The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-12-27
From Sundays Daily.
MINING REVIEW.
Week Ending December "a, 1881.
THE aAGNoN.

THU GAGNoN.
STEPPING is still progressing steadily betwSen
the 22O and 320-foot levels, with results if
anything more gratifying than ever to the
management. The daily output Of ore con-
tinues AZ large and the percentage of silver
and copper a. great as ever. On the west
drift Of the 32o-foot level rich ore is being
extracted, particularly fIom the "Jtraction,"
owned by Col. Thornton individually. The
original Gagnon claim includes 3 is feet, aid
just west Of this location lies the "Fraction,' .
covering Sc feet, and making the total OF 375
feet. The west 800 foot level has been run
into the "Fraction, )" the old shaft sunk on
the latter claim be'ng now unused. The ore
taken out on the west level is said to be par
ticularly valuable.
v
The 1o0-foot level east has been running
for the past few days on a rich streak Of ore
about IL inches in width. Two wines have
been sunk from this level as far as the water
will allow, and show the vein improved in
quality and size. On the 90-foot level fron
the west shaft = winze has been sunk about
IL feet on = MARI Nv streak of ore which has
at that depth increased to two feet Of CO.
ounce ore. A crosscut south from the bot
tom of the shaft 100 feet deeper has cut the
same ore body. The stope ON the 90-foot
level is ihoking well. Altogether the condi-
ton of the mine il much more favorable than
for some time past.
Since Friday the Aoulton hands have been
enjoying a well-ea ned holiday. Tuesday
operations in the mine will be resumed with
renewed vigor. Since the last report drifting
has been continued east and west on the 100
foot level, and west On the 200-foot level, and
raising has been going on at two points on the
3o0-fost level. On tie 4o0-foot level work
on the west drift has been prosecuted, and a
raise made on the center vein.
There has been a temporary stacking of the
mill engine on account Of a heated Journal,
sand h aving become accidentally mixed with
the Albany grease, scratching tbs journal
slightly and causing it to heat, but lie serious
difficulty is contemplated, as in a very short
time ali strain will be avoided, when this i'm
mense piece of MACH merry gets its bearings.
OF the ere already run through the batteries
from 80 to So per cent. has been chloridiZed
without difficult. The Cornish pu mps will be
, at work in about two weeks. An average OF
r all ore roasted up to last night gave a chlori-
nation of 9S.s per n.
: ANsELMo,
The east drift on the 3%5O-foot, or lower
!, level, is now in about $50 feet, and the aver
eye assay and quantity Of the ore taken Out
has continued about the same.
The d stance between the two shafts is only
only about 90 feet, the old shaft being dewr
tn the same depth as the new one, the we
being connected by a tunnel. Tie drifts cas-
and west on the lower level now measure 2e(
feet.
ORIGINAL BUTTE.
The Natioaal company have been abund'
antly rewarded fer their large ditures
in machinery and in their magnificent new
loisting works, by the rich strike made Some
two days ago in the Original Butte mine.
AT no great ulstdiSe IIVm Nv 6h"is IA 'hN
west drift, two hundred foot level, a body O.
ore has been tapped which is five feet wide
, and assays FROM sevsnty-thres to one hun
+ bred ounces in silver, some twenty-five pc
t cent. copper, and giving every indication Q
continuity.
, ALICE AND MAGMA CHARTA.
It may be reasonably said Of a mining
company which keeps eighty stamps constant
ly engaged in reducing it's ore product, tina
no news is good news.
Since the last report in the MINER Their
= have been no remarkable Developments in TIL
Alice and Magma Charta mines, but opera
lions have continued steadily with the us'a
results, both mills running as we are inform
ell to their full capacity. The levels in tn
Magma Charta continue to expose . csntinu
Gus body of rich ore, giving an average ASA
considerably greater than that OF the Alic
j ore. Tie new Brucknsr furnace continues It
S give perfect subtraction.
WABASH
In this valuable mine, which is nov
being developed with great energy, connec
ton has Just bsen made between the ives
drifts on the 50 and 100 foot levels, by
winze. exposing very rich ore. On the cas-
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