The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-10-25
MINING RlvlEw.
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Wire Gold in a Butte Mine.

Wire Gold in a Butte Mine. al
q The following is a summary of work done
in many Of the Principal mines Of Butte and
vicinity for the week ending Oct % 1881.
The diacovery of wire gold made in the Stew
ems mine on yesterday will be read with In
terest by all miners aud mining capitalists.
Wire gold has never before been found in any
mine in this district, SO far a. we are Inform
ed, and is indeed rarely found IN any mining
district. .-.. .,.. .-- .rt.. .N,..
~ 49, ...'E THE ANsELMo. 49,. ... .
Through the courteaey of Mr.. Hauswirth
we went throughthe Anselmo works yester-
day, and received from the same gentleman a
general account of the operations of the niue
tor the last week or two. Th shaft ia now
down about $50 feet, and for the present no
mo,e sinking is being done. Work is at
present directed principally to running the
320-foot levels east and west. From the up
per levels down to and including these, stop
ing is being prosecuted vigorously. On the
east level some very rich ore was struck last
Wednesday, running about $3.50 to the ton.
Messrs. Hauswirth & Jacobs are now work.
ing On the east 3OO-foot level. There
has been no trouble with water, and during
this month cross-cuts will be run ON the
350-foot level. The shaft will not be sunk
deeper for some time, as there are 800 TONS OF
ore OH the hump, which will be sent to the
Silver Bow mill. .a.,a.
MAGMA HART
We are Informed bv Mr.. w. E. Hall, super
intendent of the Alice company works, that
work has already been commenced sinking
the Magma Charta shaft another hundred feet.
It is now 800 fee. deep.
On the middle vein an ore body has been
recently struck which assays from $500 up,
and which is getting richer and richer. This
ore PRESENTS handsome appearance, show-
ing native silver in brown patches. The
force Of the Magma Charta works has been
increasedin order to keep up the regular ore
supply for the Alice mills, work at the Alice
having bsen temporarily shut down. Mr..
Rowland has been sent for, and for the pres
ent, no more work will be done with the pull
v~erizer. When he comes a change may be
made, under his personal inspection. 1t is
evident that the machine is too lightly con-
str ucted now. " -'
ALICE.
Friday evening work was hut Town at the
Alice, to enable the boilers 10 be repaired.
There has been no sinking below the TOO
foot level, and work for the past two weeks
hos hoan efaallp rncrra.ei,p An ararx
level. The usual quantities of ore were TAX
ell out right along until the stoppage last
Friday evening.
THE TEvENS
The great point of interest about the Ste
vens al present is the discovery of wire gold
yesterday on the 10O-foot level. We saw a
fine speci men at the Office of Messrs. Bennett
u Davis. 1t seems that such specimens, when
found heretofore, were supposed to be the
not uncommon furnished silver, but were
never tested for gold. Yesterday the test o.
boiling nitro acid was applied, and the wire
gold, in almost a pure state, was accurately
demonstrated, mixed with some silver. Thi.
find was made on the l0o-foot level. In tn.
main shaft, at tho 20O-foot level, the cas-
drift is In 100 feet and the west drift abou
ITO feet. On the east level the ore yarie
from Is to 30 inches and assays about 81
ounces in silver and 20 ounces in gold. o.
the west the ore continues about y or i
inches wide, gradually increasing.
From the south vein a large quantity .
rich ore is being hoisted, which will sampl
iSG 70 I1l ~Nnoa. VGnra 10 ma 1;fEo,N~ IN
water. ~Cross-cutting south is now being prof
ecuted from the main shaft, to strike tn
second vein which was opened in the uppe
level.
TUE CLEAR GRIT.
The boiler, engine, hoist, and indeed a
the apparatus, which was mentioned last wee
as. expected daily, has arrived. with the e1
ception Of the smoke stack. The new sha1
is down 35 feet and the old shaft 60 feet.
will probably require two weeks longer, &
, we are informed, to finish timbering tn
3 shaft.
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No great amount of work has been dor
? since Saturday night, October Is, when Il
g hosting wheel was broken. The new whe
! is expected to arrive this week, having bee
t ordered from Griffith u Wedge, Zanesvill
t Ohio. In the report of last week it was mel
0 tioued that part of the Cornish pump W;
e expected. This has come and is being p
in plac-. Since the last report but lit
work has been done, except in pumping o.
water. A heavy head of water was stru'
on the 40O-fSot level, which has been Ike
going steadily through the pumps. 1t kee
; a No. 7 Knowles busy all the time a bul
: head has been put in, and only as much wat
" is let out as the pump CAN handle. As SOC