The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-03-08
THE MINES.
h Condition Of some or the Mines Of
the Butte District.
AnseImo Morning. Star stevens st.
Louis
ANSELMO,


A survey of the situation at the Anselmo
mine showed everything to be in good shape.
The workings of the mine in every particu-
lar are in the very best shape. In the east
shaft a level is being run toward the west
shaft for the purpose of making a connection
and it is within fifteen feet of connecting.
Stopping has commenced in the east level of
this shaft, on a splendid vein of rich ore.
Daily assays are made of a highly satisfactory
character, and show $500 and over TO the ton
of first class ore.
The west shaft of the Anselmo is over 200
feet dep. This is intended TO be the main
shaft, where the steam hosting works are be-
ing erected. The boilers are in place, and
masons are putting up the foundation for the
engine. The steam machinery will be in
working order as soon as it can be put up,
for the necessity for more power and quicker
motion is now felt a this shaft. The shaft,
at its bottom, tits now 100 deep for horsepower
machinery.
N STAR.
At the Morning Star mine everything goes
on with dispatch. The steam machinery is
running nicely and pumping a small-sized
sluiCe-head of water. Levels are being run
east and west from the main shaft, and the
levels are driven in about 81 feet each way.
The Wien of pay ore holds its own at an aver
age thickness of nearly or quite three feet in
thickness. Rich ore is coming out of both
levels. In the west level the ore is exceed
ingly good and rich, pure silver, and silver IN
wire coils is met with in the ore that is daily
hoisted. The dump pile has now upon it
about 70 tons of rich ore, which will be largely
added to as soon as Stopping is commenced il
the levels now being driven forward will
day and night work.
STEVENS.
On the west or main shaft of the Stevens
mine the work of dropping the shaft has beel
suspended, for the present at least. The
running of levels from this shaft is undo
fair Roadway and the mine is not quite a
wet as heretofore. The work Of deve(Opin.
the Stevens has been attended with consider
able difficulty, the water comlng in necessar
lily made the work go slow. The shaft is il
excellent condition and the work of leve
running will be continued day and night
The appearance of the mine is good as re
CARDS the ore vein and it is only a matter Q
short time when plenty of rich ole will b
taken out. In the middle shaft work is TEN
porariIy stopped.
ST. LOUIS.
The St. Louis, located Immediately sout
of the Morning Star, is being opened b
, Messrs. Scott & Jacoby. The shaft has bee
, sunk thirty-tive feet on the vein and is goin
downward. There is a splendid showing i
, the shaft, which is sinking on a vein nealI
, four feet wide. Some of the ore assays vel
An assay showed III ounces in silver al
ST III gold to the ton. This property, as II
as opened, looks decidedly encouraging. II
E owners intend to open deeper and in a MOI
thorough manner.
VOLUNTEER.
The new shaft IN the Volunteer is makil
fair progress and has reached a depth
, about turty-fve feet. 1t is in hard, til
rock ut present, with considerable wat
canning in. Two shifts, working day al
night, are engaged in putting down the shat
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