Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-02
BuTTPs HIDDEN wealth.
A Glance at the Mines Now Being
Worked I'm afd About the
Great Camp.
Showings From All Quarters and From
All Glasses Of Ore. .Produc.
ing Property.
Burlington District Looms Up In Great
Shape-Hopeful Signs for the
Lessees and Owners.

Burlington District Looms Up In Grea
Shape-Hopeful Signs for the
Lessees and Owners.
There has been feeling OF depression
among many OF our citizens regarding tn,
| immediate future of our mines. A boon
has been predicted by some, and expected
by all, and with the advent of summer
weather the sudden increase OF the output
OF the camp and the influx Of ionign capi
talhss been anxiously looked for. That
this Millennium has not arrived has been q
source Of disappointment to many. After
an absence OF several weeks your reporter
went among the mines Saturday and finds
no reason for encouragement. With but few
exceptions those that were being worked
three months ago are at press mt producing
a. much ore as formerly. Where some
mines have been abandoned by lessees
others have been opened. The output Of
bullion for the past week exceeds that OF
tho previous one. All the smclters are full.
" supplied with ore. The Butte Reduction
Works have their new blast furnace com.
pleted and running. The silver mills have
no difficulty in keeping their stamps drop
ping. In writing OF stamp mills, 1t Is
apropos to mention the Pacific mine,
which has for some time supplied ore for
the old Lexington and Dexter mills, and
will within q few days start up the Mar.
garet Ann mill, which is as yet, we helieve,
virgin. At the mine the shaft ia being sunk
from the 75.foot station to the 15O-foot.
At present this lessees, Kelly Bros, are
stopping over the so and 80-foot levels and
are raising 1000 tons Of ore a month.
The ore is free-milliny end assays between
20 and 30 ounces in silver and about 81
in gold per ton.
The most promising part of tho district
just now seems to be around Burlington.
The owners of the Bluebird mine have
nearly completed the grading for their mill,
and side track is being laid from the
railroad to it. The Bluebird mine has been
30 often described, and its reputation is so
we'll established, that q repetition of its
present appearance is unnecessary. Like
the Mountain View, the mine has been sim.
ply developed by it's owners, and the ore.
save that which was broken in tho shafts
and levels, is still within the mine, and il
in such quantity, and OF such quality, as
TO place it IN the front rank OF the silver
mines Of Butte. On the
NErrIE
Nessrs. Smith and Martin, the lessees,
are drifting on the 100 and 2OO-foot levels
and stopping above the former. They raise
about ten tons Of ore per day, which mills
about so ounces in silver per ton. On No.
s, which Richard Davy has leased, the
shaft is 100 feet deep, and levels have been
runat 60 and 100 feet. He 10 stopping above
The two levels and milling about co tons
Of 5O-ounce per month. Job and Edwards
are working the west part Of the
BURLINGTON,
and are turning out about twelve tons of
orc per day. Reynolds and Company, who
have lease on the east end Of the lode,
are sinking to the 225,foot station and
;ross.cutting at depth OF 165 feet. They
are also doing work near the surface west
Of their shaft, and are taking most of the
ore they mill from this part Of the vein.
Hoskins and Company are working the
MARROW GAUGE
in the upper levels and are taking out
about 35 tons Of 40-ounce ore per month.
On the
FREDoNIA
Messrs. Rodda. Odgers & Co. are stopping
back OF the 1OOioot level and raising
about 40 tons OF 4O.ounce ore monthly.
Mr.. Mueller, formerly Superintendent Of
the Montana Copper Company, has leased
the
LAST CHANCE,
and is sinking shaft on the vein. IIe has
IN engine and one pump on the mine. and
intends to find out what is in 1t.
g. A. King has recently leased the
CORONA LODE,
which is about qu,rter OF mile east OF
The Gerlnania. He is sinking q shaft and
|inds that his ore assays about 40 ounces
in silver per ton. At the
GERMANIA
three tons Of 90-ounce ore is being raised
daily from the slopes above the $50 and
2OO-foot levels. There are three levels ON
the vein at the depth of 100, $50 and 200
[eet, and throughout these the pay streak
averages about two fee. wide. The shaft is
200 feet deep, and will soon be sunk to the
3OO-foot station. Masters & 70. are work
ing the
The shaft is 100 feet deep. The work
now b. ing done is on the slopes over tho
6O-foot level. About twelve tons of ore
are raised monthly, which mills 60 ounces
in silver per ton. A rumor has been in cir
culation that two pumps had been taken
from the Union Consolidated mines.
The story probably originated from the
lact that an air compressor was taken
rom No. 2 to be used on the Wake Up
Jim. All OF this group Of mines are being
worked as usual, and az far as can be as
certained with good results. At the
there are no changes to record. A new
dividend is ready to be declared to-day.
On the
MAGMA CHARTA
a new gallows-irame and shaft hoNs, are
being pat up, as tho old outfit was too
small for the work required. In conse.
luence OF these changes work on the mine
has been suspended for two days. w. A.
Clark has begun work on the
ACQUISITION,
which has laid idle for years. The shaft is
zoo feet deep. At present the mine in
simply being cleaned out and put in shape
70 be worked. Some ore is being taken
rom the 13O-foot level. On the
CLEAR GRIT
The Slopes OF the 3OO-foot level are being
worked and twenty tons OF ore raised per
lay, which assays from twenty to thirty
ounces in silver per ton, and about IL
,er cent. in copper. Twelve men are en-
oloyed at the mine, and its production
:ould be easily increased were there o
market for the ore. The
LEXINGTON
mill has full supply OF ore, and the cross.
;uts at the 1,0OO-foot station in the mine
Ire being driven. Youlton 4 Company are
putting up an engine and hosting pear ON
The Rock Island. The average production
II this mine has been about ten tons per
lay. With better facilities for orkinp. the
output will, undoubtedly, be increased.
lob and Edwards have taken lease for
fourteen months ON the
MINNIE IRVINE
which has been heretofore worked bv
Evans and Foreman. The 15O-foot level ia
heinq driven eaat and weat op6 s<on;,.