The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-07-27
From Thursdays Dally.l
THE MINES.
BELL.

VI ~ iSC Oi tuO IdbSiuE WalI oiuC VI tiC
ledge. A breast of ore six feet wide is being
extracted, the bulk of which shows q profu-
sion of native silver, and with it so per cent
OF copper, which of course pays handsomely
for shipping. The west drift is in 30 feet, the
face being in ore of excellent quality.
In the east shaft, which is 100 feet deep,
the drift west has been started, but owing to
impure air some delay has been necessary
during the past few days in order to put in
air pipes. These have been adjusted, and we
may now expect the drift to be pushed Wig Or
ously ahead to open up The ore chutes discov-
cred in the lower levels of the middle shaft.
There Is little doubt that al a depth Of 100
feet, or rather 200 feet, as the whym shaft is
SUM IN a hollow, the ore product, excellent
as it now is, will be found to have improved
in quality. In the working Of the Bell no
trouble is experienced from water, as for the
depth attained it is the dryest in the district
HIG ORE.
There is nothing new to report from this
mine except that work OH the west shaft has
been stopped to await the erection of a within
as a windlass cannot hoist the ore even as
fast as one man can knock it down. The
slopes from the west level are looking well
and are producing as usual from II to Is
tons Of ore daily.
The shaft which has been excellently TIM
bercd is down 3S feet in a body Of ore which
extends from one side of the shaft to the
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Only three men arc employed, who extract
6 tons of ore per diem, assaying in the neigh
borhood of $50. As the owners of the mine
also own a mill thisc comparatively low grade
ore can be proftabiy reduced.
LEXINGTON.
The new shaft, started within the past few
days, is Sx1G feet, and is down about IS feet.
The within is in course of construction, and
will begin running in a few days. The shaft
is being sunk about $50 feet south of the old
shaft. The aspect OF the mine in the main
workings remains unchanged. The daily
output from the east level continues at about
IL tons, being regulated by the stamp capacity
of the Lexington mill. The ore assays from
so to- 70 ounces in silver and carries between
S. and SIS in gold. The minc has produced
over half a million dollars within the past
two years, an moun which will be more
than doubled annually when the property is
opened up by the new shaft to a depth of 500
feet that is, unless the surface indications
are Totally unreliable.
GREY ROCK.
The east drift is in so feet; west drift, 70
fact. Iii The latter, stepping has begun and a
handsome output is resulting. The second
level being so fec, from the first, and the
lower drift having been extended IS feet in
each direction, it follows that there is a body
of ore to be extracted above the 9O-foot level.
$50 feet long and so feet high, and as the
, width of the ledge varies from s to % feet
p some idea can be derived of the amount o.
!, ore which can be and will be extracted from
q this great property before any further explo'
+ rations are required.
r. The new shaft is down 40 feet aud the con
tractors are making excellent progress, The
rock beng soft enough to render unnecessary
the use of powder.
COlUSA.
Operations Oh the new shalt have beer
, started up with 4 vim and in A few days viii
| be continued with awhim. The shaft, wllicl
;. is now 20 feet deep, is intended to be th'
i, largest in the camp, the cage apartment bcin!
# 4x4 #. $ in. and the pump apartment tx4 #
4 S in. The shaft Is situated 500 feet south o
w., ala shaft and iS jpteu1eA IN tan tho yai1
# at a depth of $50 feet, rom which point j
will be continued $50 feet further where
! crosscut will be run to ascertain the characte
and continuity of the ledge, and if a salts
factory showing is made at that depth, sink
. in. will be again resumed. The shaft hous,
will be G0x75 feet and hosting works witt
r,llOws frame will be erected several fee
higher than those OF the Alice. Work in tn
old shaft is temporarily suspended. awaitin
the repair OF the hosting gear.
ANSEI.Mu.
M change of particular moment is oDserN
ed in the character OF the ore in either Shaft
Y In tie lew shaft The water is causing som
inconvenience but i, is probably surface waite
which will soon cease coming in. Tie Or
-, dump of the old shaft is assuming very salts
factory proportions and some heavy shipment
4 will soon be made to the Colorado Smciler.
WHAT'S in name? Here's the "Seit-Riaer
A. mine in Montana. We are told that it has
is : Handy shaft, and that - conisidc'abl
quantity OF "baHe manganese is being hois'
ed to the surface. is the hoist a "Stit-itlser
as well rs the mine? Perhaps the mine
is intended to rise itself on the New IOr
market. II SO it will need 4 good deal {
n valuable Neas' ii, thes" l2ys.-Ncm f0r
M0I.
n Not exactly. If the lame 'Sclf-ltsa!"
to be applied to indicate anything, it mu>t