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

notably the LAnstry, which poeeeoees
nearly all the characteristics Of the Bed.
ford mine above mentioned; the Bullion,
. mammoth mine Of low.grade ore: the
Branham, which has been q steady pro.
Chief. The ''Chiei" is, without doubt b -. y
fine property, and has been opened by a
shaft to depth Of $50 feet, where It has /.
large body of ore in sight that assays away
up in the hundreds. Work ON the mine q
temporarily suspended, owing to the death
OF one OF the owners, last summer, but will
be resumed soon and vigorously prose.
euted bS the surviving partner, n. s. Gil
lode here is the Pedo, all the ore from which
has yielded over 500 per ton by arastra
process. 1t has been worked for several
years. and was recently purchased by H.
H. knippenberg, general manager OF the
Hecla Company. OF Glendale, and Mr.. Hugh
Duncan.
In Wisconsin district the company lode
Of D. B. Noble 4 Sons is the most extern
sively developed. It has been worked for
several years, and the ore was reduced by
arastra process. In the last year, however,
the proprietors have erected six-stamp
mill, which enables them to do more work.
and with equally satisfactory results. The
butterfly Company. an organization OF
Washington capitalists, is also operating
mere win HatCef1ng prospects,.
In the Tidal Wave district are also large
number OF promising prospects, and one or
two very well.developed properties; but, so
lar as your correspondents can learn, most
OF the owners are waiting for q railroad,
'sor something" to bring our their value.
An impetus has been given to mining
matters at Iron Rod by the pumping and
cleaning out Of the once famous Iron Rod
mine, and it is now opened to q depth Of
&axak Atm 81 I'll
it was nearer the surface, when in the early
days the yield from the lode astonished
everybody with it's richness. The property
is owned by Messrs. Dahler, Largsy Il Por-
ter. The neighbor1ng camp OF Silver Star
has been quiet during the season Of 1886,
and with the exception Of the Governor
Hayes lode, which has made it's regular
annual contribution to the circulating
medium, but few lodges have been operated
this year. There are, however, undoubtedly
some excellent mining properties In the dis
trict; but the owners seem to be bothered
with the same problem that has for 90
many years been vexing Virginia City
miners to solve. .7a....
While mining affairs have presented 90
sneouraging an aspect during the year on
sids has not been BY any means lagxard.
In the Mineral Hill, or Pony district, there
has been unwonted activity throughout the
season. Old properties have been vigor-
0usly worked, and new enterprises have
been inaugurated which will greatly en-
Nance the Importance Of the place a. q
bullion producing centre. Since the twenty
stamp mill Of Filing & Morris began oper-
ations in the spring, there was NO intermis-
sion in the dropping Ut the stamps-except
Tor cleaning up purposes-until the season's
work was accomplished, and they were
Hhung up" for winter. But winter will
bring no cessation Of work in the mines.
Those miners who own individual proper
ties aae already filing their dumps with ore
,e s NEXT Minnie s"F com ssssns the s.. 1m
It's 81 scope u SEPARATIONS '''' and
will next year greatly increase it's output
Of ore (the mine was this year leased to
Durgin & Hanley, who netted q cool ~, 900
out Of it for their summers work); Messrs.
Filing and Morris have contracted for the
running Of q 6OO-ioot tunnel ON one Of
their leads, and have made arrangements
others, all OF which will give employment
to every workingman in the camp, and
probably necessitate the enlarging OF the
reduction works before next season 10 end
ed. The only persons who look blue over the
prospect in Pony are the poker prestidigita-
teurs, who see in the active operations and
preparations the death-blow to their pecu-
mar industry, AZ leaSt IOF tnls winner.
The mines Of Pony are asynoted for the
mammoth proportions OF those Of low
grade as they are for the richness Of the
narrower veins. 1t almost takes one q
breath away to hear fellows tell how far
they have driven through some of them,
<.and NO foot-wall yet" Some OF these
mines are veritable mountains Of quarts;
and some Of these days when railroads
come nearer, and the expense Of bringing in
mn rhinarv IN work them in leaaanAd there
But, even with the present meagre facilities
mining 10 profitable occupation here, and
the rialal az hullinn for 1881 haa NOT beer