The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-01-04
floor a few few feet Off to be cooled by the ap-
plicatiOn of cold water,

floor q few few feet off to be cooled by the ap-
of cold water.
Several very important improvements have n
been made to the Howell & White furnace by +
Mr.. Pardee, one of which has enabled him to
entirely dispense with the rear auxiliary or
Stettefeldt fire, thus saving at least 40 per cent.
of the fuel formerly consumed. The pulp
which previously escaped into the dust cham
bers and fues was reduced in quantity and
found to be chloridized from s. to 95 per cent. (
by the new method of working.
The pan room is fitted with six tx foot COM (
bination California pans, three 10 foot settlers Z
and has a melting and relort room attached. A
The machinery is of very superior make, and is /
entirely OF Griffith & Wedge construction. Two h
large tubular boilers furnish steam in2 abund- \
ance. The engine room has special mechanic APP
planes, consisting of a fine lathe and Knowles 4
steam feed pump. The engine is of 50 horse
power and runs swiftly and noiselessly, from
40 to go days at q time. 1t is gratifying to note
the complete and perfect working condition of
this establishment. A skillful machinest and
careful engineer v~igilantly watches the motor
that, with almosthuman intelligence, performs
the labor of a hundred horses. Sufficient can
be seen here to assure even the non-professional
that u master hand controls. System and regu-
larity prevail e~very where and in no depart
ment of these great works is it to be observed
with greater force than In the chlorodizing
rooms and yard work. Ore sacks are cal efully
piled, lumber and wood corded or stacked away
In neat piles, lie upon the grounds specially
made tor the purpose. Extra repair supplies
are housed and catalogued. The foreman, .
rooster who has no superior in Montana, allows
no carelessness or wastage of fanny of the materi-
al in constant use by the employees under his
control.
Every precautiOn Is taken against fire. Water
under heavy pressure can be brought to bear d.
rectly upon every portion of the works. The
supply, unfafling and abundant, is taken from
the gulch above and brought in bitches TO a
point on the hill $50 feet higher than the mill.
The rooster tue is run up to the crest of the
hill above the works, terminating in q brick
stack so feet high and 800 feet away from the fur
mace. Roads of easy grade are built TO every
mine of the company's and kept in excellent
condition winter and summer.
All Of the lode property of the company is un-
der development, and is considered valuable byl
experts. Three only, of the most Important
will be referred to. in this letter.
TIE COMPANIES
The Algonquin, which lies on the south side of
Trout hill, is a vertical assure vein of great!
width, carrying immense bodies of low and
medium grade ore. The mine is worked from al
perpendicular shaft 312 feet in depth. Five
levels have been run east and west on the vein /
The first or 100 foot level is in So feet east and rs
feet west. 1t is driven along the north WALL
CrOss-cuts every so feet show from 5 to12 feet of
medium grade rock. The 100 level is run on the
vein 40 feet west and 80 feet east with from four
to six feet of 10 ounce rock in each heading. The
200 foot level, extending 22 feet west and 65 feet
east, carries the quantity and quality of ore
found above. The $50 foot level, in 8 feet west
and 80 feet east, runs along the vein showing g
feet of 50 ounce ore. The 800 foot level is in 16s
feet east and runs along the vein in solid QUARTZ
Ninety feet up this level a cross-cut to the north
wall was driven 10 feet in ore and levels east
and west run 80 feet. From 4 to 80 feet of ore was
found east, the west header showing 4 feet OF
high grade rock. This body Is undoubtedly q
huge chimney occurring in the vein and dip
ping to the east. A vast amount of high grade
rock can be stopped from the mine in its present
: state of development. Two now pumps OF
large size drains the levels, the outflow being
about thirty-ave gallons per minute. The shaft
has only two compartments, but is arranged &c
+ that a third can be started. New hoisting works
are now in progress of construction. Double
hoisting engines and boilers will furnish the mo
tive power, and patent safety. cages with wire
rope attached will be used in the shaft. Sinking
, hy p sra@R pasn to the mil a few e Distant ii ane
is under the personal supervision of the assist
3 ant superintendent.
= The Franklin load is the eastern extension o
:. the Algonquin, or is supposed to be. Their par
ellel course and great similarity Of gangue, ant
l ore impress many with the belief that explOra
ton will prove them to be one and the sam
lode. The vein is nearly vertical, dipping a fev
degrees south. An incline shaft has been sunh
i on the vein 100 feet in depth. From 20 inches t
"a feet of ore was found all The way. The leve
driven east from the stump is in 80 feet, the head
, er showing two feet of 100 OF. rock. The countr,
S rock of this and the adjoining claim on tn
: west is dolomite limestone, hard blasting and
difficult to work. Mr.. Paxton, the foreman, in
4 forms me that the water level has been reached
though as yet the flow does not retard develop
1 ment.
The Salmon lode, purchased last spring
. year ago from Holland q Estell, of this place
cost the Algonquin cOmpany S25 600 besides tn,
: additional expense of litigation. 1t is of grea
width and dips TO the east 45degrees. 1t is oper
j.. ated from incline and perpendicular shafts, car
: ries ores free milling above water level, and /
p undoubtedly a valuable property.
AS the company has still its legal trouble (al
l appeal being taken by the defendants, Tn
>. shark Town Tunnel Company / will avoit
further description of the mine. The explora
, tions, however, are extensive and the ore eX
b; tracted OF very high grade.