The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-12-16
MINING SUM MARY.
REPORT ON n
SHANNON, ALICE, CARRIE,
STAR, CzAROMA, GAGNON. BELLE,
CORA, NETTIE, FREDONIA. HIGH
ORE, BURNETT. TOM HANEF AND
NATIONAL MINES. NOTES, Etc.
TBy H. G. Olmstead, Mining Reporter.]
The Shannon Mine,

forty feet south of some very heavy crop
pings, and is now down one hundred and ten
feet; the bottom is in ledge matter, with some
ore and quartz intermixed.
A crosscut has been started north from the
bottom of the shaft, which it is intended to
run to the foot wall, and l understand that
the face already shows considerable fine cop
per ore.
AS this mine lies in a very heavy copper
belt, and the groupings have in some instan-
ces assayed high, there are strong reasons for
hoping that the cross-cut now being run from
the bottom of the shaft will develope a large
body of copper ore.
They have luckily experienced little or no
difficulty from water thus far the water level
here being one hundred and ten feet from the
surface, at which point it was struck in the
shaft. The
Alice Mine,
Shows a marked improvement this week.
The ore in the upper slopes is of a much
higher grade. 1t is so much richer that it has
been decided that instead of sorting the ore
into first, second and third class, it should be
sent to the mill as it is extracted; nus a
heavy expense heretofore incurred is saved.
| On the 4OO-foot level the large breast men,
toned in my last report is looking finely the
ledge here carries some marvelously rich
streaks of ore, and from wall to wall the ore
body will pay the cost of extraction and
reduction, ana leave a handsome margin of
, profit for the owners. When it is understood
that the ore body at this point is upwards OF
40 feet in width, some idea of its magnitude
and richness OF the Rainbow lead can be
formed.
On the 5OO-foot level work has been
resumed, and is at present being vigorously
prosecuted. The drifts east and west from
the crosscut are being pushed ahead, most of
the contractors having resumed work. The
ledge here is looking we'll, and there is every
reason to suppose that the large body of ore
now being prospected on the 400-foot level
will ere long be struck.
They arc extracting about the usual amount
of ore daily, and the mill is turning out the
usual quantity of bullion. At the
Carrie Mine,
Pat Lee is knocking a hole in the ground as
fast as circumstances will permit. The bot
tom of the shaft is looking well although the
ore has not as yet materially improved in
richness.
From the fact that a fine ore body has
been opened in the Buffalo (adjoinlng
claim) strong hopes are entertained that this
mine will yet prove a "Bonanza." At the
MOrning-Star Mine.
They are extracting quite a quantity of high
grade ore. The 25-foot level, east from the
east shaft is looking finely, the ledge having
somewhat improved in width, the face To-
showing nearly two feet OF high grade ore.
Work is suspended in the east drift from
the bottom of the shaft for the present, it be-
;,r o,,r1 tl,ot e6nrll {la laIra aroi,, opr,o
in strong, the percentage OF manganese in the
ore would be too large to allow of its working
at the mill the raise in this drift continues to
look we'll, as does also the west drift from the
bottom of the shaft.
The drift in the 93-foot is being pushed
ahead. and shows a nice body of rich ore.
The projected shaft mentioned in last
weeks issue will probably be started in the
course of a week.
The zaroma Mine,
Is looking about the same as when last report.
ed. The west drift, which is being run on
the foot wall from the c%rosscut, which extends
north from the bottom of the shaft is in about
rs feet, still carrying a heavy body of iror
ore.
The east drift is in about Is feet, and the
iron aforementioned above has about quit; the
formative contour and general character OF
the ledge below the water level in this mine
strongly resemble the rainbow lead the
ledge where it is crosscut, although very wide
(1s feet), is composed of low-grade ore. With
the attainment of depth there is every reason
to hope that it will improve in richness, i,
which event this would be one of the fines
pieces of mining property in the camp.
GasnOn Mine.
, The slopes in the upper levels are if anythin!
looking better than when last reported, an
yielding from ten to seventeen tons of fire.
milling ore daily.
Although the free ore now being extracts
. is not of as high a grade as when the mine wa
first opened, the greater quantity and superio
facilities for its mining and milling more tina
l compensate for the difference in quality, an
the probabilities are hat the Gagnon is pay
n ing better to-day than ever before in its his
tory:
A great deal of very rich base ore is bein
! taken out Oh the 150-foot level. The widt
of the ore body on this level is as yet undetel
mined, the drift being run Oh a rich streak j
+ the middle of the ledge, and for some une,
+ planned reason it has not been deemed nece:
sary to cross cut. At the
Belle Mime
Sinking has been resumed in the main slla
(No. y. The east drift from the bottom
in between 40 and 80 feet, the face shown
a strong body of high grade copper ore.
The west drift is in about 35 feet and Il
the face shows a streak Of copper ore whicl
although not as wide as in the east drift, is
y a high grade.
Shaft No. 2 is being sunk as rapidly as pc
" sible, the bottom being in vein matter wit
Y some ore intermiXed. The base ore found
this shaft is probably as rich as any now beir
extracted in the camp, it being difficult
break a piece which does not show more
less native silver.
The slopes in the east drift from the botto
of shaft No. 8 are looking finely and yieldil
n sufficient free ore to keep the Clipper M
=, running full blast. At the
" . Cora Mine
The stope east of the shaft is yielding abo
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