The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-10-08
MINING NOTES.
Items Of Interest Concerning the
Different Bullion Producers.
What is Being Done by the Diff
ferent Smeltere.

about 11O tons OF ore day, and runs
through the furnaces about 130 tons.
Of the new works only two calciners
are as yet in use, and these are run
ming for the Parrott company. The
new works now being completed at
the smelter do not belong to the Par
rott company, though the controlling
interest is owned by parties who
compose the Parrot company.
Everything about the works is run
ming very smoothly under the very
skillful management of Mr.. Gay
lord.
The new concentrator for working
the ore from Clark's Colusa is nearly
ready for use. It will be running
this week. A water jacket furnace
is to be put up by the side of the con-
centrator. The excavatiDg is almost
done and the laying of the founda-
tion well advanced. The tramway
from the mine to the concentratcr IS
ready for use. At the mine the late
improvements are doing good ser
vice. The new engines and boilers
are at work. and the new hoist, an
experiment in this district, works
like charm. The new cages for the
shaft have not yet arrived.
The Montana Copper company
are increasing their capacity. They
hare begun the work of putting up
twe new calciners and 4 new con-
centFator of IS tons a day capacity.
On the COlusa the shaft is down
600 feet. The Montana Parrot mine
belonging to this company, will be in
good working order in about q week.
On this mine they have been putting
up new hoist and hoisting works.
These are now almost completed
when probably this week the work
of taking ore from the 3O0-foot level
will begin.
The West Colusa, belonging to the
Montana Copper company, is down
about l8O feet. It is not known
what this mine amounts to, as no
levels have been run. The chances
Of its being a good mine may be in
ferred from the amount of money the
company feel justified in putting
into it before they prospect the vein.
This mine is in good company. 1t is
on the vein that runs across the
Parrot hill and through the COlusa
The Liquidator is down 300 feet.
From forty to fifty tons a day are
being shipped from this mine. In
this mine between 100000 and 7OO,-
OOU tons of good concentrating ores
are in sight. This is streaked all
through with more or less of fret
class ore.
The Atlantic is an exhibition of
falth-for as yet at a depth of 80 feet
no lead or sign of lead is in sight.
At the depth of ninety feet water
was struck. The work of sinking
was then suspended until the two
compartment shaft could be we'll
timbered and q steam b list and
pump be put up. When this work
is done sinking will be resumed.
The hope upon which this work is
based is that the copper lode which
is known to run from the Big Butte
on the west side of Butte City, across
to the Colusa mine, also crosses the
valley to the main range. Ju't east
of the claim taken up by the Allan
tic company is fine prospect of cop
per at so feet called the Greenleaf,
and il is on line between the Co
lusa and the Greenleaf that this At
Ian,ic shaft is sunk. Such faith is
deserving and we hope that the en-
terprising gentlemen who are doing
this work may succeed in striking
something rich.
Some time ago we referred to work
being done on the Katy Morris. south
west of town, by Evans, Mcmillan &
Co. Last week they completed a
shipment of so tons OF ore to the
Moulton mill and received 81 200 over
and above all expenses. This ore
was taken out of the slopes above the
water level. Last week they put In
a No. 4 Knowles sinking pump and
a small steam hoist. They propose
now to sink the shaft about 60 feet
further before running any more
levels. At 20 feet the vein was from
eighteen inches to two feet wide IN a
level that was run 100 feet. This ore
taking first and second class together
assayed 40 ounces. The parties doing
the work are much encouraged.