The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-07-20
THE MINES.
GREY ROCK.

- ~ OLNA tOt0 lCHSCu Va u
feet and are still being vigorously driven
ahead. In the east drift the ore hody remains
about six feet wide with no perceptible differ
ence in the quality of the product. In the
west drift the face is somewhat intermixed
with ledge matter, but is now approaching a
place directly under which, ON the surface,
some float assaying 400 ounces was picked
up. 1t is expected that some of the richest
ore so far taken from the mine will be ex-
tracted Within the next hundred feet of the
west drift. Excellent progress is being made
on the new double-compartment shaft which,
though started only ten days ago, is already
down 81 feet. A 40-horse power engine was
sent for yesterday with which, on its arrival,
future operations in the new shaft will be
carried on.
This excellent piece of property is being
opened up with energy and success. The
shaft is down SO feet on a six-foot ledge of
good ore. From the bottom a crosscut has
just been started to ascertain the width of the
ore body at that depth. Thus FAR the h ,ngins
wall has not been found, out the ledge is in
all probability much wider than it was on the
surface. About Is tons of ore are OH the
dump.
The Moulton, it is perhaps unnecessary to
state, lies directly west Of the famous Alice,
and is, beyond the slightest doubt, an extern
sion Of that great ledge. The surface indica-
those of the Alice, and as the development of
the latter has ~demon,rated its wealth of ore
at least to a depth of 500 feet, it is thus ali
established certainty that the ore Of the
Moulton also penetrates the earth to a depth
OF 500 feet. The value of the Moulton IS
still further increased by the reasonable as.
%surance that the working of the mine can b-
carried on without expensive pumping ma
chinerv, the purchase and operation Of which
} is usually tho chief drawback to deep mining
!; in this district. Tie Belle of Butte, several
, hundred feet east Of the Alice, on an indie
pendent ledge, is drained by the 6O0-foo,
shaft of the Alice, and it is almost certain
, that the Moulton, Oh the Alice ledge, will be-
kept similarly dry. Thus it is that the Moul-
: ton, which would be a valuable property UNI
=. der any circumstances, can be worked with \
I certainty of profit, and it is sincerely to be
hoped, for the mutual benefit of the camp
! aud its owners, that j 5OO-foot shaft will be
started and the property developed on a scale
commensurate with its known value.
Z ANsELMo.
The new shaft has attained a depth of 40
feet on a vein Of ore remarkable for richness
rather than width, AZ it is not more than a
foot wide. Within the last few feet water has
= intruded its unwelcome presence, but not in
sufficient volume to cause much trouble. The
:. west drift Of the main shaft has attained a
c length Of 48 feet, the face showing a two-foot
I, body Of h%igh-grade base ore. From the bot
. tom OF the shaft q crusscut has been started
= to tap a ledge lying north Of and parallel with
; the main vein. The cut is now in eight feet,
:. and will be extended until the desired object
is attained. About 20 tons Of ore carrying
visible quantities of native and wire silver
:. are Oh tho dump.
c This property is owned by Stettl,eimer 4
Co., OF New York, anu though yet 4 pros
y pect, makes a very fair showing. The Shaft
# is vertical, and has been sunk 35 feet. The
ledge, which has been in the shaft all the way
down, is o dipping to the north, and will
have to be reached by a crosscut when a suf1i
Gent depth shall have been attained. The
ore 30 tar extracted assays from Is to loo
ounces, and though the ledge near the sur
q face is somewhat irregular and broken up, 1t
# shows a steady improvement downward, and
n at the depth Where the cr0sscut will be run a
l. compact body of rich ore will doubtless be
" opened up, The shaft has been we'll timbered
during the past week, and unless the water
a proves Troublesome We may look for some
very satisfactory developments at an early
date.
GAGNON.
lg The west DRIFT Of The 225-f0ot level is il
Is $50 feet, and is progressing slowly on accoun
of The extreme hardness of the rock. A con
\. siderable portion If high grade s'lvercoppet
Dc ore, however, i. being extracted, some o
C which is being reduced at tho Colorado
as smelter, and the remainder Of the higI,e
IS quality crushed at thai establishment an'
IN shipped east. Tie east drift, at a distance @
9. 20 feet from the Shaft, having reached Orig
nc inai ground, has been stopped. The ore Il
IS that point WIS wide and rich, co'clusivel
TX proving lie value OF the Original claim am
&c the pc,maucnce aud richness Of the ledge t
a depth of @.5 fee. In the Gagnon shat
yesterday Il No. $ pump was lowered, Wit
which the water can easily be kept undo
, suLjectior.
49, NOTES.
Il Iln ,,,y yI,lfi "a. tlA {'IIJ.a j. r,lAr an
celleut Roadway.
IL -,
The Star West Shaft is down 30 feet, show
i'm a fuur- foot Irin of G1LN or. in He nn