Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-07
THE BOSTON 4 MONTANA
Preparations for Sinking New.
Shaft to Work the Two
CoIusas.
A New Hoist Already Ordered
Similar to the Harris
Lloyd Plant.
From Tbursdsys Daily.

SASlA y NIL
When the leading directors OF the Boston
and Montana Consolidated Copper and
Silver Mining company were in this city q
week or ten days ago arrangements were
made for sinking q new shaft on the COM
pany's property between the East and
West Colusas. This shaft will be known
~ the "Lsonard, !" IL taking its name FROM
Leonard Lewisohn. one OF the directors
Of the company, and will be sunk about
one hundred yards q little north OF west
from the Colusa hosting works. On the
spot selected for the sinking OF this shaft
there are atpresent several piles OF ore from
which the Base Ingredients are being burned,
and as 500 as..this is finished, work will
be commenced. The hosting machinery to
be used is exactly like that ordered for the
Harris-Lloyd property, which, when il
arrives and Ia put in place, will be the
finest and most complete OF any other hoist
in the state. The new shaft il to be OF
three compartments, and will be the main |
working shaft OF all the company property |
in its Immediate vicinity. When the shaft |
win rave attained q depth OF 400 feet a |
connection will be made with the Colusa;
connections will thereafter be q every
hundred feet below, thus giving ample ven.
tilAton to the lower workings OF the Co
lusa. The shaft at the Colusa Is 800 feet
deep, but the work OF extracting ore ID car.
ried on above the 5U0-foot level, the
shaft below that point being
filed with water. This new shaft will be
sunk deep enough to drain the Colus and
permit OF deeper development in the mine.
timbers and will be 20x7 feet in size, seven-
teen feet in the clear. The pump shaft will
be 7x4k in size. Double-deck cages will be
used, and all modern improvements per-
tanning to tine safety OF the workmon will
be placed both in the workings and about
them. i
As o as this shaft is far enough ad.
vanced to permit OF doing away with the
present Colusa hoist, the latter plant will
In oil probability betaken over on the fat .
east OF Meaderville, whore it will be used on
the shaft to be sunk by the company to
determine the continuity OF the copper
belt. This shaft is q certainty, but whether ,
the Colusa hoist will be used has not as
yet been fully decided upon. When the ]
new machinery for the Harris-L Lloyd ar I
rives and is put in place, the hoist o in 3,
use there will be out Of a job; and, besides ,,
these two, the company has one or two !
others which will be at liberty to prospect ]
the fat il their services are needed. \
In speaking OF the coal service now being /,
to the Boston q Montana com. :
pany by the Union Pacific Railroad com I
pany, Mr.. Couch said yesterday that the b
was not receiving it's promised por- q
lore compelled to burn Sand Coulee coal al. "
exclusively. This latter fuel does v
generate 30 much heat as does the e.
Of Rock Springs, Inc the Boston :,
& Montana company is therefore not :,
with the tardy manner in which it -
it's Rock Springs coal. The Ana 9
conda company has q binding contract !"
the railroad company to furnish y
IN ample supply Of coal for the smelter, .
And as q result nearly all OF the present y
Rock Springs product is sent to Anaconda, .
Ind the smelters here are consequently =.
orced to rustic for fuel as best they can. !
The New York Engineering and Mining '
Journal is authority for the statement =
hat the Boston n Montana company !.
,as sent out q circular giving notice OF q !"
Ipecisl meeting OF the directors to be held $
ion to mortgage some OF the company's =.
property to secure $500, 900 bonds to run >
on years, and be otherwise securtd by an :,
lual sinking fund OF 10 per cent. or $780, y
700. The pamphlet describes the property =
. be mortgaged as being certain mining =,
in Montana, and also 0 acres ~
1 lane near Great Falls. The books close T.
Or this meeting Jan. 2 and reopen Jan. 16. q,
The circular accompanying the pamphlet is 4
to impress upon the stockholders the -
Importance OF sprompt action in forward :.
81 their proxies. Three-fourths OF the 81
must be represented at the meeting, ~ !,
two-thirds OF the stock must favor the :,
otherwise the company will be -
breed to pay the entire cost OF the new =
works from it's earnings. It is :,
lani estly for the interests and benefit 8"
I the shareholders that these smelling ~
should be erected without delay, as -
will better insure the continuance of y,
resent dividends should the price OF cop ",
or rule very low, and consequent increase -
I dividends should copper hold at q fair ~ ~
rice as at present." Proxies are solicited ~
favor Of the plan. !. ~.