The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-01-06
THE WEST SIDE CAMP.
Burlington and Some Of Its
Many Mines.
Ac Y.
A Large Number of Properties Being
Successfully k7d Ond3r
Leases.

their own affairs chat they seldom heal or
think of the neighboring suburb OF Burl'ng'
ton, and when they do even pass it through
their memories they have little more than a
faint idea of what the town and its sur
r0nndings really are. There are at least a
dozen mines within a quarter OF a mile
OF the place which are being daily
worked, and all of them are producing and
milling ore. The lease system prevails here
to a larger extent than in any place Ot
it's size on the coast, In fact all OF the mines,
except the Blue Bird and perhaps one or
two Others are thus worked, and it seems
to lust meet therequirements OF the camp.
The little town down in the gulch il grow-
| ing considerably, and the number OF per-
manent residents has very p~erceptlbly IN
creased within the past three months, while
| several new business houses have been
| opened up. Everybody seems satisfied
| with the outlook. and those whose leases
them.
THE BURLINGTON.
The property at present showing the
most push and hustle is the Burlington
claim, which is under lease to Messrs. 5. }.
Reynolds e. Company, who have control OF
the ground until January LIST, 1887. The
main Wine has been II q to a depth OF
100 feet, q level having been run east $50
feet ca tAnd seventy feet west at that depth,
while the other level-the seventy-five foot
has been run seventy-five east and 3
west. The vein is very uniform, and will
average in the neighborhood OF four feet in
width. 1t has been opened up TO the sur
face in several places by raises, slopes and
wines, and a very large body OF ore is ex.
posed. At pr sent twenty-five men are be-
--l ~. tx>rc ~ NO i no.
ing taken out daily, and nine cams are
kept busy hauling the rock to the Lexing-
ton mill, which has been leased by Reynolds
& Company. They will have no difficulty
in supplying the mill, and will realize hand
somely from their lease.
Just above the Reynolds hoist, Philip
Biwsork and the Master Brothers have a
lease on the top ground of the Burlington,
and they are taking out considerable good
Grade ore, which is also being shipped to
the Lexington.
THE FREDONrA.
Thomas Rodda & Co.. have taken o lease
Of this piece OF ground, and have sunk the
shaft down 100 feet on the vein, and they
are now drifting both ways in the vein,
which is very wide. On the 12O-foot level
they are driving the drifts and stopping in
about three feet of very fair grade ore,
which is being hoisted out and shipped to
the mill at the rate OF about 100 ton per
month. The ledge is improving as the
depth of the shaft is increased, and gives
every promise of showing up a handsome
body of ore:
THE BLUE BIRD.
One OF the best locations in this vicinit
is the Blue Bird, and it is producing a grade
OF rock which ia hard to beat. During the
past week it was shut down fora couple OF
days, to enable the machinists to make
some repairs, to the hoisting apparatus,
but it is again being worked vigorously.
The ledge looks most encouragingly, and
the holders of the stock feel confident OF
rich returns for the 100000 which they
paid for the claim during the past summer.
THE sANKEY.
Ed. Ransom and John DERRICK nave re-
Gently taken a lease upon this property,
and have begun sinking a new and perpen-
dicular shaft, which has already reached a
depth of 40 feet. The old incline was down
It's feet, and showed such a fine and prom
Using prospect that the lessees concluded it
would pay to sink another and more con-
venient shaft. The old incline and the
drifts from it yielded considerable good ore.
which was milled ut remunerative figures.
LITTLE DARLING.
The ease recently worked by McSherry
& Company upon the Little Darling expired
during the week just passed, and no
work is now being done upon it. The par
ties are e~ndeavoring to renew their lease,
but nothing definite is yet known. Yester-
day the engineer was cleaning up his ma
chinery and in a day or two will have
everything in first-closs shape to renew OPP
erations. 1t is generally believed that, not
withstanding the heavy loss imposed upon
them by the flooding OF the mine duringth the
summer, the lessees have made money out
OF their investment, as they have taken out
a great deal Of rich ore.
In the Kossuth, William Bell, the lessee.
a very handsome ledge, nearly three
',et wide, OF good ore. The shaft is
feet deep, and pay rock is
being taken from both the east and west
irifts, and shipped to the Lexington mill.
THE UINTA.
Messrs. Mcdonald, Banning and Randall
ave a lease upon the Uinta, and are work
right along, the shaft having reached a
lepth of forty feet. At this point they have
.rlfted both east and west, and are STOP
% S"ihS Soou0 IOohlDS VIC III " ouOTU
oIU ofuhfIS Of ta~-L-n uy;n ho no
umed. !.
THE NETTlE.
Messrs. Bastien and Morton are working
1isf mine under a lease, which requires
hem to push the shaft from it's present
epth (13S feet) IN additional depth Of IS
ct, and they are hard at work. As soon :
) this depth is reached they will drift in
9TH directions upon the vein, and from
.Dpearances in the upper works they feel
o%sitive that they will come across a large
of paying ore.
THE I. X. l.. L.
The Hoskin Brothers have put d steam 4
list on their property, and have sunk the
aft to a depth Of SIS feet, and are at
esent drifting east and west upon the
1ge, taking out u nice lot of very good
e, which is shipped to the mill as fast as
is hoisted.