The semi-weekly miner., 1884-07-12
Mining Items.

Sunday will leave the Butte depot at $50 a. m.
sharp. and will start the return trip at 4.sO in
the afternoon. The fare for the round trip is
placed at the low sum ot $500.
The Anaconda mine during the month OF
July up to the evening of the sth, shipped
through the Northwestern Forwarding Company
917 tons of ore. No ore was shipped on the 1st
or 4th.
.3he Katy O'Briep, at the west end of the
Kentucky has on it shaft of onl! fifteen feet. 1t
assays forty ounces of silver, is twenty feet wide
on the surface, and carries the same character
Of ore as the Lexington. 1t is owned by Messrs
VIM. Thompson. J. C. O'Brien and VIM. Lorenz.
At the Parrott smelter there is considerable
outside building. Mr.. Peters has just COM
pleted six dwelling houses. Kemper Bros. have
built one and Messrs. Buck 4 Kemper are now
engaged in putting up threestory boarding
house.
United States lode patents received in Silver
Bow county during the month of June: Harry
c. Kessler, Dives lode, lot 1888; Joseph R. Clark
ct al, Brazil lode, lot 2,5; william Thompson ct
al, Carrie lode lot So; William Thompson ct al,
Last Chance lode and mill site; Marcus Daily ct
al, Grant lode, lot 119.
A pleasant sight to behold and one profitable
to the stockholders was to be seen in the Alice
office yesterday. Twenty-seven silver bricks av-
eraging 95 pounds avoirdupoi' were displayed
upon the shelves of the large safe in the cOmpa-
ny's office. These were the product of nine
days run. Take courage all ye Alice stock
holders At that rate you will soon be rich. Su-
perntendent Hall says the miues belonging to
this company are looking better now than they
have ever done.
We learn from authority, though names are
wi hheld, that negotiations are in progress for
the sale of u mine near Butte, that has up to this
time not been considered first class and IS not
well known, at the price of $3.50 900 The same au
thority states that the owner would not now sell
fhe were not in debt. An expert says that
there is now at least half a million in sight III
that mine. The owner is to be congratulated.
This sudden step from poverty toa condition IN
which one can know where the cash Is to pay
for his breakfast is to utterly too too to con-
template.
A rich strike was made day before yesterday
on the Kentucky lead This lead has not at
tracted attention before this time. 1t is owned
by Chauvin e. o Briea, and short time ago
was leased by Mr. John Doble for ei.hteen
months. 1t is situated north of the Bell aud
east of the exinston. On the surface the lead
showed a width of twenty-five feet. The mine
is worked with a whim. In starting to run the
level at the depth OF 100 feet the rich strike was
made. Some very beautiful and rich specimens
of ruby and wire silver have been taken from
this mine. In the pay streak the owners thlnk
the ore will average i5O ounces.
We understand from Mr.. Louis Demer that
| the more work is done on the Granite Mountain
of Philipsburg the better it shows. 1t is worked
not by shaft but by tunnels run into the
mountain. There are now three of these tun-
nels in operation. The lowest of these taps the
lead at the depth of about 500 feet The ore ls
very rich. This is the mine that yielded $685.
600 from 1900 tons of ore. We understand that
while Mr. Charles Clark, of this city, was In
Philipsburg, experimenting the interests OF the
Hone Company, to which this mine belonged
dissatisfaction was expressed with his manage
ment because he desired to push its develop
ment. The outcome has shown that Mr.. Clark
displayed fine judgment as mining man, ana
that he put his work in where it did wonder
full amount of good.
The Parrot Company is doing nicely and is
producing 100000 pounds Of matte per month.
The large ca ching building now in course of
construction is being covered with iron. The
concentrator being built will be one Of the most
complete in the Territory. 1t will be double
throughout, two crushers, four set Of rollers ten
tunnels and jigs and tables to take care OF all
ore run through. The Parrot Company has
been fortunate in securing the services of Mr..
Heberling, lately of Wickes, who is well posted
| in smelter work. The Parrot has been fortu-
! nate in securing the services of such men as
Mr.. Gaylord fIr superintendent. DR.. Peters for
| assistant superintendent Messrs. Heber-
! ling, Leggatt, and Bartlett to look
after the erection of the buildings.
I Work ia now begun on the foundation for the
cupola furnaces and the g are t. De hurried to
completion. This company expect as soon as
| their works are in operation to produce at the
rate Ct 100 900 pounds of copper matte per
month. 1t is now the second copper producer
| in the United ststes. The Calumet and Hecla
| produces first, the Parrot second, Copper Queen
third, and the Montana Copper Co. fourth.
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