The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-01-04

This rapid appreciation in the price of
the property was fully explained by the
developments which took place between
the sales. 1t is opened up by four shafts,
one sunk at either end of the claim and
two near the center. The east shaft
shows up an immense body of manga
nese ore carrying from 40 to 60 ounces
in silver, but in this shaft not much has
been accomplished during the past
season.
The next shaft east is what is known
as the main shaft, and is the one in
which the richest ore bodies were dis
covered. 1t is somewhat deeper than
100 feet, and follows the vein which is
we'll defined, and from two to four feet in
thickness. About $50 feet east of the
main shaft is also another incline, sunk
to the same depth as the other. The ore
is compact, clean and rich in each of the
two shafts. During the past summer
the property has been energetically
worked by the owners, employing a force
of 20 men who extracted al average of
10 tons of ore per diem, assaying from
$500 to $500 perton.
About a month ago the flow Of water
in the lower level suddenly increased,
and the whim being inadequate to the
task of keeping it in subsection, a suspen-
sion of operations was necessary until
such a time as the hosting and pumping
machinery now en- route shall arrive
and be placed in position. Then we
may expect the Star West to loom up
once more. The wner of the property
have already realized a handsome stake
from its development.
ALICE.
The Alice is the pride and hope of
Butte. 1t embraces, as everybody
knows, one of. the richest sections of the
great Rainbow lode, and lays between
the Moulton and Clark Fraction claims.
1t was stocked last spring for S1O,OOO,OOO
divided into 400, 900 shares, having a par
value of $25 each. About 100000
shares were sold and with the proceeds
a60-stamp mill, described elsewhere, has
been erected. No extended description
of the mine is necessary in this issue of
the MINER, for such has been the vital
importance of developments in that
property that we have deemed it neces-
sary to publish almost daily reports as
to the progress of exploration. The
Alice undoubtedly has one Of the largest
pay ore bodies in the world, ormore cor
rectly speaking, two of them, as the
ledge is double as far as explored. 1t is
developed to a depth of 500 feet, the
ledge being tapped and prospected at
intervals of one hundred feet, by means
of levels, which combined have pro-
duced during the past year upwards of
ten thousand tons of first-class ore. No
attempt has been made to extract the
full width of the ledge on either of the
five levels. Until within the last month
the milling facilities of the company
were not more than sufficient to- treat
that which was of necessity extracted in
order that prospecting might proceed,
The result is that in every part of the
mine are to be seer immense reserves o.
ore, which, now that the new mill has
started into operation, will be extracted
as rapidly as may be required.
The improved appearance and quality
of the ore as discovered on levels 4 and5
as compared with that nearer the sur
flee encouraged the company SOM
months ago to resume the sinking Oftht
shaft from the 5OO-foot station, with thu
intention of opening up the ledge at
depth of seven hundred feet. The sink
ing was prosecuted eXpeditiously, buI
owing to the non-arrival of a needed
section of the water column, and to TIN
fact that a great rush of water was eX
pected when the vein should be tapped
work in the cross-cut was delayed for
considerable period at a point about 5
feet from the shaft. Six weeks ago
however, the joint having been supplied
the crosscut was again got under head
way. Three shifts of men are employed
and it is more than likely, ere tn
Holiday MINER is issued, the Alic
ledge will be tapped at a perpendicula
depth of seven hundred feet, the loves
/ point yet reached in a Montana mine
+ The result of extending this crosscu
will have a most important bearing o
the future of Butte, but so much conf
} denceis felt that the ledge will be struc
larger and richer than ever, that tn
, progress of the work is exciting but Iii
g tie general interest, and the Butte stock
E holders, instead of being apprehensivt
E are confidentially figuring as to whs
8 will be the result on the New Yor
market of the impending development
, GAGNO
q This magnificent property is owned
. p acanthal Iharnton Ransau, ct al and b.