The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-09-27

Jay SEPETEMBEl
evidence of Professor Clayton's and
other scientific experts predictions of
what might be found in our great
mineral belts. I have secured about
15O pounds of these ores, and will
have them at the MINER Office in
Butte ready to send to the Worlds
Fair, the day following the publica-
tion of this letter. 1t is specially re.
quested of the mining experts of
Butte that they call at the MINER
office and see these ores for them
selues. Over 200 tons are on the
dump at the Silver Bell and quite as
much will be on the Ned dump in
side of q week. Good roads have
been graded to both mines, and a
shaft house will be erected at once
over the Ned. while tunnel will be
started in few days on the lead to
strike the main shaft of the Silver
Bell, when it will be sunk-to make
connection at depth of $50 feet. Mr..
Parker has sent for sacks and will
haul this valuable ore to the railroad
and ship it to Omaha for reduction.
have Travelled about Is miles to see
this wonderful vein of ore and for
the purpose cf fexamining other mines
in its immediate neighborhood.
Nearly all the lodges of ore, lime
stone or granite, tend directly to-
wards Boulder and so on to Butte;
hence it is concluded this is a con-
tinuation of the same belt of mines
which have made the fame of the
Silver City world wide.
THE SKINNER LODE
Is situated about two miles in a
southearsterly direction from the Sill
yer Bell lode. The vein has been
opened in two different places 200
feet apart. The shaft is about 20 feet
deep and an open cut on the lead
produced good pay. The character
of the rock is gold bearing but car
ries, silver, galena and copper. The
ore worked so far has been by arastra
process and but $1275 per ton has
been saved. Those acquainted thor
Oughly with the ores and who have
worked it claim that assays show $50
in gold per ton and that it can be
saved with proper treatment.
The vein has widened gradually
from the top and is now about four
feet in width and shows ore of the
nature similar to that in the Surprise
lode, owned by Messrs Ritchart &
Zimmerman. The old-fashioned style
of working gold ores has been aban-
doned and the owners Messrs. A. H.
Doughty & Runt Skinner propose
sinking the shaft to depth of so or
60 feet and trying some new mode of !
extracting the gold.
THE SURPRISE LODE
Owned by Zimmerman & Ritchart,
original discoveries, was found in |
October last. The lead has been
traced for 700 yards and two shafts
% feet each in depth, and As feet
apart. have been sunk. Ore is being
taken out from the main body. A
DRIFT has been run to connect bot b
shafts and the ore proves of q uni |
form character. At present only a
day shift is at work, but as soon as |
the new aras ira IS completed night
force will te put on. A five ton test
In the cd ar .stra gave S35 per ton in |
gold and hence the company are
erecting new works. They will erect
a second arastra next spring. The !
ore is free milling and 81 per ton sill |
yer is taken from the dust. The vein
is three and one-lalf feet in width |
and the mine is decidedly not for !
sale. The same company own two |
other leads, the Lucretia and Luella,
which will be worked this fall. The !
ores from all three of the above men,
toned leads are of so tractable a ma
ture that I pounded considerable of |
it up in mortar and panned out the |
gold dust.
THE PLACER DIGGINGs
In the vicinity of Radersburg are |
about all shut down at present, as !
the season is over, or, in other words
water is too scarce. There are still |
very many pieces of valuable claims
here which could be worked to prof
liable advantage did not the parties
owning the water charge such exor-
bitant rates, AS it is the
ground is untouched. A few of
the claims have been worked this
season and paid good yearly wages.
i. e., sufficient dust was taken out
during the three months operations
to pay good wages for the entire
year. If the mine owners and
water owners could only come to
some amicable understanding much
greater field Of gold would be the re-
suit.
AGRICULTURAL.
This valley is conceded to be the
prettiest in Montana. Radersburg
is situated about four miles from the
h cad of Crow Creek valley. At this
point the valley is ABOUT four miles
wide and continues to widen until
the creek empties into the Missouri
river twelve miles east. At the lower
end the valley is about sixteen miles
wide. From-the Missouri river east
and up and down the stream the
country IS known as the Missouri
River Valley. The whole country is