The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-05-24
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~: Idesirs 70 eall yoar aEtsotiea d
- q the mining pssspeeas III z ID
i. eloss vicinity q Bate, ~ outside q
Ut known portions a the distsic4
u. helt ofore dsveIopsd b The woekine
!" Inc Lexington, Alice Moslton, Bsli,
~. ard many othsn, extends b.,el,
- and west Of the Silver City. Ex.
',.,.tion has "roven it, richness, devel.
..,ent has thrown In sight it, wealth.
T,,e are many mines which have made
...l.me of3utte world wide, have cesssd
= he Quoted - doubtful, and tboagh
100 are no longer "prospects," bat
.-t,.I, solid, paying rsslitiss, - shown
" The bullion output.
c..,t.l be- brought about all this. One
..rnsny alone h.d the courage to test
y. experime. { q investment and 10
....es encouraged hundreds Of Others
-ho,s money % judteioasly expended,
~. be<p returned . hundred to.d.
Zach we'll known experts - Proteoor
c.y,ou, Marcus Dsly. G. r. IGeader,
i.nss Taboo, NJ. L"sgm ID and otherD
.sally - capable q judging, pronounce
- country In IT. infancy, the rioh
.,,esase not half discovered, and those
.l,.ndy discovered but } q undevelop~d
outaininx at greater depth, argentiC-
1,,ps depnsits Of minerals Of such guam.
Nv and purity that when exposed icy
vill outrivh anything % tar known.
E,eterly - far - Boulder, and b.
,,,d. prospects showing the richest kind
= ore have been Discovered ani
INV OF them worked - lar - the
.eaps Of the owness would permit.
orite uumber are being worked today
vith the best results.
Noticeable among these mines and In
he proximity to Butte h the Fourth
xJsly, which has probably yielded -
Id ore - any mine In Butte or Walk
eville. The mill and smeltsr aasays
~ nothing less than 100 ounces 1T
diver to the ton, and from that to over
oounces per ton for every shipment
4 ore. The second-class orc Of this
nine, Of which there b an exceedingly
h,ye dump, will IN my opinion 20 we'll
% 10 silver tn the ton, and d. ar the new
ihait, sunk Just vert Of discovery, about
ity tons Of still richer ore lie upon the
Ae dump. The major portion Of your
Butte readers know that this mine,
which + situated on the highest summit
4 the Rocky Mountain range, and
about three and . half miles directly
at from the Colusa mine, created quite
.fsrore while being worked. The W.
1t coming In too strongly, and the
owners being poor, works could not be
pstup.
Some interests have since changed
hasds, and It present part Of the own
~ ore still poor, while the others pos-
~ abundant means, but there b dis
agreement Of some nature between them
known to but few, It any, beside them
selves, which prevents the resumption
6Wosk.
In this same rich belt Of leads, aud
situated but two and half miles from
he Silver Bow mill, h the Major Budd
nine. and undoubtedly . very valuable
property. This mine has been prospect-
d to the depth Of 165 feet, and now
shows vein Of ore ten feet wide. A
tunnel SIS feet long taps the main shaft
IA depth Of 100 feet. The greater por-
doa Of ore extracted has been taken
hthe dump from this tunnel. So tar -
work has been prosecuted the mine he
seea handled in good shape. The shafts
a'e veil timbered with the very bert OF
material, put in by experienced men.
Another shaft, TWEEN y-6ve feet In depth,
~ been sunk on the easta IN extremity
"the claim, and - on vein Of orc !
TT In width ~ fhr asexpl red, no south
vail having been reached. This ore
s'ries galena, chlorides and su)phurets,
I'd assays - we'll - oee from tho vert
shait. The ore 10 not Of the richest k1nd
hthe Major Budd, but runs from - 70
So'nees, aud ~ould pay largely could
tAe owners erect hosting works ann
ssi:d mill with which - treat It. 6ev-
eal Of the best scientific experts 10 ex-
an'ining this mine have pronounced
nast favorsbly concerning the quality
and quantity Of the minerals contained
nit. As 1t 10, It 10 not sufficiently f'cn
:" pay for extracting, shipping ana
t'eating where everything done must %
alFed and paid for at heavy prices Tn~
Whole lnsly "f ore IL good, and many
'pecimt:ns are often found that will A.
ny several hundred and even thous'
sas Of dollars per ton.
Mr.: Talbot, who has treated no sn'a!l
'n*'unt Of it ut the silver Bow m'l''
@s, most decidedly, that there "
Money in the mine In paying qosntI-
"es, providing the owners, Me''srs' y.
ID Rs,.l.l 4 r 2As> A<>snl6 tHhs0t IL