The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-04-15
Shipments to the Silver Bow Mill
will commence this week. =
Wild Bill.

Work still progresses in driving
west OH the north lead from the 1886
foot level. This lead is looking much
better and now shows width of six:
feet. The character of the ore taken
from the drifts continually improves.
A large shipment will be made to the
past week 100 tons of pay rock have
been taken out, of which ten tons Of
choice high grade was shipped to the
Colorado Smelter for reduction.
Nettie
This mine is another Of the many
owned by the Colorado Company,
and has been leased to the parties
now working it. The shaft is down
l16 feet. Stopping began on the
fffty-foot level, and ore assaying from
40 to 60 ounces in silver to the ton
taken out. This is shipped to The
Colorado smelter for reduction.
About ten tons of this ore is now on
the dump.
The air compressor which was
recently put in place is not, rs yet, in
operation. The work in all the drifts
:nd levels has been resumed and is
now progressing. During the week
the product of ore averaged sixty
five tons per day. At the mill all the
STAMPS are running on Lit xington
ore except ten which are crushing
Little Darling ore.
Mountain View
The work of drifting on the 500 and
GOO-fOOt levels continues. The major
portion of the work, however, is be-
ing done in developing the lower
drifts. The company have some very
fine ore in their ore house, which
comes as near being genuine copper
as any ever witnessed. About 100
tons of this ore will be shipped to
Europe next week.
Columbia.
The shaft is now down eighty feet
and drifting from the bottom of shaft
east and west stopped, and stopping
commenced from the elghty-foot
level. The ore is of good quality and
shipped to the Colorado smelter as
fast as taken out. A night force will
be put OH immediately.
Montana.
Colusa, West Colusa and Montana
Parrot are all working to their full
capacity. AT the smelling works the
furnaces are all working the same AS
when last visited and turning out
the same amount of copper-silver
matte.
This mine is fraction between the
Bummer and Volunteer mines.
Work on shaft progressing, but as
the lead is to the north of shat;
stripping of the ledge is now going
OH. This property, it is understood,
was bonded to-day by other parties.
Zclln.
The Old Lexington mill continues
working Oh the ores produced by the
different mines owned and leased by
the II ,lia Mining Co. The ore be-
ing worked is Of good grade and mill
ing to good profit. Shiuments OF bull
lion will he reported next week.
Chief Joseph.
Stopping from the lOO-foot level con-
tinupd the past week. The charac-
ter of the ore is about the same az
when last visited. Twelve tons of
choice rock was shipped yesterday.
A break appears to be coming in the
lead which is cutting 1t out.
Blue Beard.
This mine is located three miles
east of Butte IN the vicinity Ut the
village of Burlington. The shaft is
down 100 ieet and the work of sink
ing is still contemplated until the
lead is cut, which Is thought to he
within thirty or forty feet.
The Parrot Company are still run
Ming one reverberatory furnace and
still continue the same force of men
employed as formerly. At the mine
everything remains quiet, it being
entirely shut down and no ore being
extracted.