The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-08-30
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quist thieA pesvadss ~ camp vesy
sich Developments ~ eo0stantly h.
ing made. II sheold - rsane0bsssd
+: that Leadville q ooe time Aad . pop.
popslatiea q nearly 5000 a1d
! The bullioa shipoests ase nseh
larger to-day whsa they cannot eaaim
ovss 8.ooa The principal matter
q interest peshaps b TIE tracing q
The copper belt, and II = BOW dem
onstr.sed beyood dsa't that this belt
b 1t lease three miles long and half .
nile vjde. Ameag thoss peoPestieo
o. which opesasisas ass being sedvs-
y advaaeed may - u,eatjsaed Tie
Parrot, 0haksspeare, Coluss, q.
Lawrsnes, Nagss Charta, Anaeoada
md Las1bie, The latter being II
he foothills, ae1osD the valley from
tie works Of the. Montana Copper
Company, and shows . strong veis
q high grade copper ore. The seg-
a,ar monthly shipme0ts q copper
matte from The Parrot and Coluss
ass vesy large and the shipms0ts q
ore east for reduction hfo0 The q.
Lawresee and shaksspers ars . nat
Ter q surprise to many. The stElke
0: . l-feoe vein In the Magma Chasta
which viii avesage across - per
cent COPPER and - ounees 90 ton II
silvsr, Tie opening up q quite body
q oce il the xoontoo, The Bell q
Butte With . q foot vein which car
Eies 80 ounces per ton, large body
efhne ore In the LaPlata, new hoist
ing works for the Esele, native silver
ore In the Clear Grit, the DeFnief
With remarkably high grade ore, and
We have . showing for The district
which b indeed 1attesing.
Besides these quite . number Of
cut-sids claims are yielding their
regular quota Of excellent ore and
Altogether our bullion shipmekts
must aver,ge son. ething like $780,
600 rer month.
BELLE OF BUTTE.
The DRIFT on the 20 level b being
rapidly advaneed tor the main ore
body. An 1s-inch vein carrying
considerable wire silver has been
opeDed out for . distance Of 10 feet.
No ore being extracted further than
that which comes out II advancing
the drift.
Ia PLATA.
The incline has attained . depth Of
80 feet, the vein In the bottom being
very high grade and from q to 8 feet
vide. In mi1eral the vein carries
from 80 to 1000 ounces In silver
per tim. Ali the ore extracted in
sinking has average go ounces per
ton.
MAGMA CHARTA.
Developments advance with usual
progress and the ore body recently
cut on the 100 level has opened near
y i've feet wide and the assays show
an increase Of mineral - the DRIFT
advances. The pay streak IN the
second south vein b much higher
grade than formerly and there Il
every indication Of the ore body
widening ~ developments ad-
vance.
The developments for the past
week are emiuently satiiactory. The
slopes are yielding their usual quota
Of ore and the bullion shipments for
August will probably exceed those 0:
July.
CLEAR GRIT.
On the 2l7 level drifts are being run
both ways on the vein. These drifts
have eoch been advanced on the vein
shout 80 feet. There 10 not ever two
tons Of ore per day hoisted, the wsrk
being principally confined to thor.
oaghly opening up the property pre-
paratogy to extracting ore in large
quantities.
In the east drift, ~ level, an IS
inch vein Of copper ore has been
cat; Though no assays have been Oh
taised It b thought to carry high in
silver, say from 40 to 100 ounces per
ton, - we'll - copper.
There ore 100 saclIs Of nrst-class
ore on the dump, which will 90 about
70 per ceat copper. The levels are
being advanced ~ usual.
sHoNBAR.
The drifts on the vein, 150-foot
level, are In each way about 10 feet,
the vein being two feet wide Of $50
ounce ore. They are now putting up
. shaft house, carpenter shop, black
smith shop and ore house.
The Northern Pacific stock 10
quoted: common, 5l!; preferred,
o5i.