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= A. C. M. MAY DEVELOP CHROMIUM Chromium Deposits Of Carbon And Stillwater Counties Are Involved Washington reports of plans for development of Mon tana chrome deposits by Anaconda Copper Mining' company i fficials but these rejxirts ! brought no comments from ACM o hr nght confirmation to rumors of recent weeks that Ana conda was negotiating for the properties of Montana Chrome company of Billings. Montana Chrome, Inc., holds 44 unpatented claims in Carbon county and 74 in Sweet Grass county, having ik,t haps the largest chromium reserves of any Montana com panv. The coronation, organized in 1933. is headed by Dr. !.. \V. Allard of Billings, president; 11. B. Blair, vice presi dent. Ernest E. Murray, secretary-treasurer and E. B. Hub hard, manager and mining engineer. The company was or ganized to develop the claims on lltll i\oaring creek, said to j be the richest ore in Montana. A second deal is pending, in volving the properties of Chromium Products corporation of Livingston, a Canadian firm having taken leas es on this company's Benbow group of claims in Stillwater county. This Company claims better than 1,000, 000 tons of chrome ore above the level of its 500 -foot tunnel. is said to average 27% chromic This ■ore oxide, and concentration tests show that concentrates will assay 44% chromic oxide with a 93% recovery. The Canadian corporation is said developed a method of handling marginal chromium ores that will make the Montana metal In eastern steel Extensive work has been to have suitable for use plants. done on the ore taken from the Products properties, 4 0 southwest of Columbus. Chromium miles Montana large amount of money in devel opment work on its claims and In experimental smeiting process was developed In cooperation A.C.M. and Montana Power but has not yet been developed beyond a pilot plant. Chrome has spent a An electric work. with officials of the The Washington account follows: WASHINGTON—The government was reported to be negotiating with the Anaconda Copper Mining Co. for development of chrome deposits in Montana to increase supplies of the metal, au essential in produc tion of certain alloy steels. Officials of the office of produc tion management said that studies have been made of new chrome sup plies, as well as other metals, but they would not disclose the names of any firms with which they had been discussing the situation. In other quarters however, it was learned that Anaconda has been ap proached on "îhe matter and that through the Reconstruction Finance Corp. or one of its subsidiaries. The chrome deposits in Montana said to be of low gcade ore w ere and their development was descrih unprofitable when sufficient imports were avaii ed as having been able. Latest available figures show that the United States produced only 3,614 tons of chrome in 1939 and imported 317.511 tons of chromite ore that year. It was estimated the Montana deposits could pro duce about 60,000 tons of chrome concentrates, which are partially processed chromite ores, a year and that production must be sta .'ted by fall. Com monts On News Commenting on the news, the Great Falls Tribune on Wednesday said; Development of Montana's chrome deposits, proposed Tuesday in dis cussions reported out of Washing ton, D. C., between the government and the Anaconda Copper Mining Co., has long been a goal of min ing engineers who have studied the mineral resources of the Treas ure state. Local engineers said it was prob able the prime feature in the pre sent development plans was the utilization of a new method of con centrating ferro-chrome ore such as is abundant in this state. Pre viously the high iron content and the lack of an economical method of concentration and reduction has been a stumbling block to those seeking to capitalize on Montana deposits. Recently an announcement was carried in news dispatches, and later in trade journals, of the de velopment of a formula that utiliz ed electric furnaces for the task of freeing the chrome of its high iron content. The United States geological sur vey has made public a survey which shows large deposits In Stillwater and Carbon counties and smaller bodies ot ore In Sweet Grass, Park and Madison counties. Engineers said it was probable concentration and reduction of fBe ferrochrome ore—utilizing electric power—would be done close to the deposits, as it was simpler to trans. port the power to the mills than to carry the ore to Anaconda or Great Falls. A few years ago a group of Liv ingston men organized to seek some way to develop deposits In the southern part of the state. A re search laboratory was established and considerable experimentation conducted, but to date no develop ment has come from that quarter. LEASING PLAN MEETING TOPIC IS WAGE-HOUR I An informal fact-finding confer -1 ence on leasing systems in the metal-mining industry will be held j March 18. 1941, at Salt Lake City, j Colonel Philip B. Fleming, Adminis- j trator of the Wage and Hour Dlvi- j sion, U. S. Department of Labor, announces. The conference will be before Dorothy M. Williams, Re gional Attorney for the Division in San Francisco. î tiiJ , queb°tk f n 'of 'wheihcr^iessïes o D f mine operators are employees un An opinion on this question was expressed by colonel Fleming ^in mine operators^nd^ssees^f"such operators in the intermountain if a mute/ the' VeaTj 1 agreenumf con- is troi and supervision over the opera served^to^Uie°less<H\ sublease^ greement embodies the normal in-, cidents of the employer-employee relationship and the so-called les sees will be considered as employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act. On the other hand. Colonel Fleming further stated, if a par ticular lessee is operating mining property which is not a part of the property currently being operated by the mining company with regu lar employees, and It In the lease agreement the mining company does not have the right to control the 1'ssee in his operation of the min ing property, it may well be that the lessee is not an employee of the mine owner but is in fact an independent operator of such pro perty. At the conclusion of the coming conference the Administrator will announce a further interpretation on the question of the existence of the employer-employee relationship . ; between mine operators and so-call ed mining lessees. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estai? of C. C. Here, Deceased. MIT1CK IS HEREBY GIVEN by the undcrsl jiumI Administrator of the Estate of c. c. itiTK. Deceased, to the creditors of and all persons hating claims against the said Deceased, to exhibit them cii the necessary vouchors, within Four months after the first ' puhibation of lids notice, to the said Administrator it Hie offlee of It. K, West, Urst National Bank Building, Great Fails, Montana, the same Mint the place for XrirüK" bounty of US & e £d°e f ^ Dated February 13. 1941. ' I I K. K. WEST, Administrator of rtie Estate of C. Berg. Deceased. It K. WEST. Attorney for Administrator, 305-6 First National Bank Bldg, if Falls. Montana. Date of first publication Fell. 22, 1941. ti CAM. FOR BIDS ON 8TATB OIL AND IGA» LEASES, MARCH. 1Î. 1941 Notice is hereby given that the State Board of Land Commissioners of the State of Montana will receive bldg at open competitive bidding at the State Lsnd Offlee in the State Capitol at 2:00 o'clock P. M„ Wednesday. March 1Ï, 1941. for oil and ga» leasee on the following described lands: Tract Sub division Sec. Twp Rge. Acres No. 1. NEJ NEJSB1 36 4N 61E 200 N .WE 330 Thin Board reserves the right to re ject any and all bids. For further information apply to: NANITA B. SHERLOCK, Secretary State Board of Land Commlsatooera Helena. Montana. Date of first publication Feb. 22, 1941. EJ 21 u HAI.E OF Oil, LEASES An auction sale of oil ami gas leases •erlng Tribal Indian reservations will tie held at the Blaokfeet Indian Agency. Browning, Montana, March 4. 1941, at • :30 in the afternoon. The land is lo cated in the south Cut Bank field where some nice wells have been brought in lately. The royalty Is one-eighth. For iVscrlntion of the lamia and other par tlculars call upon or write C. L. Graves, Superintendent. Browning. Montana. Date of first publication Feb. 22, 194L rev 2x A. V. Trent Archie 4. Ooodnll G00DALL BROS. ASSATKRS AND CHEMISTS Shipper* representatives. An «ronde. Great Falla aad Bast Helena. Established 1909 =3 V m l o I i/2 O If a n 1'is] iG7 v> wc y ESTABLISHED 19 »I PUBVIS H m MOUNTAIN OF CHROMIUM ORE IN MONTANA 1 r. « ■ I 4 i ^ *.,#«** a* 1 I « V*.. • . 1J| - : &*y; > :■ & \ A . iwmm . -X ; ■ ■ m e» » ; •: • < ■ ; ÎJÙi ,.v : M & .. Vi- , * i t-X^Î *»< <v x > ■J •'x '.f I RR i ■V \ y > ■hi . A ' : ' y ÿ. < * % > V.v B tm M w mk ÿ- v. < W ip d X. * •Jra % -r ' m laa|gi ■ : ti fc î ; X * I Si! : ■ -y |v: :• ■■ m » !♦ y «• » This is a z icxv of Hell Roaring Mountain, the numbered circles showing where chro 1ntum orc j tas [ fCCU found in the developmcn t zvork of Montana Chrome, Inc., whose prop crtics arc said to be involved in a development program sponsored by the united ôtâtes Coz'crnmcut , together with Anaconda Copper Muiing Company. Development of chro mium is expected to be the closest rival to to the Butte copper mines in employment in Montana. With the development ZL'ork will come construction of smelters and in turn this likely to hasten development of Montana's vast deposits of high quality iron ore, also mol\bdcnum and other deposits essential to the stainless steel industry. Mining engi ucers say that once this program is undertaken, it will open up a vast new industry in Montana, irrespective of the national defense program, in years to come. ■ ^ILWfiS BILL ■« |#|| I nil IV Kll i f II K| ImifcKnfci# V ■ _ mäbjri m vama I lil~|C| n | ||K1^ bHUIvUI I WI«W house of , the j Montana state legislature this week killed the noxious bill known as HB 254, requiring leveling of tail ings by dredge operators. Also killed were these bills: The mines committee of representatives in the i HB 24 6—.Regulating the vend Intion of quartz mines. (Adverse committee report.) HB. 178 Regulating time of blasting in coal mines. (Adverse committee report.) The house passed HB 179 pro Vidius' all coal mine ouerators be v , n * . a . u coal . mln , e operators oe covered by workmen s compensation and the bill has been transmitted to the senate . Friday was the final f i,n„ „ , ^ or transmitting bills. HB 226 was passed, relating to sale ln ' nln * Property in estates of deceased persons. HB. 317—^Taxing mechanical coal loading machines. (Adverse com mittee report.) The only bill effecting either the oil or mining industry signed by the governor during the week was HB 44, providing for the de duction of capital. W.B. FINLAY, C.P.A. GENERAL, MINING AND OIL FTHLD ACCOUNTING AUDITS, SYSTEMS TAX SERVICE Pint National Bank Bldg. GREAT FALLS. MONTANA ■■■■■■ I Western Iron Works ■ i = | ■ " \ j . 1400 East Second Street -Phone 2-3966 BUTTE, MONTANA We Carry Stocks of STEEL AND CAST IRON GRINDING BALLS Sise 2-inch by 4-inch AMERICAN STEEL SPLIT PULLEYS w COLD ROLLED SHAFTING SHEET STEEL STRUCTURAL STEEL SHAPES MINES HONOR ROLL HAS 24 Twenty-four students of Montana School of Mines won BUTTE places on the honor roll for the first semester, according to an nouncement made by Registrar W. M. Brown, The list names 22 engineering students and two general students. Freshmen placed seven students on the honor roll of engineering stu dents. There are six juniors, five seniors and four sophomores on the list. Those on the honor roll are: Charles N. Dougherty, Frank B, Jeniker, Wiliam R. Stern, Thomas A. Prater, James H. McMahon, Henry J. Roletto, James W. Teip ner, Earl Roberts, Betty Bleichner, Helen McDonald* »11 of Butte; James Kelly, Dillon; David Thomp Kalispell; William N. War Suffolk; William H. Love, Helena; Ralph R. Swartz, son, ren, East Missoula; Albert E. Letsy, Klein. Also, Raymond M. Thompson, Judith Gap: Millard L. Reyner, Silver Star; Denver M. Graham, Great Falls; Raymond J. Kujawn, Libby; John B. Calkins, Spokane, Wash.; Robert L. Frazer, Alhuquee *I ue ' Charles J. Lindstrom, Stratford, Conn., and Russell Crad wlch, Englewood, N. J. THE SUNBURST BADGER SEND A CONTRIBUTION ID b. BVbKb EMKILK CONSULTING GEOLOGIST OIL—NATURAL UA» Li annual ions. Report*. A^pralaai* Eaci mates of Reserves Seismic Surveys Unites state* and Canada Conrad MONTANA Office PbOBO 19U ttesiaeno fhone It» TOOLE COUNTY ABSTRACT COMPANY LICENSED BONDED ABSTRACTORS MONTANA SHELBY. xk\|) A CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUNBURST BADGER SEND A CONTRIBUTION TO THE SUNBURST BADGER MINES BROKERAGE COMPANY P. O. Box 775 Helena, Montana GOLD PROPERTIES FOR BALE. Syndicate Management SAMPLING 1« the prooen of obUmii^ from a lot of ore a «maller quantity that contain«, in unchanged percentage«, all the ronstitnent« of the original lot" —U. 8. BUREAU OE MINES. • < This is one of our regular jobe. Enuring the past 26 years, our Washoe Sampler has sampled and purchased for cash millions of tons of gold, silver and copper ores and concentrates, at the rate of 1,500 tons a day. . . . ANACONDA Copper Mining Company Butte, Montana Closing Quotations on the STANDARD STOCK EXCHANGE SPOKANE Hi GIBSON ASSOCIATES, INC. Orrst Pails, Montana FEBRUARY 20, 1041 (No Spokane Market Friday) Clayton Silver. Dayrook . Golconda . Grandview . Hecla Mining. Jack Waite. Metaline . North Butte. Polarine . Lexington . Sherman Lead. Standard Silver Lead. Tamarack . Bunker Hill. 13 16 35 45 3% 4% 13 14 5.70 6.00 .15 18 .25 29 .30 32 .50 60 11% 13% ....19% 21 . 6 8 .25 30 .11.76 12.50 CURBS Callahan . Pend Oriele. Premier Gold. «... .90 1.30 .1.22 1.32 .60 .80 OVER THE COUNTRY Mont. Power Pfd.108.00 110.00 Wash Water Power 98.00 100.00 METALS Lead, New York. Zinc, East St. Louis.. Copper, Domestic. .. .0560 . .0726 12 % IN THE DISTRICT COVRT OF THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA IN AND FOB THE COUNTY OF CASCADE. SUMMONS ADELINE D. BELLAMY. Plaintiff, VS. LAWSON E, BELLAMY. Defendant THE STATE OK MONTANA Sends Greetings to tlie Above Named Defen dants, and to Each of Them: You are hereby summoned to answer the complaint in this action which is filed in the office of the Clerk of this Court, a copy of which Is herewith served upon one of you In each County wherein any of you reside, and to file your answer and serve a copy thereof upon the plaintiffs attorney within twenty days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of ser vice. ami in case of your failure to apitear or answer, Judgment will l»e taken against you, by default, for the relief demanded In the complaint. This is an action for divorce on the grounds of wilfull desertion of plaintiff hy defendant and by reason of defendants cruelty towards plaintiff all of which is set forth in the complaint to which reference is hereby made. Witness my hand and the Seal of -"•d Court this 21st day of February. 1941. AGNES SCIUlArpS. Clerk. By T. G. BRADFORD. Deputy Clerk. RWANBERG & SWANBERG, Attorneys for. Plaintiff. ■27-XÎ1 Ford Building, Grout Falls, Montana. Date of first publication Feliruary 22, 1941. 4x MRS. STALNAKER PASSES The entire Montana oil industry shared the grief this week of Charles Stalnaker, widely known well shooter, for the loss of hla wife who passed away suddenly In West Virginia, of pneumonia. The Stalnakers were on a vacation £Mp when Mrs. Stalnaker was stricken, The funeral was held In Shelby Thursday. SEND A CONTRIBUTION TO to THK SUNBURST BADGER FIREPROOF Leggat Hotel BUTTE. MONTANA Alex Leggat, Prop. Kaien. «1.00 op MINING ENGINEERS GEOLOGISTS MINING MEN WELOOMB