The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-05-25
From Tuesdays Daily.1
THE MINES.
no" Some OF the Butte BOnanzas Are
Looking.
Developments I'm The AnselmO, Clear
Grit and Other Properties.
AlaselnnO.

Anselmo.
Within the past month this yet undevel-
oped mine has become quite celebrated, as It
has furnished some of the rich est specimens
of ore produced in this district. 1t is owned
by Hauswirth, Jacobs ct al, and is located OH
the east side of Missoula gulch, about 1000
feet east of the Late Acquisition spur, of
which it is most likely an extension. 1t is
being worked by Mr.. Jos. LeCaff, who has a
wv years lease on the property, and is work.
ing line men in two shifts. The shaft, which
is an incline, has attained q depth of IS feet,
at which point sinking was stopped yesterday,
as no further progress could be made without
horse or steam power The vein is %continu-
Gus from the surface, changing about half
way down from a free to a base ore and grad
ually enlarging to the bottom, where it is
not less than four feet wide. The ore is very
similar in appearance to that beng produced
from the lower levels of the Alice showing
native and wire silver in great profession.
About fourteen feet from the bottom of the
shaft, a platform was yesterday put in and
levels started east and west on the vein so as
to increase the ore product. As soon as pos
sible the lessee intends putting up a whym,
when development will be greatly facilitated
and the present outpuh moro than doubled.
The ore now being extracted assays from 5000
to $500 per ton, and it is gratifying to note
that Mr.. LeCaff is reaping a well earned re-
ward. The rock is being reduced at the Col
orado smelter.
Clear Grit.
The work on this claim is confined mainly
to driving westward at water level. There
are no important changes in the face OF the
? drift since last report. A cross-cut fifty fee
west of the working shaft has just been com
pleted, and fifteen feet of very hard quart
y was found between the walls at this point. l
is richest near the foot wall. No sample o
the entire width has been made, but it i
known to average rather low. Two-thirds o
the ore width is quite base, and will not b
taken out at present. The owners regar
present developments as very encouraGin
+ and indicating this to be one of the leadin
q lodes of the camp. Considering the fact tn:
4 several hundred tons of medium hish-grad
ore has been produced with slight develol
h ment, and that Is feet of ore width is foun
in the only cross-cut made, the chances for
bonanza are very fl attering.
d Salisbury.
An important strike is to be recorded
- this mine. The property is owned by Dial
Bennett, Davis a. Anderson, and is now u
u der lease to Mr.. Anderson. The vertlc
" shaft is IS feet deep, and from the bottom
" level has been run east for a distance of L
a. feet. Where the Jewel was first started Il
u ore was streaky, the spaces being filled
~ with ledge matter which rendered the ore Il
marketable. For the last so feet, howevt
~ this ledge matter seems to have disappeare
}" leaving the ore body compact and of great
II improved quality. Last week a tifteen-in
~ streak was struck in the face Of the dr.
" which assayed 1900 ounces. Within the p
few days, however, this streak has widene
and is now lost in The main body of t
ledge, which is fully seven feet wide. St
eral hundred tons of ore have been extractt
~ which is now being worked at the Silver B.
mill. The Salisbury lies about one m
IL north of the Rainbow lode. Ten men
~ employed.
Wake Up Jim.
" This mine continues to improve with dey
opment. The east level is in about 40 fe
Wv and considerable free ore is being stopped,
saving from 40 to 60 ounces. The Wake |
! ! Jim is one of the widest !ed.es in the can
60 and bids fair at early day to be one Of t
" heaviest ore producers.
. A few days ago it will be remembered
-, cross-cut was started north from tie face
the main level. At a distance of II feet
~. :-foot ledge of excellent looking ore was Ii
- covered. assaying 60 ounces in silver in t
ton and Il ounces in the bottom, the wat
-. level seeming to run midway from the ceili
-. to tie floor, dividing the free milling from Il
- base. Operations continue active in the We
shaft, flem which some excellent ore is bell
extracted, but nothing new has been deyt
eped.
stevens.
- The drift ruuming mort beast from the bC
49, tom OF the torty-foot shaft has been extend,
, to a length of sixty feet, following a w o-fo
vein of tifty-ouncc ore, Of which about six
u, tons are Oh the dump. Other shafts on Il
~ claim ore being prospected with excellent +
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