The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-09-24
Among the Mines.

patents Issued for claims Iooa.as ~
This district one would naturally en-
cluae mat there was nothing left f
men to represent. 1t does not on
pear yet that more than a third =
the claims have been patented.
West OF the Lexington and across
Missoula cullen we'll up toward tho
'oP OF the hill is the Golden Rnle,
IL is now leased by a COMPANY of
whom Capt. Reynolds leads the Iist
!here is a shaft on this claim 100 feet
deep: They have taken out verv lit.
Tie ore as they have been sinking.
M ~crosscuts have been made and no
leveis oeen run. Saturday when
u reporter was at the mine thew
were putting in a No. 4 Knowles
pump. A small steam hoist is doing
the elevating for the mine. One as
say was made that ran up to 173
ounces. The average assay, howey-
er will not exceed 100 ounces.
Mono-This is one of those pros
poets that are intended by providence
to try a miners faith and empty the
pocket at the same time. From the
surface it shows a three foot vein.
with but little ore and that ore scat
tering. If there We're enough OF it 1t
would lie called manganese. But
there Is one encouraging feature and
that is the deeper the shaft goes the
better it looks. The shaft is %
feet deep now. This mine is north
west from the Moulton.
Goldsmith-This lead is owned by
Tong, Nichols & Roach. It has
been worked by Tong on a lease for
several months. The lease has
about expired and it is about to be
leased again to the same party. It
has been considerably prospected
near the surface. There are in the
lead seven shafts varying from 35 to
100 feet deep. The principal work
this summer has been done in the
56-foot shaft. It has been a croft
able lease to all parties concerned.
Some assays have been made that
reached $50 ounces. The average
has been between so and 60 ounces.
BeIcher-Donahoe & Moore are
working this mine on a lease. Last
winter some parties had the mine
bonded who worked it for a while,
but did not attempt to put in proper
timbers. In the spring when the
frost left the ground the mine of
course caved IN at the shaft. The
parties nov working it have sunk a
new vertical shaft. 1t has reached a
depth of 81 feet. On Friday the vein
was struck. No assay had been
made when the reporter called. Ore
taken out Of the old shaft that went
down on the lead assayed from % to
Sc ounces.
Argonaut-J. H. Glen u Co., the
owners, are working this mine.
There are two distinct leads in this
claim. They have been sinking for
some time a vertical One-compart-
ment shaft between the leads. It
has now reached 10 feet and this
week the owners propose to start
Levels to cross-cut the leads. They
think the shaft is about 20 feet from
one and 30 feet from the other. A
shaft had been sunk on the south
lead before this vertical shaft was
begun. Assays from that lead ran
from 20 to 100 ounces, but the aver
age was about 60 ounces.
Glengarry-This mine, about q
mile north of the Moulton, is a good
piece of property. 1t belongs to Nc
Rae s Hughes. This claim takes in
two veins. A vertical shaft SO feet
deep was sunk to work the south
vein. The width of this vein varies.
In some places it is eight feet wide.
The ore varies from 4 t, 6 feet. At 50
feet on this vein a crosscut was made
and a level 200 feet long was run.
From this level over a hundred tons
of ore were taken. which returned to
the owners, after paying all expenses,
$50 to the ton. Sinking is now be-
ing done on the north vein. The
shaft is about forty feet deep. The
vein is about four feet wide. There
is about one and a half feet of pay
ore.
Rescue.--DeBow and Madison
have about bought this mine. 1t has
q vertical shaft ITO feet deep. A
crosscut has been made at lOO feet'
showing a five-toot vein. About
eighteen inches of this will assay LOO
ounce The remainder Of the vein
will average about twenty-five
ounces. A contract has been let ana
work begun to sink the shaft fifty
feet further. It is the intention to
crosscut at 145 feet when this con-
tract IS completed.
Rock Island. This mine IS SOUTH
east of VAUDEVILLE, and is being
worked on a lease by Youlton d. 20.
They are working night and day
shifts. The shaft is down l3O feet'
Hosting is done by a whim. Levers
have been run thirty feet each way
on the lead at 125 feet. The lead at
that depth is eighteen feet DC,
woo, walls. There are in the lead
three veins of paying ore, each about
three feet wide. In the SIX lnon.n9
this ccmpeny has worked the nline
they have sold over 500 tons OF n'sn