The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-05-10
MINING RHvuw.

MINING RHVUW.
..mmit Valley Mining Dist, Well
hiding Nay q. 1859.
THE M0ULT0N.
a,,,eriutendent J. X. Clark made
..,erlay the following statement, sub
r.rti.lly, in regard to the Aoulton
~;,e and mill during the past week.
m. cross-cut south from the first
,...l has struck the center vein LIP feet
:. cutting through three and half feet
fbl.ck jack.
Nm the second level the slopes east
vest are looking well.
IN the third level the west DRIFT ID
- in about 800 feet, the breast being
=. good orc body, and the slopes look
ipg we'll. 4
:, work Stopping aud running west. Six
- t.et west Of the cross-cut the breast il
!. four feet Of pay ore.
IN the fifth level work has been d.
-..,ed to the track for several days.
rhe cross-cut south IL in 2s0 feet, hav-
=. been in ore for ten feet, and being
..sterday in porhyry horse, south Of
.hich it is expected that rich ore will
befound.
The mill was again started up May I,
and has been in operation ever since.
THE ALICE AND MAGMA cHARTA.
During the past week the Alice COM
,any shipped twenty-five bars Of bullion
r,.ue,l at S:3,S,OOO.
The Alice, Magma Charta and Hawk
.re have been worked without inter-
uoton and the usual quantities Of ore
.,trscted and miliel. Both mills have
mn without stoppage.
Iast month the company shipped
$1,000 worth of bullion, and the aver
,,e monthly shipments to date for 1852
v;,l make the product for the current
re.r more than eleven hundred thous-
and dollars.
The stone foundations for the gallows
f.mes in the new NJ. e. 4 v. hosting
works have been laid and the stills put
inplace.
THE MORNING STAR.
Nessrs. F.raday and Porter stated
Yesterday that there was nothing very
novel in present appearances Of tho
Morning Star.
Stopi,,g and raising are being done &C
lively between the sccDnd and third lew
ek. No sinking has been done for some
time. They state that about one hum
dred and thirty tons Of first class ore
were extracted last month, being an Az
e,,ye Of about four and . half tons per
day. 1t is expected that the output will
Be increased during the month Of Nay.
Nj. Faraday says this orc has avenged
fum fifty-eight to one hundred and for
ty.ave ounces in silver and about TWEEN
tyene dollars in gold to the ton. Twen-
ty~ix men are kept constantly At work
in the Morning Star.
THE ORIGINAL BUTTE.
This valuable little mine lying direct
y in line with and east Of the 0agnon
ard Original Butte, Or claim Of the M
tional company, il now and has been
worked steadily and quietly under the
nasagement Of Mr.. w. Pink. Sinking
~ not been found necessary since the
drihb were run on the second level, and
Stopping has been vigorously prosecuted
between the two levels for many months
PIT. The average monthly output b
nov about 30 tons, which n sent direct
tothe Colorado smelter. Fifteen Or six
teen men are being worked and the con-
6tion Of the mine h good.
THE HAwKEYE.
This ID . fractional claim lying imme-
diately adjoining the Alice on the
south and the Belle Of Butte on the
vet. A single shaft has been sunk on
hhetween the Alice office and the Belle
Il Butte hosting works There y no
doubt that the vein recently struck -
The cross-cut north on the 156-5oot level
u the Hawkeye shaft, ID the vein
sow being worked on the 156-foot level
iAthe Belle Of Butte. In the aawkeye
1osscut the vein was tapped at . ans
asce Of about twenty-five feet norsn'
aid the Hawkeye shaft bein1 Itself On
~ east and west line twenty Or thirty
let north Of . parallel line drawn
through the B. Of b. shaft, It h evident
that although the vein IL probably ~
let thick, cut north Of the Hawkeye
and south Of the Belle Of Butte shaft, its
eoane is northwest and southeast, CUT
unG the Alice vein 1t n angle q ABOUT
'even degrees.
II order to connect the east 15o-1oos
kvel in the Hawkeye with the we'.
drift on the same level in the Belle o.
Butte, the former viii probably have %
Be nun aeveral feek lover than II now -.