The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-10-11

will be put ~ swlhout delay. ~ The msnI-
moth pumping engine, The largest in Mon
tanasi il on the grosud. The sizeof the cylin-a
der is "a by 4s inches This engine iss in
tsndsd - wesk tho Cornish pnPp tto = ,dapth
Of 1900 feet, The CG.yEnishs PUMP is %ealcu-t
lated to, hsisits from IhDoo 70 ls5oe ggall9ps Of
water PER minpte. Il ar, hrs s!aasa sg:a.ris 70
f. 7dj no 2ELaMAGNAa CHalIsTA.oJ go sai e
I THE Magma Ghar1s mine, belonging to the
Alice Company, aud in rrealisy the eastern
extensions OF the Alice, sfspened up. in good
shape to hedepth Of S3OJ feet, showing i'm
meDse bodiesoof ore.ta At the 200-footR level
the north cross-cut out from the main shaft
Is feet, tapped and ran % across tan9 ore vein
over 30 teet swide. The ore coming from
this level and the Slopes therein shows a uni
form assay Of over 60 ounces per TOM The
south eross-cut from the 20o-toot level. cut
the vein IN 80 feet, which. proved to be over
10 feetin thicknsss; the whole body asssylng
fully equal to the ore found int-th north
vein. L, both veins RICHER ore has been
found. At the 300-fso: level the south
cross-cut has tapped ,sns opened two yc.rs,
the. trst three n and the secoud ell, ven
4 feet iii tltakn-ss. Sc riIr .hLsg aat h. !'arta tam.
nsk over $500 f.e1 !pnsl -~Atuses uul 4tInba ~
ore VEIN !, ".jr5L~a}d. >.s.,auj ,.u. ~ .
~. Yauu 2rrr aI~.EXINGIUN. ..rErfsf. O..
; The man. shaft OF the Lexington mine il
down $50 feet aud is 10, hara rock ~ the bot
ton. ] Iheshead Of water is tolerably heavy.
The north cross cuti iyonls the ,209-foot level
is in 45 feet. The euthas run acr ,ss a ?xeiii
lGof ore, shoWingna heavy percentage o~faz;nt:c
p Tbisfvein pitches to Ethe'south, anil is u blind
vein IS 1t has not been fastnd or, she ,surta :,a..'
Tho main shaft will strike it in a short, dis
taIce further down!s In the old. work ugs
extensive timberinggi s = >ipg on.e. Seventy
five tons Of ore is hroken aOSa in ths sto pes
ready for boisting, aiii orhlis dump 4alers i"
aborptw ohuudredftons Of 9ortst Work afsthc
siew 40-ssamp Lexinghm lnrtt is1pr,grsss g
quite. faNsssbiy, with a large 7nimber efmisS
chsnics and' wOrkmenc employees, The lar et
brick building ii~tandad,for offire quarters for
the Lexington Gompa nv iis, course of
rapid constructions, a ..b%1o!y. eutl1 vtJ @
g a; ..H 4LlAA STE VIEWS. H.. .sissl: "s. 3.
~ lnttite maneshatt efDLhe Stevens IlADt, v.
the 2oD.folg: level dine tker east ID III "a ni
ht,out 68afeet.@ oFpr the tasb fifteen tees "u ,uH
Drift tliere'lias been an eightee Nj n~eityein of
good quartz and the faces tile drift lolks
we'll. The ore assays 90 ou!ices in saver and
$40 in gold To the toll. 81 TheIwest drift has
been advaticed about 70 feet. II his level has
been run part of the way in7clsy and vein
L. p,attA-I hpt M nt- Inv q h vain, pf fai IN nti. I .
from II TO Is inches ahick. i, The Ieyel is not
%ranifar ennughto The west yet t., catch III.
maiIt,west Dre-chute which was developed in
the levels from the west shaft Ilhe solth
/ vein is about five feet wide in the drift. The
pay ore is in a narrow VEIN, bur IL is rnih
t , 81. wt BRLLE OF BUrTE.sgp1 q
Sinking the MAIN tshafso the Belle Of
Butte mine TO a great depths going actively
M. The shaft i, now down - feet AMI is to
f. he sunk 100 feet deeper beturt 7leyeis will he
ruiz Oh tne veii.. ii When the sh ii reaches
that depth and the vein is opened, thousands
Of t"ns OF ore will be really for exu sctlon.,
rhe dump pile OF this mime looms up big.
tits estimated that the dump contains Loo
! totssof good gradeore. n'nf... ..H
fA.,D 49, Ct is sEDCk . o-,Nu
: The main shaft of the Grey Rock has been
dropped 800 feet deep, Ths CAGES have .jusI
been put n" the nam shaft anu tieY-""rk
very snucly and sin""' MY. t'oss-eutttn9
confines from the 3'N-:coi ieVri, both to the
north and south. In botl. cuts the rock is
very hard: The north cross-cit is i'll h5 feet
Z and the south cross cat is III - feet irum the
main shaft. : - '.' or.'..
NI!lGINALn III TIE.
TIE main shat of the nr'ginsl H'!lr. w'>t
f the ~traerFor. : Go~n 4:Hn teft. A"."y
head Vt wafTr n ~ rT%7 %1.n. l...- p>.
Trough whjc'l tla stA,a pI,N.n-1, soi AH4
inir headgAy - n,dun VI sinking. HIS ."r@a
steam hest is IN place and viii ',e Started IA,
Is >0nn as Tee wire rpp, arriv'.
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