The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-11
THE MINES.
Important Developments at the
Alice and Moulton.
Satisfactory Bullion shipments.


Alice and Moulton.
Satisfactory Bullion shipments
Copper Matte Production.
Minor Items.
Notwithstanding the interruptions
incident to Fourth of July week,
operations at the principal mines
have been conducted with customary
regularity and the mills have pro
duced their average output. The
shipments of bullion through the
office of the Pacific Express company
for the week amounted to 1914, 1874,
of which the Alice shipped "a bars,
valued at x34, $3.50, Lexington is bars
2 7,60O, First National Bank
nine bars, $l6,6Os, Donnell
Clark & Larabie, 10 bars, SIS, GIG.
The mines as a rule are looking well,
and in some cases developments OF
an important character have been
made since our last report.
THE ALICE.
A three-foot ledge of 277-ounce ore
has been uncovered on the west drift
from the 200, which is undoubtedly
the same vein which has been
stripped on the 1OO-foot for a distance
east and west of over 800 feet. Cross
cutting to intercept this immense
body Of ore below will he commenced
immediately from the 400. The sur
face workings midway between the
Magma Charta and Valdemere con-
tinue to produce their quota of ore,
which is mined without the expense
of timbering, hosting, stopping, or
running levels and drifts, and
is the cheapest mined ore
in the district. The slopes
of the Magma Charta are looking
we'll, and it is safe to say that if no
more ore is uncovered in the Alice
properties in the next three years, the
80 stamps of the two mills will con-
tinue to drop on ore now in sight.
The mills are making a steady run
and are consuming an average of 80
tons of ore per day.
THE MOULTON.
The winze from the southwest 800
continues to lock well and is now
over so feet deep and in thesolid body
of the high grade ore reported last
week. A cross-cut is being driven
from the center vein on the 400 to
tap the south vein, upon which a
west drift will be run to intersect the
ore body in the bottom of the 800
southwest winze. This develop
ment when completed will place
the Moulton in. shape to
stop all dead work and take out
ore at the minimum cost for q long
time in the future. The 200 west
drift improves with development, the
face of the drift being now in a six
foot ledge of pay ore, An important
strike has been made in the Grade
shaft, which was recently opened
south of the mill, the west drift So.
feet from the shaft yesterday show
ing a two-foot ledge, which assays
152 ounces.
THE BELL.
At the smelter, one stack CONTINUES
to turn out its ten tons of matte per
day. The concentrator was started
up yesterday, which is expected to
work 60 to 70 tons from the low-grade
dump per day, and keep the smelter
running until the extraction of ore
is resumed at the mine. The 4OO-fOot
station has been completed in the
new three-compartment shaft, and
prosecuting north to the vein has
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workings to the 27O.foot level has adj
vanced so ..eet, and connection is ex-
pected to be made in the next ten
days.
MINOR ITEMS.
The old Lexington mill will start
up again next Friday.
The development in the north 300
of the Original is turning out bigger
than reported. A crosscut has been
from the 300 to intersect the
ere body.
R. B. Wallace & Go. have leased
the Orc Butte and are taking out
some high grade free milling ore,
will be milled at the Dexter.
From sixty to seventy car loads of
matte are shipped from Butte every
Michael McNulty is extracting six
ions per day of fine ore from the
NJ. 2. The ore shows
chlorides and horn silver
and runs as high as 600 ounces.
Clark's Fraction is looking better
ham ever and producing from six to
EN- tons per day of 20 ounce rock.
The Wine from the 80 foot is down
fifteen feet and in a ledge which is
orty feet between walls and shows
;hree pay streaks, each from two to
hree feet wide and carrying from 60
80 ounces.
The Dexter mill having been thor
overhauled has started up on