Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-31
CARBONATE HILL MINES.
An Observing Correspondent Takes Trip
Among Them-His Notes.

An Observing Correspondent Takes a Trip
Among Them-His Notes.
ANACONDA, July 27.-[special CORES.
pondence OF The Miner.l-From Ana
conda west for five miles over road
which runs through fields of hay and
grain. past homes of farmers whose fields
speak for the prosperity OF their own.
ers, the road runs to the foot OF the steep
hill up the side of which runs the cable
tramway to the Blue Eyed Nellie mine.
Passengers for the mine are taken up by
boarding an empty car, the weight Of the
descending loaded one pulling them up in a
hurry, and in a minute they are at the top
of Carbonate hill. On this hill is situated
the Blue Eyed Nellie, one Of the best mines
in Montana and which is noted for it's pro.
duction OF rich silver.lead ore.
The mine has q perpendicular shalt 300
feet deep, which is well timbered, and
hoisting is done by steam. There are
in which active work is carried on, and
from each one of these levels drifts have
been driven in different directions, follow
ing ore streaks which have led to numer-
GUS chambers Of rich galena ore. 1T
must be remembered that the Blue Eyed
Nellie. unlike most other mines, is not con.
fined to narrow ledge OF quartz, but
wherever stratum OF ore has been found
and followed, one OF these chambers has
| been discovered, from which tons upon
tons of good shipping ore has been
taken, adding thousands Of dollars to the
bank account OF the owner at every ship.
ho lovo
back 100 feet, where a vein OF ore, most oil
| which is largely galena, has been found.
| At this point the ledge shows working
| face fourteen feet across, and ore still IN
sight on the north eide of the vein. Here
| a winze has been sunk for q distance OF SO
| feet below the 300.foot level and stopped
| out I'D to the 300 level; the vein is growing
wider from this latter point to the bottom
of the winze. These workings show this
body of ore to run from the shaft at the
| 3OO-foot level back to 16O feet, thence ur
| to the 200, then 80 feet to the shalt again
thus exposing solid block OF ore over one
hundred feet square and fourteen feet thick
and down to the bottem OF the winze
where the vein keeps growing in width AND
| value. s...
| All through the workings OF the mine il
piled tons and tons of first-class ore, some
Of which 10 sacked and ready for shipment
Great quantities of second-class ore, which
only awaits the starting of the new snelter
has been taken out, when it will be hoistee
and sent there to be worked. ....
From the shalt house tramway runs
down the hill for distance OF 2,7OO feet
at the end OF which is a large ore hous'
full to overflowing. Since the tramwa!
has been finished all the first-class ore hal
been run down where it is sacked and SEN
to the Anaconda depot for shipment. Ou
side OF the shaft house lying on the hillsid,
ia a dump of second class ore that has a.
least ], 500 tons in it, and as much NOR
lies at the new emelter just built %.
Frank G.. Brown, the owner OF the mine
The smelter is of 40 tons capacity per day
| a water Jacket furnace, the blast for whlcl
iis furnished by water power. Everythln
about the smelter is complete with the ez
!, ception of - few minor details and it WI
be but short time from now when tn
Nellie will add lead bullion to its shlppln
list.
THE BLUE WING
al Is another promising mine situate
, about quarter OF a mile northwest oi th
Nellie. It is owned by John Cosgrove an
: Tom Eckley. A shaft is down about
feet and will be put down to the depth
? SO feet. The shaft is being timbered IN u
!. best manner by J. B. Dwyer and Harr
Durston. From the top down they have
vein of galena ore about two feet tho
dipping slightly to the south but the ang
in no slieht, that at the present. depth I'll
vein is still we'll inside the shalt. The on
Hook for this mine is very bright, and
one deserves success more than do Messr
9 Cosgrove and Eckley.
II OTHER MINES.
eI Just southeast OF the Blue Wing lies tl
8 Maintain View, owned by Van Gund
r Brown and others. It 10 being worked {
a lease by A. c. Jackson and Wash Ro
tinson. They are down but 40 feet at pre-
lent. but in sinking they have taken OF
land shipped carbonate ore rich enough
II make them perfectly satisfied with the
?. turns and give renewed energy to keep
{. sinking.
!. The Enterprise adioins the Nellie on Il
= west. and the property OF J. B. Dwyer al
y r. Root. In this mine they have sui
~ fifty feet and in this, too, is vein OF ca
honate ore ten inches in thickness that l
Idonbt will prove bonanza to the owne
in the near future. :.
i. Mr.. DIVER also owns the Virginia lyi
:. ON the east line OF the Annie Glover al
the Nellie mines. On this only surface wo
lp has been done but owing to the fact that
at is on Carbonate hill and without doa
ly near the center of this great carbonate
ct posit, Mr.. Dwyer would not part with
ne unless for considerable amount OF none
The mountains for miles around ma
been staked off and the hills are dott
with prospectors digging away Tor dear
= Among these mines that are being Work
=, ara the Boomerang and Homestake, own
ID, hv Geo, Kendall and others, Cyclol
lc. owned and worked by Bruce Jones, q
ii. the Nevada and many Others that were Z