The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-08-10

vi Tic Aouiuer, Is TIE haIle lCue owned by
Messrs. Mike O'Donnell and the kleinschmidt
Bros. The shaft on this lode is carried down
over 30 feet in solid quartz. When at the
depth of so feet it is the intention of the
owners to cross-cut for the hanging wall.
The lode is supposed to be at least 80 feet
wide. The rock is argentiferous, yet one
piece-evidently selected-assayed by Mr..
Charles Rumley, showed up Sl,356.5s in
gold.
On this side of the Boulder some Of the
most promising lodes in the district have
been located. Here the creek hugs the base
OF a heavily wooded but high and precIpitous
mountains huge spur which runs out from
the main range and divides the waters of the
little Boulder from those of the big Boulder.
Grim and forbidding as it may look to the
passel-by from the little valley below. yet it
is evidently, Judging from the fine assays of
It's ores, supported IN its majestic height by
immense bodies Of rich ore running its full
length. Ores from lodes on the side of this
mountain can be easily run in chutes to mills
on the creek.
Below the Katie lode on the same side of
the stream is the Carrie lode owned by Messrs.
Jno. A. Moore and Jno. NJ. Dodge. Float
from this lode assayed as high as coo on. per
ton. Samples 10 or. width of vein 4 feet.
Still lower down the stream but higher up
on the side of the mountain, is located Gus
ter lode number >, owned by Messrs. c.
Smith, \. Dimond and Henry Welter. Width
Of vein ,inl-,,nwn . ,laptb ~ cJ,nH 90 f,ot :.
select ore assayed 1903 o.; sample Of Is
inches: 493 OF. silver. This is one of the
promising lodes of the camp.
just over the top Of the mountain to the
south Of the last named lode, OF the head OF
one OF the tributaries TO the Little Boulder,
is the Silver Butte lode, owned by Mr.. John
Brady. This is a we'll defined lode with a
f%Our-feet vein Of high grade ore. One sam
pie from full vein assayed 400 o.; another
from Is inches Of vein assayed $50 or. To
The west on the line of this lode and on the
head waters Of the Little Boulder, [ learned
that several fine lodes have been located.
a large vein of very promising ore runs on
the backbone or top Of this mountain, which
has been traced by groupings for a long dis
lance. Mr.. Esau James and others have o.
Gated several claims upon it. Some of the
ore assays very high. Mr.. James Dandy
lode is held in high estimation by the know
ing ones.
Mes%rs. Con Murray, Geo. Kelly and Geo.
OdeH have located several lodes which are
way up " according to the certificates of as
say. Their Rough and Ready and Mohawk
lodes promise well.
The Mantle lode is situated about one mile
above Cataract City, on Cataract creek. As
this lode has been repeatedly noticed by the
MINER, l will refer TO 1t only to repeat IL ru-
NOR that the lode is about to change hands,
and a five stamp mill to be built upon it to
work it's ore.
One-half mile above the mouth of High
Ore, on the east bank of the stream. is situat-
ed the Comstock lode, owned by Mr.. M. V.
HaltWe" u Co.. This is a mammoth lode
cropping out of the ground to the height of
- feet and showing a width Of nearly 20 feet.
The groupings sampled assayed A. OF. in sill
yer. This company has three extensions on
this vein: First the Josephine, shaft 20 feet
deep, vein S feet wide, samples fl or. silver;
second, the Bobtail, shaft % feet deep, vein
- feet wide-seyera tons from this lode were
hauled to Wickes aud milled $57.75 silver to
the ton; third, the Victoria, samples 30 or.
silver and Sc in gold. These lodes are situat-
Cd in the Boulder mining district and extend
from High Ore to Boomerang creek. Here
the lodes make a change in direction and dip.
They here run southwesterly and northwest
erly, dip slightly to the south and rest upon a
foot wall OF granite, with porphyry for their
hanging wall. A very singular reversion of
the conditions which govern the loLes of
Cataract district.
On the east side of boomerang creek and
on a line with the loics just noticed, is the
Belle Of the Boulder. mine. This mine is
justly entitled to its high sounding cognomen.
1t is developed by over 4Gc feet OF shafts and
tunnels and shows d vein Of fine free milling
ore nearly & feet wide. The entire vein
samples 40 or. in silver. Ten tons mllcd at
hemps mill at Clancy some yeats ago, ran
20 w. i'll silver per ton, and 50 tons millcd,
u on. i'll silver per tol. The lode can be
tapped by q tunnel, 500 feet below the sur
face at the top of the hill. This fine property
is owned by Mcssis. Sam'l Mackay and Col.
Sanders. Several other promising lodes are
situated in this immediate vicinity which only
require development to bring them into
prominent and favorable notice.
! The same may truthtully be said in regard
to the lodeS in the Catarac; district 1t will
require the expenditure Of much money and
labor to prove their value. Unless capital
can be induced to invest in prospects, or men
cease to scatter their little means and ener-
SieS in digging gopher holes on their multi