The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-12-26

Dec. 16-Donnen. Clark Larabie, ,12 bars,
valued .$14 4O
Dec. 16-Alice, bars, valued at............ T. Il
Dec. 17-First National Bank, 8.............
bars valued 0at..................1 1900
Dec. 17-Lexington, 10 / ars, valued at...... 1855
Dec. 17-Alice, II bars, valued at............ 656
Dec, u y ........... 910
Dec. 22-Donnell, Clark & Larabie, Is bars,
Valued dat...................... II, ,76'
Dec. 22-Lexington, 10 bars, valued at.... 10 ,76(
Reports of strikes in the Moulton
and Bell mines created a f1utter of ex.
element early in the week. In the
case of the Moulton, the mine is GER
ta1nly looking well, and the devel-
opments in the 4OO.foot southwest
drift are certainly extremely satisfac-
tory, but the managers OF the prop
erty regard the ore body uncovered
there, as merely in the course of ordi-
nary development, it having been
known to exist, developed in the up
per levels, and not yet sufficiently
explored to determine its value and
extent. A winze has been started
on the ledge from the 400, with a
view to forming a connection with a
drift to be run from the 500, but the
winze is now in water, and sinking
has been temporarily suspended.
In view of the failure of the north
crosscut from the 40O-foot station of
the new shaft in the Bell mine, to in
tercept the ledge which had been de-
veloped in the old workings, the
discovery of valuable ore body
in the northwest drift is
an exceedingly satisfactory uo-
velopment to the managers of that
property. The ledge is believed to
be a continuation of that in the 240
foot level of the old workings, which
was not cut by the north cross-cut
from the 400 only because it pinched
out at the point of intersection. The
ledge is from six to eight feet wide.
and carries two-foot streak of ore
assaying SO per cent. of copper and
so ounces silver. The extent Of the
ledge has not yet been determined
but the indications are that it is sut-
ficiently extensive to supply the
smelter with ore for a long time to
MINING NOTES.
At the Montana Copper Company's
Colusa the work of exploration and
is actively progressing
in the 400, where a large body of low
grade has been developed. Further
will no doubt show the
mine as rich in the lower levels as
nearer the surface where the ore
bodies are long ways from being
worked odt.
The Alice properties are looking
we'll and the usual amount of
ore is being extracted. An extensive
body of high grade ore has been un-
covered in the 500 east, of the Magma
Charta.
The Lexington product for 1888
will be nearly a million and quar-
ter Of dollars.
Clark's Colusa continues to look
we'll. The north drift from the 2l0
foot station is being driven rapidly
and is now in fine body of ore.
The Pollack tunnel is still in good
ore and the Clark brothers are making
\ good thing out of their lease.
Clark's Fraction is worked on the
300 foot level through the Alice shaft
and five or six tons of high grade ore
IS raised daily.
The Amazon mine, situated at the
mouth of Horse Canyon, is likely to
oe worked by California parties, who
t is understood are negotiating for its
purchase. The Amazon is one of the
pest copper prospects in the district.
Suit has been commenced in the