The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-07-13
tFrom Sunday s Daily
THE MINES.
ANsELMo.

The new shaft has attained a depth of IS
1eet' the ere constantly IN improving in quality.
several shipments have been recently made
10 the smelter. In the main shaft the ives,
drlft is in As feet on a well-defned ledge OF
high grade rock of which about three tons is
the daily production. Stopping will be com
mehc'd this week, and probably eight tons
per day will be extracted. Tomorrow "a
or sscu' will be started from the bottom of
the 'haft to tap a ledge lying a short distance
north OF and parallel with the main ledge. 1t
Is reported on good authority that 10000
mas been offered and refused for what remains
OF the two years lease on the Anselmo.
STAR WEST.
Ihe new whym has been in operation three
Gays, and yesterday all the water was hoisteu
out. Sinking will be at once resumed. At the
bottom of the shaft, which is s. feet deep, ID
three-foot vein of $3.50 ore is exposed, haviu.
doubled in width in the last SO feet. 1t is the
intention at present to sink to a depth of 1875
teet and then to drift east and west. If the
VEIN continues to widen it will be fully SIX
teet across at the next level, and as the DUAL
ity so far improves with depth, it is easy +.
see that the owners have 'some pin money
in sight, as Mr.. Passage observed yesterday.
BELL.
The water is all out of the main shart and
drifting west will begin in a few DAYS. Ii,
the middle shaft the two drifts 100 feet from
the surface are making good Roadway and arr
being put in excellent shape for heavy eStl ac-
ton OF ore. Slopes will be started shortly.
following the rich ore shoots, and hereafter
shipments will be made regularly and often.
About fifty tons of tirst-class ore are now on
the dump, sacked and awaiting transportation.
On the east extension Of the Bell, Mr.. VIM
AcDermott has taken a lease on the Modoc,
owned by Rosenthal ct al, and is conhdeni
OF tax ng out c cugh ore of a free milling
character to keep the Clipper mill in opera
| ton.
DIAMOND.
The shaft having been thoroughly timbered,
sinking has been resumed OIL the vein. Al
though the shaft is six feet wide, neither wal.
is visible and the width Of the ledge cali onl,
be coniectured. About four tons of ore per
day are being hoisted, which will be milled al
the Dexter, where a number of tons have
already been profitably treated.
The drift west from the bottom of the Is
foot east shaft has been started during the
past week, and is now in Is feet, all in ore.
The Slopes in the main level are yielding 10
tons of ore per diem, which Is being reduced
at the Black Tail arastra. A 20-stamp mill
might be kept running constantly on tue pro-
duct of the High Ore.
Work still continues under the supervision
of Mr.. Lacaff with the most encouraging re-
suits. The west drift shows III the face a
body of excellent ore about three feet wide.
siderable amount of ore is being knocked
down in the slopes. The showing is so salts
foctory that the owners have decided to build
a whym and to sink a main shaft to the deep
where they are confident of finding the ore
improved in quality, the walls being well
defined and the ledge strong. The first divi.
dend was declared last week. About 2N
tons of ere are on the dup.
GREY ROCK.
The new double compartment shaft was
started last Tuesday and is down Is feet. Sc
far no blasting is necessary. The east ant
west drifts of the west shaft are each in &c
feet. The ore remains unchanged since las
report, but was then much improved in quail
ity. In the face of the west drift about 8 fee
of compact clean looking quartz is beng eX
tracted. but in the other end Of the level thu
vein has widened to about IS feet and is still
enlarging. These two drifts keep the y
stamps of the Silver Bow in constant opera
ZION and as soon as stopping begins. conl'
keep a 4O-stamp mill running with the SAINT
ease.
rpS.- RAAf