The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-27
BUTTE MINING NOTES.

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BUTTE MINING NOTES.
Plan. or tn. silver how Hydraulic Conn
~pany-In the Other Mines.
Special Correspondence NJ the standard.
BUTTE, Oct. ai.-The Silver Bow Ivy
draulic recently organized, and
have 1850 acres OF placer mining la nj, ~
strip about five miles long ane ond and u
half wide. The northeast corner of this
ground is hut u short distance south of
the Blue Bril-. and the north line
runs from here tn - Carvcr's ranch.
The has bought the Carver
creek, fifteen miles south of Silver Bow,
paying therefor about S15,O0O. These
rights cover about fifteen hundred inches
OF water and his will bc brought from
This will he effected by means of u large
ditch, and the water when brought To it's
over :sO feet. That body of water will OPP
perate at least n half dozen giants. VIM.
Winters has been awarded the contract
for the construction of this ditch. He will
put on IA gang. of about one hundred men
at once. and the work will he completed
about the first of May. $50.
The Gallo has been leased to n. ID.
Wallace. who has bonded il for s2o.OoJ
for ons year; 4 drift 100 feet below the
rich deposit Of ore. The vein was struck
so feet from the surface The vein shows
orc. which will average about ID ounces
to the ton and which is of the same char
actcr As the ore on the surface of tile hig
copper veins i'm Butte.
Al the Alice mine sinking mas pro-
grrsscd to u depth of 80 feet below the
1,OOOfout level, and is still i'm progress. II
ones to- the 1agLfont level, only stopping
To cut the 11OG-foo' station as they Ro by.
sinking. The shaft is between the leads
of the Alice. At the 13DO.foot level cross
cut the leads. The main lead lies north
of the shaft and the crosscnt will have tn
bc driven about 2O feet. The crosscit
south will be abont 40 feet long when it
strikes the lead.
New hoisting works are being erected
in the Lexington mime branch, Blue
Wing. iThc machinery has been placed i'm
position and the works will shortly be
| opened for business.
down for repairs, which will take about
ten days to he accomplished.
The Parrot mime started yesterday with
IA half force of men at work. About No
veInirr II u full force will bs' put on. The
and sniclter are running full
blast.
Supt. Tom Couch has been interviewed
by the Helena Independent and relative
To the proposed new works at Great Falls.
he was reported to- have. said there was
no doubt hat the plant would he built
there. Ii will be located in the vicinity of
p"sits side Of the river. Mr.. Couch said
the cost of these works would not be nearly
as great rs has been reported. Also that
smelter. put in the electric copper refining
process, which the Anaconda company
has in contemplation of erection at Three
Forks. IL was for this purposs. that
Great Falls was selected. An
abundant and never failing water supply
is needed for these refining works and
the II souri, river at that point offers the
greatest Inducements of amy river i'm Mon
ana. The Big Hole river would not do.
"a has been evidenced 10y its low condi-
ton his year. when the Great Falls
plant is completed, MIR. Couch. will you
Bmtt. smciters J" No" he rspli..i. ..w.
shall abandon them. The object i'm NOV.
ing to Great Falls WAS not only for its
water supply, hut there is imntenss. quan.
titles of fuel i'm the vicinity. which can In
secured at "a much less figurs. than we arr
now paying. We have also tried the Sand
Comics. coal and found il satisfactory foI
yet hefor. We make any change"
Mr.. Couch Says lie did not say what Ina,
been attributed to him. He says il is no
yet decided, 50 far as h. knows, JUS
where. the works will ne located.
A new hoist is nearly completed at the
Moore.
A gang of men are employed in sinkins
"A new shaft AT the Wabash, the old one
having been abandoned.
The shaft ON the Mountain View il pro
crossing rapidly toward completion.
gang of former employees are seeking
work elsewhere. About ~ men arr. EN-
ployed determining the exact location a
the veins in dispute between James A
Murray and the Blue Bird.
A leak at the JD-foot level m the Blu,
Bird on fonda morning flooded the tDI
foot level with water. A pump has beef