Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-18
WITH PICK and SHOVEL
Bits Of Mining News Planned
Out by Prospectors for
The Miner.
Supposed Train Robbers
News From Flathead
Agency.

superintendent Sparks, Of the Red Lien,
arrived In the city yesterday morning and
brought in q ietort weighing four pouni s
which was obtained from loose amalsam
ON the plates during the last ton days. Mr.
Sparks stated that everything about the
mine and mill was in q most satisfactory
condition. He said that TIE additions
Ave stamps put in recently were now drop
ping, having bean Unattached sincetheseeond
OF the present mo..th, and the mill 10 nov
crushing fifteen tons Of ore every twenty
four hours. This amount could be increased
considerably. but 1t IL feared that The
plates would be unable to retain the ANAL
gam and much god would run down The
the gulch with the t~ailinss. Plenty VI water
for steam and stamps ID had and, barring
accidents, o long and prosperous run u an
ticipated.
In the mine matters are looking splen'
didly and much exploring rs well a. ex'
plotting ID being done. At present but siz
men are employed under ground, but 90
soft is the ore, and consequently easily
worked, that this small force 10 ample to
keep the mill supplied besides doing much
exploratory WORK. Work 10 o csrri d
ON in the drift from sLaft No. 3, and an up.
raise is being made to connect the drift
with the air shaft further up the hill. Thu
drift Is in 100 feet and about seventy-hve
feet underground.
Besides the; superintendent thirteen men
are employed by the company; six oil
these are at work In the mine, four in the
mill and three doing outside development.
The O'Brien mine on the Homestake
pass has been turning out some unusually
rich silver ore during the past two weeks.
John Gilbert, Of VAUDEVILLE, IL said to
have struck IL very rich near Woodville,
last Saturday. His find consists OF q
large vein Of very high grade silver ore.
After q suspension OF work Of several
months active operations have been re.
sumed in the Glenearry. Work was begun
Yesterday with @ force OF ten men, and
this number will be increased in q very
short time. A new hoist has been put up
and several other improvements Of q per-
manent and expensive nature added to the
company's plant.
Report has it that q lead OF rich silver
ore was struck 10 the Blue Wing last Satur.
day.
Frank War6eld, formerly OF Butte, has
returned from an extensive prospecting
tour through Idaho. He reports the min
ing outlook of that territory as unusually
bright aud predicts great things for the
Gem Of the Mountains" Among other
news which he brings is hat David
Meikleiohn will start up a quartz mill
shortly, and that John Johns, an old
Butte boy, will be foreman OF it.
The recent cut made by the local reduc-
ton works In their charges Tor treating
custom ore IL causing a great many par.
ties to work over old dumps Tor the lew
grade ore which they contain aud which
undrr old schedule OF rates was valueless. 30
great il the amount OF this characte of ore
now being worked that it will add N. ter.
tally tn The aggregate output of the camp
besides furnishing work to q large number
oil men.
Doremus d Co. have surrendered their
lease" Of the Anaconda Sampling works,
recently known as the Silver Bow Samp.
ling works, and the plant ia now standing
idle. 1t Is stated, however, that the
works will soon start up again under a
lease obtained by F. E. Sergeant, ct. ell.
1t ID reported that the Anaconda new
smeltery will he blown in about the a.
teenth Of October. Report also has it that
with the completion OF the works the com.
pany will be in the market for the treat
ment Of custom ores. Correctness OF the
latter report will mean a ~percsptibls in.
crease in the leasing business OF the camp.