The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-02

Gated So feet from main shaft. The
| ventilation is fair
Minnie Healey.
| This mine is owned by Devlin & KEEL
| ly, and was operated during 1897 under
| lease by Miles Finen. VINO was gen
| eral manager. Pat O'Neili was fore
man. The mine employed nine men
( underground. two topmen and two en-
! gineers. The main shaft is down 600
! feet, of which 400 feet were sunk In 1897.
| The shaft has two compartments. The
ore is copper-siIver. An Ottumwa 1oxl6
engine. with a single-deck cage and a
| Is inch round rope are used. Safeties
tested once a week. There is only one
exit. The ventilation is good. The shaft
house is located 35 feet from main
shaft.
The Snohomish.
This mine is owned in part by the
| Butte & Boston and is operated under
lease by .Messrs. Lynch. Casey, Gillie
x Co John Gillie is manager George
Casey, superintendent, and Edward
Finnegan, foreman. The mine employs
80 men underground, four topmen and
three engineers. The main shaft is
down 400 feet, Of which 30 feet has been
sunk in 1897. 1t has two compartments.
| The mine is timbered with 10X10 square
sets and stulls. The ore is copper-sil-
Yer. There is one single-deck cage with
safety doors The safety appliances are
tested each week. The engine is a 10xl2
Ledgerwood with a 7s-inch round steel
rope There are three exits. There are
two connections on the east side of the
300 and 350-foot levels with the Rarus
mine about $50 feet from main shaft
The 350-foot level of the Snohomish con-
| meets with the 900 level Of the Rarus
Ventilation is good. Fingerboards are
in place.
The Ella.
This mine is located at Meadervile
and is owned and operated by John r.
Bordeaux * Co. Charles Bell is fore
man. Employs II men undergo ound
two toDmen and two engineers. The
shaft is down $50 feet. which has been
sunk during 1897. 1t has two compaTt-
ments. The shaft is timbered with SKIS.
A cage with round 7s-inch rope and a
Utah q Montana iron Works SX10 en-
CINE are used. Safeties are tested once
a month. There is but one exit The
shaft house is located 40 feet from the
shaft. Ventilation is fair. The ore is
|. copper and silver. On Nov. II, 1895. |
notified the owners OF this mine through
the foremen, Charles Bell, that the
shaft tlmbering was unsafe and that
the defect would have to be remedied
before work could proceed.
The Alex scott.
This mine is located i'm Meaderville
1t is owned by James A. Murray, and is
operated by r. j. Watson. The main
shaft has two compartments and is $50
feet deep. Two hundred feet has been
sunk this year. Ten men are eml3loyeG
underground and two engineers. A
Ledgerwood f2X16 engine with single
cage and round 3s-inch rope are used.
Safety appliances are tested every two
weeks There is but one exit Ventia-
ton is good. The shaft house is 40 feet
from shaft. The ore is copper
The Drudman.
This mine is owned by the Anaconda
company and is worked under lease by
M. A. Hickey & Co. William Dyer is
foreman. The main shaft is 250 feet
deep and has two compartments 100
feet was sunk this year. Six men are
employed underground and two engi-
neers An Ottumwa 7x10 engine. a
round 7s-inch rope. bucket ana cross
head are used. Only development work
is in progress. The ventilation is good
The shaft house is located 80 feet from
the shaft. The ore is copper and silver.
The Lexington.
This mine is located at Walkerville
and is owned by the Societe Anonyme
des Mines Lexington of Paris, France
c. c. Rueger is general manager and
superintendent. J. d. Vachiery is fore
man Employs IA men underground
and one engineer. The shaft is l. i65
feet in depth with three compartments
There Is no work being done below the
500-foot level. The shaft is timbered
with square sets and the mine with
square timbers and stulls. The ore is
silver gold. Fraser d Chalmer 12X16
engine is used fer hosting with a Hat
steel rope hx412 inches. There are eight
exits. There is a connection on the west
end of the 500-foot level with the Wap- |
| ma in ho
is also a raise from this point to the /
400-foot level. There is also raise from /
the 300-foot level to the surface about |
400 feet west of main shaft. There is !
also raise on the 200-foot level east /
about 700 feet from main shaft. another /
on the west to the surface on the same /
level about 1900 feet from main shaft |
The powder house is on the west end of I
the 200-foot level about so feet from 4
main crosscut. Safety doors are ON /
cages. Safety appliances are tested !
once each month. Ventilation is good |
The Belle of Butte.
This mine is located in CenteryilIc.
is owned by the Butte d Boston Mining |
company and is operated under lease !
by a. c. Mcintyre. The main shaft is |
down 200 feet and has two compart- |
ments. Mine is timbered with square |
sets and stulls. The ore is silver, lead /
and gold. Employs 10 men under |
ground and one topman. Mir. Mcintyre !
Is foreman and general manager. 4 !
Buffalo whim attached 10 a 7s-inch |
round rope is used for hosting There
are two exits There is an air shaft !
about 80 feet northeast of main shaft |
Ventilation is good
The Only Chance.
This mine is located at Highland IS |
miles south Of Butte. 1t is owned by |
the First National bank of Helena and |
is leased by Lawson & Co. w ID. /
Flowers is manager superintendent /
and foreman. Three miners are en-
ployed underground, four topmen and /
one engineer. The main shaft is down I