The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-05-10
From Thursdays Daily.
THE MINES.
SPLENDID CONDITION OF THE
BONANzAS.
The Alice, Moulton, Boil, Amy-Sil-
versmith, Lexington, and
Magma Charta-
Notes.

Notes.
ALICE.
The condition of the Alice mine, in all of
its openings, is splendid. All the upper levels
are showing remarkably well and the lowest
level is improving as each foot of develop
ment is made. Of the 100, 200, 800, 400,
5oO-6OO-foot levels there is nothing new to re-
port. They are all worked, day and night,
and the seemingly unlimited quantity of ore
in sight shows no indications of diminish
ment, and the quality is the same so often re-
ported in our reports. The amount of ore
produced, daily, from the Alice is estimated
al eighty tons. The 7OO-foot level is Welding
rock that assays as high as 200 ounces to the
ton in silver. The vein looks better to day
than when it was first struck, and is showing
a uniform average Of higlI-grade ore. In the
Alice mine, under ground, 100 miners are
employed.
N%OULTON.
The main three compartment shaft of the
Moulton mine has reached a depth of over
3lo feet, and yesterday there was no material
variation in the character of the granite in
the bottom, which was moderately hard. At
the 300 foot level a cr0sscut to the south has
just been started. The crosscut being driven
from the 200-f level to the south, to tap
the veins, is in fifty five feet and is making
good Roadway daily, and is passing through
compact granite. The Shaft. an incline, on
the new vein of the Moulton is down over
twenty feet, on a well-detined vein over three
feet wide, the ore still maintaining its rich
quality, which assays POO ounces per ton. The
vein dips to the north. On the foundation
for the new Moulton mill there is a large
number of workmen employed, and the rxca-
yation is progressing rapidly.
The work in the Bell mine at present, is
confined entirely to the sinking of the main
shaft, and the dropping Of the Wine, which
is at one hundred and twenty feet to tile ives
of the shaft. In the levels already run in the
mine there is a large amount of higll-grad,
ore developed, which can be easily stopet
out. The main shaft is going down in thu
foOt-wall of the vein. and will be sunk con
siderably deeper before the VEN is tapped b.
a cross-cut. Both IN the Wine and mail
shaft work is pushed ahead vigorously. In
late number the editor of the Mining RecOrt
asks the MINER to state the number of share
of stock and their par value, OF the Bell Min
ing Company. The Bell Company has issue
400, 900 shares of stock, the par value of whicl
is $40 per share. Little, if any, of the Bel
stock is offered in the Butte market at tn
late quotation of 81 .G5 per share.
AMl-sILrER>MITII.
The main shalt on the north vein of til
Amy-Silversmith mine. after being sunk to
depth of eighty feet, has been stopped for til
time being. The sinking Of the Shaft by tn
ordinary process of a hand windIass had BIZ
come too slow and heavy work. Before sinh
ing is resumed, it will be necessary to pla'
steam hoist.ing works at this shaft. I'll
: company is making preparation to meet tn
| want, and within a short time new steal
2 hosting machinery will be ordered from II
| builders, which will be put in position rs SOC
i as practicable. A leyel has been started at
depth of eighty feet on the north vein, whit
5 is about three feet in thickness, ei9l!tet
V inches of which is high grade ore. plenty
native silver being observable in tie G
coming out and placed on the dump.
=
II The sinking of The dOuble-compartme
= shaft of the Lexington min" has not been |
II suuled vet. The steam h~oisting works are
a readiness tor operation, and the large pun
l. is being put down the shaft, ali of which W
l. on hand yesterday. THIS pump is of We
large size and is Of Il capacity and power 81