The Butte daily miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1885-18??, 1886-01-01

chinists and engineers, Meesrs. Fraser
4 Chalmers, for the erection OF first
class gold and silver mill o. !, the e most
ances known for the treatment OF gold and
silver ores. This mill is now in course Of
erection. under the direction Of the con-
| tractors, who, it is said, guarantee its effl-
cheney and the salvage Of q percentage close
up to the assay OF the precious metals which
the ores contain, however base or reirac.
OF a dry crushing silver and gold
mill Of ten stamps and six-inch
Sturtevant pulverixer; four improved
combination pans, OF five feet diameter;
two improved settlers, Of eight feet diane
ter; an automatic revolving dryer, 40
inches by 1sfeet; White improved roast
ing furnace, 40 inches in diameter and 26
feet long; 7x1O Blake crusher; two engines
and two boilers; automatic feeders retorts,
bullion furnace. sellers hoist, etc. The
buildings, which IRE all now under cover,
are a boiler and engine rooms, 34x48 feet,
pan rooms, 34x46; battery room, 4Ox36;
cooling floor, 36x3S; rooster and dryer
room. 42x45; elevator and crusher house,
22x26, and a retort and assay office, 2Ox
rs feet. The battery room is large enough
to admit of the addition Of ten more
stamps to the crushing capacity, should
the company see fit to put them in, or cir.
cumstances require the increase.
The buildings and works, as above stated,
are being erected by Messrs. Fraser 4
Chalmers , under the superintendeney OF Mr..
engaged in mill-building for the firm
States. Mexico, South America and Europe.
Mr.. r. l. Chahoon is the business manager
OF the company, and Mr.. B. Bulger is the
mining superintendent. Both are men oflarge
experience in their respective vocaticns,
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for many years.
While these works, in point of capacity,
will not compare with the mammoth estab-
lishments Of the kind in Butte, in point Of
excellence, il is claimed they will be equal
to any in the world, and the building OF
them is indicative Of the confidence he pro.
prietors have in the wealth OF the ores
which they are expected to treat.
Virginiaus are "banking heavily" on the
results Of this experiment, and confidently
look forward to her rehabiliment in
some Of her old glory when it's success is
demonstrated. The quartz mines around
the neighborhood are numerous and well
defined; the veins are generally Of good
width, and the ASSAYS received make q low.
grade quartz expert green with envy. What
wonder, then, that their confidence in their
mines is so strong, and that they have q
never-wavering faith that when the proper
mode Of treatment has been hit upon, Vir-
ginia will leap to the front and astonish the
world with the wealth Of her quartz as she
did with that OF her placers? It is faith
with which your contributor 10 thoroughly
imbued, and he is sanguine that, when he
writes for the next holiday number Of The
MINER, he will have the great pleasure OF
chroniclinR its full iruition and absolute
certainty.
But the chow Of promise" now shining
hereabouts iAnot confined to the horizon
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cannot be gainsayed that the work OF the
last few years has demonstrated the fact
that Madison County il honey.combed
with quartz mines Of great value. In the
Browns Gulch district are several lodges
which are opened to depths varying from IS
to 200 feet, and al in permanent castings;
bodies Of ore, that there is no doubt will
yield handsome profits for working. Many
OF them have, in addition to assay tests
had their value verified by the shipment of
| large lots to distant reduction works, the
returns from which have been eminently
satisfactory to the owners. The leading
properties in this district are the Spratt
Black, North Pacific, Lowena and High.
land Chief, all OF which are in fair state
OF development; and the first named, it ia
said, ia able to supply all the ore that the
works now being erected in Virginia can
| nandle 1Of year. Recent assays from the
lower depths OF this lode have exceeded
81. 900 per ton.
Granite, Harris, California Bivens, and
Ramshorn districts have also been worked
Tor quartzla lately, and with good results. The
Belmont mine, in Granite Gulch, is
owned by Messrs. johnson and Bickford,
who recently shipped carload OF ore,
taken from a depth OF over $50 feet, to the
Omaha works, and received therefor 81, 1875,
or about S137 per ton. The principal
mine yet opened in Ramshorn district is