The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-08-09
TIDAL. WAV1.
This district. Aap1dly 0omin9 %
The 1fQ0t.

10 1B006s
A gentleman just In from this well
known district gives . the following
interesting information in regard to
The various miDes a Tidal Wave.
The district b Afty miles from Butte,
In Nadison County. It - INVARIABLY
veil situated foe the Eapd and per
manent development Of the mines, -
regards water aud timber, there being
plenty q both conveniently 1t hand:
The Fusilade be- IN incliDe down
fosrteea Seet, following . well defined
vein which avesaCss between walls
twenty inches. About six inches o.
TIE HANGING vail viii 20 fiom slxty
to seventy ounces il silver per ten,
ard there h 1ourtsen inches on The
foot wall q black quarts with galena,
Gaping vhich carries ele to >l7 geld
pr ton. The country rock bg1anite.
Two aasays made here yesteeday gave
forty ounces IN silver.
The Magnolia = IN eastern exte1-
don q the High Ridgs, fFo0 which .
large amoant q 1ne oge has besa
taken. A tanDel has been advanced
thirty feet - . we'll defined veia
which avesages three feet In width.
About eight inches Of sajeas IN the
velu aasays hom eighty 70 ooe han
dred ounces. There ars six ne1 at
work a The High Ridge, and the
Tanned = In twenty-five lset, and nm
covess . vein four feet wide Il hixh
grade salena oss.
A gold lsad called The Two Dans
has a inclins down fly Ssst and
drifts advanced from the bottam both
ways On The vein. There b . strong
two-aoot vein il the slopes, which ~
says 80 In gold pr ton.
The Rosina = spened BY . l0'Soot
cut which shows . vein % feet wide
In the bottom. This vein carries 80
ounces II oliver and 8 gold.
The Chyistiana vein be- been stlir-
ped q the surface for % feet and b
ftom eoe 70 three feet wide Of fine
ore.
Drifting progFesses On the Wolver-
Inc and ars now In IS Ssst, exposing .
3.Soot vein q ealsna oss which con-
tains 80 ounces IN silver and . small
pr ceatgold.
The tuauel o. the Hold Fast b In
% fset and follows . 3-aoet vein q
solid ealesa ore and shows metal to
The value II 80 70 90 Ounces.
The Eureka h a. extension Of the
Magnolia and - . good prospect.
The DRIFT was pashed % feet and
. Wine sunk en- the ore
body from the hhee. In the bottom
II the winse b . 3-foot vein Of excel
lent carbonate and gnle1a ore.
The Blk b BY No means what IT'D
name would indicate for It shows up
we'll for the amount q development.
The incline vs. sunk II feet and the
vein p feet wide. On the hanging
vail the pay strike b ten inches wide
and assays 50 ounces In silver per
ton.
Work be- been dooe n the shape Of
sinking, drifting, etc., on The Tidal
Wave. A. stripped on the surface
the vel, shows up four feet wide Of
go ounce ore. A tunnel b now
being driven to tap ibis vein 1t .
depth Of seventy feet, when 1t =
thought IN innense body Of ore will
be uncovered. The tunnel h now In
fifty feet, and It will b two weeks
before the vein b struck.
Saturday Night tunnel b In On The
vein twenty feet, the latter bsiDg
three feet wide, and goes seventy
ounces in silver.
Work = being pashed % Stones
gold ledge, and the incline = down
sixty feet. A shipment Of several
tons W. recently made to Glendale
which returned IN average Of $500
per ton In gold. Mr.. Stone b now
building ~ arastra on Wisconsin
Creek In which be proposes to reduce
his own ORES. The capacity q the
arastEa will b about one and one
half tons per day.
The Illinois hao . DRIFT o. the vein
forty feet; the latter being three Seet
wide, Of easbo9ate ose, and Averages
hty oasees PER ten In silver across
The vein.
This = not . bad showing fse Tidal
Wave District, and = work b being
apidly advanced - Ill these prop
critics, no doobt . IsW Donths mere
q develoP0eat win show the d.
trict up wonderfully.
Rod and Gun Cub
This club he'd thoiP usual practice
last svsaing, and oat of possible Is