The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-04-05
From sunaays Daily.
MINING RBV1DW.
IT valley Mining Dist, Week
81 rnding April I, 1854.

..... the continuance Of fair, open
W." .ssr . marked impulse is to be no
Win .s n surface improvements In every
''es' .;on. Large quantities Of ore are
@ '.'ss hauled to the mills and !. smelter'
'* e. sshippe,' East for reduction. The
~" s;xty days will witness increased
' 'siri,y above and below t..'o". ground
,.,,. Nr. H. Tong it is learned that
,.;f,. Of the Vulcan now show q
u. ~ Of ore second to none in the Dis
'' -: in richness and permanence. The
' ~, Is only down 132 feet, = stump not
:'. having l,ecn made, but the drifts
!e an, west on this, the only level, are
=, n fine ore bodies, extending east
~ ,.,..st some !GO feet. The east drift
'D :. .ho,,t IL, feet and the west about
81, From the l32-foot level q cross
80, run south for eighty feet before
.,;,u tl,c vein. Alta distance of In
''f' east from the shaft u Wine has been
,.nt =, feet, and will he completed in
1900 or four days. This Wine and the
,:as show fine, continuous ore body
..,,, ton to bottom. The vein matter is
:sr foot wide, eighteen inches Of which
!. nv rock assaying 100 ounces ~ It
,r,es to the surface. After sorting to
~, to the shelter the Vulcan output
rsr,res from rs to l85 ounces. 1t IL
n, to the Colorado SmelteI. Mr.. Tong
now fiunling the surface water clear
..r,,, the vein, the levels not having
,.;ud out vet, though they have been
mn six weeks.
THE MOULTON.
since the stoppage last week for put
u, in new elevators the mill has been
-,unin- continuously, with the excep-
,;,u Of few hours. Moulton, Gold
u;th and Morning Star ores have been
rorse,l. During twenty days. run 900
ans were milltd.
IN the anlfoot level in the mine there
a seventies, ore. body in the Wine
,,ersging 81 ounces. A raise Is Icing
,,de from the no foot level to meet this
ujuze. All the Slopes from the three
% the two hundred-foot levels are being
worked both ways from the raise which
few feet east from the cross-cut on
The three hundrcd-foot level. The raise
fleet west from the crOss-cut on the
,hr,e hundred foot level shows some
..nl ore.
IN the .rtfoot level from = point 100
ri west to distance Of 10 feet q con-
:inuous shoot Of good ore has been met
with. the most valuable hitherto met
viii. in the Moulton mine. averaging in
width from two to five feet, and in assay
.out forty-fivc ounces. a raise for
initiation is icing made, on eighteen
..tlts Of free ore, from the fourth to the
bird level.
IN the :axLfOOt level the crOSs- cut
18th is in about 1t' feet. and will tap
ien.ain ore body in about two Or three
s.vk>.
Last week a number of small bits of
.n"n were discovered in the journal Of
Iir Monlton engine. when had begun
a.atiny 10 Il noticeable degree. The
>covcry was opl,ortuDe, as the engine
Ugh, lave been ruined il it had re-
NAMED in this condition an hour long
!. La: week snl.,e st,'kW worth vi
aor!i"n bullion was shipped, about 7'k'
lie.
TliI A:.l;i: AND MAGMA CHARTA.
W"r!: iE the Alice and Magma Cllarta
ines has progressed much rs usual
''Hrin" TIE past week. The usual
Quantities Of ore have been taken out
nd rilcl. The work Of development
ND extraction has continued. In an
Inc: column will IL found 4 general
lev Of the Alice CoDpany's property.
f'a'li"n shipment. were made last week
?'he .AE"r Company aggregating ST.
:. f.i"h '::,rs were tipped yestcr-
iay.
THE GAt;NON.
The shaft las now been sunk to u
'ri"h Of ''s' 'cct, though stump has not
Y: "srh made. From the station i
'>s-rlt will reach the main vein ut a
''>'aI''r Of about - feet. No water t"
':":''t I" anything has yet been en-
''"!er"i. The probabilities are that
=" lr"r->i!vcr ore body mcnti.net. last
EEK Is in Il vein distinct from the rich
'flrr silver or (;agnon lead. The
'>ea' quantities Of ore are being ex-
''''t'' and shipped.
CLEAR GRIT.
Inc west drift on the 1l6-fOt level is
=" III about = feet. Tie very rich
wye whir:, has already been mention
''""tinuc~ 10 run about twenty inches
,'" "'' the hanging and six inches on
''' i"t wal.
~" shaft is down about 100 feet ana
~ !" stalk toa depth Of from ITO to
- Ntt where. ., .f.,t;.,,, will l,1s ss0lf and