The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-08-20

pay SCFe0k varies from Six 1nche.
to one foot. They have been selline
the ore to the Colorado smelter anG
it has averaged 200 ounces. Levels
have been run twenty-five feet east
and west. The shaft is now to bt
sunk down to the water level,
The mine is worked by a windlass.
THE STAR WEST.
This lead is northwest of and close
to the Dexter mine and has been ly-
ing idle for q year Of more. 1t has
recently been leased by Hoar Bros.
4 Co., who have lately quit work on
the Andy Johnson. This company
have moved the boiler and hosting
machinery from the Mountain Boy
and n preparing to 60 to work in
earnest in the lead. They have a
big job before them to get rid of the
water, there being in this mine al
most. If not quite, as much water az
was in the Stevens.
THE PLACER LODE.
This property belongs to Mr.
Wayne Bernard and is now being
worked. by Messrs. Vineyard, Sor-
enson & Hutchinson, who have
leased it for a year. There is a shaft
on this lead fifty feet deep worked
with a windlass, from which the
lessees have, within the last few
months, taken forty tons of ore run
ming from seventy to one hundred
and ten ounces. When water was
struck in this shaft the parties began
work in another shaft in this lead
which had been worked with q whim
by former lessees. The water was
taken out and explorations in a west
erly direction resulted in q few days
in the discovery of the rich pay
sr:eak they had been working on in
the other shaft.
THE CZARINA.
Owned by G. w. Farlin, southwest
of Butte, has a thirty foot shaft from
which some good ore has been taken.
Mr.. Farlin is now running an open
cut on the surface, has proceeded
only some twelve OF fifteen feet, but
has more than paid expenses. He
has q ton of 200 ounce ore sacked and
several tons of ore that samples fifty
ounces.
Woodmanse & Co. have a lease of
400 feet on the west end of the Car
ina. They are working In a forty
foot shaft, and have run q short level
east and west. On Saturday they
made q rich strike showing 200
ounce ore
TON RANEY.
This lead is a mile and q bali
southwest from Butte. 1t has been
leased by Mr.. Pfouts, who is now
taking from it ten tons a day of ore
that runs seventy-hve per cent man.
eanese and from twenty.three to
thirty ounces in silver. Mr.. Pfouts
feds q ready sale for his ore at the
Colorado smelter.
sELF-R1sER.
This lead belongs to Williams d
Co. There is on this lode u shaft $50
feet deep. The mine is worked as
vet Nv q windlass. The ore is low
grade, running from IL to Is ounces
in silver. It carries q large percent
of manganese.
MAPLETON.
This lead is owned by Foster,
Rosenthal and the Harvey McKins
~ estate. Mathews 4 Co. have a
lease Oh the east end of the claim.
They are working in a 27-foot shalt
Near the 8 urface they made a rlch
strike, but lower down the lead
north. When they have
sunk fifty feet q level will be run to
tap the vein.
On the west end of the Mapleton
King L. Co. have q lease. They have
lust begun work in an old 3o-foot
shaft. At that depth the vein Is nine
feet wide and runs IS ounces In silve
and SO per cent. manganese.
Southwest from the Mapleton Is
the Washington Lady, leased for Two
wears by Peiler 4 Blandino: Inc
shaft is beng sunk SO as to strike inc
lead about fifty feet below the surface
On the surface the lead is about Two
f.ot vide and assays fourteen ounces
.,,vor. It carries q high percentageo OF
me burlington is being worked
On a lease by Masters & Co. Inss
have lately begun work IN an o'o
foot shaft and have peer t ts
n,ng Levels east and west al tos'
denth. The present lessees
taken out very little ore as tnes n"''
not begun stop'ng. p,.,o 4
The: Fredonis. ieaseo y leo feet
70. they havea shalt o., Th ,sv are
wOrked by . wlno.ass ~ the fity feet
workipe In the Slopes ~ ~, Sa ore that
,s...is and are taking ou 10 u U cent.
runs 26 ounces silver ana
manganese.