;
A. B. Goodell at the Anaconda;
F. Holland at the Badger State;
Thomas Blackler at the Anselmo;
Knute Voll at the West Colusa;
Harry Mitchell at the Mountain Con;
W. Clark at the Badger State;
and E. E. Humfeld at the Tramway.
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MONTANA

PIC: Aerial view of Great Falls Reduction Department of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company, situated at Great Falls, Montana. This plant contains largest electrolytic zinc plant in the world, an electrolytic copper refinery and wire and rod mill. Black Eagle Dam and power station in left foreground.
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The compressor building at the January Mine, near Winston, Montana, was destroyed by fire recently. The damage is estimated at $1,000, and is being repaired as quickly as possible. The Standard Silver-Lead Mining Company, Charles Hussey, Empire State Building, Spokane, Washington, Secretary and Treasurer, had an option on the January Mine, until recently.
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The Bird’s Eye Mining Company, organized early last summer, has built a number of cabins in the Hog Heaven District, and has ordered an air compressor for drilling. The principal development in progress is the driving of a tunnel, and samples of the ore show values in gold, silver, and lead. The company is leasing the ground from the state. O. A. Britell, of Whitefish, Montana, is President of the company.
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The East Butte Copper Mining Company, Philip F. Beaudin, General Manager, Butte, Montana, has announced that it will close its Pittsmont Mine. This property has been producing about 4,000 tons of copper annually, which was treated in the reduction plants of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company. The shutdown may not be permanent.
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The outside buildings and machinery at the Iron Daisy Mine, on Prospect Creek, near Thompson Falls, Montana, were destroyed by fire a few days ago. The Princess Gold Mining Company, H. C. Harris, Secretary and Manager, Box 445, Thompson Falls, is operating the mine, and intends to replace the damage at once.
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The Golden West Mining Company, William Herbert, Manager, Libby, Montana, has received about 4,000 feet of pipe, which will be laid from its power house and compressor, to the mines. A length of 1,500 feet to the south, will reach the New Mine, and the remaining pipe will lead north to the Little Annie.
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THE MINING JOURNAL

MONTANA

The Midas Gold Mining and Milling Company at Libby, Montana, is considering driving a tunnel to relieve water conditions. Although the mine is idle now, plans are being made for further operation. Gold and tungsten are the principal minerals in the ore. Jay P. Graves is President of the organization, and Frederic Keffer is General Manager, and Consulting Engineer. They may be reached through the home office, 1103 Paulsen Building, Spokane, Washington.
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The Anaconda Copper Mining Company and its subsidiary companies as a group, which includes the Andes Copper Mining Company, the Chile Copper Company and the Greene Cananea Copper Company, will curtail production 10 percent. This is in line with the curtailment that is taking place in all of the copper producers in the world.
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In order to concentrate production at a smaller number of shafts, the Anaconda Copper Mining Company has shut down its Stewart Mine. The men will be given work at other shafts.
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The Montana Sunrise Mining Company, Troy, Montana, has purchased eight tons of equipment and supplies, from the Union Iron Works in Spokane, to carry on winter operations. The order included two air receivers, rail, and steel. A raise is being driven from the No. 10, to the No. 7 Level, and has been completed 175 feet of the distance. R. H. Hutchinson, 310 Hyde Building, Spokane, Washington, is President. A. H. Littlefield, Box 1262, Spokane, Washington, is Manager.
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A revival of many mines in the Bannack District is expected, upon the completion of a power line from Dillon. The line will serve the I. B. Mining Company, C. W. Stallings of Bannack, Vice-President and Manager, and upon its completion the lower grade ores will be developed.
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The Basin Montana Tunnel Company, Samuel J. Barker, Jr., Manager, 15 West Broadway, Butte, Montana, is making preparations to drive a long crosscut tunnel, which should cut at depths of from 500 to 1,200 feet, many veins that have been worked near the surface. Nearly 50 veins are said to cross the tunnel site, 21 of which are classed as major veins, and with a length of three miles, this tunnel would cut most of them. Its portal will be near rail transportation, thus affording economical handling of the ore.

The project has the endorsement of Engineers Arthur V. Corry, of Butte, Walter Gordon Clark, and Newton W. Emmens, of Los Angeles. The Basin Montana Company owns 1,800 acres at Basin, acquired four years ago, and for two and a half years, has been particularly interested in the developments of its Grey Eagle Mine, which the new tunnel will open at depth.
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DECEMBER 30, 1930

MONTANA

The Kilburn Placer Mining Company is running an open cut, 20 feet deep and 30 feet wide, to bedrock, to provide a dump for tailings and to gain grade. The objective is about 500 feet ahead. As the open cut advances, a flume is being built, 18x30 inches, with six-inch drop to the 14-foot grade. Several thousand feet of virgin placers are available. The pay streak is from 35 to 40 feet wide, and 16 feet deep, in granite formation. The largest nugget taken from the workings was worth $80, and smaller nuggets that were worth as high as $350, have been taken from adjoining claims. Kilburn Placers include 1,280 acres near Helmville, Montana, and are being worked by hydraulic methods, with caterpillar tractors, for handling boulders. Eight men are on the payroll. Ralph R. Kilburn, 531 South Sixth West Street, Missoula, Montana, is President and General Manager.
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A group of Butte mining men have acquired the Henderson-Bielenberg mining property, on Bear Gulch, east of Twin Bridges, Montana, and are making preparations for its operation. Accordingly, they have organized the Inspiration Gold Mining Company, with a capital stock of 2,000,000 shares of $1 par value. Frank C. Ball, and Iver Rhude, are mentioned in connection with the new incorporation.
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At a recent meeting of the Blackfoot Gold Mining Company at Missoula, Montana, eastern capital pledged sufficient funds to put the mine on a producing basis. Seven men have been engaged in development of the mine, eight miles from Helmville, throughout the summer, and a reduction plant has been established. Plans are to hire an additional 15 men and to operate both the mines and mill. Mark S. Welch, President, and W. S. Thompson, General Manager, are directing operations.
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The Golden West Mining Company, William Herbert, Manager, Libby, Montana, has completed the installation of a complete line of mining equipment, including a Diesel engine and compressor. Drills are pounding in the Little Annie Mine, where the ore shoot has been followed 176 feet, and is from three, to four and one-half feet, wide. The ore is principally gold. Three carloads have been shipped to the Bunker Hill Smelter, and one to the East Helena Smelter, and one of them has returned more than $8,000. Oil for the Diesel and supplies are sufficient to last through the winter. Specifications for the concentrating plant will be determined after a substantial tonnage of ore has been mined and tested.
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THE MINING JOURNAL for JANUARY 15, 1931

MONTANA MINING NEWS

CLARK & EMMENS PHOTOGRAPH BASIN MINES FROM THE AIR

One of the first airplane pictures of a mining proposition, in Montana, is being exhibited in Butte, by the Montana Stock and Bond Company, and H. H. Melville and Company. It covers an area of about four square miles, taking in all of the properties of the Basin Montana Tunnel Company, located on Comstock Hill, about two miles east of Basin. It also shows the main highway between Helena and Butte, the Boulder River, and the line of the Great Northern Railway. The picture was taken under the direction of Walter Gordon Clark, of Los Angeles, and Newton W. Emmens, now of San Francisco, California, both reputable engineers.

At present the Basin Montana property is being surveyed, in order to definitely locate the portal of the long crosscut tunnel, which will cut at depth some 50 veins, within a distance of three miles. It is planned to start the actual driving of this bore, about February 1. William H. Hax, President of the company, is now in New York, to attend the annual meeting to be held at the company’s office there, January 15.
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The Liberty Metals Company, J. F. Powers, General Manager, Troy, Montana, has completed its new buildings and bins, and is laying the foundations for its machinery. This is an oil flotation plant of about 50 tons’ daily capacity, and will mill the ores from the Montana Sunrise, a nearby mine.
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At its last regular monthly meeting held at Dillon, Montana, the Beaverhead County Mining Association discussed the feasibility of building a custom mill for the benefit of mine operators in the county. Another matter of interest was a discussion of what effect the state taking over federal lands would have on the mining industry.
The officers of the association are: George W. French, of Argenta, President; Pearl I. Smith, of Dillon, Vice-President; and Roy B. Herndon, of Dillon, Secretary- Treasurer.
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Thomas C. Russell, C. A. Tout, and T. E. Butler, as directors for the Madison Mining Company, at Virginia City, Montana, have filed papers in District Court to dissolve the company. According to the notice, the company has no assets and no intention of resuming business.
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The Mineral Hill Gold Mines, Inc., has taken over the Boss Tweed, and Clipper groups of mines, in the Pony District, in Montana, from J. L. Templeman of Butte. The new owners are operating the mill and building a connection to the lines of the Montana Power Company.
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The Iron Mountain Mining Company, M. I. Leydig, Manager, Superior, Montana, has acquired the Atlantic and Pacific Mines, in the Pony District, in Madison County, from the Elling Estate. Henry C. Burnstine, of New York City, is President of the Iron Mountain Company.
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The old Minah property, a mile and a half from Wickes, Montana, is being reopened by Henry M. Lancaster, Box 34, Alhambra, Montana, and associates. This mine was first opened in 1870, and has produced several millions of dollars in lead-zinc-silver ore.
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The Montana Sunrise Mining Company, on Grouse Mountain, near Troy, Montana, is completing a raise from the No. 10, to the No. 7 Level, and is building a road to reach the Liberty Metals mill, where the ore is to be concentrated. Production is scheduled to start early in the spring. W. O. Templeman is engineer.
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The Galena mining claims, comprising six quartz, and two placer locations, in the upper Hot Springs District, in Montana, have been acquired by Spokane, Washington, residents, known as the Empire Gold Mines Company. The 40-ton mill has been supplemented with a ball mill and production is expected to start in January. Gold is the principal mineral. The directors of the organization are: Dr. E. E. Loeffler, President; H. V. Sandahl, Mrs. L. Taylor, Mrs. J. E. Forrest, Secretary-Treasurer, of Spokane; and H. L. Martin of Long Beach, California.
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In the near future the California Mining Company, Frank Zichosch, Engineer and Superintendent, Virginia City, Montana, will install a 500-ton Ellis ball mill at its Bell Mine, in Alder Gulch. In the Spring, a Sauerman dredge, with a capacity to handle 300 tons an hour, will be in operation.
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THE MINING JOURNAL for JANUARY 30, 1931

MONTANA

PENTABASE PROVIDES MORE POWER FOR IMMEDIATE NEEDS

Steady development is being maintained on the north side property of the Pentabase Mining Company, at Wolf Creek, Montana, according to President and General Manager Bert B. Davis. Within another 40 feet, the No. 1 North Drift should reach a large vein, which shows high values in copper, silver, and lead. From this drift, a crosscut is being driven through very hard quartzite, to a vein that lies on its contact with the lime shale. The new Creek Level Drift has been driven more than 40 feet on the Lincoln Vein, which has increased to a width of nine feet and shows considerable iron-stained, crushed quartz, with zinc, additional to the copper, silver, and lead values.

Last year a small amount of ore was shipped from Pentabase developments, and averaged $12.69 a ton. A sawmill was installed, and enough lumber and mine timbers cut, to last another year; the old power unit was replaced with a 70-horsepower gasoline engine, and a larger compressor will be installed soon.
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DR. SHENON COMPILES DATA ON BANNACK & ARGENTA DISTRICTS

The Montana State Bureau of Mines and Geology has prepared a bulletin on the “Geology and Ore Deposits of Bannack and Argenta, Montana,” and will have it ready for distribution within a few days, according to President Francis A. Thomson, of the Montana School of Mines, and Director of the Bureau.

The bulletin was written by Dr. Philip J. Shenon, formerly Assistant Professor of Geology, at the Montana School of Mines, and now on the staff of the United States Geological Survey, at Washington, D. C. It is detailed and comprehensive, covering 30 square miles in the immediate vicinity of Bannack, and 20 square miles surrounding Argenta, in the southwestern part of the state.
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The Montana Phosphate Products Company, which began operations near Garrison, Montana, is shipping 100 tons of phosphate rock, to Trail, each day, and employs between 40 and 50 men, according to Superintendent Floyd Scott. The ore shows 75 percent bone phosphate of lime, which is valued at about $6 a ton. Eight bunkhouses, and a dining hall have been established, and made comfortable for the men through the winter.
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A. Doornbos is sinking the 50-foot incline shaft another 100 feet in the Josephine Gold Mine, in the Madison River District, near Ennis, Montana. The shaft is following a 34-inch vein, from which ore, worth between $80 and $100 in gold and silver, has been shipped. The ore on the dump will run between $30 and $40 a ton.
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The Anaconda Copper Mining Company is highly encouraged over the development of its Syndicate Vein, north of the Steward and Original Shafts, at Butte, Montana. During the past year, this vein has been proven over a continuous length of 2,000 feet, and to a depth of 3,200 feet. In the Western section of the camp, a drift, which is being driven to connect the Orphan Girl and Anselmo Shafts at the 1,500 Level, will soon be finished. None of Anaconda’s shafts are deeper than 4,000 feet, but three of them are equipped for sinking to 5,000 feet. The lowest level that is being developed is 3,800 feet. William B. Daly is General Manager. Anaconda’s quarterly dividend will be disbursed February 16, to stock of record January 10, 1931, at the rate of 62 ½ cents a share. The annual dividend had been reduced by successive steps, from $7, to $2.50 a share, which the early dividend will maintain.
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The F. W. B. Mining Company, Ltd., is developing a gold-silver property in the Hog Heaven District, about 40 miles southwest of Kalispell, Montana. Diesel engines have provided power to drive a tunnel to a depth of 150 feet below the surface, and an Ingersoll-Rand compressor has been installed a few days ago. Four men are working. Walter L. Bucksen, of Kalispell, is President; G. A. Goudie, of Los Angeles, is General Manager; and Ben Ivey is Superintendent at the mine. Niarada, Montana, is the mine post office.
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A power plant has been purchased by the Montezuma Gold Mining Company, which has been developing a property in the vicinity of the Golden West, and Midas Mines, in the Fisher River District, near Libby, Montana. H. C. Bolyard, of Libby, is in charge of the work, and enough provisions are in store, to continue development through the winter. Negotiations are in progress for further financing.
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Montana men from Poison, and Great Falls, have leased the Iron Mask Mine, owned by Robert Gregg, of Tray, and George F. Stannard, of Kalispell. This mine is five or six patented claims, on Grouse Mountain, south of Tray, and a compressor and other machinery have been moved there, in preparation for immediate development..
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The Crystal Lake Gold Mining Company, E. R. Pulver, President and General Manager, Twin Bridges, Montana, has just closed an active season’s campaign, in Goodrich Gulch. The Eleanora, and Little Goldie Mines, with a production record of approximately $500,000, are included in their properties, and one tunnel alone, shows high-grade and milling ore for a length of 1,100 feet. This ore varies in thickness from three to nine feet. The property is equipped with a 70-ton electrically operated flotation mill.
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R. O. Bullerdick has opened from three to six feet of milling ore, in a 50-foot winze, which he has sunk in the Tipperary Mine, near Sheridan, Montana. To this depth, the work has been done by hand, but hoisting machinery is to be installed.
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Al Pillen, and Lyle Wright, are preparing a shipment of ore from the Agitator Mine, near Sheridan, Montana. This will be their second shipment since they took over the mine, last winter.
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Modern machinery, including a 50-horsepower gasoline engine, hoist, pump, and air compressor, are being installed at the Ferdinand Mine, at Argenta, Montana, operated under lease by G. M. Cunningham and associates, of Salt Lake City, Utah. The shaft will be continued to the 200-foot mark, and the ground prospected at that level. The Ferdinand Mine has not been operated for two years, but it is known to have large deposits of high-grade lead-silver ore, which also carries gold.
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The Continental Divide Mines Company, W. J. Cushing, Manager, has installed new machinery at the old Dexter Mine, four miles above Argenta, Montana. Drifts are being run from the 100-foot Level of the shaft, on a fine showing of ore.
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The Victor Gold Mining Company has completed financing for the opening up and development of the Empire Vein, in its property. A crosscut tunnel has been driven 670 feet, and is close to the vein in which diamond drills cut four feet of $300 gold ore. The work is to be pushed rapidly and the entire length of the vein explored and opened up for production. S. R. Boyer, President of the company, arranged the financing with Wisconsin capital. J. H. Eby, Mining Engineer of Spokane, Washington, will be in charge as General Manager.
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The new tunnel being driven between 700 and 800 feet below the upper working has cut two mineralized fissures, of the Commonwealth Lead Mining Company, D. B. Pelton, Superintendent, Melrose, Montana. It is yet some distance from its objective.
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Plans are in formation for the building of a mill at the old Minah Mine, near Wickes, Montana, which is being operated by Henry M. Lancaster, Box 34, Alhambra, Montana. The United States Geological Survey located 193,000 tons of ore, that will run about $20 a ton, in this mine. The ore is gold-silver, and, when silver was commanding a high price, the mine was worked principally to recover that metal. Now it is a good gold proposition.
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