The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-09-27
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MINES AND MINING.
GREAT ACTIVITY IN BUTTE 3D.
3" NANZAS.
Condition Of the Moulton, Morning
Star, Alice, Clear Grit, Lexing-
ton, Stevens, Acquisition
Spur, Original and Gag
o Mines.
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mine has been temporarily stopped at a depth
of $40 feet. The cross cut to the south will
be started to-day from the $40 foot lev Il. At
the 400 fool level the cross-cut to tho south
has been advanced 1O7 feet and is going for
ward at the rate of five feet per day. 1t is
thought the cross-cut will strike he middle
vein in three days. The south cross cut at
the 300 foot level has struck the hanging wall
Of the south vein, or properly speaking the
main vein of the Moulton mine, b the cut
has not penetrated the vein yet. An extraor-
binary head of water has been encountered
aud the vein will not be opened until the
Cornish pump is put in place to handle the
water. Tho slopes in The 300-fnot level are
looking we'll and are yielding about twenty
tons Of rich ore daily, which is carried out
and dumped into the new mill. The west
shaft of the Moulton, 600 feet from the main
shaft, is down 100 feet. A cross cut to the
south has cut the Ger ter vein. THIS vein is
thirteen feet thick-four fee: of which is
high grade ore. Everything is in readiness
to start up the new 40-stamp Moulton mill,
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mill is oceasioned by the water ditch not be-
ing finished, for want Of lumber to put the
boxes in the ditch.
STAR.
The main shaft of the Morning Star mine
has been dropped about $50 feet deep. Three
eight hour shifts are at work. One shift doe.
the timbering and two shifts are engaged in
sinking the shaft, which is going down in good
shape and making fair Roadway in sinking.
The volume of water is heavy-the two
pumps are throwing a sluice-head of water.
In the shaft a small feeder has been struck.
The vein is only three inches wide, but the
ore is filled with native silver. 1 he east shaft
of the Morning Star is down about so feet.
The new steam hoist for this shaft has arrived
frem Chicago and is on the ground. The
hoist, which is one of Frazer, Chalmers e.
Co.'S make, will be put up Immediately.
ALICE.
Very little variation is to be reported abuot
the Alice mil,e. The levels are all worked.
and the ore coming out looks fine and sam
rles we'll. The levels are all producing ore,
and the usual quantity is hoisted daily.
From the 3Go-foot level All excellent grade Of
ore is coming out. A large and beautiful
specimen Of Alice ore, fir m the 300. foot lev
ell, which weighs over a ton, is Exhibited in
front of the office building. This ore assays,
OH all average, over one hundred ounces in
silver to the ton, and it comes from a large
vein. Both mills are working well-in fact,
they could not be working better. During
this month the average saving Of the mills has
been % per cent. Of the assay value Of the
ore treated. Eighty tens, or one ton to the
stamp, is the quantity of ore daily reduced by
the Alice mills.
CLEAR GRIT.
The Clear Grit mine, loca ted to the east of
the head of Main Street, is to be opened in
fine shape and vigorously worked. The mine
has been worked by a main shaft to a depth
OF 50 feet, at which depth levels have been
run east and west and considerable ore has
been extracted therefrom. The mine is
owned by a Philadelphia company. The
President of the company, John Lucas, and
the Secretary, VIM Lucas, are now on their
way to Montana, and are expected to arrive
here in a few days. A new shaft house is be-
ing erected over the old shaft, which will be
re-t1mbered and sunk to a greater depth.
New steam hosting machinery for the mine
is now on the way, which will arrive in a
short time. The mine IS to be thoroughly
opened and developed as rapidly as possible.
LEXINGTON.
In the main shaft Of lie Lexington mine.
below the 2@J-foOt level, the water tank sta
ton has been finished, and the main shaft
will sum Uerp=r. the cross-cut TO the
north, which is being driven for the Lexing-
ton vein, is under Roadway, but will have to
be run over one hundred feet before the ore
vein is tappe'i. The va'er is not I.savy. In
the old workings one level is being run and
stopping is goiD. OF, with a light force of
men employed. The improvements A. the
mine are beginning to assume prominence.
The foundation Tor the new 40-stamp mill /.
being aid, but stone-mssous are scarce, and
the work needs more bands. Tie foundation
walls for the new company olfce are going
up rapidly. Under tie new management
great activity is displayed at the Lexington
mine.
STEVENS.
Work in the main shaft of the Stevens mine
is being performed at the 2UV-toot level.
Levels are being driven % tn. east and west
from the main cross-cut. The east level is
in twelve feet and the west level is in about
twenty-five feet. Ore in both faces of these