The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-08-26
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the nine evDen - deve3ep their
misss noss nPidly. ASK b II taks
absut III Tie peo1ss - have the ~
ft.ighted fssty q Ahy Dilsa Thsse
are three q four mines, however.
thst aze shipping ose. bot 0ast of The
mipe owDess here are npso q small
means. and ase waiting S1e some
company 70 PIT up . smeltes. Pros
peeeon are coming h saptdly, and
they al express surprise that . smes'
ter has not gone ~ Isns 40 An
outat eeosiseing q i've mes. I've
bus.us and = many riding horse
arrived here from Weed River. )ast
week, and they ~ II vs had our
mines II Wood River. where there b
California capital. ve vosld have 10
dimeulty in dispnsing Of them for
big money. Old Papa Swan. . Cali
fosnia proprietor. said to ne to-day.
Butte would not make spur Of the
High Ridge alone. and II he people
dent believe II III swear = Il"
The High Rides y working nix
men, and It 10 The inte0tjo0 Of the
ownen to put more Msa % immsdi-
asely. They are taking eat from I've
70 six tons Of ore per day which
beam copper. silver and lsad. In
places the pay streak shows over
three feet Of solid ealena- Consider
able excitement ~ caused here 70.
day BY A. A.Eno taking up . ftactios
between the High RidSD and Mag
nolia. Before Re had run cut In
two feet he struck . body Of high
grade galena.
The Magnolia. which il the eastern
extension Of the High Ridge. b look
ing better than ever. On Saturday
the miners struck . ten inch vein Of
solid galesa. and are now taking out
ore rapidly.
Or.in stone has completed his
Aras.ra in Wisconsin gulch, and
will nov begin to work his own ore.
Hesetoforv he has beea selling it 70
The Glendale smelter. and for the last
lot be took IN hs received f13l FER
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The Blk lode IL locking Ane.
There h absut sev \ tons Of ors on
The dump that assays from % to 100
ounces in silver. and - seon - the
windlass and car are placed in posi-
ton sinking will Be renewed.
The Wolverine 10 now being OPEN
ed up in two places. One tunnel IL
in ), feet. and - Sam vaAmetef
discovered the ledge about lW feet
further up the hill he is now sinking
there. He has An iron claim also.
and if . smel,er goes up be can fur
ni.h them with plenty for f,uxing
purposes.
The Two Dams. which 10 . gold
mine. b still producing rich ore.
There Il about 80 tons Of ore on
the dump which will average over
50 per ton.
The Pleasant View. which il the
western extension Of the High Ridge
has some Of the lest ore in the camp.
They are taking out from one to two
tons per day Of gay carbonate ore
AID galena, and its appearance and
richness improves - they prsgrso.
The Mineral Hill and Bald Noun
tain leads are attracting coasiderable
attention, and they certainly deserve
il. There IL about ITO tens Of ere Oh
the dumps which runs from g to ~
ounces. They employ four men who
extinct on IN averags that many
tons Of ore per day. Hank Whit
more, one Of the owners thought he
vas s,ro.g enough to hold . saw log
from going down hill, and the cen.
sequence vas that he was run over
AID injured internally. ~ he i I'M
1t for work for the present, he in
tends going 70 the geyse. next week.
The Fusilade l. beiDg opened up
and improves ~ sinking pfogresses.
I, Is being timbered nov and - soon
- that il completed sinking will Be
resumed.
The Illinois lead u panning out
Lig and there are now about Is tons
Of ore On the dump that runs from
~ to $50 per ton.
The Tidal Wave. from which the
district takes its name l. being mp
idly developed. 1t IL one Of the most
important mines here. 1t va At
one time bonded ly some Leadvi.le
capitalists for -. Hs'. aud when the
bond expired it was looking rather
poor and 20 they threw it up At los
Of $2,0o0. On work being resumed
By the ownefs they had not gone in
six feet when they uncovered . nine
foot ledge Of solid ore. The capitalists
then tried to get 1t again but the
owners couldn't see 1t.
There l. plesty Of prospecting to
be done here yet and plenty Of COED
mines to Be discovered. II seems that
70 matter where you sink . pick you