The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-08-31

n'ihes become in Summit Valley district that !;
we are unable to notice them in a single re-
port In writing up and reporting the mines
VI this district we are compelled to notice
soihe al one time and some at another, but
VIII, III time, endeavor to give a correct report
OF all the mines worked, opened, or being
prospected.
MOUNTAIN BOY.
Since the new hosting works were started
on the Mountain Boy the sinking of the main
shaft has been steadily prosecuted. The
SHAFT is now seventy feet deep. Althoughla
large volume of water is found no trouble is
experienced in keeping the mine dry, as the
pump could easily handle double the quantity
OF water coming in. Messrs. Jackey &
Wampler have fifteen mer employed and
they are sinking as rapidly as possible, which
will soon put the mine in a condition to ex-
tract ore in large quantities.
ALICE.
Ore hoisted from the working levels con-
tlnues of the same character as heretofore re-
ported. The tally sheets of the working
shifts shows that the daily output from the
hhihS "NCldSCo upHdluS Vi lllS lOIS. M
effort is made to increase this amount at pres
ent, although facilities for increasing are at
hand. At the bottom of the main shaft-7OO
feet deep-the cutting out Of The station will
soon be finished. When the static is COM
pleted a drift will be started to tap the vein.
If the theory that the Alice dips to the south
below the 500 foot level should prove true,
the vein will be reached at the 7OO-foot level
in a short rum, when cross-cutting will deter
mine its width and the value of the ore.
SHoNBAR AND TECUMsEI.
On the Shonbar work is stopped on account
of water and for want of pumping machinery.
1t has been worked to a depth of forty feet,
t and water is met with freely.
r At the line of the ShoEbar and Tccumseh
5 there is a large vein Of high-grade ore. We
; are informed that it is now proposed to,
Jointly, erect hosting and pumping machinery
t for the two claims and open them up. This
2 will have to be done before either claim can
l be worked, as the water cannot be balled out
and kept down with a windlass and tub. In
l both mines there is a large ore-showing, but
Y the necessary machinery will have to be
S erected before it can be proftably extracted.
t LEXINGTON.
!, Capt. PIaisted is displaying great energy at
S the new works on the Lexington. The new
S double-compartment shaft has reached a
5 depth of over 70 feet, and is making fair pro-
S gress downward daily. A large force of car
penters are engaged on the new shaft-house.
Ore-hoisting, from the old incline shaft, con-
n tinues uninterrupted. From the east and
II west slopes in this shaft from fifteen to
e eighteen tons are hoisted every day.
WAKE-UP-JIM.
- Work is going on in the west level, about
. so feet from the main shaft, which is at a
70 depth of 70 feet from the surface. They are
a taking up an underhand stope OH a ~tye-foot
n vein that goes 25 ounces per ton after the
j.. rock has been subjected to a roasting process.
The big body in the east level is not worked
now, being of il lower grade. Water comes
in lively, and nearly half the time is con-
sumed in hoisting buckets of water. This
mine is greatly in need of a pump and ma
daily raising five to six tons of rock from the
west level.
GAMBLER.
A uew shaft is being sunk near the centre
of the Gambler claim. The Gambler is
thought to be an eastern extension OF the
Mountain lode. The new shaft is only down
t, Is feet. 1t is in a vein OF tossed up lode
,l matter, with no defined walls as yet. 1t is
rs the intention to sink 50 feet, and then pos
n, pect further by running to the east and west
l. MAGMA CIIAITA.
Over 100 feet is attained in the new mair
II shaft of the Magma Charta. No water ha:
been struck yet, and water for the engine ha:
to be hauled to the mine. Ore assaying ovel
20 ounces has been passed through. The
new machinery works we'll, and the mine
will be developed as fast as money and ma
" chlnery will be able to accomplish that OBJ
ject.
ii The new shaft Oh the Diamond is Il mode
piece of miner workmanship. 1t is bottomet
|. IS feet deep and timbered 70 feet. In sink.
ing Oh the vein the size does not diminish
but holds its own evenly. The ore coming
out is changing Slightly in color, but ma,ll
talns its value. 1t is Irec-milling ore, assay
ing y ounces per ton, and above that figure
too.
NOTES.
% The Bell is producing higll-grad ore Which
u is sacked at its different dumps as fast Il!
hoisted out.
, Opening work has fairly begun on The
- Reed, Walkerville and Rooney lodes.
e The Gagnon is yielding its customary mum
p Der of tons daily to the dump pile Of goo'
1t ore.
The new double shaft on the old .Acquisi