The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-02-21
The HOnnaker and Ajax Properties
are Being Rapidly Developed.
The Continental, Don't Care, Alta,
Monday, Christians, Arctic, Chisel-
way and Other Lodes.
From 60 to $50 ounce ore Taken from
Different Mines.
A District which will be Heard from
Again as q Producer of Rich Ores.
Special report for the MINER,


This district is situated about Is
miles from Butte City on the Little
Pipestodn, and is one of MOntana's
garden spots. NJ high inaccessible
rocky ranges but accessible at all
times, winter or summer to all
parts of the district of which makes
it more favorable for the pioneer
prospector.
1 have visited the Princess lode,
owned by Mcbride, Covert & Co.,
found Covert at home, genial and
hospitable. latch string hanging on
the outside. After supplying the in
ner man 1 visited the shaft which is
the deepest 80 far. in the district, 2l2
feet on the incline, with q fine body
of ore in sight all the way down.
Levels have been run so feet each
way from the shaft at 100 feet. They
show fine bodies Of ore of q high
grade, gold and silver. The assays
run IS high $3.50 in gold and 250
ounces in silver. There are 200 tons
of ore on the dump, aside from what
has been milied. Since my visit I am
informed the company have made a
sale of the property. A fortune is
lying between the walls. I visited
other properties owned by this
company, in the immediate vicinity,
and found them all looking we'll.
Shafts sunk from 10 10 40 feet deep
on q vein from two to four feet be-
tween walls, with fine bodies of
quartz, bearing mineral which assays
from so to 800 ounces. East of the
Princess I found our old and true
friend, Blodgett, busy sorting ore,
and judging from the pile of sacks
filled, he will soon hear the jingle
of the much-abused dollar of our dads
in his pockets. He is working four
men, down about 40 feet, has a fine
chute Of ore, and a new shaft and
within house 24x4O feet. He Informed
that the lowest assay Of his sorted
rock was 60 ounces, and his highest
$50 ounces average about 24O ounces.
Everything about this mine indi-
Gates prosperity, and shows that the
owner is there to stay.
About three-quarters of mile west,
on Reeder creek, lays the Honiker
mine. The shaft is down 80 feet, !
and three men are working with
whim. The ledge matter Ia mixed
with a little quartz all the way. 1t
is a contact vein, lying between lime
stone and granite, a fine chute of
ore, about so feet south, dipping |
towards the shaft. interviewed. The
owners are sinking a shaft 100 feet. |
and will cross-cut for the walls.
South of this location, about three
fourths Of a mile, Is the Ajax lode, |
owned by Burton, Wallace & Co.
They have been working a crew of
men all the fall and winter prospect
ing their property. They haye sunk
q perpendicular shsft IS feet and not
tapping the lead, run a cross cut west
20 feet before finding the foot wall.
They found the ledge 7 feet wide be-
walls with 8 feet solid quartz
which sampled $50 unces. This
company have shipped a number of
tons of milling ore. AS soon as
winter lets up a little they intend to
put up the necessary buildings and
machinery, put on a force of men and
crowd development. Wallace is the
man who can DO it.
South, on the same lode is an ax-
owned by w. P. Emery and
c. Lee, called the Continental.
The Shaft is about 80 feet deep on the
with 81 feet Of ore between
TIE breast shows a fine ore
body. The ore in sacks on the dump
it is not a barren lead. 1t is
the same class of ore as the Ajax and
AZ high grade.
South, and east one-half mile Is the
)" Don't Care mountain. Emery &
Lee havea fine lode called the "Don't
They have commenced rum
ming a tunnel and are in
30 feet, and are taking out some ore all
The while, but do not expect to strike
the main ore chute found at rhes dis
covery shaft under IS feet further.
When they strike the chute of ore
they are after they will be
Town about 2s0 feet, the estimated
lepth from the discovery. This lode
copper, silver glance and
silver. Assays as high as
b, 900 have been taken from this
ode. The breast of the tunnel
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