Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-31
BUTTE MINING VEINS.
What Is Said in Regard to Location
Of Some Of the Leads.

What Is a in Regard to the Location
of Some of the Leads.
Correspondence OF the New York Eng
neering and Mining Journal In the official
report Of the Tamarack Mining Company,
signed by Mr.. J.. w Clark and A.. s.. Bigelow,
| notice that these gentlemen consider the
Boston q Montana sulphuret concern as
an essential part of the great Anaconda
lode, etc., but they ought to know better,
especially il they had. consulted their able
superintendent, Mr.. Couch. It has been
claimed that Mr.. Larabie, the former
owner OF the Mountain View" struck the
Anaconda-St. Lawrence vein in the Noun.
tain View. This is nottrue. Like Columbus,
who sailed west to reach East India and
found and discovered America, so Mr..
Larabie based his calculations in sinking
the shaft on the Mountain View 500 feet,
on the expectation of striking the Ana
conda-St. Lawrence vein.
He did not find it, Of course, but d;scov-
cred instead two new veins runningalmost
parallel with the Anaconda st. Lawrence,
viz: the South Mountain View and the
North Mountain View vein. The latter
forms the large Colusa vein, running
through the Shannon into the West CO.
lusa, Liauidator, Clark's Colusa, East CO.
lusa. and from there further west, all
owned by the Boston Consolidated.
Lately. parties connected with the Bos-
ton Consolidated bought the Pennsylvania
and Johnstown lode, better known as the
Harris Lloyd tunnel, situate exactly
east and southeast OF the st. Lawrence,
and south OF the Shannon and Colusa.
The tunnel enters these two properties
from the south, runs north and crosses five
distinct well defined copper veins. They
are small yet, but doubtless will become
larger when a depth corresponding with the
depth OF the workings in the st. Lawrence
mine has been reached.
Mr.. Ben Tibbey, superintendent Of the
Parrot, who has for several years past
made it a special study to trace the copper
veins of Butte, had long ago called my at
tention to the different course OF the Ana
conda and the Mountain View vein. Not
only unmistakable surface indications TOUT
croppings), but also recent developments ON
the different claims confirm his statement.
The course of our Butte vein is essentially
east and west, with slight alterations to
the southeast and northeast, and a look
on the map will show at once the impossi.
bility of the Mountain View vein being
identical with the Anaconda-St. Lawrence.
The following i've veins cross the tunnel
Il 200 feet long):
1. The Bellona vein (south OF the Parrot)
g.. The North Parrot vein; and 3, the
South Parrot, forming the Parrot Com
pany's properties, these running through
Ramsdell's, Shakespeare, and the two Par
rot properties owned by the old Montana
Copper Company.
4. The Anaconda vein, running through
the st. Lawrence for about 900 feet in an
aasterly direction. then turning it's course
for 600 feet to the southeast.
s. The South Mountain View vein,
about 400 feet north of tine ST. Lawrence
and parallel with same, while the North
Mountain View vein, due northeast, forms
the Colusa vein, and rum in a northeast
erly direction.
The production of the Boston e. Mon
tana Company amounted in August and
September to 100000 pounds OF fine
copper per month, and in October the out
put will probably be 2,500,00 pounds fine
copper.
The old plants formerly owned by the
Montana Copper Company and W. A.
Clark show only little improvement in the
shape OF some additional furnaces AID a
Bruckner calciner.
A new plant is proposed, but the site is
not yet selected. s. e. r.