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THE MINING JOURNAL 2 15 1931

MONTANA

The Montezuma Gold Mining Company, H. C. Bolyard, President, has ordered equipment from the Union Iron Works in Spokane, for its property in the West Fisher District, 30 miles south of Libby, Montana. The source of its ore is three parallel veins, exposed at the surface several miles, and extensive development is scheduled. Considerable ore will stand shipping in its crude form.
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S. A. Offerson, Frank Winmeiser, and Hurl Morris, all experienced Coeur d’Alene miners, have contracted with the Victor Gold Mining Company, to continue its tunnel on Granite Creek, near Libby, Montana, 450 feet. The objective is a body of rich ore located by diamond drills. The new development has been financed by Wisconsin capital, and is expected to proceed without delay, according to J. H. Eby of Spokane, who is general manager of the Victor Gold.
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Ben H. Jackson of Billings, Montana, geologist and mining engineer, has closed a deal for 120 acres in the vicinity of Norris, including the Stoker, Emma, Bidia, Reese, Owl, and Black Rock mining claims. The Stoker has been operated by the Stoker family for 30 years, and has paid well. During recent development a shaft was sunk from the lower level, and the ore shows an increase in value as depth is attained. Jackson has organized the Grub Stake Mining Company, with headquarters in Belgrade, and intends to develop the ground under that name.
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Butte and Dillon, Montana, men have organized the Bannack Placer Gold Mining Company, which plans the development of a number of old properties in the Bannack District. Its personnel is: Hans Anderson, president; John Pendergast, vice-president and manager; Murray Johnston, secretary, and Roy B. Herndon, treasurer.
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What is probably the foremost high-grade gold development in Montana, since the development of the old Jib property at Basin, is the opening of a body of new ore in the former August Gold Mining Company’s property, in the Little Rocky Mountains, a few miles north of Landusky. The ore has been opened 25 feet, and is five feet wide. A recent shipment of 40 tons brought returns close to $300 a ton. The August property was purchased from the B. D. Phillips estate, by Norman Holter, Charles Powers, George McGee, and Charles Whitcomb.
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The Empire Gold Mines Company at Norris, Montana, expects to have its 50-ton milling plant in operation February 1, according to President E. E. Loffler, Hyde Building, Spokane, Washington. Some prospecting is being carried on in addition to the mine development, and a sample from a four-foot vein, is said to be worth $83 a ton in gold.
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Immediate development is planned of two new veins discovered by the Tip Top Mines, Inc., on Bramlet Creek, 86 miles south of Libby, Montana, according to General Manager Oscar V. Miller. These will make five veins under development that are yielding commercial ore. Construction for several months. has centered on the building of a new flume. for more water power, and the project yet requires damming of a lake. and the installation of a larger pipe line. Additional machinery is needed for mining, and some repair will be made in the 25-ton flotation mill.
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The Ambassador Mining Company intends to resume work on Little Granite Creek, near Trout Creek, Montana, in May. With the exception of its annual assessment work, nothing was done at the property last year. Hugh B. Townsley is superintendent.
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THERE ARE NO BREAD LINES IN BUTTE, MONTANA

Fourteen thousand men are being kept at work in the copper mines at Butte, Montana, by a large-scale experiment in “rotating” employment. Each of the men is employed about 60 percent of the time, working two to three weeks, and then laying off a week to 10 days. It is the greatest experiment of its kind, and is proving a tremendous success.

According to J. E. Woodard, president of the Metals Bank and Trust Company, at Butte, “Human distress has absolutely been avoided. There are no bread lines in Butte. Our children are all being kept in school. The spirit of co-operation between employers and employees has been greatly strengthened.”
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MONTANA
The Hubbart Montana Mining Company, recently organized to operate mining property in the Hog Heaven district, near Kalispell, Montana, has taken in a compressor, and will lose no time in installing it and starting development, according to B. L. Bergmann, one of the directors. Samples from near the surface have assayed $10 a ton in gold, but with depth it is probable that silver will be the predominating metal. Valuable deposits of silver-lead have been opened in adjoining ground by the Anaconda Copper Mining Company, and it is probable that these mines will be reopened in the Spring.
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In preparation for more extensive work, the California Mining Company, Frank Zichosch, superintendent, Virginia City, Montana, has made arrangements with the Economy Power Company, for electric power at the Alder Gulch mines. Twelve men are working there now. Construction is to start immediately on a 500-ton Ellis ball mill at the Bell mine.
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Finances are being arranged by the Smuggler Mining Company, Alexander Walker, president and general manager, 110 West Granite Street, Butte, Montana, to install more machinery and carry out further development at its property in the Sheridan district. A flotation unit will be added to the mill, and a heavier hoist and a pumping plant installed to allow sinking the shaft another 500 feet. Extensive development is planned in the west drift, where a valuable vein of ore has been opened that runs as high as 70 percent lead and $83 in gold to the ton.
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In line with its policy to maintain large reserves ahead of requirements, the Montana Mines Corporation, Gust Carlson, general manager, Helena, Montana, is sinking a shaft in its Spring Hill mine, four miles south of town. This is now the leading gold-producing mine in the state.

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MONTANA

The preliminary report of the Butte and Superior Mining Company at Butte, Montana, for the year ended December 31, 1930, as compiled from quarterly statements shows a loss of $243,826, after expenses and taxes, but before depreciation and depletion. In 1929 operations resulted in a loss of $5,984 before depreciation and depletion. With the exception of a few unfinished explorations, the company has not operated since November 1 last year.
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C. I. Wild of Billings, Montana, has taken a 21-year lease on placer claims in Old Lincoln Gulch, from John A. Roos, and James E. LaFountain of Butte, organized as the Lincoln Gulch Placer Mining Company, Inc. This lease is subject to a two-year lease entered into June 2, 1930, when the Lincoln Gulch acquired the property from William A. Tatem, of the Egnol Mining Company. Wild has agreed to assume an indebtedness of $4,200 against the Lincoln Gulch company, and to meet all payments due Tatem on contract, the latter to be deducted from royalty payments. Within six months, Wild is to install dredging equipment with a capacity to handle 2,000 cubic yards of gravel daily, which will cost him close to $50,000.
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The Bear Paw Mining and Milling Company, Thomas W. Bell, general manager, Havre, Montana, is installing a carload of machinery, including a steam power plant, in preparation of development, as soon as the weather moderates. Until a few years ago, mining in the Bear Paw Mountains was forbidden, as it is reservation territory. This is the first company to start work, and its initial development will be sinking a 38-foot shaft on a vein that assays 3 percent copper, $4 to $5 in gold, and carries some silver, zinc, lead and tin. The company’s property also covers a vermiculite deposit.
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The Gold Crown Mining Company, with headquarters at Hamilton, Montana, is said to have closed a deal for the Cornucopia mine, owned by William and Evan Batten.
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SPRING HILL MINE FIRST IN GOLD PRODUCTION IN MONTANA FOR 1930

The Spring Hill mine of the Montana Mines Corporation was the largest producer of gold in Montana last year, surpassing the Anaconda Copper Mining Company, which held first place in 1929. During the years 1928, 1929 and 1930, it has produced 27,852 ounces of gold, with a gross revenue of $498,809.72, and of this, total production of 13,149 ounces, or 48 percent, were produced in 1930.

The Spring Hill mine is located three miles southwest of Helena, near the head of Grizzly Gulch, and comprises 24 patented claims. Its location provides excellent transportation facilities, electric power and an ample labor supply residing in Helena. The Montana Mines Corporation took over the property three years ago, and began operations with a cyanide plant of 125 tons daily capacity.

This plant did not give the satisfaction demanded of it, so the following year it was changed to a flotation plant and enlarged, according to the recommendations of W. L. Zeigler, metallurgist for the Hecla Mining Company. The flotation process has been a success, and the capacity of the plant has since been increased to 850 tons a day. Approximately 250 tons a day are being treated at the present time, to be increased as the program of mine development warrants.

The Spring Hill shaft has just reached a point 200 feet below the old working level, and four sub-drifts have been started between the old and the new levels. They will be driven in both directions simultaneously with the new lower level and actual mining from the new area will begin in the near future to supplement the tonnage yet available in the upper workings.

Some diamond drill prospecting will be carried on from the new lower level as soon as it has advanced far enough to carry on both operations without conflicts. Their ultimate plans are to sink to new lower levels. Gust Carlson is in charge of the work.

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682 MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS May 14, 1921

Cooke City and the New World Mining District
By Lyman H. Brooks Jr.

HISTORY. The New World mining district of Montana is one of the old districts that, after lying dormant for a number of years, is again showing signs of activity. The centre is Cooke City, which is situated in Park County, four miles east of the boundary of the Yellowstone National Park.

pic LOOKING DOWN SODA BUTTE CREEK TOWARD THE PARK

The first prospectors came into the country about 1868, but nothing was done until Horn Miller and others arrived in 1871. They first opened up some lead-silver ore on Miller Mountain; and in 1877, a small Mexican furnace was built just below Cooke City, to treat the lead ores from the Shoofly and Street mines. In 1888, this section of country was cut off from the Crow Indian Reservation, and was opened for settlement. About this time, Major G. O. Eaton bought a group of claims on Republic Mountain, built a lead smelter, and started to develop the property. In 1887, the Republic Mining Co. was formed, Major Eaton selling a half-interest to Messrs. Sturges and Lane, of Cheyenne, Wyoming. Reuben Rickard became manager, and N. S. Tredinnick, mine superintendent. The company operated the old smelter for eighteen months. As the Republic ores contained much zinc, it was necessary to obtain the clean lead ore from Miller Mountain.

Owing to the high freight-rates, the company decided, upon the advice of Rickard, to enlarge the smelter and build a refinery. He recommended that the lead be held, and that the gold and silver bullion only, be shipped. However, the necessary funds were not available, so the property was temporarily abandoned.

In 1884, the Morning Star, Bunker Hill, and Black Warrior claims were opened up on Miller Mountain. Lead and silver were the chief metals, although the Black Warrior ore was rich in gold. The ores from these properties went to both the Republic smelter, and the little Mexican furnace. In 1887, a Mr. Gassett obtained control of the Black Warrior and Morning Star, and he built a small lead-furnace on Miller Creek, below the Morning Star, and did a considerable amount of development work on both properties. The Morning Star was opened up by two adits and a connecting raise. The lower adit is in about 400 ft. There is said to be good ore remaining along the raise from the lower adit to the upper; however, the workings are caved. and the existence of the ore bodies cannot be proven.

In 1897-98, the Daisy Mining Co. began operations on Henderson Mountain. The Daisy claim consisted of approximately ten acres. Along the surface, a considerable amount of high-grade ore containing free gold was found. The company built a 10-stamp mill on the west side of Henderson Mountain, and treated a quantity of ore. Later, an adit was driven to cut the ore bodies at greater depth, but only sulphide ore was found. The adit is approximately 1500 ft. long; at 1100 ft. it is said that a good body of copper ore was cut. This adit was driven from the west side of the mountain; later, two others were started from the east side. They penetrated complex ore of good grade, but no free-milling ore was found. Later the property was taken ever by the Western Smelting & Power Company.

In 1904, ore was discovered at Goose Lake, and the Copper King Mining, Milling & Development Co. was formed. Its property consists of four patented claims, about ten miles north-east of Cooke City. The company built a road to the property, installed some machinery for sinking, sunk a shaft 60 ft. deep, and did some open-cut work. In 1906, the property was bonded to W. W. McDowell and associates of Butte. Mr. McDowell continued the sinking of the shaft, and did some cross-cutting, but dropped the option in 1907. It is said that the grade of the ore continued to be good, as development progressed. Mr. Frank Byrne of Cooke City is manager.

In 1905, R. I. McKay took an option on the Republic Mining Co.’s property, and the Buffalo-Montana Mines Co. was formed by McKay, Z. W. Davis, and associates. The property was operated intermittently for several years, with little, or no success, finally going into receivership, McKay becoming receiver. During the summer of 1919, W. D. Marlow took an option on the property, with O. V. Miller beginning development work at the mine. He opened up some good ore bodies, and in 1920, shipped ten cars of ore. Marlow could not meet his payments, so the property reverted to the old company; Miller left, and McKay attempted to carry on operations, but after a short time he shut down the mine.

G.B. Allison arrived in Cooke City, in 1905. He built a lead smelter and a powerplant, and acquired numerous claims, but had no success. About this time, C. R. Tuttle appeared upon the scene, and spent about $200,000; nothing came of his work either.

Cooke City has been cursed with promoters. A great deal of money has been spent in the past, that, if applied intelligently, might have resulted in the opening of several mines, but nothing but old ruins remain.

At present there is only one outlet for Cooke City, through the Yellowstone National Park, to Gardiner, on the Northern Pacific R.R., a distance of 57 miles. All transportation is by means of motor-trucks, but on the average, one can count on the road being open for only seven or eight months during the year. Two other routes have been proposed, one up Stillwater Canyon, from Columbus, on the Northern Pacific, and the other from Red Lodge and Bear Creek, by the way of Mount Maurice following Clark’s Fork, and thence into Cooke City. The latter is an automobile road, a survey of which was made last year. A considerable amount of work was done at the end nearest Red Lodge. It will probably be two or three years before this road is completed into Cooke City.

GEOLOGY. The geology of .the district is rather complex and has never been studied in detail. In general, the district may be divided into three ore-zones:
(1) The silver-lead-zinc zone of Republic and Woody mountains.
(2) The gold-silver-lead-zinc-copper zone of Miller Mountain, and part of the Stillwater country. This zone also contains straight lead-silver ores.
(3) The copper belt of Scotch Bonnet and Henderson mountains, and the Goose Lake country.

The Republic and Woody mountains section consists of a series of quartzites, limestones, and shales, resting on a basal granite. These sediments are capped by a dark colored rock, probably basalt, and have, been intruded by a grandiorite. The intrusion may be seen on the east side of Republic Mountain. No doubt the ores came from the same source as did this igneous intrusion, and are related to it.

In the sedimentary series, three limestone beds occur; the middle one, locally known as the Republic Lime, is about 100 ft. thick, and the only ore bodies found, occur in it. This limestone is overlain by a bed of shale about 50 ft. thick. About 200 ft. below the Republic limestone, is another limestone, and the third limestone occurs at the top of the sedimentary series, directly under the basalt.

The sediments have been much faulted, and have a dip of about 10° to the south-west. Two series of faults are noted. The major faults strike N. 200 W., and have a vertical displacement of from 80 to 90 ft.; these have been cut later by a series of fissures, whose trend is easterly and westerly. Where these faults and fissures appear on the surface in the Republic limestone, their presence is noted by black manganese outcrops. Complex silver-lead-zinc ore is found along the fissures at the contact of the limestone and shale.

PIC in the Irma mines the analysis of this ore resulted as follows:

The zinc occurs mainly as marmatite; very little sphalerite has been seen. Small pockets of high-grade silver-lead ore occur also. Along the fissures, the limestone has been changed to quartz; the movement evidently took place after this change occurred, the broken quartz being filled with veinlets of galena. I believe the complex ore to be mainly primary, and the lead-silver ore to be secondary. Large bodies of lead-silver ore occur along the major faults in the Republic Mine. The lead is chiefly in the form of cerussite and anglesite, although some galena is present. Rich pockets of this ore assayed from $150 to $400 per ton. In these oxidized ores, no zinc was found. These ore bodies are no doubt of secondary enrichment, the faults and fissures being the avenues of circulation.

On Woody Mountain, the same conditions are found the black manganese showing along the faults. No ore has been found, but the old workings do not extend down more than 25 ft. At the base of Woody Mountain, the Mohawk Mining Co. is sinking on a fault-plane in diorite. The fault-plane is about two feet wide, and contains small stringers of galena. Native silver is visible in the specimens, the ore assaying from 150 to 280 ounces [of silver].

Miller Mountain consists of limestones, shales, and slates much broken by intrusions of andesite and rhyolite, whose trend is south-east and north-west. Along the contact, the Shoofly, Bunker Hill, Bunker Hill No. 2, Morning Star, Iceberg, and Black Warrior claims are situated. A lead-carbonate ore containing silver occurs in conjunction with the complex sulphides; but as the tunnels and shafts of the properties mentioned are all caved, nothing can be seen of the underground workings, so it is not known how these ores occur. It is probable that the complex ores are found along the contact of the rhyolite, and that the sediments, and the lead-silver ores occur in the limestone. On the south-west slope of Miller Mountain, away from the igneous intrusions, all the ores found are clean lead-silver. They occur mainly in limestone.

On the Stillwater, the country-rock is granite. The veins strike north-east and south-west. The Samson group of six claims, held by N. J. Tredinnick and Harry Stinson of Cooke City, have indications of gold, silver, lead, and copper. The U. S. Treasury claim controlled by F. C. Byrne of Cooke City, has a vein from one to two feet wide, containing lead and silver with small amounts of copper and zinc.

The gold-silver-copper ores of Scotch Bonnet, Fisher, and Henderson Mountains are found in veins in the igneous rocks. No sediments, except highly metamorphosed slates, are found. The igneous rocks are granite and rhyolite, and are, no doubt, tongues from the big granite intrusion which makes the Granite or Saw Tooth range, lying to the north and east. The copper occurs in the form of chalcopyrite and bornite, a considerable amount of pyrite being present. Most of the veins strike north and south, and along the mountaintops, free gold occurs; the pyrite has been oxidized to limonite, and the copper has been leached and carried below. However, I do not believe that secondary enrichment has occurred to any great extent.

The Goose Lake country consists of granite, except for small dikes of dark-colored igneous rock. Throughout this section are found small veins of copper ore, but not enough work has been done on them to ascertain if they continue with depth. At Goose Lake are the large ore bodies of the Copper King Mining, Milling & Development Co. The copper occurs as chalcopyrite in a large pegmatite dike, whose width is from 60 to 100 ft. Samples from an open-cut on the Copper King claim are said to assay as follows: gold, $2; silver, 2 oz.; copper, 9 to 12%; and platinum, from a trace to 1/12 oz. On the Calumet, another of the same company’s claims, an open-cut 40 ft. long, gives samples that assay: gold, $1 to $2; silver, 14 oz.; copper, 7 to 10%.

OPERATING PROPERTIES. At present, there are three properties operating in the district. All are doing development work. The Glengarry Mining Co. is developing the Scotch Bonnet group of claims, on Scotch Bonnet Mountain. It has opened an ore body in the pass between Scotch Bonnet and Fisher mountains, and at present, is driving a tunnel to tap it at depth. The tunnel is in over 800 ft. with considerable distance yet to go. However, it is hoped to cut one or two, other veins before the main ore body is reached. It is said the ore assays from $12 to $157 per ton, in gold, silver, and copper. F. A. Hancock is manager.

The Mohawk Mining Co. is developing the 20th Century Vein, at the base of Woody Mountain. At present the shaft is down 59 ft.; inside of timbers it measures 6 by 4 ½ ft. The company has a 25-hp. Fairbanks-Morse kerosene-engine to drive an Ingersoll-Rand compressor. Ingersoll-Rand machines are used. S. G. Forgerson is manager; Lyman H. Brooks Jr. is consulting engineer.

The Irma Mines property, joins that of the old Republic, on the south. Development work is seen in the driving of a tunnel to cut the major faults of Republic Mountain. A small fault was recently cut, which yielded some good ore, but the first large fault will not be reached for some time yet. The property has nine claims; the original group consisted of four; later, five others were added.

Last season, two companies were working, the Republic, which has already been mentioned, and the Western Smelting & Power Co. The latter has a large number of claims in different parts of the district, and has done a considerable amount of work, including the building of a copper smelter, four miles above Cooke City, and a hydroelectric plant on Clark’s Fork. Mining operations last season, consisted of driving a tunnel on the Gold Dust claim, on the east side of Henderson Mountain, to cut the ore bodies of the Homestake claim, at depth. Operations were suspended last October, and at present nothing is being done.

POSSIBILITIES OF DISTRICT. The district contains a variety of ores, and I believe the development work, properly conducted, will produce some good mines. A great deal of money has been squandered in the past by promoters, and others ignorant of mining. As a result Cooke City has a black eye. Nevertheless, although the failures in the past have been many, most mining men who have visited the district recently have been favorably impressed by what they have seen. Plenty of opportunities await those who are willing to venture on a promising prospect. Abundant timber is available, and powerplants could he built to use the water from a number of streams.
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MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS May 14, 1921

MONTANA

Basln.—Two feet of high-grade silver ore, has been opened in the Obelisk Mine, near here, according to reports reaching Butte. A sample of the ore taken across a width of 26 in. assayed 92 oz. in silver, and 10% lead. The ore was struck in a raise from the 200 east drift, below the tunnel-level.
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Butte.—The Butte & Superior company’s No. 3 shaft, has reached a point within 50 ft. of the 2700-ft. level. The objective is 3000 ft. The shaft is in the south branch of the Rainbow lode; samples range from 10 to 25% zinc, and from 5 to 12 oz. silver. It is reported that a drift on the 2050-ft. level disclosed 12 ft. of medium-grade chalcopyrite ore. If those facts are as stated, this Is the first deposit of copper ore of any consequence yet discovered in the mine.
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Dillon According to Henry Auerbach, president of the Silver Spring Mining Co., whose property is 21 miles south of here, a large tonnage of 5 % lead ore has been developed.
L. P. Lyons is in charge of the property. A 100-ton mill may be built.
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Elkhorn.—A report states that ore assaying 1200 oz. silver per ton has been uncovered in the Union mine.
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Helena.—Rich ore near the surface, is being mined from the Willard mine, in the Warm Springs district, by the Jefferson & Teton Mining Co
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Libby.—William Criderman, William Cady, and Joe Sheffield are developing a group of claims on Libby Creek, 23 miles from here. They believe that they have the vein from which the gold in the productive Libby Creek placers was derived.
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Lump Gulch.—-A shaft is being sunk on the Pay Back property, where some excellent ore has been found on the surface.
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Neihart.—Installation of new machinery at the Hartley property marks a new era for that concern. The company is employing 65 men. Work is to be started at once in the shaft, which will be sunk an additional 100 ft., to the 400-ft. level. With the output from the new level, The Hartley will ship at least 15 carloads per month.—
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Liscomb and Parmenter are leasing in the Florence, from which they make regular shipments. Walker and Fredson are working the Queen of the Hills, and have a rich shipment ready to load.
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—Haggerty and Farrell are making a shipment from the Beaver lode of the Galt.
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Merzner, Graves and Brown, Martin and Watzholl, Sheldon and Kunsumen, and Doyle and Worthington are each shipping a carload of ore from the Neihart Silver Mines property.
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Dan Foote and Ed Fossum, who recently obtained a lease on a claim on the north side of old Baldy, owned by George Nelson, are reported to have found a vein five inches in width, which assays $1000 per ton
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——Jack and George Powers are opening up the Lizzie, near the Silver Belt.
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— There are now four sets of workers leasing at the famous Big Seven mine, of the Barkers. Glover and Johnson, who are at the Big Seven, will soon make a shipment.
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May 1, 1920 MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS

MONTANA

HELENA —The Muskegon mine, operated by the Lump Gulch Mines Co., has a large body of ore blocked out on the 230-ft. level. Extensive crosscutting throughout the mine expected soon, will put the property on the list of producers.
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POT0MAC —The Potomac Copper Co. is now employing 30 men. No. 4 tunnel is 1300 ft. long, and with 400 ft. of additional driving, is expected to reach a point directly under the surface outcropping on the mountainside, 500 ft.above the tunnel portal. This outcrop is 300 ft. long, and 100 ft. wide, and averages 3% copper, and 10 oz. silver. The tunnel-face is now in quartzite containing seams of copper. The mine is situated eight miles from a railroad. It is reached by a road that was constructed last summer, at a cost of $10,000. W. I. Higgins is superintendent.
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COOKE CITY —The Glengarry Mining Co., owner of the Scotch Bonnet group of properties, expects to commence shipping ore, as soon as weather conditions permit. The ore from the mine is transported to Gardner, by truck, 53 miles away, and then by rail to the smelter. Tunnels show a block of high-grade ore, 42 ft. deep, 36 ft. wide, and 74 ft. long. 40 to 50 tons of ore is expected to be shipped daily. Other properties that will operate this year are the Republic, the Yellowstone Mining Co., and the Western Power & Smelting Co. The Republic has worked all winter, and has more than 5000 tons of ore on the dump ready for shipment. This ore promises to assay close to $100 per ton in gold, silver, and copper. W. D. Marlow is president.
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Butte —The Tuolumne company, operating the Main Range group, mined and shipped 45,000 tons of ore during March, which was a 40% increase over the February production. Smelter returns show assays of 3% copper, and 12 oz. silver. The Spread Delight Vein has been penetrated, and bears out all expectations. Already timber to the width of four sets has been placed, without reaching the hanging wall. The cross cut in the direction of the Rory O ‘Moore vein has encountered a fault, which has delayed reaching the expected orebody.
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The Homestake Mining Co. has let a contract for 900 ft. of tunnel on its property on Big Trout Creek, in the Thompson Falls district. The vein varies in width, up to 42 ft. The copper ore is found in a kidney-type formation.
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The mines of Butte were closed down on April 20, by a strike called by the local I. W. W. Heavy picket duty by the ‘wobblies’ made the tie-up complete. Enough of the engineers, pumpmen, and metal-tradesmen succeeded in getting to work to prevent the mines from being flooded, or otherwise damaged. No ore is being hoisted. lt is estimated that close to 12,500 men are idle as a result of the strike. Armed deputies clashed with pickets on the Anaconda road, and 16 of the latter were wounded, some seriously. Governor Stewart has been appealed to for protection, and troops are expected to arrive. Many miners are leaving the camp, and an acute shortage of labor is expected when operations are resumed.

The strike was engineered, and is almost entirely dominated by a foreign-born element. The demands are listed as follows: (1) Release of industrial and political prisoners; (2) six-hour day collar to collar; (3) minimum daily wage of $7; (4) abolition of the rustling card; (5) abolition of the contract and bonus systems; and (6) two men on each machine, and on all other work.

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LIBBY DISTRICT —The Lukens-Hazel property has added to its reserve, by discovering a 9-ft. vein of gold-quartz ore. The mill is nearing completion. A satisfactory adjustment of the litigation tying up the Snowstorm Mine, has been made. The buildings are being repaired, and early operation is looked for. Cady, Sheffield, and Criderman report satisfactory development progress on their Automobile group of claims.
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NEIHART—The Neihart Silver Mines Co. has hopes of developing a large orebody through the 100-ft. level of the Broadwater tunnel. This ore is 200 ft. from the Blackbird claim. Samples assay from 30 to 200 oz. silver per ton. It is planned to connect both the Blackbird and Silver Belt properties, with the Broadwater Tunnel for economical operation, and more advantageous exploration. Transportation from the Broadwater is by aerial tram.
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The Moulton Mine, of the Cascade Silver Mines Co., has made such rapid development as to necessitate the purchase of a new air-compressor. The finds reported in the lower levels, are holding out as work progresses.
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