The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-08-30
MINES AND MINING.
RICH ORE IN THE 7OO-FOOT
LEVEL OF THE ALICE,
Opening and Operating of the
Alice, Moulton, Gagnon, Lex
ington, Stevens, Belle of
Butte and Acquisition
Mines.
ALICE.

ter than heretofore. The regular and system
attic working of this great mine is performed
with precision, and its weekly yield of ore is
about the same from one week to another.
The mine at present is looking well. The
upper levels are all producing. Work at boil,
the 600 and 7O0-foot levels is prosecuted en-
ergetically with a full force of men employed.
yesterday the ore from the east stope of the
7OO-foot level was rich, showing native silver
quite profusely and yielding assay results
high up in the ounces. The mine is record
ing a daily ore-product of about 70 tons. Yes
terday Superintendent Hall showed a party
of gentlemen through the extensive openings
and workings of the Alice. The party con-
sisted of United States Senator Benz. Harri-
son, of Indiana, T. II. Sharpe and W. H. II.
Miller, prominent citizens of indianapolis,
Ind, and Mr.. r. B. Harrison, of the Assay
Office, at Helena. The party visited the 100
foot openings, and were satisfied after an ex-
animation of the mine that it is one of the
leading developed mines Of this continent.
The Alice mills are both running with per-
feet smoothness. During the past week the
shipment of Alice bullion bars reached TWEEN
ty-one bars, which is the largest weekly ship
ment that has been made from the mills.
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The main three-compartment shaft of the
Moulton mine.had reached a depth yesterday
OF 47S feet, and is making good progress down.
ward every day. The rock in the bottom is
not very hard, and it is expected that the
shaft will be bottomed 500 feet deep inside of
a weeks time. At the 400-foot level the south
Cross cut is out forty feet from the main
shaft, and it is thought the cut will tap the
vein in a couple of weeks. The middle vein.
south of the main shaft, looks we'll. On this
vein the levels are advanced twenty-five feet
each way, east and west, and yesterday the
ore hoisted from these drifts, which are en-.
tirely in the ore vein, yielded assays as high
as 300 ounces in silver to the ton. The 300
foot cross-cut is advanced 100 feet from the
shaft, and the south vein of the Moulton.
which runs under the new mill, will be
reached and tapped in about twenty-five feet
further. Work at the 2OO-foot level is con-
fined to driving the south cross-cut, which is
out 1874 feet from the main shaft. The Moul-
ton 4O-stamp mill is nearing completion in
solid shape. The b~attery-mortars and frames
are all placed. One of the Oxland furnaces
is up and the other will be finished in four
days. Mr.. Posse, superintendent of construc-
ton, is of the opinion that the mill will be
dropping its stamps by the 18th of September.
ENC
The long-established reputation of the
Gagnon mine as a producer of rich ore is fix
ed. The steady OUTPUT of ore from the,
Gagnon for the past three years has been, in
variably, of a good grade. The mine At pres
ent is in such a shape that it can be made to
yield a large quantity of ore. The main shaft
is down over 300 feet. From the bottom of
the shaft levels have been run east and west
on the ore vein, nearly to the. boundary lines
of the claim. The running of these levels
has ope ned the ore-vein extensively at that
depth. The foreman of the mine, who has
been employed on the GagIlon for four years,
says there has never been a better ore. Show
ing in the Gagnon than there is pow. Plenty
of ore will be hoisted from the mine from
this time on.
LEXINGTON.
Sinking of the main shaft of the Lexington
mine is temporarily suspended at 200 feet
deep. The work of cutting out the station
at 2OO feet deep has been going on for the
past week, and tie station is nearlycomplet-
ed. When it is finished the cross-cut. to the
north, will be started for the Lexington vein.
1t is calculated, at POO feet deep, the vein will
hn nnpnan at a dict from, tlo .>-.
of a little over fifty feet. The rock is hard
where the cross-cut starts, but may soften as
the vein is neared. The winze in shaft No
east of the old incline, has been sunk 70
feet on the ore-vein. Levels are new being
run both east and west from the bottom of
the Wine, and the ore hoisted looks fine, A
full force of men is employed on the grade
for the new Lexington mill. The strike of a
few OF the men did not amount to much or
cause any delay in the pushing of the work
ahead.
STEVENS.
Cutting a station at the bottom of the main
SHAFT OF the Stevens mine is now going on.
The volume of water to pump does not seem
to be diminishing, but the two pumps EN-
ployed easily handle the water. The west
shaft is making good progress in its sinking,
the vein having been drained by the main
shaft to the east. The ore vein in the wes,
SHAFT is strong and IS yielding daily a good
quality OF ore, which is accommodating on the
dump pile. The shaft on the south vein of
the Stevens is down 90 feet. Part of it is be-
ing 1e-timbered. No further work will he
done on the south vein until a whim is placed
at the shaft.
BELLE OF BUTTE.
Work on the Belle of Butte mine consists
OF STOPPING in the east and west levels from the
main shaft. Day and night shifts are en-
About thirty tons of ore is the daily
production of the mine. The large dunn