The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-09-12

the lodges are valuable onea and will pay t,
work in the future. At the end OF this cross
cut, and where the Curry lode was encoun
tered, drifts were run in easterly and west
wardly directions, and it was proved tina,
this ledge wal q valuable One Two hun
dred feet west of the cross-cut a winze il
being sunk hat is now down 25 feet ant
shows the ledge to be 5 feet wide, the pay
streak being two feet wide and wort!
$40 a ton. The ledge on this level has beer
opened up a distance OF 800 feet, and is al
ready for stopping. although no work is being
done. The ore on this level is. like many
other places in the mine, held in reserve
The
MAIN SOUTH VEIN
on the 2OO-foot level was next visited,
Considerable work is being done ON this
ledge. The ledge runs from Z to IA feet
wide, while in some places it opens out into
ore bodies Of considerable proportions,
The pay ore is about 3 feet wide, and
stopping is carried on both east and west Of
the shaft.
On the 300 foot level the main south
vein is worked in the same way, is about
the same size and value as on the level
above, while the quantity OF ore in sight is
something enormous.
On the
4OO-FOOT EVE
Stopping is conducted, east and west OF the
main shaft, on a continuation OF the same
shoot Of ore as that being worked on the
800 foot level, which has a tendency to
pitch in a westerly direction. The ore
body on this level has been opened up a
distance OF 400 feet, and is as wide and rich
as it was on the level above.
THE NORTH VEIN.
This is the Oldest vein opened in the Alice
mine, and an immense quantity OF ore has
been taken from it, from the 2OOto the 700
foot levels. At present, owing to recent i'm.
portant developments in other portions OF
the mine, little work is being done on this
vein, leaving the management to prosecute
work in other parts Of the property. The
north vein is therefore also left as an ore
reserve. The ledge on this level is exposed
a distance OF 200 feet west of the main
shaft, while east of the shaft from the 300
foot level 10 the 7OO-foot level this same
vein has been opened up, and is ready for
stopping purposes, from $50 to 200 feet
long. The value OF this ledge all that dis
tance is about the same and shows that
this vein alone will produce ore enough to
run the large mills of the company for an
lIlUtllIllUc DcTlOU. otStEdi IdISc SllOOtS VI
ore have also been encountered on this
vein at the different levels. The most inn
portant feature connected with the develOp-
ments IN this ledge is, that on the 7OO-foot
level the ledge has been proved a longer dis
tance, and is as wide and as rich as at any
place above. In fact, on the 7OO-foot level,
at some places, the ledge is found to be
from IL to Is feet wide. Between the 700
and 2OO-foOt levels the work Of opening up
and exposing the ledge, for stopping pur-
poses is going bravely on, and at any time
a large force Of men can be put on at these
points in extracting orc. A hurried trip
was made to
II OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES LEVEL,
and an inspection made of the main south
vein at that point. Two hundred and fifty
feet west of the shaft, the vein splits in two
but comes together again on the 700.
foot level. The ledge on the 600 is six feet
wide, about one-half OF which is pay rock
and the ore is OF q good grade.
The vein is exposed a distance OF $50 feet
and Slopes are being opened up for work all
of that length. A Wine has also been sunk
the 600 to the 700 foot level through
the ledge all the way, and it looks very fine.
shows the ledge to be valuable in that part
- viz AAAiSt ~ A"0
THE NoRTH VEIN,
the 6OO-foot level is reached by means
OF a Cross-cut $50 feet in length. The ledge
is several feet wide and shows considerable
pay ore. Agreat deal of work is being done
this level and below it on the north vein
and recent developments show it to be a
very valuable lode.
THE BOTTOM.
The bottom level of the mine was next
and everything at that point was
found in avery nice condition. The pumps
working nicely, the air was splendid,
trouble is experienced with the water
and the W crosscuts are going in as rap
idly as muscle and powder can carry them.
The ground in both the north and south
is very hard and, as Il conse-
luence, but slow progress is made.
On the whole, we think the stockholders
Of the Alice Company have reason to feel
iubilant over the very fattering condition
their property. We venture to say there
% no mine in America, or in the world, that
IS worked in such a thorough, business-like
manner as are the mines of the Alice Com
oany. The shafts are all securely timbered;
The levels are all opened out and worked in
III exceptionally clean and safe manner;
5he mines are rendered as sale to the work.
men as all the modern appliances can
make them; the machinery works as
smoothly and nicely as any we have ever
seen and the economy OF the management
AN be seer ineverything that is being done.
1t is utterly impossible for us to form an
OF the quantity OF ore in sight in
he mine. Superintendent Hall and Fore
nan Shovel, when asked how much ore
here was in sight, laughed at the question.
Every level Of each mine is Il mine OF in
wealth in itself. The mines as
yet are truly in their infancy, and it will
De years before either the Alice or the Mag
Ia Charta will be developed sufficiently to
determine the extent of their ore bodies,
he number or value of the lodges or one
lalf the worth OF the mines.
1t is customary in writing a report of Il
nine to say something complimentary of
he management. Anything we could say
n that direction would not add one iota to
he standing OF the Alice Company. Presi-
lent Walker takes especial interest in the
lffairs OF the mine, and he has lone a great
leal towards putting the minein it's present
among the heavy bullion pro-
lucers OF the world. His efforts have
,een seconded by Mr.. Hall, who is a
OF the old school. and it is to his
knowledge Of mines, his economi-
al mode of management, his honesty and
that the Alice company has to
hank for a paying property, and the peo-
lie of Butte for one of the best mines in the
World.
SUDDEN DEATH.