Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-23
AT GRANITE,

Work at the Bimetallic and frantic
mines is progressing steadily, and the
former life and activity is gradually re-
turning says the Philipsburg Mail. Men
are busy everywhere about the works, the
mammoth hosting engines are nc longer
idle, and ore is being hoisted to the sur
face with a regularity that would nd!cat
an equally busy scene below. Teams are
engaged in hauling cordwood, mining tim
bers and supplies as in times of old, when
the output of silver bullion was about
fifty bars a week. The tramway is con-
stantly moving, carrying ore from the
mines to the Bimetallic mill and coal
from the mill to the mines. The Bimetal-
lie concentration is running right along on
ore taken from the Granite dump. A
tramway from the dump to the conoentra-
tor is kept busy hauling ore, and it's OPP
GRAFTON is next to perfection, the cars at
tanning a speed at times of about fifteen
miles an hour. The distance is about a.
quarter of a mile, and a good many trips
are made during a day.
Miners are steadily at work in the
levels which are being driven to connect
the Granite and Bimetallic mines. The
first tunnel, which is now nearly complete,
starts from the 1000 foot level of the BIZ
metallic mine and will connect with the
400 foot level of the Granite-4OO feet be-
hiS SH> L III III llo III lie TWO
mines. A second connection is being made
with the lower levels of the Granite mino
at the depth of about 1900 feet which,
when finished will completely drain the
Granite. The water is to be pumped at
the Bimetallic mine to the 1000 foot level,
from whence it will find it's exit through
the dram tunnel, which was completed
several years ago. This will
prove a great saving to the company and
a GOOD rrnGt nn,, hn N,ol
present low price of silver. AS soon as the
Granite mine can be drained of water,
miners will be put to work, the bulkheads
Will be removed from the face of the drifts
ana mining Will be resumed after a sus-
pension of nearly six years. The ore is TO
holsted through the Granite shat and a.
tramWay is now being constructed from
the Granite hoist to the ore bins at the
Blmetallic mine to convey the ore to than
place, which is the terminal of the Bimet-
allie tramway. The tramway now under
construction is of the same pattern as the
one now in operation between the dunn
and concentration, which is working tn the
entire satisfaction Of the and
VIII be employed both ways: after I'M
loading the ore at the bins the car will
take on a load of coal for the Granite
hoist, and in that manner operations will
be most economically carried on. Teams
~ 'IcoS't III hauling lu1i)Dpr, and the
construction Is progressing steadily nm
der the favorable condition of the wealth
err.
That the company intends to operate its
mines on a much larger scale than ever
before IS evident from the extensive nre-
paratlons that are being made. Nearly a
million feet of umber will be renuired to
complete the work contemplated and now
under way. A large f1ume is to be bui1t
from Fred Burr lake to Granite, which if
is nat will require bout q half 2
million feet of lumber, for the purpose of
conveying the waters of Fred Burr crock
to Granite, where they will be utilized for
electric power and other purposes. Fred
Burr lake will serve as a storage raser-
Volr, and 1t is thought that in this manner
a sufficient stream of water will constant
ly be furnished to supply nearly the entire
power required at the works. The COM
pany owns all water rights on Fred Rrrr
creek, and nothing can delay them in Gar.
rying out their present claims.
Eighty stamps are constantly dronninn.
at the Bimetallic mill, and within q
month the remaining twenty will be add
ed, which completes the mill to it's form
er size. Additional stamps NAV he rn-
CURED later on when the mines are again
in perfect working order, and if necessary
the mill can be enlarged to meet the CON
ditions.