The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-08-17
THE MINES
me Utah d Montana 3. III. Co The Self
RISER Fraction and Tom Haney Mines
Notes

~te oid all liz
.o'npany Is now vigorously at work, employ
ing q force of 30 men, Which will be largely
increased by the first of September. The
main Shaft is down 0S feet and the bottom is
all IN ore. Neither foot nor hanging wall has
yet bcen encountered. Assays from the bot
tom go GA to 200 OF. in silver. One hundred
IONS OF ore, from this shaft, were worked at
the smelter lately and yielded 500 per ton.
On the 44-foot level Il drift has been run east
u feet on the ledge, which varies in widtl.
from 4 to 10 feet. No ore has been stopped
from TINS drift as yet. The west drift, 44-foot
le'el, Is III $50 feet, the ledge here averaging
ABOUT D feet in width of free-millinc ore.
seventy feet of this level has been stoned ont.
IoIhe surface. They are at present engaged
III cutting out a station 50 feet from the sur
face from which drifts will be run east and
west.
Inc center shaft, lying west of the main
shaft, is down 70 feet, aud preparations are
Deiilg made to continue its sinking as rapidly
as possible. The ledge in the bottom is 4
feet wide and assays from 10 to 2SO 2z, in
silver clear across.
Still farther west is the west shaft which is
down 45 feet. Work has been suspended
here for some time, but it IS intended to re-
snlne sinking soon, and also to make connec-
ton with the center shaft. One Il, udred
tons o! ore from this shaft, worked last
spring, went $50 OF. per ton.
There are numerous small shafts sunk on
tins portion Of the mine from all of which
considerable quantities of rich ore have been
extracted. Most Of these old shafts are,
however, filled up with waste.
On the east end of the claim ,formerly the
%Stcwart) a shaft is down 45 feet, showing n
4-foot ledge in the bottom, which samples 10
OF. This shaft is being sunk as rapidly as
possible and at a depth of Is feet stations will
be cut and drifts started on the ledge.
This company holds about 1000 feet in
length on the Acquisition lode, and along the
entire length of the claim the ledge crops
strongly and wherever it has been prospeclt
is oundt to be rich. The gentlemen com.
posing the Utah & Montana S. NJ. Co. intend
to prospect the ground thoroughly from end
to end, and they are perfectly justified in feel.
Ing confident that they will open up another
Alice.
Mr.. MeneaIy Gone Of the lOcators Of the
Acquisition Spur and at present superintend.
ent Of The company Informs me that the float
found on the surface eff the Acquisition and
Acquisition Spur loles melted the fortunate
owners upwards of $40, 900. This gives al
idea Of the richness of the ore on and neal
the surface an1 there is every reason to be,
lieve that below water-level the ore will prove
if anything, richer than on the surface.
~SEIF-RISTR.
This mine is worked at present by Mr.
Williams, of the smelter. They are STOPPING
ore from the 10O-foot level west and raisin!
from II to Is tons daily. On the As foo
level a drift was run west to the line through
a large body Of ore, varying i'll width from
to - feet. This ore body, although not yer!
rich in silver. carries the heaviest pelccntag,
of manganese of any ore in the camp and la
consequently proved very useful to the smell
ter as a nuX. About all the ore that vii
pay has, however, been stopped out. The 100
foot level west has also been extended to The
line. near which a "brcak" is encountered
which cuts the ledge out.
On the east end OF the clam considerable
prospecting has been done on a body of free
milling ore, but nothing has been delinitol,
determined as TO its extent 81 value.
FIJI FRACTION,
living wrsJ of the Self-Riser and adjoining II
consists of about 21 feet Ct ground and i
worked through the SelE-Riser shaft. On tn
45-fuot level the ore body was wonderful.
large and of very high grade. 1t Is thought
although this mine is only II feet in length
it has produced more ore than the SelfRise
and Tom lIauey milcs combined. The or,
has been stopped ont ffom The l0otoot level &
the surface.
As they are not at present sinking the Self
Riser shaft, it Will probably be soinc time be
fore auo'hrr level can l." opened in hi
mine.
TOM HANHl.
III this mine. which aJiUine the Fraction
ON the west. most ui lie prospecting at pres
cut being don, Is confined t" Tie Wc>' shalt
Which is y lItret deep. From the hnttun
!. hIitl WAS started west and is now in ihuI
T. Fees. ehoNi IN. 4 led" from I TO : feet wild,
Of solid mlu"Ai'sr ore, some Ht which zoe
Very Nigh in SILVER. This is Il present. tn
Of the i..rs! prospects in the camp.
The main Shaft IS down 20 feet from lhr
, bottom oi which. 4 ,!rit! has been run eat t.
the line cnnurctiu" with the west dvtit, 45
foo. level from the Sclt-lij>cr shaft. Tn;
hli!t, until within u! fee; of the line, was rul
in ia. break Mhirl is encountered on ;hr lM0
tuut level OF the Self-liiscr. AT this lHin;
however. The. ledge was struck and uund i'
be very wide and exceptionally high in man
uant>c. From hrlt. 20 the surface the al,