The semi-weekly miner., 1884-09-17
Among the Mines.

Among the Mines.
No regular order was pursued yes
terdsy afternoon In Visiting the
mines. Only q few were visited, and
the reports of these will be brief.
The Rainbow lead belongs to
Walker Il Co. It was located by
Charles Savage in 1875, and has not
yet been patented. It has been reg
ularly represented every year since
1t was located. It is east of Meader-
VILE, at the foot of the range. 1t
has been proepected by two shafts.
The ledge on the surface is eight feet
wide. The owners are now running
q tunnel into the mountain to tap
the ledge. The tunnel is now about
forty feet long. The orc is low grade.
The La Plata is At the top Of the
hill above Centerville, just west of
the road to Walkerville. It used to
be called one Of the best mines in the
camp, and doubtless is q first-class
mine. 1t has not yet been thorough
ly prospected. True, the main shaft
is now 500 feet down on the ledge,
and the upper Slopes pretty well
worked out, but the lower levels have
not been well prospected. Work is
now going on in all the slopes. The
main shaft is worked with . steam
hoist. There is q shaft on the west
end of the lead about eighty feet
deep, which is worked with q whip.
Drifting is going on in this shaft on
the 65-foot level.
The Lexington is one Of the best
silver mines in the world, and is too
well known for any extended de-
scription to be made of it at this
time. The shaft has been sunk $50
feet. At that depth the shaft Is sup
posed to be about 25O feet from the
veln CrosscuttiDg is now going on on
that level to tap the vein. Ore is be-
ing taken out from the 200, 800, 400
and 500 foot levels. They take out
about 1850 tons a month. About
one hundred and sixty men are en-
ployed in and about the mine. About
two hundred and twenty-five are
in the mine and mill.
w. E. Hall, the superintendent
of the Alice was away yes.
terday afternoon when the reporter
called, and consequently very little
could be obtained. They
are blasting away the rock just east
of the shaft to get a place to set
large cornish pump. Evidences of
are on every hand about
this mine and mill. 1t is as good a
silver producer as any mine in the
Its shipments of bullion
every week show this. For the week
ending September 13, 1884, Its ship
ments of bullion aggregated $26, ,412.
Besides this there were twelve bars
in the safe in the Office of the compa-
ny yesterday afternoon, part of the
production of the week that was not
shipped. The mine may not be look
ing we'll, the reporter did not see 1t,
but it certainly Is producing we'll.
The Moulton is looking we'll, and
the mill is kept we'll supplied with
good ore. Work is going on, and
ore is being taken from the 800. 400
and 500 foot levels. The shaft is 500
feet deep. The quantity Of water
that has appeared in the mine has
much diminished. The big Cornish
pump is getting lazy; it has compara-
lively little to do now.
A gentleman who bought some
Amy-Silversmith stock when that
mine was stocked some two or three
years ago, said "it was an infinite
amount of cheek, . little faith and q
hurried judgment that did it." The
mine was only q prospect hole at the
time and is now hardly anything
else than three prospect holes. 1t
has now q shaft 100 feet deep and
two Others 50 feet deep, all of them
worked with windlasses. No water
has been encountered. It begins
to look now as if the conf
dence the original owners put
in the mine was not misplaced. The
mine as tar as worked is looking well
and some very good working ore is
being taken out.
The Margaret Ann is a lead that
promises we'll. Indeed it ought not
only to promise but also to produce
veil, for its owners are going to con-
siderable expense to begin with. 1t
has been worked with a shaft 80 feet
deep which goes down on the lead.
At this depth level has been run 70
feet east and 40 feet west. At that
depth the vein shows eight feet OF
ore, four feet of which is high grade.
A accompaniment working shaft
100 feet deep has been contracted for,
it Is now about 40 feet deep. As yet,
the mine is worked by a windlass.
when the present contract for sink