The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-09-23
OUR PHILIPsBU re LETTER.
Mining Matters and News
About Town.
Regulor Correspondence Nsp North West.

Regular Correspondence Nep NORTH West.
PHILrPsBURG, September 10, 1881.
Exploratory work upon new prospects in
both lime and granite continue to be pushed
onward with undated zeal. Among those
in the former conspicuous for good work and
fiattering improvement,
THE MONTANA BOY,
Owned by Ullery & Mcclure. takes prece-
dence. The tunnel driven to tap the vein
completed its work fifty feet from the surface.
The lode was found to dip slightly to the
north, and TO carry ore of an excellent grade
and quality. Levels have been started either
way on the vein with both headers presently
standing In good rock A large quantity Of
good milling ore lies on the dump now, with
two shifts increasing the supply hourly. Al
though the proportion of base metals is
larger In the present output than hitherto
found in the ores of Hope Hill, still no deubt
exists but what they can be successfully
treated by wet crushing.
Messrs. Cunningham, Ward 81 Co. have a
fifteen-inch vein of the most beautiful ore
copper largely the predominant metal Their
lead,
THE LADY OF THE LAKE,
Lies in Stewart gulch, cuts the contact, and
will probably prove in depth one of the most
valuable mines in the camp. The new shaft
is down twenty-five feet, and win increase In
depth slowly, owing to the ground being
very hard and difficult to work.
GENERAL DEVELOPMENT.
Arrangements are being made to renew
work on the Eureka. Denies & Co. have
four feet Of twenty ounce ore. Mr.. Merrill
is in on the vein 40 feet, and with little
more work rightly done sufficient rock for
fifteen stamps can be readily produced out of
this mine.
Murray & Durfee are preparing to work
the west end of the Scratch Anvil mine. Some
good rock lies on the surface, that ought to
pay we'll In our chloridizing mills. This mine
in past years, worked from the east end,
turned out large quantity of high grade ore.
In the Granite work goes smoothly and
quietly along. The Annery tunnel is now in
100 feet-within thirty feet of the lode A
reef of very hard rock, struck In the last
| week, somewhat retards advancement If
everything goes favorable, however, about
two weeks more the vein will be struck and
pay ore roll out on the dump.
On the Young America, Virginia and
Stonewall, the owners are doing good work,
the former mine still stopping high grade ore.
On the others the owners, for some reason
| sufficient unto themselves, have no informa-
ton TO give other than they have plenty OF
ore and no way to work it,
At the Trout the shaft is being put down
| in two compartments AZ rapidly as two shifts
| can do it. A stump at the station on the 40
| foot level secures the mine drainage. The
| intention is to reach total depth tverticaD
of 600 feet, giving the shaft 200 feet more than
| IL has ever had before of stoping ground.
The ore now on the dump, about $50 tons, is
being crushed in the Algonquin mill Out
put per day, about five tons.
At the Algonquin work progresses as usual,
the mine producing the usual quota OF mill
| ing ore. The large force at the Salmon are
working in the No. 2 shaft, and the daily
hoist-resulting from their labors alone-will
average about five tons Of good ore per diem.
The mill started up the week past for its ac-
customed run of sixty days, with everything
| in excellent working condition.
Hope mill Is running steadily on tailings
and Hope rock.
NOTES ABOUT TOWN.
Messrs. Taylor, Price and Others of oui
substantial people are back from Butte. All
| had good time. desire here to correct the
report put in circulation by Angus Melon
aid and others, that Johnny had to deadhead
the whole delegation back home again. Oui
friends had private conveyance and ample
funds to buy Butte with had they 80 desired
which of course they didn't.
James A. Murray, from Butte, is busy NOV
| ing about the city. understand he has pur
chased at least 10000 feet of quartz, paying
therefor quite goodly sum. Now, this Il
| enterprising. Come again, Jeems.
John McLane has the largest, best arranged
most complete, and certainly the handsomes
blacksmith shop in the Territory.
Fred Caplice, one of the most genial and tai
ented young men in Montana, is over from
| Missoula on short visit.
| DIR. Whitman, one of our two excellen
physicians, has moved into the old postofiice
which has been nicely fitted up for the dis
play of his large and varied assortment
drugs.
Notnuh-my pleasant acquaintance in New
Chicago-must keep better posted or vii
arise and explain. SAND BAR.
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