The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-03-01
THE MINES.
How Some Of the Mines Look and the
Work Geing On.
Anselmo, Stevens, OPhir, Morning Star.
Hope, Beleher.
ANSELMO.

ANSELMO.
Mr.. Lacaff superintends active mining OPP
~erations at the Anselmo mine, with the best
kind of success. Sinking the east shaft has
been stopped for the present, after it had
reached a depth of 22O feet by measurement
The shaft had become too deep for horse
power hosting works, is the reason of the
stoppage. In this shaft, at a depth of 80
feet. levels have been run east and west from
the shaft about As feet each way, opening a
splendid vein of rich ore OF that character for
which the Anselmo has become noted.
Stopping and breaking down ore in these
levels is going on, and the daily product of
this shaft is about twelve tons per diem. The
ore vein is over six feet wide, and more
for the walls, on either side are not found
yet.
The west shaft Of the Ansellno is Town
200 feet, and is pushed downward without
interruption. AT this shaft the new steam
h~oisting and pumping works are in course of
erection, and the shaft building is nearing
completion. An engine Of suitable power
was forwarded through from San Francisco
in three weeks and is now IN the building
with the boiler. WoIkmen are busily en-
ployed pushing the work ahead. The bot
tom of ibis shaft presents the most IA
vorable kind of an appearance.
STEVENS
Since our last report the systematic sinking
of the main shaft, west, on the Stevens, has
progressed favorably, but the volume of
water heretofore mentioned continues to
come in freely. This makes shaft-sinking
slow business. Much of the time is con-
sumed in hosting barrels of water, and the
horse-whim is run at a lively rate TO keep the
water down. Three eight-hoW shifts are a
work, and the work of sinking is not sus
pended one hour during the tWenty-four'
The work OF dropping the shaft without the
aid of steam machinery is tedious and heavy
t Level-lunning has commenced.
. Operations in the middle shaft on th'
: Stevens are temporarily at a staud-still. A
: the east shaft on this mine one day shift is d
; work on 4 rood-sized body of ore near thu
| surface, which is easily extracted, the grount
: being dry. Several tons of free-milling orr
of a paying grade are on the dump pile, am
the dump is daily accommodating in proper
tions.
g OPHIR.
y Several DAYS ago steam was raised at TIL
Ophir mine, and the pumping machiner
started up. On last Friday night the w;1te
was all pumped out, and the mine put in
comparatively dry condition. The sinking c
.lo ,,,;,, cboft ,vJ;o1, ic on incline will u
prosecuted, and this work is now under fai
Roadway. The shaft is down somethin
over 90 feet. Improvement in the quality {
the ore taken from the bottom is reported
and everything looks encouraging at tn
Ophir.
ORNlNG STAR.
AT the Morning Star they have plenty {
water to pump. The machinery prove
powerful enough to keep the main shaft dr.
but the further sinking Of the shaft is stoppe
for a time. The main shaft had reached
depth of $50 feet before the work of sinkin
was suspended. Levels are now being drive
east and west for the purpose OF opening all
developing the o~re-vrin, from which, in til
near future, we will be able to report a lare
product of ore. The quality of the Mornin
Star ore is established, and the mine is a goo
Que.
BEICHER AND HOPE.
GA the Hope, located west Of the Ans'lm'
a shaft is gong DOM for developing an
prospecting purposes. On the belcher Il
sinking of the main shaft continues, and it
10 now dow some distance. IN both OF the:
re claims there is a good prospect ahead, as TIC
q. are situated in a favorable location.
THE FIRE DEPA EsENENT.
m Apun Nyaas5te oF es5a ErlN0lls and