The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-09-09

IA - S1to1te0 the nIy1 quartz mining enter
prise in this noted locality. A new 5-stamp
mill has just commenced operations ON ore
from the Drum Lammon gold and silver mine.
THIS lode is the only one in this section yet
developed that carries silver in paying guam
titles. 1ios. Cruise. the fortunate owner, has
spent the past four years in opening mp and
developing this handsome mine, and the pres
eDt developments consist in a cross-cut tun-
mel which cuts the vein 100 feet in depth, a
shaft sum As feet on the lode, from the bot
tom Of which cross cuts are run to either
wall. showing = vein Of the extraordinary
width Of SO feet of LAY ore. 1t is a grea.
wonder that such a splendid showing piece
of property has never obtained more than a
local fame. However. We predict that in the
near future this mine will RAM among the
justly celebrated mines of the country.
The mill erected by Mr.. Vim. Mayer al
present consists Of five stamps, double issue
battery, with plates for saving free gold on
both sides Of the mortar over which the pulp
flows, thence into = tank. from which it is
elevated and run into watts, from which it is
charged into the wooded pans-swo in num-
ber-And thence drawn Of into the settlers.
In the pans the pulp is amalgamated for the
silver contents. Mr.. Mayer has an engine
Of sufficient power and the mill building is
large enough se double The present capacity,
which will no doubt be done before many
weeks elapse.
About one and & half miles in q northwest
erly direction from this point is situated the
Chester Lode, which has been laying dor
mant for some time, but now shows healthy
signs OF busting activity. The Gloster is de-
veloped by discovery shaft, sunk 50 feet, a
drift run west rs feet MI east 80 feet from
the bottom. Two hundred feet east a shaft
is sunk IA feet, and 400 feet east of discovery
q shaft is sunk so feet, proving the vein for q
distance of 400 feet. Iu the discovery shaft
and drifts the ore body averages 4 feet in
width, IN the 14foot shaft there is IA feet of
ore, and in the last named shaft there IS nine
feet of good pay. 1t is hardly possible to get
q specimen from this lead but what carries
gold. One noticeable thing in favor of the
mine is that in the developments above
enumerated, not III ounce of powder was used
Of any kind. The walls are smooth and well
defined, proving a true assure vein. The
quartz is very soft, and is said to average SIS
per ton, although some slreaks can be select
ed that comes as high IS $500 per ton in gold.
This mine has recently come under the con-
troll of Pat Powers, Esq, of Park City,, who
rusl1 hasa n = q . a,,, mill 50 supi,,~ ~, e hufo~n
much snow flies. The Piegan, supposed to
20 be the easterly extension ri the Gloster,
has a shaft Junk 40 feet and q tunnel run in
on the lode 80 feet. This mine carries about
five feet Of good paving quartz. 1t is the in
tention of Mr.. Stemple, The owner, to build
a mill as soon as there is enough ore on the
dump to justify it. Quite a number of claims.
are staked and recorded in the immediate
vicinity, from which the sanguine owners ex-
pect to realize a princely fortune some time
in the dim and shadowy future.
The Whippoorwill mine and 10-stamp mill,
about one mile west, is still keeping up its
heretofore good reputation, as is manifested
by the amount Of retort Superintendent Ike
Young carries to Helena every fortnight. The
20-stamp mill OF the Belmont Company keeps
TIP its continuous roar on quartz from the
Belmont lode. The Company this season
have made many substantial improvements
for the economical handling and saving OF q
high per cent. of the noble metals. Two iron
matchmaking pans with q new 10-horse pow
er engine to run the same, has recently been
added to the reducing capacity of this mill.
The mine is proving itself to be a vast treas
ure vault, a good body Of ore being stuck in
the lower tunnel some months ago, which in
sures an almost inexhaustable supply for a
long time to come.
At Mount Pleasant the Blue Bird aad Hick
ey lodes are being actively worked by Messrs-
Cotter 4 Hickey, their 5-stamp mill being
kept busily engaged. Messrs. Sanford, Woods
& Henry have recently unearthed an embryo
bonanza, which has been christened the San
ford. Reports say the pay vein is from four
to ten feet wide, aud averages from SCOT % 500
per ton. As your correspondent has not yet
visited this new find he states what he has
heard, SO you can take your choice from the
above figures. A hundred tons will be
crushed before long in the Cotaer & Hickey
mill, when the value will be determined by
actual mill test.
The Penobscot has received and put in
place during the summer 90 tons of new ma
chinery. The new "a. horsepower engine at
the 4O-stamp mill works like a charm. 1t is
from the famous works of Fraser & Chalmers,
Chicago. The 35.horse-power engine from
the mill is now being put in place at the mine,
when the work of sinking the main shaft will
be resumed: a powerful Knowles pump hay
ing been provided to keep the mine clear Of
water. The Psnobscot Company have 100
names OH their pay roll. The number Of
men employed in the district We have des-
cribed engaged in mining and milling num-
bes about 800. Indirectly about 2OO more
are emDlOyed in the district. MAKING ahon.