The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-01-04

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the mine, without any asserting, milled the
owners over 5000 perton. 1t is the intention
of Col. L. M. Black, the superintendent, to
ship ore to the Colorado & Montana smelter
in Butte this winter. The ore vein in the
Mantle ranges from two feet to ten. feet in
width, while in one place it attains the extra
ordinary width of 80 feet.
There are any number of mines in this dis
trict that speak for themselves, when enc ex-
amines them, but lack of space forbids men
ton now
Before leaving the Cataract district 1 de-
sire to say, briefly, that it is the finest timber
ed and best watered mining district that 1
have ever seeu.
The Boulder district, in a measure, has
been in a dormant state for several years for
the good and sufficient reason that the greater
portion Of the ores are too base for the mill
process, yet the two great mines Of the dis
trict-the Comet and Rumley-have produced
and shipped to eastern works In the aggregate
about 5000 tons Of high grade ore. The
Rumley belongs to the Rumley Mining COM
pany of Helena, is we'll developed aud is in
good condition for producing dividends when
ever it suits the convenience of the owners to
start it up. The Comet is the property of the
Alta-Montana company, who are now at work
taking out ore, although they do not really
need the supply from this mine. Concen-
trating works have been erected at the Comet
with a daily capacity of rs tons, for the pur-
pose of dressing the low grade ore mixed
with gangue before hauling it to the smelter
four miles away.
In the Vaughan, or Ten Mile district, are
located a number of very extensive mines,
among which may be mentioned the Little
Jennie, owned by c. B. Vaughan, Esq, who
also has some other valuable interests.
The latest strike, and what is the coming
mine of this district, is the Garfield, a gold
mine, owned by Horst & Hardie, and bonded
by Mr.. Grayson, of San Francisco, who at
present has a force Of men at work on deyel.
opment.
The Rocker district lies between this and
the Colorado. There are a number of pr s
poets here which have not attained sufficient
de Slopment to deserve much comment. The
! Slker Silver Mining Company of New York
hlSe interests here, but Oh account Of a lack
OF funds they have suspended operations 70,
the present.
The Gregory lode, the property of an east
ern company, of which l.. R. METRE of Helena
is agent, is situated in the Colorado district
This mine has been worked for a Der o.
years. Over 1000 tons eff ore, averaging 13(
ounces in silver, so per cent. lead, and nearly
one ounce of geld per ton, was shipped cas-
from this mine several years ago. A grca
quantity Of tho ore has been reduced at tn,
smelters at Wlckes, two and one-half mile
away. A couple of years ago a fire destroyed
the buildings over the 500-fost shaft. Tn
tsabers of the shaft were burned, causing i
to fill up from the surface about Is feet. !
new shaft was started, and has been sunk owe
200 feet, and complete hosting works hav
been erected over the new shaft, with steam
power for hosting and pumping.
The dump of the Gregory contains fron
1000 to 10000 tons of low grade ore, which
WHICH, COASCLtAdLCuS 40 tuC SVLupouy luIclluS
and the concentrates are added to the amour
of ore that can be readily produced from tn
mime will make a good start for the smeltel
which will in all probability be built befsr
many months. The Gregory is situated in
well watered and timbered section. About
mile from here is located the Alta, the prop
erty of the Alta-Nontana company. Thi
sterling mine is opened by three tunnels run
hing In on the vein, all of which are in pa
ore ranging from 81 ounces in silver and l
per cent. lead per ton to 119 ounces in silve
and 4S per cent. lead per ton, as demonstrate
by samples taken from charges containin
many tons at the smelter. While the Alta
Montana company were developing this ledge
they purchased the Comet, fearing the Alt
would not keep up the supply necessaril
needed at the smelter. Luckily they WEI
happily disappointed, as the Alta is now i
shape to produce more ore than the smelte
can reduce.
!. The mine is opened up in splendid shape
connection being made with the different tuI
J mel by wines. A tramway leads from one {
4 the tunnels to the base of the mountain, frol
which the teams can load for the works abol
one mile distant. This company also W tn
Custer and North Pacific extensions of tn
Alta on the same hill. For the simple reasu
that they do not need the ore from thes
mines, they have don but little work OIL thei
| since their purchase about one year ago. TIL
= werks of the Alta Montana company consi'
of the krom concentrating mill, with a CT
pacity of 80 tens per day. The mill is
present used in separating the silica from til
galena of the Alta ores. The galena is smell
ed and the silica, which carries from % to !
ounces silver per ton. Is roasted in Brucknt