The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-11-15

v kvSISA VI
Iicb he has been pursuing for some
MAGMA CHARTA.
inns in this mine will be resumed
Diup, after a stoppage of six days to
b,ers. The two new boilers put in
ZEE months ago, do not seem 10 be up
Isr,oe standard of the work Of Crit
Wedge. This w%ell-known firm has
Two milllsn pounds of machinery to
&c Coast from Zanesville, Ohio. For
l,on or other the Magma Charta boil
\ some slime tince to leak badly, and
stopped last Monday evening at 6
investigation. 1t was found that the
II the rivsts in the boilers was badly
he heads in many places being held
mere fl ament of solid metal, so that
ID be knocked of with a light blew
lmer. Indeed there was scarcely a
n on the boiler, and the plate itself
il, The boilers in use at the new
bills aud holsting works are hand
and work very satisfactorily. Those
aona Charta we're machine riveted,
|icb an inference unfavorable 10 ma
riye,ed boilers may be readily
At the old Alice mill about "
bf steam is carried generally, and 80
N the new mill and hosting works
Only about IS pounds of steam are
n the Magma Charta boilers, which
results OF the recent Investigations,
robably have exploded under a pres
10 pounds. or course The Rowland
er was stopped during the past week,
pplv of steam came from the Magma
hosting works, but all is now in
to start the pulverizer again this
THE LEXINGTON.
hahn shaft at the Lexington is down
nut 260 feet. from tho 20O loot level
cut to the nortl, has been run some
GIN this cross-cut, about forty feet
the shaft, all important lead has
uck. At this point drifts have been
BET to the east and so feet 10 the west,
~develop 4 showing OF from four to six
kood ore. Water has ceased to be
oms in the Lexington. In the mean
TX is progressing actively on the new
office buildings.
MoULToN.
[ouitop is said never to have looked
a. it does to. day. There is good orr
in every level and stope. On the
level the east and west drifts bott
tst-class ore in the breasts. Raising
on in these drifts preparatory to stop
n the 3OO-foot level the east drift j
lorty feet of the Alice line, and show
bdy of frst-class ore. The west drift
but $50 feet, developing high grad
ch has improved wonderfully in In
days, and is marked with a GOO
native silver. There have been IL
.topes OIL the 800 foot level AS ye
The raises show fine ore. On the 400
b drifting 10 she west has just beef
bc.d, %uncevering = body of average
orc about ten feet wide, and = YER.
feak about two feet in width Whlc'
lative and wire silver, and average
ces. The new pump will probsbl.
fsady for use for three weeks, a ful
msn working, however, night AM
let il into plxce, On the south crsss
|hs 800 loot level some forty-hVe lee
matter has been cut through, VII
Of ore running from 81 to AZ ounces
g Is going on from the 4OO-foot leVsI
srage daily tonnage at present is frol
tens, and has been about II Ions 10
mouth. When tho raises are a
up it can easily be ran up ~ INIT
! THE MORNING STAN.
shaft of this mi,s is now down anot
b |, aud on this level the crosS-cut
= til has been run so feet. On the 2Z'
el q drift to the. west has oeea "a
some forty feet, there being no ca
this level. From the lOO'fool TO u
+ level a winze has been sinking &c
me, and all the ore taken out recent
"a from this Wine, running from 70
bees. There is a good deal OF wat'
22O-root level, all that two kno"l'
can manage. Before sinking is oegu
y bore is a hundred feet of solid grour
'orked out.
5 THE ORIGINAL BUTTE.
shaft is new down 200 feet, and Il
PTS south from the one and two hul
n b. leyels are in about 40 feet. A pla