The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-03-22
from Wednesdays Daily.)
THE MINES.
RICH ORE COMING OuJT-nOw THE
WORK OF DEVELOPING
PROGRESSES.
The Alice-MoullOn = Jasper Original
Lextngt OF B~uGte-COlusa
-Sunnyslde-H sisting
Works.
ALICE.

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west as the big bonanza of Butte, has never
looked better since the day opening work
commenced on the mine, than it does at the
present time. All the levels are being system
a'ically worked, and the ore faces are solid
and are looking splendidly. Good ore and
plenty of it, is hoisted daily from all the
levels, tvom the 500 foot level up to the 100
foot level. Ore of al exceedingly rich char
acter is coming up from the 5OO-foot level.
Some OF this ore is very rich, showing moss,
wire and coil silver, aud specimens as hand
some and rich as any we have seen in the
district are found in the Alice at a depth of
500 feet. The 'baby" engine has arrived and
will be speedily placed in position at the
winze at the 5O0-foot level and used for hoist
ing purposes. This Wine, or shaft, is sink.
ing to connect the 500 foot level with the TOO
foot level, and as soon as the new engine is
placed the work Wilt be rapidly accomplished.
The Alice, in all its workings, never present.
ed a finer appearance than at present.
MOuLToN.
AT the Moultou mine everything is pushed
forward with speed, and a rigid regard to
having the work done in the most substantial
manner, is noticed as the different portions
of work in and around the shaft house are
finished. The S0O-foot main three-compart-
e shaft had been dropped to a depth of
246 feet yesterday, and is fast approaching
one-third of the distance in depth for which
sinking had been contracted for by the COM
pany. The bottom of the shaft is in the
hardest granite yet met with in sinking, but
though unusually hard, fair progress is made
in the work. Tie machinery is arriving
daily on the ground, and it is all on the way
up from the terminus OF the Utah & North
ern railroad, and is expected to be on hand
in a few days.
JASPER -ORIGINAL.
The Jasper mine, a claim of 1913 feet, has
become the property of the Original Butte
Mining Company. The Jasper is located
north of the Gagnon and Original, and 525
feet of the Original with the Jasper property
is what the company has thrown together and
incorporated as the Original Butte Miring
Company. The capital stock is 100000 in
shares at 4 par value of $40 each. The stock
is forever unassrssable. A representative OF
this company has gone east to purchase The
needed machinery to sink a shaft 1000 feet
deep in a location that will open both mines.
The treasury OF the company has $4,000 in
it, and the bonded indebtedness is $l5O.OOO.
LEXINGTON.
Every day In the week the same activity
is observable at the Lexington mine. While
no new developments are reported in the
Lexington, the mine continues looking first
rate in its east workings, which is the portion
of the mine where work is being done at pres
ent. From the old incline whim-shaft about
taken from the east level. several hundred
feet distant from the shaft, where the preface
remains strong and the ore rich.
BELLE OF BUTTE.
In the east level from the shaft of the Belle
of Butte mine q vein of 10 feet has been cross
cut, and some of the ore is good grade. Work
ing at present in the west level, about thirty
feet from the shaft, where prosecuting GA
the vein has commenced, with Two to three
feet of good ore in sight. The cross-cut will
the vein, which is large and has never yet
been thoroughly developed. either in width
or depth. Some 60 to 70 ounce ore is on the
dump.
At the Colusa mine, the work of cutting
rtot;nr. ont prrorSvcoo wall Tup StntiarS
are being cut out in fine shape. No ore is
being lifted on account of the work of station
There is an immense amour of ore
out at this mine, which goes to the smelter at
Meaderville for reduction. AS soon as the
referred to are completed, ore will be
out again in large quantities.
S~UNNYs1DE.
Shaft-sinking continues on the Sunnyside
The shaft is being dropped downward
has reached a depth of over ninety feet.
shaft will be put dow further before
commences, and the mine, as
as opened, looks well.
NEW HOSTING DIRK
In addition to the steam hosting works
now IN successful operation in this district,
the following mines will have hoisting works,
driven by steam, erected at an early day on
them, and on most all of them before the
season is far advanced The Lexing-
Bell, Gray Rock, Late Acquisition, Orig
inal, National, Stevens, Star West, Andy
or Bonanza.
This is the day our Irish brethern celebrate
in honor of st. Patrick, the patron saint of
The grand ball, which will take
place this evening at Owsley's hall, will be
by many besides the lads from the