The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1891-08-20
AMONG YHK LEDGE8
Our Mining Editors Weekly
Contribution. .
THE MIDNIGHT MINING COMPANY
A True Statement of the Condition OF
This Valuable Property-Several
Inches of 200 Ounce Ore
Other Mining News.

| IHo Ml'ulSHt MlAlng q M1ll1ng com
pany desire to become acquainted with
the public by their acts and not by theil
talk. The company are not desirous o1
getting any cheap notriety through the
newspapers, but it is the duty of THF
MAIL to keep its readers posted on all
mining events of importance in this dis
trict, and as the Midnight is now an or
ganized company, doing business under
the laws of the state governing such
corporations, and as the success of this
particular company means renewed ac-
tivity in mining, it, therefore. becomes
not only duty but pleasure to tell
the public the truth in regard to the
present workings of the mine.
The Midnight is being worked by a
whlm at present, although it is probable e
that steam hoist will in few days be
arranged for and used as soon thereafter
as it can be placed in position.
The shaft is now down about 40 feet
from the surface. and another crosscut
south to the lead will be run at $50 feet.
There is level from the shaft at a
depth of 80 feet from the surface where
vein matter and a portion of the ore body
was found in the shaft. At this point
there is drift in about 80 feet west. in
the face of which there is good ore about
three feet in width. 4 stope has been
started here, and some very fine ore is
being taken out of the upraise.
At the 5O-foot level crosscut had to
be run about II feet south to catch the
vein on its dip to the south. and here
again ore about four feet in width was
encountered; and here, too, were drifts
both east and west, and miners busily
engaged in taking out ore. The quality
Of the ore is much the same as at the
30-foot level, but the ore chute is more
compact, and there is less sorting re-
quired.
At 100 feet, a crosscut was run "a feet
from the shaft south to the ore body,
and the drift east is in about 20 feet
from the crosscut. The face OF this
drift also shows quartz, but does not ap-
pear to be of as good quality. This
drift will be run to make connection
with the shaft on the Creek. claim re-
Gently bonded by the Midnight COM
pany. and which will hereafter be de-
scribed.
The west drift from the 100 foot cross
cut follows the ore, which runs almost
due west for 80 feet and then gradually
veers to northwesterly direction, and
the face is now 12O feet from the cross
cut and shows more than four feet in
width of solid quartz, all of which could
be worked to a profit if the company
had reduction works Of their own: but
it cannot all be shipped at the present
railroad and reduction tariffs.
There was fully eight inches, however,
OF ore exposed in the face of this drift |
that has ruby stains all through it. and
having probable assay value of at least
200 ozs in silver. The MAIL reporter
does not pretend to say that this ore
chute extends in any direction. but does
say that this was positively the con-
dltiOn Of the face of the west drift last
Monday morning.
Ali of the drifts in the mine are in ore,
which is being taken out and shipped,
out with one exception no stopping has
yet been done, consequently there are
arge bodies of ore yet untouched between
he levels.
The Creek claim, which was recently
bonded by the company, has shaft down
g feet. This shaft is l55 feet from the
Midnight shaft, and Almost due east.
1ere, as in the Midnight the shaft was
tarted almost on top of the ore,bnt it has
dipped southwark. Levels
ave been run both east and west from
his shaft, 80 feet from the surface.
>oth are in ore, and the vein is about
our feet in width, but is much more ;
roken up, and the ore is not so uniform, ,
ither in grade, width or dip as IN the I
)O-foot level in the Midnight.
The country rock is lime, but the foot |
all of the vein Is sandstone. and the '
angling wall IS porphyry.
Another shipment of ore was started
lst Tuesday to the Lexington works in +
utte, and from now on the ore hauling t
i'll be almost continuous, as almost y
very miner in the mine is at work on ore. Il
A Valuable Lease. V
John H. Miller has recently secured +,
ase on the upper workings of the Marie J
ground, and will have a force
men at work as soon as possible. a.
People who should know something C
'out the mine are of the opinion that y.
r. Miller will succeed in getting sOmei ~