The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-04-19
The stevens AnselmO-MOrnlng star
Grey Rock MOunt Moriah-Ko-
III. p senthal.
STEVENS,

splcuous prominence. Each week of devel-
op:ng is adding greater value to the property.
The mine is being opened to the east from
the west shaft. From this shaft the level has
been advanced eastward on a strong vein of
rich ore for a distance Of one hundred and
forty-five feet, following the foot-wali all the
way. The ore vein III this level is, iii places,
fully seven feet wide, and it has been ascer-
tanned that a parallel vein, hugging the hang
ing wall, runs along the lode, which is sepa
rated from the main VEN, in places. by gran
lite horses. This parallel vein produces very
rich rock. Following the level running east
to its face, yesterday, our reporter found a re-
markably rich ore-face IN sight, the like of
which is seldom met with in the richest sill
yer mines of this or any other country. Min
ers were engaged picking on an ore vein that
measured two and a half feet in thickness.
An examination, by candle-light, showed the
preface to be literally filed with silver, in
leaf, coil and wire shapes. Taking a miners
candle-stick, wire and coil silver was picked
out Of the ore all over its face, the exceeding
richness of which was something wonderful
to behold. Specimens of ore could have been
selected from this face that would have rs.
sayed $4,000 to the ton, for It was, almost,
the pure silver. This exceedingly rich chute
Of ore gave every indication Of widening,
both in the top and bottom. This level is
now in a portion of the mine hitherto unex-
plored, and is in about midway between the
west and the middle shafts, at a depth of con-
siderably over one hundred feet from the
surface. This level will be continued to the
east, further developing new ground before
stopping is commenced. On the dumps over
one hundred and fifty tons of ore are now
piled up, most all of which is high grade.
Yesterday the Stevens mine was paid for in
full, the present company being fully salts
fed with their bargain, paid the amount of
the deferred payments before they were due.
The Anselmo mine is looking better. if
anything, than ever in all the levels. slopes,
and the bottom Of the main shaft. Yesterday
the main or west shaft had reached a depth of
2oO feet, on an incline following the vein.
The bottom of the shaft was presenting a fine
appearance. At $50 feet a leyel is being driv-
en- to the east and also at 200 feet deep levels
are started. The ore hoisted was of the ISL
al character found in the mine, native silver
being plainly visible in some of it. No
pump is yet required at this shaft, the water
being easily hoisted out by using an iron bar
rel. At the east or within shaft running lev
els and stopping in the levels, goes on vigor-
ously day and night, with an excellent quail
ity of ore coming out daily. About twenty
tons of ore is the product of the .Anselmo at
present for every twenty.four hours. This
ore assays running from one hundred and
fifty to two hundred and fifty ounces in silver
| to the ton.
CORNING STAR.
Work at the main shaft of the Mornin"
Star mine is forwarded with the same energy
always noticeable at this mine. Stopping in
the east level is yielding ore Of a high grade
An assay of the ore coming out showed POS
ounces in silver to the ton. The west level
is in eighty feet, and will soon be under Mon
tana street. The level is being driven ahead,
and stopping in the level goes on at the same
time. The last assays from thisl level showed
1G8, 1877, 2O4 and 245 ounces in silver to the
ton, and the face of the level, going west,
produced ore Of the highest assay value men-
toned. From seven to eight ton of ore are
hoisted daily from the levels and slopes.
Sinking OH tile west shaft continues. and the
ore coming out Of it is improving. Twenty
four men are employed at the mine. Fifty
tons Of ore have been hauled to the Colora-
do smelter and about that amount is vet on
the dump.
GREY OCH
The resumption OF work OH the Grey
Rock mine IS . mining event OF no small im-
portance. This mine, one of the leading ore
producers OF the district. has a good record.
Last summer, as the bi-weekly reports of the
MINER will show, the average daily output of
ore was thirty tens, which was successfully
treated in the Silver Bow mill. The Grew
Rock is opened by two shafts, with levels ex-
tended OH the vein in such a manner as to
make the extraction of large quantities of ore
an easy matter. The ore in the mine, now
so extensively developed, is base in character,
but the Howell roasting apparatus at the Sill
yer Bow mill is especially adapted, and was
purposely erected, for the successful treat
ment of thisa and other base ores. Work of
sinking the main accompaniment shaft,
which is down about no feet, is to BE- re-
sumed shortly.
MoTIAu.
At the main shaft of the Mount Moriall
work runs smoothly. Running levels both
TO the east and west from the shaft is now
successfully prosecuted. The east level is in
about 80 feet. The west level. yesterday had
been advanced 40 feet, and is now under
the air shaft. Both levels are running on the
| nre-vain. and the west lnuel il in nonL nraao