The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-05-18
THE MINES.
Important Developments In the Ora.
Rock
Alice.

Alice.
Work in the bottom of the main shaft con-
tinues satisfactorily. The rock remains hard,
but since sinking was resumed a depth of 70
feet has been added. The west drift ON the
500-foot level has been pushed % feet during
the past week, beng now in 262 feet from the
main cr"sscut. Two sets of timbers are
being put in, and the entire face Of the drift
is in good ore. In the 4OO-foot level the west
drift has penetrated the ledge for a distance
of PIT feet and some high grade ore is being
extracted. The water remains well under
control.
Magma Charta.
The tunnel is still being pushed ahead, and
has now attained a length of about 1910 feet,
having run into the adjoining claim, the Val
demere. From near the face of the unncl .
crosscut is being run north to tap a ledge
lying parallel with the Magma Charta. On
the erection Of the new Alice mill it is e1-
pected that a series Of crosscuts will he run
along the course Of the tunnel and the
amount Of ore tina: can extracted is almost
inCalculable.
BELLE OF Eutte.
Though yet only a prospect, lie Belle prom.
ises to grow into a bonai>a. In the bottom
of the 30 foot shaft a tire" toCt vein of excel
lent ore was struck, dipping north. Thu
shaft Will not follow the ledge, but will con
linuc to a depth Of 100 feet, when a crosscn
and levels will be run. The property is own
al NV p,,,lobucJ, Vn1nr G. NJ orle aud he
ing only a few rods from the mammoth Rain
bow lode, is justly regarded as valuable.
=, Moose.
; Work in the south drift from the bottom
, the main Shaft has stopped, to avoid runnin
into another claim. The northwest dri
, is being pushed ahead on a vein Of fire
milling ore, and before long will connect wit
the man shaft 200 feet distant. The latter
= now down - feet and shows il the face OF
fifteen foot crosscut running north, a fol
foot vein of mixed free milling and mang;
nese ore.
Adjoining the Moose on the south is tt
Auraria, ! piece of good ground owned
Rondebush & Young. A vertical shaft
:. down 80 feet and shows in the bottom an
inch vein of free ore.
L Grey Rock.
/ This mine has lately taken a %prominel
place among the leading properties oftl
camp. During the past two weeks the deve
4 opments have been very important as tendil
L to show the number as well as the extent
the lodges within the boundary lines OF II
claim. From the face Of ~theswest level, tt
, length Of which is 30 feet, two cross-cu
have been started north and south. In IL
i north cross-cut about so feet from the leve
, d very rich and well defined ledge was strucl
The ledge is not less han three feet wild
and shows free ore in the upper part OF I'll
face and base in the lower. The former a.
l says G9 ounces and the latter Il which,
this instance explodes the theory advance
: by skeptics that the base ore taken from ot
low the water line, is of less value than til
: free ore nearer the surface. In the Sout
{, cross cut, several very promising lodges hav
been discovered, the last and best being ru
) into on Friday night. The vein is about wv
; feet WIDE, carries some fine looking base or
anu Unlike the Ot.ltlS, UPS Noiih' "hiSH 81
= would seem to indicate that at a create
depth, the present distinct, parallel veins ma
: run into one another. The upper Slopes iron
the main level are st.l being worked and ar
producing about II tons Of ore daily.
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: From Mr.. Phil. NJ. Saunders, Superinten
: dent, who was in the city yesterday we learlle
that OH the 18th inst, a partial clean up wa
: made from 27o tons OF ore taken from tn
, Bonanza Chief mine, and run through the ~
stamn mill lately erected there. The resul
of this first clean up was S,304.35, being a
average of Sl2.2 4 for each ton of rock treated
~-Inkependent.