The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-03-15

,r ALICE AND MAGMA CHA1TA.
~. mills have been working - usua
,.,;ne the past week, and the usaa
" ...tity Of ore has been extracted from
~he Havkeye shaft b now dow1
...t IS feet; no sinking has been don,
!. me new Magma Charta shaft for SOM
,... The hosting works over the new
'h.ft are being pushed vigorously I,
The tran,way which Is to be worked
l.. an engine and endless cable 10 nearly
':,,pleted, and will probably be finished
III. week. 1t is expected the cars viii
10 run of their own momentum, the en-.
limo furnishing enough power to keer
.Io cable in motion. The T rail will
.rr;ye in few days. During the pest
~,..k the Alice Company has shipped
nearly s.:,3, nm worth Of bullion.
THE xOULT0N.
The Company has moved its Office into
,,,e handsome set of rooms in the new
residence OF Mr.. Joe Clark, the Super
;,,endcnt. east of the mill. Nj. s. A.
Eennicott is in charge of the Office as
bokkecper.
The crosscut south on the 80O-foot
.vel i, now in $50 feet. and struck yes-
,er,lay morning very rich vein Of ore
,yin. about 20 feet south of the
,o.in vein. The rich streak is
.,out twelve inches wide and gives .
continuous assay If frs,m lO6 to 200
,,nces in silver to the ton. This IL sup
,sel to Ike the vein which was uncover
a on the surface ut the time the site for
the new mill was graded, last summer.
hi, find is the best ever made in .
rrs.cut in the MoultOn, the highest to
late giving II ounces.
The mill has been supplied principal
IL from the :sN and 3tkLfiot levels for
the last week. and has been running
continuously with the exception Of
Twelve hours Thursday, when hearing
under the CRATE bars broke and necesssi-
ated temporary stoppage for repairs.
The new Standifold automatic feeders
give perfect subtraction and dispense
with the labor of three men, one man
now managing the feeders for an eight
hour shift, whereas two were necessary
lefcrc.
The four hundred-foot level having
lscn drained Of more than 100 feet Of
water in the past few days, cross-cutting
will at once he t,cgun from the station.
During the past week the Moulton
Company has shipped about 81 ,2'D worth
dhuilion, battery samples running from
%to 20 ounces and the percentage of
ch.orinatiou averaging about s..
THE LEXINGTON.
Development continues active in the
Lexington mine. Crosscuts are being
made north and south from the 30O-f0ot
station. and drifts are being run cast
and west. Owing, to the cold weather
work on the new mill has been some
what delayed, all the machinery not
having arrived. The addition to the
hosting works, which is' intended to
give mon, for the new hosting engines,
is almost finished. Nr. Metlhurst is ex
:ecte,l lack from Salt Lake to-day.
THE MOUNTAIN CONSOLIDATED.
The shaft Is now down about $50 feet,
and crss~utting from the o50-fOOt sta
ton will probably be begun ut once.
The station ut this level will he cut at |
once.
The large new hosting rig was put In |
operation yesterday. The cylinders Of
the new engines are 1Ox14. As sOon rs !
the NEW sinking and hois ting cages arc |
put in the new rig will he worked regu- |
hlly.
CLEAR GRIT.
The shaft IS down 10 feet. On the
ZIG f"t level the west DRIFT is in about
~feet, in rich ore, the east DRIFT ::ot be-
ing worked Mt present. The ore body
% this level continues to give rich re-
suits recent assays showing 243 ounces
IN silver and 50 in gold, the pay streak
"e'ng about Is inches wide.
MINING NOTES.
An assay from the Quilp mine ycster-
"ay gave an average Of from 100 to $50
ounces in silver.
The Morning Star continues to pro-
"oee from & to 8 tons Of ore per day,
averaging for the first class from s. to
:" ounces and for the second class from
"N - ounces in silver.
The Original Butte shaft IL down
so"ot 3a0 feet and drifts are being run
a. This and the no foot level. At the
""er level drifting IL being done both