The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-01-11


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| Wook hiding january Z, laoQ.
Owing 70 . lack Of space the report O
last week covered only . small peopos
tion of the important mines Of the Sum
INIT Valley District. The following ne
view relates to mines not then men
toned:
There are two ways for . mine-owne
or superintendent to signify his desir'
that tho public should not be made &C
painted with the condition Of his mine
or, in other words, that It should not b,
published In the local papen. One va,
IL for the superintendent, owners, fore
man, and man at the hoist, all to pro
fess the most profound ignorance Of tn,
state Of affairs down the shaft and t.
maintain with grave faces that the,
know nothing about anything. Thi.
seems % exceedingly probable to an in
quirer that it takes away his breath al
once and stops all further questions. HI
naturally concludes that II they know
nothing, nobody will know anything.
Another way IL for the superintendent,
foreman, man at the hoist, or owner, q.
the case may he, to say, politely and
pleasantly, that there h at present moth
ing to publish, and that ~ soon rs he IL
at liberty to do 80 he will be glad to fur
nish the desired information. Some
persons who pursue the latter method
in this as in other callings, find that
they lose nothing thereby.
THE LEXINGTON.
From all obliging member Of the conf
pany, who was in position to know Of
what he spoke, the MINER is enabled
this morning to give it's readers the fol-
lowing Information in regard to the
present condition and progress of the
Lexington mine and mill: The shaft is
now down between NJ and 30 feet, and
in a short time will liz sunk to the
three hundred-foot level, Oh which 4
cross cut will Ike run tn the main vein.
No CROSS cut was run from the new
shaft in the 1Olfoot level, ~ the old
shaft had been sunk to that depth.
On the 2)O-foot level drifting is pro-
crossing steadily, and indeed through
out the whole mine work is at present
directed simply to thorough develop
ment. No slopes have yet heen CONF
mencetl on the 4Nlf0Ot level, ~ stopping
will not le necessary, nor part Of the
general plan Of work, until the stamp.
in the new mill arr ready to drop.
This will not be tho cese probably Until
June. None Of the machinery for the
new mill has yet arrived. with the ex-
ception Of magnificent electric light,
which Is now ready to Ike put in position
in the mill.
The dimensions Of the mill, which il \
very handsome structure, arr a. follows:
length, 39s feet; width ut various points,
n IT,, IS it,, s2 IT,, p IT,; height from
entrance of ore tramway from hosting
works. to lowest point, 81 feet. In some
places from the lowest point to the sum
init Of the roof the distance il greater by
10 feet than the one already given.
THE ALICE.
The fact that the Alice mine proper is
the depth, one Of the most
developed mines in I'll"
is apparent to any one who
makes careful examination. Such an
observer secs no signs vt dimimutlon in
the general value Of the veins from the
100 to the 7:N-foot level. AL the levels
are apparently worked vs. usual. and the
Usual uuant;tie, Of ore taken out. Bui
one thing is apparent, and that is that f"
great saving. in tie working Of the Alice
,:,inc, and the supply Of or" t" the Nv"
,.;l's. can he made by sinking another
shaft. l:y this means II greater quantity
u ore c;.:, liz taken out ut Il loss expense
without .oin" t" suci, great depth.
For this rcas"lr the money which wcuid
otherwise he paid out in the shape Of a
: ~. txx, dividend will for the present he
devoted t" the objects above mentioned.
Indeed another shaft il positively need
c.l, since the present one can not J" ''sed
and economically I" much
.rrratcr depth.
THE MAGMA tF AETA.
the Magma Ci:artl orc. which HAS
been contributing for some time I" tic
\ lice niil supply, is more ff!a'!e am:
i,,"re easily worked than ths .A':cr"rr.
;.nd for that reason NATURAL: !: larger
and larger psuporti"" Of ore for the "iii
has Cor >";nc time p.~' been taken from
the Magma Churta. Htncs rs much "r.
is not needed from the Alice ',!inc az
formerly, the Magma. Ch;.rta or. bein" if
richer. and rciHirin. to i~
i.Oi>te.i Il nl,,c! less distance. still,