The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-09-06

lnRUOn, Bell, Magma Charta,
Belle of Butte, Stevens,
Grey Rock and ~.
Acquisition
..... . . Mines.
.... -,. MoULToN. .....
The Moulton main shaft is now down 400
feet. Two more sets of timbers will strike
the 500-foot level, and this will be reached,
should no accidental delay happen, by the
latter part Of this week. Thu shaft, which is
a large one, is the second deepest in the dis
trict. Just nine month"; have elapsed since
this great work commenced. During that
time the sinking machinery has been changed
four times and at each succeeding change
heavier machinery has taken the place of that
removed. Considering the changes of ma
chinery made and the delays unavoidably
encountered, the shaft has made good pro-
gress in sinking. The average in sinking per
month, for the nine months, has been SIS
feet and six inches Per month. The work of
timbering the cross-cuts at the 40O-foot and
3OO-foot levels was finished yesterday. This
was found necessary as the rock was found
too soft to stand without being snugly tim
bered. Cross-cutting will be resumed imme.
diately in these levels. The new Moulton
mill is nearing completion rapidly and it is
expected it will be in running order by the
18th. 81
ALICE.
Superintendent Hail IS crowding work at
the 700-foot level of the Alice mine. In the
slopes n faces of the drifts out from the
crosscut at the 7O0-foot level there is now a
force of twenty -four men at work. The ore
vein is wide and compact, and the quality of
ore is good grade. As fast as room is made
the force of miners will be increased. The
ore-output from this level is now between ~
and Is tons per diem. In the upper levels of
the Alice the work of extracting goes on and
the ore production is about the usual amount.
The e0-stamp mill is pounding away and is
saying a high per cent. Of the assay value OF
the ores reduced. The 20-stamp mill has
been undergoing a complete o%verhauling and
thorough repairing for the past fourteen days.
Great Improvements have been made in the
mill. 1t will be started up again Tomorrow,
Monday, and it is now in such a solid and re-
newed condition that it will be able to run
for an indefinite length of time without stop
ping, should no unforeseen accident occur.
ORIGINAL.
The main three-compa.tment shaft of the
Original mine is down 1876 feet. For the past
few days the sinking Of the main shaft had to
be stopped in order to put in a No. 4 Knowles
sinking pump. The new boilers are ready
and steam will be raised to-day. Resump-
ton of sinking the shaft will commence with
out further delay, as everything is in tidy
condition to prosecute the work vigorously.
The placing of the new engine and hosting
machinery-a counterpart Of that used at the
Moulton mine-is being put in position. No
depth is yet determined on at which to com-
the Original mine no ore is being extracted
at present-the opening of the mine by the
new shaft being the object of the company.
LEXINGTON.
In the main shaft of the Lexington mine
the work of cutting ont the station at the
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work will be cutting out for the tank, fifteen
feet below the station, which will be vigor-
ously pushed until completed. The heavy
timber RS for the tank are matched and ready
to be put in. The work will be tedious, as
the rock is granite of the hardest kind. A
comparatively light head of water is to con-
tend with, and the pump handles it with ease.
In the old Lexington workings two shifts are
engaged in driving levels to the east and
west from the bottom of the winZe at shaft
No. 2. These levels are now advanced, both
to the east and TO the west, nineteen feet, on
the ore vein, which is producing high grade
ore. The grade for the 40 stamp Lexington
mill is making good Roadway with a fu i
force of blasters and laborers at work on it.
just east of the shaft house excavation is 60
ing on for a large office building for the Lex
ington company.
BELL.
Work in the Bell mine continues in the
bottom, and is principally confined to ruiz
ming levels to the east and west, and in max
ing connections with the shafts. The Bell is
looking well and is opening up finely as it is
more extensively developed. As the Bell vein
is sunk upon it gives unmistakable evidence
from the assay tests of the ore-that the sill
yer increases in proportion with the copper as
depth is attained. Work ON the new Bell
smelter is progressing quite favorably. The
capacity of the smelter will be sufficient to re-
duce sixty tons of ore daily. At the mine
there is now nthe dump big piles of ore, and
in the mine the amount of ore opened and
ready for xtraction is estimated into the tens
of thousands of tons.