The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-03-03
MINES AND MINERALS,
The Miners Usual Weel..
Report Of Our Industry.

Report Ol VuT luuuSbly'I
CO<CERNING BOOMs
What is Being Done at tho Montana
Copper Company's Mines-A Lot
Of Interesting Mining News.
A few days ago the telegraph flashed
abroad the important announcement that
"a gentleman in New York. well posted on
mining affairs said We sre on the eve oi
another mining boom. It is going to b in
Nevada and on the old Comstock lodes' -
New ada has been having those periodical
blooms" until the little Silver State has
been almost "boomed" out OF ofrecoguition, A
mining boom in Nevada means that a party
ofstock sharks aill buy upa block OF shares
OF some mine, put men to work in a drift,
raise or winze, and swear them to strict
silence in regard to what is met with in the
place they work. After working awhile the
men are kept in the mine for q few
days and the report is circulated
that in this mine a large body OF
ore has been encountered. Thestock of the
on the inside unload their stock at large
prices, and before the game is discovered
hundreds OF poor people, and few rich
hox hoon fl111 vIron 10
operators rake in their pile, and the
boom" is "busted" much quicker than it
grew, and the asst state OF the mine and
the district in which it is located is wofse
than the first. The people OF Montana are
PERFECTLY SATISFIED (
for Nevada to enjoy all "booms" OF that
character. We are content with the per-
fectly legitimate manner in which our
mines are managed. In the past, the
mines OF this Territory, as Il rule, have
been worked in a manner that has re-
fected great credit to their owners and
managers and at the same time have made
60 cd returns for the amount Of money ex-
pended upon them. While tlis is true, of
Montana as whole. it has been doubly
true of the mines of Butte City and the
surrounding camps. From the very com
mencement of Butte as a mining camps it
has maintained steady growth, until
to-day it is the greatest mining cent err in
the known world. It has not depended
upon the sound of trumpets for it's
modern means OF advertising it's merits,f in
order to take it's place as the foremost
mining camp in existence. The only blooms"
that Butte has received have been the quiet
meetings of the owners of the mines located
here and the pleasing dividends that have
been divided between them. Hundreds. OF
men have been slowly but surely growing
rich from the proceeds of our mines ahd.no
noise has been made concerning tile ma tier.
What Butte has been in the past it will
continue to be in the future, only on a
much more extensive scale. The present
fine condition OF scores of our mines war
rants US in making the above assertion.
The following reports OF some OF the mines
ing:
THE MONTANA COPPER coMPANY's
series of mines are not worked on a very
extensive scale at present, although con-
siderable work is being done on them. The
principal work being done is conducted on
the East and West Colusa mines. A drift
is being carried in on the 26O foot level of the
East Colusa. that will connect with the 400
foot level of the West Colusa. The work OF
these two mines will be COM
peted in about four weeks. When this
work is accomplished 22OO feet OF the
ledge will be opened, all ready
for stopping purposes. All of this distance
shows good mineral-bearing ground, and
every inch will be worked at an advantage
to the company. A crosscut is being car
ried in on the 8OO-foot level OF the East
Colusa, from the shaft. This crOsscut is
now in 40 feet and it is expected that the
main ledge of the mine will be encountered
q few teet farther in. The East Colusa is
looking well, in fact better than it ever did.
The mine is only just beginning to be
opened up. At the
WEST COLUsA
is the order OF the day. There
are several large ore bodies laid open in
this mine ready for the drill and pick, but
not a pound of ore will be taken out. says
Superintendent Raunheim, until copper
advances in price. Both of the Colusas
are looking grand, the furnaces are in good
trim and the entire works could be started
up at days notice if it was required.
There are sixty men at work in both mines
and all that is needed to see Meaderville in
full blast is little squirt in the copper
market.
mine remains about the same as at our
last report. Drifting in the 4OO-foot level
is carried IN with vigor. The north vein
has been cut through in this level and a
drift on the vein is now being carried in.
The south vein has been reached. but not
enough work has been done to determine
the size OF the ledge. The work OF stopping
is being conducted on the upper levels OF
the mine and sufficient ore is extracted to
meet the demands OF the eompany's furn-
ace leaving the lower levels as IL vast ore
reserve The 4OO-foot level will not be
worked for ore for the winter, as
there is sufficient mineral laid open above
to keep the furnaces going for long time
to come. The mine never looked as well as
it does at present. There are 11O men
employed in and around the mine.
THE MORNING STAR.
This mine is located on Montana street
and is owned by Messrs. w. A. Clark and
Adam Faraday. 1t has been nearly two
years since anything has been done in the
mine and it is now full of water. 1t is 200
feet deep and has good record as an ore
producer. Yesterday the mine was leased
by it's owners to Messrs. Bews Bros. and
Wash Hutton. These gentlemen are the
ones who took hold of the Wild Bill
mine some time ago and brought that
property to the front as steady and i'm,
portant ore producer. They have IA
months lease of the Morning Star and in
tend to Immediately erect pump in the
mine and clear it Of water. If there is any
thing in this mine these gentlemen will
bring it out.
The LATE ACQUISITION
is worked on lease by Messrs. Smell, Pas
coe Job, Rodda, Eddy and Edwards who
have force of twelve men employed. On
the 12O-foot level of this mine rich ledge
of silver-bearing ore has been discovered
that is yielding well. In the drift on the 20
foot level an important strike has been
made, and the worthy miners are almost
sure to be rewarded for the large amount
of work they have done on the property.
THE ALICE NINE
remains about the same. All portions OF
the property are looking and producing
we'll and bid fair to continue so for a long
time to come. The ledge ON the SOO-foot
level of the mine is opening out in all di-
roctions nriftinp on the lower levels is