The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-11-18

run in a northerly direction. Two hundred
feet from the mouth of the tunnelt the ledge
was struck, and was crosscut so feet before
reaching the hanging wall /; at this point the
ledge carried two strong bodies Of ore, one on
the hanging wall about six feet wide, and
another on the foot wall five feet wide; be-
sides these there are several small streaks
running through the ledge, but as they are
rather erratic (tsliow you've got 'em and now
you haven't") it would be impossible to arrive
at any correct conclusion as to their extent.
Where the ledge was cut it is supposed to be
about 10 feet from the surface. u
The east drift was run on one of the centre
streaks, and is now i'll so feet in the face the
drift is all ore.
The west drift was run through a body of
ore varying in width from four to twenty feet;
here the ore body was exceedingly irregular.
Until lately they have been taking out from
sixteen to twenty tons Of ore daily. AT pres
ent, the Centennial mill (where all Of the ore
from this mine is worked) being shut down
for repairs, they are only extracting about
eight tons, the work at present being confined
to prospecting. The
MOUNT MARIA MINE
Is extracting about six tons of ore daily.
There is no change to note, the slopes looking
fully as we'll as when last report. The
FLAG MINE
Is raising about five tons of ore daily. The
west drift, 40 foot level, shows about five feet
of fine looking ore in the face. At the
BELLE MINE
The main shaft is down so feet. The east
drift on the 52-foot level is in about 20 feet
the face shows about four feet of base ore.
The west drift has just heen started and is
now in - feet, face showing 3 feet of ore. A
c~ross-cut has been run south from the shaft
40 feet; it developed a body of free milling
ore 5 feet wide. This ore body has not been
prospected, it is therefore impossible to form
an opinion as to its extent or richness.
Shaft No. 2, (west Of the main shaft), is
down about 60 feet. In the west drift from
the bottom and about 40 feet from the shaft,
a large body of free ore was struck on Thuls
day; a breast s feet wide has been opened
and no walls found yet.
Riising about eight tons of free and 5 tons
of base ore a day. The new within house
over the man shaft is being pushed as fast as
possible. At the
MOUNTAIN MINE.
The main shaft is down 100 feet the bot
tom is all in ore of a very fine character. The
east drift on the 60-foot level is in 80 feet; the
face is looking finely, carrying a good body OF
first class copper ore. A station was started
yesterday in the bottom of the shaft; drifts
will be started Immediately east and west on
the ledge from this point. Raising Is tons OF
ore daily. All OdSe. Az the
UOLUsA MINES
The work of sinking the main shaft is be-
ing energetically prosecuted; it is now down
1870 feet, and IN the course of two weeks
they will probably be able to open a new sta
ton, when as much prospecting as is practl-
cable will be carried on. At the
CORA MINE
Sinking has been resumed, and the main
shaft is now down Is feet. In the east drift,
63-foot level, a Wine has been started, about
so feet east of the shaft. Here they have al,
exceedingly fine looking body OF ore about :
feet in width of free milling, and 2 feet OF
base. TIL Wine is very large (1OXo) and the
bottom is all in ore. Work on the old slopes
!. near the surface, has been stopped, and they
i are taking out about 5 tons OF ore daily, all
of which comes from the winZe. Working II
men.
THE DRAMA MINE,
Owned by Messrs. Roudebush & Young, has a
q shaft down about 20 feet following a 2-fooi
streak of very rich ore. l am told that a LOT
! of it sampled 267 ozs. Worth following, de-
cidedly. At the
JOSEPHINE MINE,
s They are vigorously engaged in prospecting
a The cross-cut south on the 1GO-foot level
: main shaft, is now i'll 1875 feet; it has cut {
e body of base ore 6 feet wide. The east drift
1OO-feet level, is III $50 feet; face shows ore
/ and ledge matter, the latter carrying consid-
e cradle manganese. The west drift, 10000
2 is in l25 feet face in ledge matter. In the
a north shaft a cross-cut has been started south
and is now in about II feet.