The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-01-06

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toned shaft is probably on a spur from the
main lead; on this claim, as we'll as on the
Lexington, several spurs have been encoun-
tered which have proved exceedingly pro-
ductive.
Thu Rock Island, Anna and Ida, Wild Pat
and MANY other claims which show fine pros
poets are also on this lode. Water has stopped
them, however, in every instance, from pros
pecting at any great depth.
Next north is a lode upon which are situa-
ted the Cora, Blue Wing, Curry and others.
The most productive mine OH this lode IS the
Cora, the main shaft on which is down ABOUT
12O feet. They have been sinking through a
large body of high grade copper ore. Seventy
feet from the surface a drift is run east on the
ledge 70 feet, where a winze is sunk thirty
feet. This winZe opened a ten-fOot BODY OF
free ore, which extended west to the shaft. In
the bottom it has also turned to copper, and
there is no question but what in the future
this will be one of the most productive cop
per mines in the camp.
There has been comparatively little pros
pecting done on any of the other mines OH
this lode, although one would suppose that the
exceedingly f1attering results of the work done
on the Cora, would have encouraged the va
rious owners TO have at least SUM to water,
which is not reached at less than 10 feet
from the surface. The country lying north
of the Cora shows a great many small lodges,
some ofthem very rich, and upon which a
probably spurs from The heaviest lode in the
camp, the Rainbow; on this lode more work
has been done, than on all of the rest
of the mines combined. The Alice,
which is the leading l.ine of the camp, is sit
uated on this lode, and is a present being
worked at a depth of 500 feet; this claim is
LOO feet long, and on the 100, 200 and 300
foot levels, drifts have been run east and west
from the shaft the entire length Of it, showing
and carrying two large chutes Of rich ore,
one on the foot wall and one in the center of
the ledge. The company's mill has now been
running steadily for two years on ore mostly
taken from above the 300 foot level, and the
effect is scarcely noticeable OH the ore body ;
on the 4O0-foot level, OH che west drift a huge
body of ore has been developed, the ledge
here between 40 and 80 feet wide, and the
crevice seems to have filled with pay ore in
the west drift, although scarcely as wide, the
ledge shows material improvement both in
size and richness as compared with any in the
upper levels.
On the 50O-foot level the unfortunate
breakage of the steam chest a short time ago,
rendered the prosecution of work exceedingly
difficult, although the pump has been re-
paired, and is now running smoothly. The
ledge on this level where crosscut is
about 40 feet from wall to wall, shows a large
quantity of exceedingly high grade ore. They
are drifting east and west, and the faces of the
drifts at present look very flattering.
East of the Alice mine lies The Fraction which
has been prospected to a depth of $50 feet.
In the east drift from the shaft, at a depth of
65 feet, a very fine body of ore was struck,
and upwards of 1000 tons, the lowest lot of
worked over 50 ounces, and some as high as
300 ounces extracted.
The Moulton mine, which lies directly west
of the Alice, has a shaft down Is feet; 70
feet from the surface drifts are run east and
west, and a great deal of good ore taken out.
Sinking was suspended on this mine, OF &C.
count of water, and although pumps in the
Alice have drained the mine, work has never
been resumed.
The Magma Charta adjoins the Fraction on
the east. In this mine a very large amount OF
dead work has been dom The ledge shows
large, we'll defined ore, in places very itch,
mine and worked in the Alice mill. The ore
body in places is upwards of 20 feet wide. A
great deal of the ore is of a very high grade.
Onthis lode are also situated the Poser, Val.
dimir, Belcher and many other claims
where the indications are very fatter-
ing. A large amount Of work
has has been done on both the
lOSeT anu ' dlulutlr dllu d great uedl Ol SOOC
ore extracted. On the Belcher a TUNE has
been run south with the intention of cutting
the ledge and is now in nearly 300 feet. Ii
has already crossed several strata of ore
steaks which assay upwards OF 200 ounces
They expect to run 100 feet further before
cutting the main ledge. The groupings OF
this claim are very heavy.
North of the Rainbow comparatively little
prospecting has been done until the belt o
nil, ~, xrl;,l, l;n tha Dl.o:- D,on No,kl
Star, Salisbury and Springfield is reached
The Salisbury has several shafts down, thu
deepest of which is about Is feet. In the
bottom a narrow vein shows ore which [ an
told assays very high. They are at present
drifting east on it.
The Springfield, lying southeast of thu
Salisbury, has a shaft down about 60 feet
Drifts east and west from the bottom hav
been run which show considerable ore, al
though it is not of a very high grade. TIL
!, large amount of water encountered rendere,
sinking on this claim both slow and expensive
| Work is consequently suspended for the pres
ent.
5 The Black Bear, joining the Springfield OF
, the west, has a shaft down 50 feet. Drift
! have been run east and west from the bottom
1 on a streak of ore a great deal of which i
very high grade on this he ledge seem
l to be somewhat broken up and about 25 fee
west of the shaft a break is encountered whic
throws the ledge 20 feet to the south. Con
5 siderable very nice ore is being extracted q
present.
n The Wanderer mine lies about half a mil
: northwest OF the Alice. There is a shat
q down 100 feet, following a heavy mass {
. tale and vein matter about 8 feet wide. FIT
o feet down drifts were run east and west 10
3 feet. Water was struck in the shaft 80 fee
3 down. Here the character of the ore is bast
and they have struck a streak six inches wild
which assays as high as $4,000 a ton. Th
water is very troublesome and work has bee