The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-04-26

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II conversation yesterday with one
of the most intelligent ana experienced
mining superintendents Of this district
IN a)lusion was made TO the enormous
difference In the rapidity Of the devel-
0pment Of . mine half . century ago
and at the present day. The tin mines
Of Cornwall are perhaps the oldest mines
known which are now worked. They
had been developed to . considerable
extent before the Roman invasion Of
England in the time Of Julius Caesar.
But taking them even twenty-five years
ago shaft-men, as men engaged in sink
Ing were called, accomplished no mole
In six months than the same force in q
Butte mine would do in as many days.
In tho e days men did not work as Wig
or0usly or ~ many hours as they now
do. The contract for the sinking of q
shaft, or Wine, or any contract work
In . mine, was let according to certain
customs which had been handed down
from time immemorial. The superin-
tendent or foreman would come among
the men assembled in the open air, pick
up . small piece Of rock or ore, call out
for = bid from four men, for instance to
sink 50 many feet from such level in
such q time, toss the piece Of rock into
the air and award the contract to the
party answering suitably before the
pebble touched the earth. The names
Of the four men would then Ike taken
down, and that would end the matter.
The great result of modern mining
from = financial point Of view is that
large and permanent bodies q. low-grade
ore Iay best. Permanently is neces-
sary to warrant the construction and To-
cation Of expensive machinery and inn
pr0vements which in the long run will
make low grade orcs pay handsomely,
but would hardly l'ay for themselves Or
rich but variable deposits.
THE MOULroN.
Up to yesterday the shipments for
the week were valued at 81, 900, being
$50 fine. Tomorrow another bullion
shipment Of about the same amount
will he made.
On the first level the cross-cut south
has been run in IS feet. A rich ore b0dy
Is expected in short distance.
On the second level the west drift is
being run rapidly, being now in 81
feet from the Alice line. A continuou9
ore shoot has been followed here for
over q hundred feet, bodies of blue sui
phuret ore having been stoped cut as
saying a. high rs 400 ounces.
On the third level the dr::ct is in 434
|eet from the Alice line. A raise has
bnen made forty feet toward the level
shove. The rich ore shoot has wide'ieti
3ut. Connection has been n,a,le be-
tween the third and fourth levels.
On the fifth level the crSs-cut south
has baen in lead matter for 10 or 10 feet,
having been run about aG feet from the
and the other wall Of the vein
not yet reached. Forty or fifty tons Of
,re per diem have been regularly taken
ut, and the forty stamps kept at work
without stoppage.
THE ALICE AND MAGMA CHARTA.
Upto yesterday the Alice company
lad for the week made bullion ship
,,ents valued at about S, NW, in fifteen
,ars. There has been no change Of any
,ort in the working Of tie mills 'nd
mines, except perhaps increased "ctivi-
y in the Magma Charta. The stamps
rave continued dropping without inter-
mission. The Hawkeye sh aft has been
Junk by within to . depth Of 80 feet,
md in five feet moro . station will be
mt and . level will be run to connect
With the 155-foot level from the Belle Of
Butte, just east. The new hosting
works are being pushed to completion,
md the new tranlway has in its prncti-
al working, and in the increased ease
# hauling ore to the mills from the II.
=. mine, proved satisfactory in the high
st degree.
The Magma Charta mine, which has
,een brought to its present admirable
condition entirely by the efforts Of Mr..
W. f.. Hall, the co'mpany's superint'
endent, may he said now to Ike perhaps
he most thoroughly developed mine
or its depth in this district. The work
If development is moreover going rap
div forward. As single indication 1t
may be stated that on the third level
Yesterday separate forces Of men were