The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-01-13
MINING SUM MARY.
REPORT ON THE 60. /
MOOSE. ALICE, MOUNTAIN, COLUSA.
BLACK BEAR. AND SELL RISER
Z MINES. @ ~ @
fBy H. G. Olmstead. Mining Reporter
The Moose Mine. y

is SlpudlCu dUVtlb " Va UiIC SOltbil
line of the Magma Charta; the discovery shaft
is down about 40 feet it was started on a
narrow streak of ore which has widened
gradually the bottom shows a 3-foot ledge of
very far looking milling ore. About 400 feet
southeast OF discovery a shaft has been sunk
IS feet in the ledge, which at this point is
wide from the surface. A large quantity of
ore has been extracted from this shaft and
now lies on the dump. This dump was SAM
pied during the past week and assayed 63 or.
in silver and 81 in gold. About 100 feet east
IA Shaft is down vertically IS feet; it has not
yet cut the ledge. Before long, however, a
crosscut will be run which will demonstrate
its value at this point. At
The Alice Mine
The experts have completed their labors.
Prof. Blake and S. S. Walker started for the
East some days ago. Their report has not
yet been made public, but it is safe to predict
that it will be fully as flattering as the most
ardent wcll-wishers of Butte could desire.
The breast of ore on the 40O-foot level is
looking magnihccntly, still continuing to hold
its great width, and they are now extracting
from 1t some wonderfully rich ore, a great
deal of which looks as though it had been
literally plastered over with silver.
On the 5OO-foot level the west drift is look
ing finely and the present indications are that
it will prove if anything richer than the 400.
At the
Mountain Wine
The rich chute of copper ore is found to dip
ia thp east. consequently fIpy arc NOW drift
ing in that direction from the bottom of the
shaft as rapidly as possible. 1t is impossible
to determine the width of the ledge at this
point as it has not yet been crosscut. When
the station was cut out, however, in the bot
tom of the shaft it was found to be near 8 feet
wide, carrying ore Of a very high grade in
copper and quite rich in silver. Ere long the
sinking of the main Shaft will probably be
vigorously resumed, as the bottom at present
shows the richest and largest body Of ore yet
discovered i'll this section of the country.
They are raising from ten to fifteen tons of
iirst-clasS copper ore daily, besides which a
large quantity of second-class ore is extracted
which lies upon the dump awaiting the COM
pletion of the new smelter. At the
COlusa Mine
The main shaft is down more than $50 feet.
a station will be opened soon with a view of
prospecting the ledge at this depth. This
level will give them nearly 100 feet of backs.
The ore body on the G3toot level was so large
and stronghold it is hardly impossible for this
to prove wonderfully productive. The water
encountered so far in this Shaft has not occa-
stoned much trouble. No work is being done
in the upper leve Is, the ore for the present
being left standing. The ore body on the g.
foot level of this mine is at one point % feet
wide and it is thought that ore enough can
be extracted from here alone to keep the new
smelter running. At
The BLACK Bear.
Sinking has been rcsuned on the main shaft.
They have come into a very prOm.SinglO OkNny
body or ore about ? feet in width.
The Slope east on the 50-tout level is still
y]itl..lg considerable high grade ore and The
face of the drift shows about two and IA half
feet OF Il ledge matter some of which is very
rich.
The streak OF ore encountered south of the
closshead, west of the shaft, which was
thought to be the ledge is considerably bro
keIl up although some streakS of ore still
show III the face of the drift it will probably
require considerable dead work to determine
definitely the position of the ledge west ofthe
break.
The Self Riser
Is situated east of he Tom Uaney and is
owned by MessIs. Noyes, Savage, Woodward
and Fitschen. The main shaft is down 63
feet. In the ledge no walls have been found.
The width of the ledge is therefore undecided.
A drift has been run east 40 feet on the 80
foot level. The drift is I feet wide and all in
ore, a great deal OF which assays high one
assay Went 10 OF. in silver,and Is per cent. man
ganesc. East of the main shaft another shaft
has been started and is no" down "a feet.
The bottom shows a l0-foot lode of low grade
ore carrying Il heavy per cent. Of manganese.
The ledge on this claim is remarkably large
and we'll defined, and can be traced east and
west from it for a long distance, cropping
boldly and in places assaylng very high. At
The Gagnon
Everything is looking well. The slopes on
the upper level from which the free milling
ore is extracted have during the last week
shown a marked improvement, widening out
in several places, and materially improving
in character. The large and exceedingly
rich body of base ore which is at present
being opened on the west drift 150-foot level
is also looking remarkably well. TIL ore in
places on this drift is fabulously rich. Large
quantities have been extracted, the profits
from which must have delighted the pockets
of the stockholders.
They are extracting from II to 20 tons of
free ore daily.
All of the machinery at the mine and mill
is running smoothly. At
m Gray Rock Mine
They are drifting east and west on the very
promising ore body encountered in the cross
cut. South from the main shaft it shows from
3to 4 feet wide and assays quite high. Moth
ing is being done in the old shaft.
A great deal of base ore IS also being devel-
oped on this mine, some of it of an exceeding
ly high grade. With the growth of the smelt-
ing industry in this camp the Gray Rock will
probably come to the front as one of the
leading base ore producing mines of this sec
ton.
The Fisher Mine.
is owned by Messrs. DAILY, Wilson Il Co. The
main shaft is down % feet. foIlOwing the