The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-01-25

:. valley District, January
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THE xOCLTON.

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THE xOCLTON.
,,s l<en prosecuted steadily fo'
:, wv" ,~.t two weeks onthe two ana . tnlet
the ~. .d.eut levels. AS already stated
hun'l, . viii Ike done on the four hun
no "'~ , ,exel until the Cornish pumps
" ~. in operation, which viii oe :" "'o''
t''' .,,o hundre.l-toot level STOPPING
I" y" , don. on both the east and
has ,r;ft. on the centre vein, with
~es. .;xty men at work. The east
, -, !. Icing run towards the Alice line'
dr'' now in about s. feet, it being
' ,,, ~, feet FROM, the shaft to the Alice
''" n. tn, :ptlimt level Stopping Is being
..., and west on the centre vein.
" s, 49,, drift has been run to the Alice
i"' .,., the west drift Is now In about
l'' ~" ,..s. Mos, Of the daily output is
. ,.,iur from the 3ND-foot level, the
~" .,,u,ity from both levels being
n,w alnut 81 tons. -
~" =" L,v or Tomorrow the remaining ~
,...,. will IT. dropped, and the entire
..h;m.rv of the new 4tstamp mill
:,, ". tor the first time put in opera
':n Th. work Of the twenty stamps,
' ,;., ,,ayc been going steadily for the
~, ,w, .r three weeks, has been en-
.:..,x satisfactory. The percentage OF
,h,r;nation to date has averaged about
y, n.r cent. There has been no trouble
,f.,y kind with the engine during that
.-;,.,.--;n,lcesl, all the machinery in
=. mil, has worked with admirable
.u,oothntss.
RI. f;ueness Of the bullion to date has
.,,.r.v,.l 4,s. Another larger shipment
lii no made this week. The MOultOn
,.,,;on is all consigned to Donnell,
1,x.cn 4 simpson, New York, who
..u,l II to the United States Assay
office.
ANSELMO.
III. shaft Of the AnselmO il now
,,oxn :;s5 feet, and the east DRIFT on the
VI, s.,t or lowest level is in about 40
fret. Stopping is being pushed vigorous
r. IN the east DRIFT If the lower level,
Int Mr.. Ha,,swirth Is directing most Of
hi. force now towards sinking. The
shaft j.. put down several feet day,
three shifts Of men being constantly en-
poyel in it.
There arr some forty tons Of first-class
or now on the Anselmo dump, large
Shipment having recently been made to
r. the Silver Bow mill. The average
as,ay of the first-class ore now taken
out is $7l.3s5 per ton, the secOnd-class az
rraging about forty dollars. The first
clas. average Was over hundred dol
lsrs some time ago, when the drifts
wer. not 80 far in. The secOnd-cIaAs
ore now on the Anselmo dump ie about
no tons.
THE LEXINGTON.
The new brick quarters near the
hosting works will shortly lie occupied
by Mr.. Mrlhurst, the superintendent,
and the othcrcmploycs ofthe company's
Butte Office. Tic magnificent new mill
continues to be the scene Of energetic
operations, the battery timbers being
now movul into place and set, with
m,rl, pains and labor.
\ tremendous tank is being construct
e.: i,..; west Of the hosting works, for
,.lc water from tho mine.
The shaft is down now just about aN'
feet. and work has already l'ecn conf
mr.nc.Sl on the :aklfOOt station. Az
san as il is completed another cross-cut
will !" run to tap the vein.
TIE GAGNON.
Col. Thornton has recently lass.,ln cut
ting OFT Il station ut the 322:,-fOOt level,
preparatory to beginning sinking from
that mint. The pay ground between
the 81 AMI ::.25-fnOt levels, which has
been s., long and 80 successfully worked
under his management, Is Ivy no means
exhausted yet, however, and stopping
continues actively between those points,
with The s:,,,,n favorable results In high !
Grade ;'r, and fine assays.
THE ORIGINAL BETTE.
Tho work of sinking goes bl'sily on
IN 'hc Original Butte mine. Mr.. DAILY
stated yesterday that the shaft was then
down >.,n.. H:;O feet. and that he ID about |
I" have station cut out at that level,
from which crs,ss-cut will l"' run In
a'"nt ten days.
THE WABASH.
When first opened it was thought that
the rich Ors.-sl,OOt in the Wabash mime !