The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-01-25
Local News.
THE BELL.
tanner in which h Property Has
Been Developed.
kRs.apxn which Will Add Fame and
Wealth to the District.

.Rs.spxn which Will Add Fame and
wealth 60 the District.
he, Bell is a full ,patented claim lying east
be GRAY Rock and comprises n of the
i valuable sections OF the ledge on which
Grey Rock aud Colusa are sit
ed. The vein is a true assure, carrying
ore above the water line and copper-sil-
ore below. Two shafts have been sunk
! to a depth of 100 feet, and No. 2 1876
These shafts are 210 feet apart and
i been connected at the depth Of 60 feet
4 level extending through both and hav-
a total length of $50 feet, and also by the
foot level, having a total length of $50. In
upper leyel 300 feet of ground has been
ned but between that and the lower level
work has been confined exclusively to the
.|ension off, drifts, leaving untouched an
body 100 feet high and opened up to a
bvn length of $50 feet. The ore is CLASH
: into three grades. The value of No. l
II ore 50 far extracted and available for ex-
ktion is from 60 to 800 ounces in silver,
i from 80 to 80 per cen copper, and that
No. 2 frem 20 to 40 ounces in silver, and
IN 20 to 20 per cent. copper. No. 3, though
ryipg silver and copper, will probably re-
Ire concentration, being very similar in
racter to the low grade ore of the Colusa,
cb is now being concentrated to a very
i percentage and worked with profit by
Montana Copper Company.
he 60-foot level of No. l shaft has lately
In extended 40 feet east Of the shaft, fol-
ling a pay free ore body for 80 feet at the
of which distance one of the richest free
shoots ever discovered in the camp was
kountered. In the face of the drift the ore
hy is now three feet wide and several hun
IA tons of excellent ore are in the drift
aiting the increase in the hosting facili-
! of the company. At a depth OF 100 feet
bther drift has been run west on the vein.
lie ore is changed to a base and in the face,
tant forty feet from the shaft, is a well de-
led and compact ore body five feet wide,
B feet of which are first class and the re-
Under composed of class Nos. 2 and 8. At
bottom of the shaft the third east drift las
IN extended to a length of 12O feet, the
ge showing a steady increase in size and
ality as compared with the extent and
Iue of the ledge in the upper levels. The
u at this depth has a width of 10 feet, of
Itch four feet are rated as LIST and the re-
hinder as I'd and Sd class. The face of the
1T is being forwarded with vigor, the inten-
N being to tap the remarkably rich shoot
uck in the 6o-foot drift and dipping east.
MIN probably be reached within the next
days.
klsng the lower level, connecting the two
Ms, tile ore body is rich and extensive and
walls, beautifully regular and distinct,
separated frsm the ore by a clay casing,
rays regarded by mining men as y Of
most reliable indications of ~pernanence
A point midway between the tive shafts 2
he has beel, sunk 80 feet to ascertain the
EAtare OF the ore body at that depth. .'Thi:
we has yielded the richest ere yet taker
The nine, and affords additional evi.
de Of the fact that the ledge improves IL
Illness as depth is attained. The ore ln
nee glistens with native silver, and the
PIKE Of q pick leaves a shining-mark, plain
Slowing the presence of a high percentage
copper, which appears in an almost native
ete. Along the entire length Of the leve'
\ ledge varies from 5 to 25 feet, averaging
arer the former than the latter measure
Ant, and shows from one end to the other
Ian and compact body of first-class ore, %
ther with an equally continuous body OF
Wer grade.
Inthe west shaft, above the lower leve
kst and west drifts have been run, and hav
thled many tons Of exceptionally hig1
AIDE silver-copper ore, which has bee
tipped cas-. for reduction. The character
lies are substantially the same as these /
feast w orkings. 1t is the intention OF tn
mpany to sink the east shaft 200 feet trs'
R 100 feet level on the arrival OF The M
lthery. If necessary another compa"tmel
III be added, as unless the VEN material
ianees its DIP, which is nearly 90 degrees,
i'll not be necessary to sinh another Shat
Among the many mining men who hay
famined the property during the past wee.
Ut one opinion has been expressed, viz: tn
richness, extent and indications of perm
ence, the Bell is justly entitled to rank wi
be leading properties Of the coast. MI. Mica
and the rest of the company which he h
1 fganized are to- be congratulated on Il
alae of he property. The MINER ackno"
dses obligations to Mr.. Alex. Tarbet, t
brennan, for courtcsies extended to our !
oter.