The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-08-02
M1NEsAND MINING
Greater Developments and Richer
Ores Opened Up.
Operations at the MOulton, Alice
Grey Rock, Lexington, Stevens,
Magma Charta, Belle of
Butte, and Acquisi-
ton Mines. .
MOULTOy.


Operations at the Moulton mine are going
ahead with increased activity and enei gy dis
played everywhere. The main shaft is down
40 feet, and is going down faster than here
tofore. Twenty feet per week from now on
will be made as The facilities for sinking can
not be excelled. The rock in the bottom is
volume of water to pump at present. At the
2OO-foot level of the north vein, a level, on
the vein, is being advanced west. This vein
is three feet wide, of good grade ore. On the
north vein, at the 800 foot level, the drift is
still being driven to the west on a solid vein
of ore three feet in thickness. The ore is
rich, showing much native silver and its av-
erage value is over 100 ounces to the ton.
At the 3O0-foot level, on the south vein, a level
is going west on the MoultOn main vein. TIL
level is out from the cross-cut about twenty
two feet, in an o~re-vein NEARLY twenty
five feet wide. The ore coming from the
face of the drift assays well and is ~assaying
sufficiently high to insure it to be dividend
paying ore. The Moultan is opening up
splendidly and the development,, thus far,
are highly satisfactory. Of the new Moulton
mill, in a brief report, all that can be said is
that the work of construction is rushed along
with the utmost possible dispatch, having a
due regard for solidity in putting the work to-
gether.
The Alioa v,spA 90 thu rr,ot oorkAr IF ot
traction for all who visit the Butte district to
examine the wonderful development made in
a few years. No mining man of prominence
visits the camp without " taking in" the great
Alice mine. On this mine, at a depth of 100
feet, it was demonstrated to the world that
the veins of the Summit Valley District are
deep and that they are true assure veins. The
Alice at the present time is looking first-rate
in all its openings, without anything espe-
cially new t report about its levels and
slopes. All the levels, from the 100 down to
the 7OO.foot leyel, are worked and are pro-
ducing standard Alice ore. No particular ef-
fort is being made to increase the product of
the mine just now, and only the regular
amount Of ore is daily extracted, which has
been about the same daily for many months
past, varying but a trife per diem in amount.
At the 7OO-foot level drifts are advancing ess!
and west in the ore vein, the precise width of
which has not been definitely ascertained.
The ore in the face of the drifts is of good
grade. These levels are opening the big
vein at 100 feet deep in fine shape. Twenty
miners are employed in these two levels.
- GREY ROCK.
At the Grey Rock mine no ore is coming
out, the work on the mine being confined tt
dropping the main shaft, which will soon be
bottomed to a depth of 800 feet. Yesterday
the shaft was down 275 feet. At the bot
tom the rock is solid. The shaft is sunk with
a daily average in depth that is fair, consid'
ering the %toughness of the granite. Wher
the shaft reaches 800 feet deep a cross-cu|
will be run fer the vein, which, in the oil
workings, has yielded an immense mount o
first class ore. The Grey Rock vein has beer
thoroughly explored for distance of between
800 and 900 feet in length. No trouble from
water has yet been experienced in sinking
the main shaft. A pump is on the ground
but thus far it has not been needed, as TIT
water has all been hoisted in barrels, will
comparative ease.
LEXINGTON.
Yesterday morning the main shaft of tn
Lexington was down exactly 1874 feet. Thu
shaft is making steady progress downward
During the last week the head of water t.
pump has ~varied-part of the time heavy an'
then light. The.rock in the bottom OF tn
shaft is tight and hard to blast. Work Of ex
tracing ore through tho old shaft procsed
daily, without any new developments wort
mentioning Oeiu5 Met. The ore is of tn
ss,ne character week in and week out, ALT
the quantity taken out daily does not var
much from - tons. OF the prospecting an
examining of the Lexington mine, now bein
made by u company of French experts, moth
ing reliable is obtainable. Our reporter be
ing unable to utter the French language, tn
distinguished gentlemen could not be proper
/ srly approached or successfully interviewed
STEVENS.
The main shaft Of the Stevens mine i
still sinking in the foot-wall of the vein
! The shaft Is an incline and it followed tn
vein down for quite a distance, but OIL tn
vein making a very abrupt dip the shaft wa
continued on its regular incline. The first q
the week a big head of water was struck
which occasioned slow work for a few days
The water having drained off considerably
fair progress has been made for the pas
f three days, and good Roadway is expected t
. be mad in the future. The shaft on tn
e Stevens south vein has reached seventy fee
2 deep. The ore is rich and the vein is il
c~reasing in size. Water is coming in quit