The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-12-09
was run. The ore body is already opened up
for a distance Of about eighty feet, showing

was AuAs AAc oTc uouy 10 diIcauy oPcueu up
for a distance OF about eighty feet, showing
from nine to fourteen feet Of s;xty-ive ounce
ore. In cutting places for timbers, other
streaks of fair GRE were discovered, thus prov
ing that the width is not yet known. The
ore on this second level will probably extend
to the old slopes on the level from which the
mill was run last year. In this event there
will be uncovered three hundred feet of con-
tinuons ore. At this level the existence of
two other ore chutes is established, one to
the east about 450 feet from the cross cut, and
one back of the shaft. The latter, though
small at this point, becomes important at the
lower levels. For convenience the first may
be called the hanging wall chimney, and the
latter the foot-wall or south vein.
THIRD LEVEL.
The hanging wall chimney Cor north vein)
extends 10 feet in each direction from the
crosscut. The western portion appears at this
level the more regular and rich. At the point
| where the crosscut struck the main ledge, the
ore again happened to be almost worthless. A
few feet above, however, it opens to a body
twenty feet in width, of which at least four
teen feet is of good milling quality. To the
east Of the crosscut the ore is bunchy, though
at q distance of 100 feet good slopes are being
opened, while at a distance Of 100 feet an i'm
mense body of excellent grade ore has been
uncovered. @
Mr.. DAILY intends to extract ore from all
points along the 800 feet Of this level. The
ore body averages from Is to 20 feet in width
and is, in the poorest parts, Of sufficient rich
ness to justify that course. At this level the
foot-wall chute mentioned above takes def
mite form, and is only separated from the
hanging wall by a streak of clay and mixed
vein matter. West of the c%rosscut, it has
been stopped out to a width Of twelve or fifteen
feet, and has kept the mill in ore for a long
time. The eastern chute is also large at this
level. The length is not yet ascertained, but
the width is from eight to twelve feet.
FOURTH EVE
In the face of the main crosscut large veins
of quartz and about four feet of pay ore were
discovered. Accordingly a drift on the vein
was run to the west a distance of eighty feet,
when another crosscut was run, showing up
the entire width of the two veins which are
here separated by a small granite sshorse"
which appears to be giving out. TIT ledge at
this point is thirty-seven feet wide, the whole
of which is being taken out. The ore cham
Der as at present excavoted is about forty feet
square. The ore breast as here exposed con-
tains some very rich ore, fifteen feet being of
excellent milling quality; twelve feet is saved
as second class, and the rest is waste.
In the level running east from this crosscut
some very fine ore has been discovered, blu.
no further explorations can be made in that
direction till connection is made with WINE
which is being sunk from level Nc. 3.
FIFTH LEVEL.
Developments on this, the lowest level in
the mine, have been delayed by the recent
accident to the pumping machinery, but, since
the smaller pumps have succeeded in keeping
the water under control, work has been re-
sumed. At present only the west drift is
being run, of which the face is in fair ore Of
the same character as encountered above, and
is evidently a continuation of the hanging
wall chute which we have traced from the
second to the fourth level.
SUMMARY.
The hanging wall chute is at least 800 feet
in length and massive in width as developed
on the second and third levels and opened in
width on fourth level, but length unknown,
and just making its appearance on fifth level.
Several months work will be required on
four and five to gain an idea of its length and
value. The foot-wall chute is small at sec
ond level, large at third and already found at
fourth, though not yet developed in length.
The eastern chute can not be reached on four
or five for a considerable period, but it has
been followed to a considerable depth from
No. 5 by a Wine. The eastern and foot-wall
chutes are of the SAINT character of ore and
running in the same direction, and most like
ly will be found when drifts have been run
to be one continuous ore body extending the
whole length OF the mine.
All the company requires now is increased
milling capacity. The ore at present being
produced is exceptionally hard, though after
roasting It is easy of amalgamation. The
stamps cannot, under the most favorable cir
cumstances, crush more than one ton each
per day. 1t Is already certain that a forty
stamp mill will be erected in the spring
which, with the present power, will make a
crushing capacity of sixty tons per diem. If
the future output of the mine may be estima-
ted by present appearances, it is safe to say
that after six months of further development
sixty stamps will be found fully as uneuual
to the requirement as are the twenty which
are now being worked.
Extraordinary Accident.