Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-04
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nattefy samples.
1t is reported that a 4-foot body OF his
grade ore has been struck in the GermaniI
1t is said that Mountain Lion stock
on the down grade. The property is aoet
nevertheless.
Major Hornbrook received q carload {
ore yesterday from the DIETRICH Bros
claim, near Melrose.
English statistics show a further decreas
in the visible supply Of copper Of 400
tons for the month OF October.
The coal mines at Sand Coulee are NO,
giving employment to about 300 men
Nearly 1000 tons OF coal are produces
daily.
The Dora Tborne mine has ceased opera
tions for the present. It is said that q,
more work will be done in the mine thi
winter.
The crosscut on the 25O-foot station o
the Harris-Lloyd new shaft has eucoun
tered the vein, and drifting west on tn
vein begun,
The taxes on all OF the property In Silvei
Bow county belonging to the Boston ant
Montana company for the year 1889 ar
$40, sos. 80.
The shaft on the Silver Crown, in Orc
Elmo district, is now down 46 feet. A weir
OF high grade ore 20 inches wide has beer
cut by the shaft.
Michael T. Walsh has sold to Henry L
Haupt the Donegal claim, located in Sum
NIT Valley district, the amount received By
Mr.. Walsh being $50.
The output Of the Granite Mountain 70,
the week ending Nov. % was 40 bars oI
bullion, containing II, $50 ounces fine silver
and 1915 ounces fine gold.
In consideration OF $1,000 to him in
hand paid, TN. Mccall has sold N. Thomp.
o q one-third interest in the Beam quarts
claim, in an ~unorganized district.
John Swain has sold to Thomas c. Cor.
rie an undivided one-third interest in the
New Moon quartz claim, situated in Inde-
pendence district, the consideration being
nominal.
The Champion, Mountain Lion, Gospel
Mountain, American Ruby, Ohio, Key
stone, Orc Elmo, Phoenix and Mildred COM
panies OF the Orc Elmo district, have ma.
chineries on their properties.
Water shaft No. 2 at the Parrot smelter
is completed. The water pumped from
this shaft, in conjunction with that taken
from the shaft at the mine, will be sufi-
to keep all departments running the
year round
The recent strike OF ore in the West Grey
Rock is a good one, judging by the charac-
ter OF the rock, q 2U-pouDd specimen OF
which was brought to THE MINER office
evening. It is covered with wire
and native silver, and will assay 1927
ounces in silver and So in gold per ton. S
A deed was filed for record yesterday at
the instance OF Joseph Barriere, which de-
veloped the fact that Barriere had on the
Both day OF April, 1889. transferred to
.ngelique Barriere all his right, title and
in and to the Laida, Grisly, Cham
oion and Victoria lode claims, the consid.
being 500.
The Deer Lodge Silver State says that
three feet OF the finest ore ever taken from
The Champion mine was encountered q few
lays ago in the 350-foot level. 1t is the
inest strike yet made in Orc Elmo and ives
'very evidence OF being permanent. Work
'f placing the machinery at the mill is pro-
pressing as rapidly az skilled mechanics
an do it.
The Philipsburg Mail says that a rich
OF ore was struck in German gulch on
he fifteenth Of this month by a man named
Johnson, in this district, which is from all
destined to be the best claim
q the camp, and has caused a good deal of
excitement among the prospectors. The
xtent OF this lead is as yet unknown. He
las sunk down only ten feet and q rich de.
'osit OF ore has been in sight from the sur |
ace.