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


The Vienna . on thsridge half . mile
northwest Of the 6olace. It was the
second mine located in the Basin. It
has been worked steadily for Is months.
and h the best developed mine. in the
district. It has over 600 feet Of tunnels
and drifts, and the vein is explored to 4
depth Of 800 feet, and ON the vein dis
lance Of about 600 feet. The. vein Is 10
inches to six feet in width, and the
greater portion Of the ore goes over $50
per ton. This vein contains, besides the
silver, large amount Of gold. The VI
emma Is owned by q few individuals in
Winona, Mimi. No more work will be
done on the mine until the company's
mill Is erected, which will be next sea-
son.
The Alturas IL another rich mine, and
has tunnel on the vein over 100 feet in
length. The vein 10 one foot to two feet
in width, and the ore high grade.
THE MOUNTAIN KING
is the largest quartz vein in this section
of the country. 1t is located OH the
high hill to the left of the right hand
fork Of Smiley creek, and three-fourths
Of mile above the town Of Vienna, and
about the same distance from the head
Of the Basin. The ledge was discovered
over one year ago, but no work Of any
consequence done until this summer.
A tunnel run 10 to 10 feet on the vein at
discovery shows the ledge very uniform
in size and rich throughout. The ledge
is Is! to 10 feet in width, and averages
about 100 ounces silver per ton. Ruby
silver and sulphurets are pretty evenly
distributed through the ore. The best
class of orr, of which there Is much,
runs up into the hundreds. Several lots
of ore were shipped this season, none OF
which sampled less than Isl ounces per
ton. Most Of it went over 40. Several
hundred tons of good ore IL now on the
dumps. A second tunnel, three hundred
feet below the first, Is being run this
winter. There the ledge is also rich,
but three feet wider than where opened
above. There is 80 much ore in sight In
the King that the owners have decided
to erect 20 stamp mill early in the sea-
son rs possible. The ledge can he traced
through the meuntain, and il located for
distance of G, 900 feet-croppings being
found the entire distance. Several of
the locations ON the King vein are
opened by tunnels and cuts, and the ore
in all of them Is rich. Among these are the
WebfoOt, Hidden Treasure, Wisconsin,
and two or three lying to the west of the
King location. The Oregon, Coln'an, Al
bion, East Vienna, Red Wing and some
others TALL showing veins Of rich ore) lie
in the basin about the King. The Al
ALBANIA, Carghill and Lucre lie east ofthe
Oregon. The Lucre is the1next largest
vein to the King, but the ore is what il
called low grrtlc in this country-s5 to
80 ounces.
The Nellie group composed OF six
mines( Nellie. Nellie Extension, Hud-
ron, Little Champion, Saw Tooth and
Martin) ID owned by New York compa-
nv. These mines have all well defined
veins of rich ore-principally ruby and
The Nellie orc samples from
am to 1000 ounces. The mine IL being
explored by tunnels this winter, and 1t
Is said the company will build mill
next season.
There Ii ut least one dozen more rich
mines in this vicinity, Of which Will
not write ut present, for the reason that
It would make letter too long for pun
,ication. for 1 might mention other
mines outside Of the Basin.
SAW TOOTH CITY.
Thi. sprightly little town was laid out
two years ago, but the building loon
only struck it this season. Saw Tooth
n about eight miles from Vienna In q
northwest direction. 1t is hA'atetl on
BEAVER creek, and about two miles up
from the Salmon Valley. The Column
bia company is erecting " te"-stamp
mill capacity ~ t" crush the ore OF the
Columbia, Beaver and Lucky l'os
mines. Within three to five miles OF the
town there are about 30 promising 10
cations. Only a small number Of ~"'c"
T shall mention ut present.
THE PILGRIM
:. made famous through its exceeding
,;.h orr The vein 10 eight to twelve
6x.t IN width. 1t was discovered shortly
"ft.r the smiley Basin mines were
str,,ck. and was purchased by 81"
rrnncisco company for $so,oo'. The
..,;,o has lecn worked for two years.
T,,~r. "a a tunnel on the vein for about
a., s..t and $50 feet from the surface
The ledge is rich and strong U"n : :" .
tunnel and on the'sarface. Inc "'s"s.