The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-11-25
A GREAT PROPERTY.
successful Operations OF the Emma
Mining Company.

Hearing that developments of an encour-
aging character were daily being made on the
claims of the above mentioned company, a
MINER reporter was yesterday dispatched TO
investigate the truth of the Tumols to that
effect. The superintendent, Mr.. r. P. Hop
kins, though too busily engaged in making
assays from a recently discovered body Of ore
to give a detailed description of the property
or to visit the lower workings of The mine in
company with our representative, nevertheless
cheerfully accorded a brief interview in
which the following information wa, elicited:
The property was located in 1875 by Mr..
VIM. Farlin, but is now controlled by Arm
strong & Largely. 1t is situated Oh he fa-
nous Black Chief ledge, and comp: ises W
claims, known as the Emma and Czaromah.
The vein dips at an angle of about Thirty de-
grees. Work is now being prosecuted only
on The last mentioned mine Fifty feet west
of the center of the claim a perpendicular
shaft has been sunk, which yesterday tapped
the ore body at a depth of sixty-ive feet. 1t
is free milling rock and has the appearance of
UCluS very IT'LL. Az oiIhiiS thlouSH tAhC
ore TO the necessary depth, drifts will be run
and the property put in the best possible
shape for working purposes.
Steam hosting works are in operation, and
the water, which for the past few days has
been quite troublesome, is now well under
control, and will offer no hindlance 10 further
exploration. Although oe can be readily
extracted f.. ON any point on The 2,100 feet of
ground belonging to the company, it isthe in
tenlion 10 make all present developments
through he shaft in which the present work
ing force s engaged. If nee essary, addi-
tional machinery will be put in, and as soon
as lumber can be procured a large building
Will be e;ec, ed to cover the entire hosting
apparal us. The extent and pe,manence Of
the vein is beyond all qucs' ion; in fact its
magnitude is nearly beyond concep-
ton. Mr.. Hopkins is authority for
the almost incredible sta;ement
that on the Black Chief section of the ground
the vein is no less than six huudred feet wide.
If any feel inclined to dispute the assertion
a walk tn ough he Black CHEZ unnel which
| pe1cUIabeS Tie eHLtIe WtuIu VI Tile DOlldilZd,
will speedily d~issipate all doubts. On the
Emma ground The vein is not so wide, but it
is, therefore, much richer. .r .
Besides the main shaft of the CZarOmah,
eleven other shafts have been SUM on the
property, just deep enough TO prove the value
of the ore. On the dump of one of these
shafts, which is down rot more Than twenty
five feet, is about $50 tons of excellent ore
assaying in the neighborhood of 500 per ton.
When further developments shall have been
made, and the character of the ore from the
lower levels positively ascertained, it is
the intention of the company to erect
either a smelter or a quartz mill, or probably
both, as base and free-milling rock can be
extracted in almost limiJless quantities.
Were this promising and extensive property
located in almost any other camp in the
western country it would always be distin-
guished as the L" biggest mine in the district"
but the Summit Valley mineral section con-
tains SO many ora deposits of phenomenal di-
mansions that we must content ourselves
with the remark that the property of the
Emma Compony is one of the most extensive
and valuable yet discovered in this vicinity.
1t is owned and superintendent by practical
and enterprising men.