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RICH STRIKE ON BOULDER RIVER * Old Mines Show $119 Gold Ore Tunnels and workings in the Old Plymouth mine on Boulder river southwest of Big Timber have been opened and four samples on a 12 to 15 inch lead averaged $119 per ton in gold. The original ore taken out of the Plymouth was rawhlded down the hill to the mill. It was rich In gold when the Increasing complexity of the ore made milling impossible with the methods avail able 35 years ago. CUPS NEEDED TO GIVE RESERVES Says the City National Bank (Duluth) "Business Review"; "By placing our present gold stocks behind money on a 76% base (with 2>6% silver) It will be necessary to acquire four billion ounces of Mirer at the current market price for the purpose. T». Impossibility o. the .ccm. |.tlo. of such .. .mount of sllrsr Is apparent when we realise that " ch • C ^on a i 1 n n thr r< wôrld d of ***** 1 ^Tt th wonld 1 take all Its l L Th« 1 HnUed Nil of the silver now In the united Including every silver candlestick. goM can and tea spoon to nnt 16 per cent of silver behind oar money" The government has thus far bought 326,080,00 ounces and 1 024.000.000 ounces still to be purebaaed to establish the 76-26 ratio of gold and stiver. CUSTOM MILL IS PIOPOSEO OR CATARACT Plans are being laid to build a modern mill for custom work at the mouth of Cataract creek Cataract district. Operated as a commercial venture the mill will separate the metals at a 10-to-l ratio on a basis of »2.60, per ton. If these plans mature, develop ment In the district will be greatly speeded In the development of small mines. The project will be watched with Inteest by mining tbruout the state since It is men , , generally conceded that commercial mills would be of material benefit to many districts at present hamper by inadequate concentration 0(1 facilities. CHANNEL MINE PREPARING FOR WINTER WORK Preparations for winter opera tions are being made at the Channel Gold Mines In the Marysville dis trict where sensational strikes on virgin ground were made daring the past summer. Sandwiched In between the Pen obscot and Bald Batte mines, pro ducers of millions, the Channel has great poaefblllUe^ and Im portant developments may be ex pected before spring . The sta tionary compressor at the tunnel is being boused and new camp build ings are being built. Another portable compresser is being in stalled at the Shaft where »27.000 ore was developed at 12 feet of depth. According to Belle B. Channel, the building work will be com pleted In the next few days and the mine operations will be in pro gress with power within another week. FOW ROACH JNO. 8. ROACH Lewis & Walker ASSAYEBS —CHEMISTS Shippers Representative« 10 NORTH WYOMING BUTTE. MONTANA PHONE 3982 P. 0. DRAWER 1980 Miss the Appointment ? It Pay» to Have Your Own TELEPHONE m ' ' Ü I -.1 I / Mont PUI E 5TABLIS 1E3D 19 51 Gold Is Worth More And Cost of Mining Is Less Than t Used To Be $ H; . Oold producers here figure that dollars containing 18.7 grain* of gold will go Just about as far In mining gold as the old dollar of BSJtt grains. At the same Urne the value of the gold has risen from «20,87 that the producer aad stockholder are ounce.lt would to «85 pocketing moat of the increase In price. One of the operators here where digging gold Is the chief occupation, has compared his costs as of Sep tember 1, 1934, with those of May, 1916. "I find," he says, that outside of certain classes of labor, my costs are lower now than they were In Ä " d 5 "'V .bïît "7rt. NoJ _ nv i__ • « c* * #c #« r common mfnlng and" »5.50 for shaft labor - M111 men are * ettln « >6 a which is the same rate as ' 1ft1 . wa ® pai< * ln J 916 ' . .. . nt "On the other hand, the cost of getting freight In from the railroad Hi three-fifths of a cent a pound where It used to be from three has;Quarters of a cent to 1 cent. We 'get mine timbers delivered for three to $40 a thousand feet against a 1916 price of »42.60 Coal 1« »17 a ton compared with »22.50, and crude oil, for which we formerly paid 11 to 13 cents a gallon, can be had now for 10 cents. PILOT MILL GOING IN ON INDIAN CREEK A five ton mill has been installed on the Jay Gould mine in the Indian Creek mining district. Nick Pum the nea operating property, plans development thru the winter. He Intends to Install an amalgamating table and If neces sary a crusher. SEATTLE MAN TAKING OVER SILVER KING John F. Conway of Seattle has purchased the property known as Silver King and Silver Queen No. 2 located In the Oataract district of Jefferson county. The claims which lav alongside the Minneapolis, one of Montana's former great producers, have a 20-lnch ore vein exposed for a distance of 3000 feet on the sur face. A short tunnel of 150 feet Is In on the vein and numerous assays show from »15 to »40 gold per ton. Engineer's reports Indi cate excellent possibilities for the property. Mr. Conway will start operations in the near future. He will extend the tunnel with the idea of getting a grade suitable to ship. HARD TO GET DTNAMTE Difficulty In the purchase of explosives in large quantities Is reported by Montana miners. Pos sibility of revolutionary activities has been blamed for the situation altbongb It may not be related. It Is also reported that It is Imposs ible to buy large quantities of glycerin, which might be used In the manufacture of nltro-glycerin. 8BND A CONTRIBUTION TO THR 8UNBUB8T BADGER BASIN MONTANA FLOTATION PLANT IS IN OPERATION BASIN—Basin Montana Tunnel company has put into operation Its new flotation plant, crashing capacity of 250 tons each eight hours and an output capacity of 250 tons dally, lead, sine, silver and gold ores. It ha» a It will treat McLaren Brothers, operating the famous New Years Gift claim, have stored enough ore at their mill east of Cooke City to operate throughout the winter, during the time when snow will be too deep for steam shovel or truck operation. COOKE CITY MILL HAS ENOUGH ORE FOR WINTER RUN The mill Is now running at ca pacity and Is reported making a recovery of about »20 per ton on ore whlcr is mined at a cost of fom 10 to 2ft cents per ton. The gold Is contained in a soft clay which is mined with a steam shovel and from three to five trucks have been used to haul It across the mountain to Cooke City, Storage tanks have been filled with fuel oil and other prepara tions have been made for contin uous operation of the mill. SNAKE PUNCTURES TIRE TONOPAH, NEV.—Honors for telling the season's best snake story are claimed by C. C. Boak of Tonopah. Boak. with several other men, was driving to Glarkdale. south of here, according tq, his story. On the way, a rattlesnake was observed lying in the road, the driver stopped the auto to close to the snake that the rattler struck the front tire and punctured It. "Out rushed the imprisoned air," Boak said. "The snake was held so that the air was forced down his throat. He began to swell until he was the size of a six-inch stove pipe. Just before he blew up, the driver seised the snake, took the tire from the wheel, pulled out the de flated tube and Inserted the ratt ler In the casing and the party drove down the road. SEND A CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUNBURST BADGER G00DALL BROS. HELENA, MONT. ÂS8ATESS — MINING ENGINEERS General Assaying — Specializing in checking ore shipments at Eaat Helena—ARacoada— G real Falls. NO SAMPLE BUN POE LESS THAN ONE ($1) DOLLAR Hand samples gold «1.00. Gold-Silver «1.00. rated «1.00 Silver $1.00 Copper $1.00 LICENSED GOLD BUYERS OIL WELL & MINE SUPPLIES New and Reconditioned Wepejouh for any new or used material and can on «teel rig«, iting, boiler». fill your requirement* at » Mg tanks, pipe, wire and miynttla rope, engine* pump« and all kmdi ef tool*. American Pipe and Supply Co. I Box WYOMING OUT ■ » um li nn OKN VIBR* COLORADO 78 IN VALUE WITH A8E7 Do mine« become valueless with age? This la the reply of Dr. Francis Thomson of the Montana School of Mines and a national authority; "That all mines do not de rrease in value with age Is shown by Um» history of the great mines of the world such as the Hcaneateke in South Dakota, the copper deposits of Africa, the gold mines of the Mother Lode in California, the great Sullivan lead-zinc mine of British Colombia, all of which bave yielded the greatest profit at depths of lOOO to 4000 feet, are still richly pro ductive, aad have far outlived the lifetime of those who first developed them. SPEED UP WORK ON INDIAN CREEK TO BEAT WINTER TIME With winter coming on, Hansen Associates, Inc., has put double shifts on its Indian creek dry land dredge, near Townsend, and will handle all gravel possible before cold weather shuts off the water supply. Water Is being pumped from the Missouri river to supply 'the gravel washer, which Is hand ling around 2,000 yards of gravel per day. Bluff district Is being developed by operators with a small mill, who report ten ounces of dry amalgum every two weeks. LINCOLN MINE WORKING The Lincoln mine in the Red SWN» A CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUNBURST BADGER No Curtailment *¥ il m % m ■< fi'i ■ . m'. - ym IS ■ « I* ! SS-? I :■ m ■Æ ■- : v/' m mm ■ ■ v - ; ■ There is no curtailment In the pleasve afforded yon by this, the finest of «11 Scotch whiskies. Try « bottle: yon «ten get it at any Montana liquor store. HH WRITES ABOUT ROOKS Tor people Interested ia the «abject of paleontology. Den P. Mu mb me of Helens has provided an interesting booh on foealles In Montana, which he esUa "Book of Rocka. He describee fossil de» OPPORTUNmES of the beet bargain« to be fossa Herds are listed today In Montana's OH Fields and Mining District*. In Mala MINING HAVE BIO BBIDOI PROPOSI TION in proven district. Posetble to make «mail fortune by ordinary method*, big acreage and dredge outfit could make real money. Write L H. Montana Oil and Mining JonraaL over siee.see development work al ready done on ray claims aad have big «bowing of ore. make splendid deal with any person or group who will finance croaher and concentrator. Smelter return* net » 2 S. 00 per ten in gold, copper. Write J. M. O'Day, tana OO and Kinlng Journal. Can «liver and care Mon NBBD FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE for development of big mining property. H*v« mill Sad building«, .1.000 feet of tarntet, stapes and drifts and have big ore body blocked out. Q. D, Montana Oil and Mining Journal. OAK USB ADDITIONAL FUNDS for further development aad ultimate mill Installation on one of largest mining properties in the state. This is not n small money proportion and we Invita tha T ao*t rigid investigation. B. D. Care of sfoaiana oil and Mining Journal. PATENTED PLACE a. M acre« will run toe per yard. Would like to get In teach with dry wash aperator cap ' handling property. WHJ sell at . Box 10ÛS, Mo a tana Oil and sacrifice M.nlag Journal. MON WILL FINANCE SMALL mill for high grade property In «out hern part of state. Have huge body of ore for mill ing but tnacessabillty will only permi •mall mill at the present time. Can otter guarantee and give substantial interest Property ready -for investigation. Write J K. Care of Montana OU and Mining t a J onrnal. HAVE LARGE SIL VKR-LEAD-ZINC property with large tonnage. Ail con dition» ideal for mining and milling. Samples show 58 os. silver, 64% lead and 18% sine. Write P. W. W. Montana OU and Mining Journal HAVE LEASE AND OPTION on a large gold mining property Would like to raise add! near Helena tional capital for mere machinery for mine and mill. Need from »8.000 to * 10,000 and «fill make ideal proposition. J. F. B. Montana Oil and Mining Journal, HAVE ORE THAT NETS OVER «X* per ton, and the mine 1* equipped with everything but comp give half Interest for small financing to enable further development. Box 106T, Montana Oil and Mining Journal. reeeor end hoist Will NEED MONET POE CRUSHER and can make excellent deal with right party. I have put *100,000 Into this property for development work and It la now ready for a mill. A huge supply of ore returning *28. Invite most exacting ex amination. Box 1008, Montana OU and Mining Journal. FINEST COPPER MINE IN MONTANA a really BIO proposition for big- money WiU send sample and welcome engineers examination. Have done much develop ment and wiU make fine proposition. GOLD PROPERTY Need party to help ralee enough money to boy a 10 ton mill, etc , to operate property. 721 »th St. No. Great Falla. Mont 4t Have geod mining property with 100,000 tons of tailings that will run *0 per ton and 45,000 tone of ore In one abaft worth *12 in gold «lone. Actual shipment« from .37 to .045 ounce* of gold and 8.8 to 14.3 ounces of «liver. Mul will for itself In ore now in sight and profits besides. Will make fortune for man who will furnish finances for mill Write "J. A. D." care Montana Oil A Mining Journal, Great Fails, Mont rni id ANACONDA Copper Mining Company Purchasers of Gold. Silver and Copper Ores and Concen trates. Address WASHOE SAMPLER C. M. Company A Butte, Montana posit« ia the Sweetgraa* Hills, the Little Rockies, the Snowy and Bears Paw Mountains aad the Big a«4 Little Porcupines. He tells of the type« of fossils that may he toaad in the various formations. OIL CONTOUR map* o t Whitlaah, Bmn D en. Flat Coulee, Pinborn. Reverra Utopia and Grandview, 10c a copy. Supply Department. Hontaaa Oil Jamal, Oraat Falla. Montana TOWNSHIP PLATS: 4-lwp., IUUU two., single twp., 8 section, on •* til paper. SOe per do*. Foot town ship and tweirs township plats on Hr 17 paper, 8c each. Write Supply Department, Montana OH Journal. Great Falla BLHOTRIO LIGHT AND rOWNB PLANTS. GASOLINS, DIHD, AND WATBs rownt K. J. BA ILK Y , Orest Falls. Monta or ■h m OPERATORS aad geologist* may avail theaweive* of tL* um at the Moa taoa OU A Mining Journal'« geologi cal Mbrnry, which has the largeat collection extant of D. 8. O. a, S rivnte report* on Mon mining geology. 81 no« of these reports ars out of copies «fill be furnished ef with mape. on s through the ontana OU A National Bank Montana »ad tAB* OU AB together I folio charge, Department, M report«, moderate Supply Mining Journal, Ft rat Bldg.. Groat Falla. I Owhflwl Report» m«M But MS. Maates« Oll Journal, Gnu Falls. M< CONTOUR MAP—Cot Bank field, by O-O. Howard, showing all walla drilled and latest anbanrface data Supply Department, Mining Journal Montana Oil « SWEBTOHA8S ARCH MAP—Contour, topography, all well locations. Finest map of its kind ever pre pared. By B. B. Bmrlck. «apply Department, Montana OH A Min ing Journal SMALL SCALE Placar-Mlning Meta od* by Chas. F, Jackson and Joha B. Knaebel. a booklet giving mining districts In Montana and Idaho, minerait aaoelated with plat . inlng placer gold and hew ta construct the prop«- equipment toe per copy. Supply Department Montana Oil Jonrnal. m Sunburst field showing all well» drtUod „ to . data. Paper IB. Umi * 7.80, Supply Department, ** OH A Mlnlue Journal MINERS TRY OUSTER BISMARCK, N. D—Twenty-four miners have petitioned for the re moval of J. Olson of Willton as State mine inspector, charging Inex perience. OB SALB —1 Ainaley Gold Separating Machine in A-l condition. $890 new, now »260 Brown Exchange, SM 1st At*. South. Great Falls. - I have discovered virgin ihn* Want investors who fl.es* cash, to be used only In event ground prove* out. WIU file elate ia year ua*t yea to do if work aad dig aeeeseary tost pits If values uniformly average M eeato per yard. get dry toad ___ capable handling X,«M yards par day, which will be installed la sprts*. Prefer Montana men who can ga «» ia work. Write D. W. Oagle, III« Third Avenue NertlL, Grant Mb. Montana.