Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-16
THE WORLD OF MINES,
A Couple Of Hours Spent Un-
der Ground In the Noun
tain View.
Millions of Tons of Ore in
Sight and More Being
Exposed.

j, sight ana More Being
Exposed.
From Wednesday Daily.
The Mountain View mina, situat.
northeast OF the Anaconda, will soon b
come one Of the largest copper ore p,'
ducers in Montana. A MINER reporter,
company with Richard Dave, foreman
the mine, went through the property ye
terday, and the former was astohished q
what he saw. The machinery used fo
hoisting 10 OF the most approved patterl
and, although it looks complicated at frs
sight, 1t works to perfection and has neve
given any trouble since the day it was frs
started. II 10 provided with q cut-ot
which precludes the possibility OF the Gag
being run up into the sheaves or droppe'
below the level Tor which it is intende,
even II the engineer should be negligent
The room in which the machinery il
located il 40 neat as . parlor, and tn
brass work OF the railing OF the platform
on which the engineer stands while on duty
shines like polished gold.
The Mountain View was at one time tn,
property Of G. K. Larabie, but it now be
longs to the Boston & Montana d
At the time Mr.. Larabie sold out the shaft
on the property had been sunk to
q depth OF 800 feet, from the bottom Of
which numerous levels had been run to tar
the ore bodies. Mr.. Larabie spent much
money developing the mine and took out
considerable ore, but since the Boston &
Montana company has taken hold and
started in to develop the property it has
machinery replaced the old, which had not
the capacity for heavy work, and the shaft,
which was at the time Mr.. Larabie sold out
only 6h feet in size, vas enlarged to a three
compartment, each one OF which is Ak feet
square. The shaft is now 900 feet deep.
There are nc stations above the 0OO.foot
level, but at that point and every 100 feet
below stations have been cut and crosscuts
run to strike the ore bodies, OF which there
are two, the north AID south. Atthe 600.
foot station the north crosscut tapped the
vein at q distance of 100 feet from the
shaft, while the south crosscut had to be
run 200 feet. In the south workings at the
600-foot level 600 feet OF cross-cutting and
level work has been done, about 100 feet of
which has been in ore. At the. 700
and SO0.foot levels crosscuts of
various lengths have been driven
to both the north and south
veins. and at every point where they have
N 70 rvAl .sDh L.
At the TOO foot level the south vein ia
about 40 feet in width, while the north
vein at the same level is about 5 feet less.
At the 800 lev | both Veins are oil about
the same width as they are at the 700. At
the bottom os the shaft a station
ls being cut, and as soon as it is CON-
pleted sinking in the shaft will be resumed
and continued until 1000 feet are reached.
Then cross-cuts from both the 900 and
ZOO foot stations will be run to tap the
veins. At the points where the veins have
20 far been cut are three classes of ore, the
lowest grade Of which will average Is per
cent. copper. the second from 80 to 35 and
The highest grade 80 per cent. The last |
10 sacked and shipped to NewfI
fork for reduction, it really being richer
han matte. The second grade is what |
TO the surface and soes to the Bos-
on and Montana reduction works, but a
'reat deal OF the third class is left in the
nine because the present capacity OF the
works will not permit of it's be.
Dg handled to advantage.
30 far very little ore has been stoned
ut between the 900, 700 and SOO.foot
.vels, the work done being for the purpose
! developing and placing the levelsin such
hape that when the ore is wanted it can
9 taken out at the rate OF a thousand
,ns each day.
There is n spot only in the Mountain
lew which has been worked out, that SPOT
sing between the 500 ond 6OO.foot levels,
bout where the oxidized ledge matter !
'ases and the copper ore is first struck.
verything between the walls IAN BE-
orked to advantage az soon as the capac-
y OF the reduction works is increased, as
ok. =
The mine throughout is we'll ventilated
10 timDered, the air on some of the lev
having force enough to almost extin.
ish q lighted candle. Air shafts from the a
10 to the S00-foot levels have been sunk C
both the north and SO lib veins, thus t
ling the men at work below an abund- a
CO Of fresh air. 1t is the intention of the Ii
mpaDy to connect the south drift OF one d
the lower levels OF the Mountain View b
tn the Harris.LIoyd tunnel. and the p
rth drift with the Colusa, 18th of which il
belong to the company. 1t will II
luire some time to do this. The COM Fl
ny also intends to put hosting machip- 10
on the Harris-Lloyd tunnel similar to b
@ in use at the Mountain View. M
It present about 1l5 men find employ. at
Mt at the Mountain View, but as O O as fl,
company gets ready for active opera. tr
ns the force will be increased to 200. In 10
lty, the Mountain View ia being only de- to
oped, but with what work has been done W,
re are millions Of tons Of ore in sight. ar
y little water has thus far b en- en-. tn
Inferred in the mine. A small spring was pc
lex on the 500.foot level, but sthe I'M
nps, of which there are two, have no let
lbls in keeping the mine dry. At the ab
tom OF tie shaft, where a station is VIC
being cnt, the rock on 9th sides of
shalt is impregnated with mineral.
en- is Indicative OF the cloeeness of the
10. In the opinion OF Foreman Dave, DO
Lodges will be cut before the crosscuts be
have been run more than 40 feet. so,
, sum up the business, capital and is.
are developing the Mountain View of
one OF the greatest mines in the state fal