The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-02-25
THE MINES.
The Independence District Looming up.
Mines Bonded and Mines being Worked.
The Blue Bird, Little Darling, Cham.
piOn, Snow Drift, Silver Lick
and others.

The Snow Drift and Silver Lick
adjoining the Margaret Ann lode or
the north and west have been bonded
to q California for S45, 900.
The Silver Lick lie owned by james
Brogan, Frank Shovelin and James
McQuillan.
The Snow Drift is owned by
BILLY" Wilson, Robert McMinn
and John Branagan.
The Snow Drift has a shaft 40 feet
deep aud levels have been run east
and west $50 feet on a 3 foot Wien OF
40 ounce ore.
The Silver Lick Is undeveloped
except by q shaft 20 feet deep on a
large body of low grade r
The proximity of these two lodes
to the Margaret Ann, which is con-
sidered one of the most valuable in
this camp, makes them important.
The trend of the adjoining leads
shows conclusively that the purchas-
ers, or their agents, are experts, else
they would not have figured SO close
ly on the geological formation.
The Snow Drift wien contains per-
oxide of manganese, with black
sulphurets and chlorides 0fsilver. The
ore is free milling above water level.
The Silver Lick ore contains manga
Dese, pyrites of iron, sulphurets and
6ecks Of ruby silver.
THE HOPE.
This mine lies we st of and adjoins
the Anselmo. The owners, Robert
McMinn, VIM. T. Boardman, John
LeggaU and VIM. T. Stevens, are ne
gotlating a bond of $50, 600. The
vein IL from three to ten feet in width
and goes from 40 to 1900 ounces in
silver. The ore contains sulphurets Of
silver, argentiferous gray copper and
mispickle, with hornblend and calc-
spar on the foot wall. The ore is
free milling and contains rich bodies
of silver glance.
BLUE BIRD.
Superintendent Fleming has a force
of men at work Oh the $50 foot level.
They are extracting about 80 tons of
r per day from the old
shaft. The vein has been 8 ut
about % feet and, 81 far, no foot wall
discovered.
In the tunnel Of the Blue Bird
stopeing Is going on with regularity
and about 20 tons per day coming
from the vein. This ore gives assay
of from 50 to so ounces in
In the new Amy shaft the work.
men are down 40 feet and are cross
cutting from bottom of shaft, south,
to tap the main vein. So far the
work has been driven but Is feet, but
n ore matter and dead ground which
gives favorable indications of ore In
THE CHAMPION
Work is gong on in the east level
IN very rich ore Work on this level
the 14O) has been commenced with |
! view Of continuing for 100 feet or
more, before starting in another di.
'ection. The vein is about -four feet
width, and carries a considerable |
mount of silver, some gold and man
the entire body averaging |
rom So to IS dollars per ton in silver, |
md from four to ten dollars in gold. |
rhe ore is being ho,sted regularly,
md is shipped to the Moulton fer
'eduction. The Champion lays in
me of the best mining districts. near
Butte, and IS but a little way ncrth
# the Blue Bird and
LITTLE DARLING.
In this mine a new body of ore has
'een lately reached.
In drifting on the main vein q 20.
DOT horse was encountered, cut, and
The ore body beyond,
'roved richer than that previously
ncountered. The work is being
|rlven rapidly. The company now
propose to sink the shaft 100 feet
and from that'point run drifts
nd c%rOss-cuts.
Ninety-one tons (the last shipment
0 the Moulton) gave battery assays
f $3.50 ounces in silver, with about
7 in gold.
The ore daily taken from this mine
aOre than pays all expenses. Con-
the fact that continual new
improvements are being made this is
omething remarkable. The ore is
ent to Moulton and Colorado tor
reatment. In this district other
properties are looming up.
fanny owners of different claims are
utting their prospects In order,
rectiDg whims, hoisting works, and
preparations for general
evelopment.
Just underneath the Blue Bird, on
ne flat, or rather in the gulch, stands
ne little town of Burlington, the
cad centre OF Independence Dis
.ict. A large and commodious hotel,
wned by Messrs ). G. Rianchi and
ohm c. Jansen has cen erected and
ow furnishes substantiais for fifty
Oarders. Mr.. Barnes has erected a
ew saloon and will open It to-mor-
wv. Mr.. George Rogers has the