Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-11-02

bouncing the shutdown Of the miae twU
weeks ago, 10 wa stated that the property
atthat time ~wasI00king even better than 1t
lever did before, and there IL now more rea-
son to believe hat such is the case than
there was at that time. 80 far ~ TO the
cause OF the temporary discontinuance OF
work 70 concerned, no one pee ms to know
except those directly connected on the in
side.
Black Pine.
w. A. Akers, superints dent OF the Conn
bination at Black Pine, was in the city yes
terday. He sta ed thst work at the mine
and mill was progressing in the usual salts.
factory manner, and that the new shaft
was down 20 feet and still going. He also
stated that with the new Buckner rooster
the concenti ates would be kept and worked
at the mill, thereby saving a considerable
amount OF money to the stockholders.
The Boston, Near Basin.
Lee W. Foster, n OF the proprietors OF
the st. Nicholas hotel, exhibited some very
fine specimens OF galena yesterday. They
were taken from the Boston claim, which
is owned by Foster Bros. and is located on
| Cataract creek, about 3 miles from Basin. |
A tunnel has been run in on the vein more
than 400 feet, and assays taken from the |
ore v run as high as 102 ounces In |
silver, 10 per cent. lead and SIC in gold.
The lowest assay obtained was so ounces
silver. A great deal Of ore has been taken
from the mine. The ledge is about 8 feet
wide, Q feet OF which is galene. It is the
intention Of the owners OF the property to |
build q concentration next spring near the
mine, as q great deal OF the ore in the Bos-
ton can be concentrated to advantage. The
same gentlemen also own the Buckeye, |
which carries the same character OF ore as
tie Boston. Both claims are near each
other and only two miles from the rail-
road.
A Montana Producer.
Rocky Mountain Husbandman: The
Castle smelter. which closed down last
week, has chronicled one OF the most sue.
cessful runs ever made by any smelter OF
it's capacity in the same time in Montana.
In fifty eight days it turned out 16, 922
hars Of bullion, weighing l 500, 300 pounds
from ore from the Cumberland mine. The
net value OF this output is placed all the
way from $35 900 to $4,000, the exact
figure not being made public. The closing
down, we understand, was caused by the
smelter owners not being willing to continue
ASAA VNrO ~ ~ gu ukuEO, OuU IL l
q raise OF SO per day. This the Cumber.
company declined, and will instead OF
carry on extensive development
work during the winter with q view to the
erection OF large smelling plant at the
mine in early spring. |,
The Champion.
New North. West: Never in the history
Of this valuable property has It looked 80
we'll. From an officer OF the company We
enquired the cause of the suspension OF FIVE
employees and we were informed that they
we're simply laid off until tho mill is COM
pleted. 1t will not pay to ship ore when
the company will be ready in a short time
reduce thsir own output. There is all
81 1000 tons OF ore in the dump and the
are in such q condition now that a
ew men can get out ore as fast as it can be
Jared for. When the stamps are put in
,ction double the force will be put on. Su- c
,erintendent Mills deserves great credit for t
he manner in which he has handled the t
'ffairs Of the company. e
Random Notes. o
Patrick W. hurry has purchased froml c
:. A. Grandy for $500 the surface ground Y
the Blue Dick claim. .
The Quarry Placer claim, 2k miles south. 8
rest OF she city, has been located by F. S.
rankin and ]. B. Franklin.
The Butcher boys, formerly OF this city, v
re shipping ore from their claim on Viii. a,
DIV Creek 4 miles from Black Pine. in
The output of the Granite Mountain for u
he week ending Oct. "a was 81 bars of al
ul!ion, containing 100000 ounces of "a
ne silver and 1870 ounces fine gold. b,
Julius P. Rhodes reports having made a .
ig silver find on the Sunrise. about eight u
tiles from Stone station, on the Drum y
q Philipsburg road. at the head OF -
henderson gulch. \;
James K. Boyce, Jr., ct al. have received g,
United States patent Tor the Gold Dust n
LAGER claim, which is known as lot ALL
nd embraces q portion OF township q, -
orth OF range z, west of the principal
A patent has also been issued
} Mr.. Boyce and Joseph Savage for lot (
0, the ground being OF the same nature as 4
le foregoing. T
The Alps Mining company, whose prop.
'ty is located about IS miles northwest
P~hilipsburg, has just completed 8
agon road IL miles in length through a
lickly timbered country. The company
vns three claims, from which a great deal
ore has been taken. The property was
at discovered in 1866, but owing to the
accessibility OF the country, their early
has been retarded. John
'plice OF this city il president of the COM
my. The rock is gold-bearing.