The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-05-24

| ~eospeS " 8SeeoOly warm. Not day
has passed for nearly two weeks without
several storms and the weather at night
= hvesing cold. c.
/
Mining Notes.
In the Belle q Butte rich streak W.
struck Friday On the east DRIFT q The
Iowes level, whis'h yesterday widened
out 70 fifteen inches and = quite rich.
A specimen weighing two hundred
pounds was taken from It, showing .
six-tueh band Of wire silver clear
through. and assaying about three hum
dred dollanto the tan.
In the Belle Of Butte and La Plata de-
| velopment still continues, no Stopping
being done.
Stopping continues - usual In the
Morning Star, with the average daily
output and value the same.
The east Hswkeye DRIFT h not being
worked ut present.
The lower level Of the Vulcan contin-
ues to show the same continuous body Of
high grade "re, yielding daily several
tons averaging from $50 to ~ ounces in
silver.
The we-t ll6-foot level on tho Clear
Grit continues to show IN eighteen-in"h
body at very rich ore. The DRIFT b now
In about I'D feet. The cross cut south
On the lower level b now in about Is
feet, and it b expected will tap the main
ledge about twenty feet further in.
The engines for the new Magma Char
q hosting works arc now en- route.
The g~llews frames are being I'm
ished.
A lighter force than usual b being
worked in the Alice and Magma Charte
mines on account Of the Temporary clos
ing down for repairs Of the sixty-sta
mill. II b thought the mill will Be
started up by June Let, by which time .
large wood reserve will be secured II
possible. Last week the Alice company
ahipped six bars valued ct about d ,9u0
each.
Work both above and below the sur
face In the Lexington mine continues
to be pushed with vigor. The machtn-
cry for the new forty-stamp mill b being
nut In place. It 10 thought the company
may erect another forty stamp mill after
this h completed satisfactorily.
In the Moulton during the past week
stoping and drifting have been prose-
cut<d on both the second and the third
levels. On the fist level drifting both
vsvs has continued. On the fourth
level the breast 10 in 100 feet west. On
the 9th level the crOss-cat h In 10 feet.
The mill has been run ~ usual during
the past week, two shipments OF bullion
having been made, axyregsting abeat
fourteen thourand dollars.
In the Original Butte driving ease
and west has been continued ~ usual
on the lower Or $40 foot level. The ore
hodv continues to show up h.ndsomesy
in the east DRIFT, toward the GAgnon.
The ore discovered In thu Hedge An
cl,or. TN. iron mine in Horse Canyon.
mentioned in yesterdays MINER, y
rich in copper, though bearing but little
II any silver:
May sth Alice stock Wa qooted ID
Nev York It $2.66, 1,6Oo sales being 10
ported.
The Alice Company sh'pred IN April
:. much bullion - the great Union
Con.. the pride VI the Co'n*t'oks.
4 high authority finds the following
f.ults vith the manner In which MIN
,,., o,..r,.tio,,s sru Conducted In Mon
t.n. and in Territories generally:
l-Nilliux and smelling premature
'y-Far too littl., Of mining,
0-T.ro much transverse shallow tun'
melting through shetl rock:
I-1il-1s,ntriveai Pumping engines:
k-;inxle, unbs.l.ncesl ripe hosting
e'. .s"S:,ne.~ling Of regular statenlentss
~, ~ rkinv operations trOon, anu
tn. financial expenditure IRON Tue pun
lie. h.@
Min. are often introduced by market
,,,;r..r. to blind the stockholders and
the outs de public, from whom they
ronld have still more victims In tn's
country, however, the more st'"'* :,'
~..-d ,,,iner. have sent forward mills IN
-,,,,..,l.,, haste, before they knew OF
.,.,n ..n,lssvored o know, II the ve'o
..,.t..l. .,r conti,. uesl. for quant'ty OF
Quality Of mineral. \" fact, the '"' ~.