The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-08-10
THE MINES.
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ANsKLMo.
Inc main shaft is down 81 feet and the
width OF the ledge shows a steady increase.
Inc ore in the bottom is the best vet taken
from the mine, and assays from 5000 to $500
per ton. The west level, Is feet from the
surface, has reached a length of Y feet. No
material change is noticeable in the face, where
tne ore continues to be two feet wide and the
'"oe wall remains we'll defined. The last
'a"'p'e taken from the vein assayed 274
ounces. The slopes in both the east and
west drlfts are in good ore, varying from one
10 Two leet in width, and are producing well.
Inc only draWbacE against which the; lessee
Mf. Lacatf, low has to contend is bad air,
"h'ch Will Ilecessitate some larger air pipes.
lie same difficulty is experienced in the new
s"alt, III which, at a depth Of 90 feet, opera
ions have been suspended until pipes can be
put III. At the time the men quit work the
ledge discovered last week looked very prom
lslng; but the direction of the ledge in the
west drift of the within shaft has led to the
Del'et that there are two lodges running
through the ground, which, with the exteu-
sion of the drift, will be found to inlerssct
each other.
STAR WEST.
The bottom Of the main shaft has been
pushed down to a depth of ITO feet, without
noticeable change in the aspect of the ledge
in which the ore body remains three feet
vide. No drifting will be attempted at pres
ent, as any increase in the volume of water
encountered would prove too great a task for
the him ON the arrival of expected ma.
chinery, however, levels will be started and
the product of the min more than doubled.
Operations in the west shaft continue ac,iv
From the slopes and drifts the usual amount
OF high grade base ore is being extracted, and
without any further sinking many thousand
tons already exposed can be taken out.
CoLUsA
The activity of operations on this property
is a sufficient indication of the confidence the
company has In its permanence and value,
The working shaft, as will lie remembered
from our last report, is 100 Pet deep. The
drift running east from the bottom yesterda,
reached a length OF 300 feet, and is beins
pushed vigorously ahead Oh a large and wei
defined vein of copper ore. The face, IL;
feet from the shaft, Of the west drift is no
being advanced at present. Along the Who'll,
course Of the level, which has a total length
of 465 feet, the vein will average II feet i,
thickness, and in some places is 20 feet across
The east drift has been run in on tho nortI
side of the vein. leaving six feet Of ore Oh tin
south wall, as ascertainsd by crosscuts.
Not all the ore that has been extracted is o
r shipping quality, and the great bulk of tn
product, of which there is nearly 5000 ton
on the dump, will not, perhaps, averag
higher than 20 per cent. copper. BY col.cel
t~ration, however, thisv vast amour mt can BE- re
duced to a high grade, when it will either b
shipped or worked at the company's smelte
most likely the latter.
The two Slopes, one in each drift, arc il
, excellent shape, and are producing a consid
cradle amount OF copp-r.glance ore simila
to that in the face of the east drift and assay
ing from 60 to 70 per cent. The new shaft
the largest in the camp, and lying 275 fee
> east of the working shaft, is down 42 fee,
1t is intended to tap the ledge at a depth q
$50 feet where it will connect with the mai
level.
BELL.
The drift running west from the bottom c
the within shaft has lately penetratedthe ledg
and some Of the highest grade sllver-coppe
4 ore yet taken from the mine is being hoiste
to the surface preparatory to shipment east
I The Bell employs twenty men.
The double compartment shaft of the Lex
ington is dow So feet.
, A ledge has been struck by Prouse, Wallac
. & Co. in the Volunteer. The extent an
|, richness are yet unknown.
The Missouri is to be started up again D
Forbis g. Marks.
Work on the Liquidator has been atoppe
! until the owners can find a market for til
$ ore recently exposed. 1t will be started i
again mex week.
The Archer, lying Immediately west of tn
Henrietta ground, is producing some yer
, rich ore from a somewhat narrow vein.
An immense amount of ore IS beng stope
out of the Grey Rock.
The Diamond Shaft is down IS feet and i
producing six tons of ore daily.
/ Carnations IN the High Ore are confined {,