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

On the l0o5oot level drifts have beer
run east and west about thirty feet on
the north vein. The ore found il flr.l
'ate' but no Stopping Is being done her,
at present.
On thu 90o-soot level drifts are beins
run east and west on the center vein
and are In about loo f ct each vav. On
the sese drift two or three slopes an
being worked, and . good deal Of good
ore - being extracted. The Wine ftom
the east DRIFT on this level has already
been connected with the raise from the
east DRIFT on the SO0-foot level, in which,
good ore was found.
On the 3Obf0ot level drift IL being
rum west on the center vein. and il
in about 2oo feet, some stopping being
done ON this DRIFT. The east drift on this
level has l,een rum to the Alice line, and
vt that point rsise il being made to
connect with = Wine from the level
above. On the 3OO-f0Ot level drifting il
being done east ON the north vein, and
two slopes are being worked. The drift
IL IN about 1tO feet, and good ORE Is being
taken out.
The average output now Is about from
= to 30 tons per day, which amount
will not be increased until the COrnish
pumps are ready to be operated-about
February let. The main vein will then
he worked on the 4tD-feot level, and all
the veins on the 5OO-foot level. The
mill machinery is running smoothly.
twenty stamps working with ease and
regularity.
THE MOUNTAIN CONSOLIDATED.
The new hosting works of the COM
pany have been built Oh the Burnett Ia
cation, one of their several contiguous
claims. The building proper is - fee
long and " feet wide. The boiler house
is 30x2S feet. The hosting engine has
lOxl4 cylinder, and comes, M does all
the machinery, from the Pacific Iron
Works ut Sun Francisco. Yesterday
the smoke sack was being l,,istetl in
position by means Of II derrick support
some 81 feet high. The smoke stack is
~ feet hy ~ inches, und the two boilers
now in have u 54-inch shell IL feet in
length. The boilers are ready for Use,
and operations will liz begun to-day,
probably, by which time the smoke
stack will TX. in position.
The shaft is now down some 10 t.ct
AMI is being sunk steadily. 1t is "a three
compartment shaft, Is! feet long and 4
feet wide. 1t is being sunk lerle:,dic,,-
larly, and the intention Of the company
is to cross-t.ut from the :yN,-foot level.
THE CLEAR GRIT.
All the machinery at the Clear Grit
Is in place, and the Knowles vertical
pumps will tx put in during the coming
week. The pumps have six-inc', hor-
izontal, being the same size :,s those in
use ut the Stevens and Morning Star
mines. The shaft is now down 40 feet.
1t will be sunk to the l:::ji-foot level, and
from that station u crt,ss-cut will l,e rum
south into the vein. The dip oi the vein
seems to liz about 70 degrees, and the
shaft il being sunk at about the same
angle, along the foot-wall Of the ledge,
and following the latter steadily. This
ledge WAS first struck ut Il depth OK -
feet, at the waterlcvcl, and discontinued
from that point down the depth If 10 IT.
to give first-tIa<s ass:,ys. Between tl,os..
points the lowest assays have lx.cn ~
ounces and $l::..:N. \ sample is taken
every four feet, ;l< ti,nlh,rS are nut IN.
anil this E"t-wa'I ledge, now l.im.
l.: about eighteen inches wide.
!:EL.. or Ei'TvE.
The recently struck rich ere body com
TIME. to- hold ont. At the breadth vi L..
fec! til" average assay Ill. across the Vein
ia IL ounces. from the l'ihi,nt station
the cross cut south wits run il, some L.,
feet, and thea drifting was begun east
and west. The east DRIFT is in about -
feet: the west drift il in about 81 feet,
an'' here both walls Of the veil, have
been cut, show ing about l. feet of ore.
Only one wall ii;,.; been reached ON IT,.
,A-t DRIFT.
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