Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-28
FROM REF UBLIC.

The following is a resume of the work
in progress at Republic camp
Stanley A. Eaton, the new superintend-
ent of the Summit, will put on a force Of
men to drive a crOsscut tunnel on the east
side line. The company believes the Re
public ledge runs through the ground.
The east drift on the Lone Pine mine
shows seven feet of clean quartz assay
ing a daily average of about $65 to $40
per ton. The work is being pushed With
great speed.
Superintendent Grant Stuart of the Re
public Big Six is cutting out a station in
the tunnel preparatory to sinking an in
cline shaft on the blind ledge that was en-
countered only about 80 feet from the
portal of the tunnel. The ledge is appar-
entity about 10 feet WIDE, but lies rather
fiat. 1t is not, however,, a blanket ledge
and it is the opinion of well Informed
mining men that it is quite probable that
the lead will straighten up before it has
reached any considerable depth. The
ledge is somewhat mixed with porphyry,
but there is some nice looking quartz in
it. No assays have been made, but 1t is
likely that some will be in a day or two.
Good progress is still made on the tunnel.
Wednesday a measurement of the Prln-
cess Maud tunnel was made and it show
ed there was yet So feet to run If the ledge
maintained it's supposed pitch. The
length Of the TUNE is BAT feet. 1t is quite
probable that the ledge will change its
pitch from hat in the bottom Of the shaft
and if it does it may be 10 or 20 feet fur
Their to the ledge than was estimated. The
rock in the face of the drift is exceeding
ly hard and of course progress is slow.
The Morning Glory tunnel and shaft
are both going ahead at a good rate, but
there is nothing new to report. There is
not likely to be any material change IN
the rock in the tunnel until it has been
advanced several feet, but this is only
conjecture, as in a ledge of that charac-
ter there is no telling with any degree of
certainty what a single foot may develop.
TIL shaft on the Tom Thumb has
reached a depth of 125 feet. The latest in
formation from there is that the edge
will not be cut for some time. There was
a tive-fOot strinGer that carried favor
able values cut about the 1OO-foot level.
1t is now q mOOted matter whether the
stringer was not a part of the ledge that
had split off the main ledge. The shaft
will be continued until the great ledge
is found or it is satisfactorily determined
that it has taken a different pitch from
that expected by the manager.
Work on the Golden Lily was stopped
but for a day. TIL management decided
that day labor was not the proper way TO
proceed in developing the property. A
contract was at once let, and the work
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contract. The quartz that has been found
in the face of the tunnel is supposed to be
a spur from the main ledge, which is
thought to be about 20 feet distant.
A force of mel was put to work on the
Snow Drop claim Wednesday by the
manager, William j. Clcary. This is the
property thai was recently acquired by
J.. F. McNaught of Seattle. 1t is situated
about one-half mile north of the Golden
Harvest group. It has been incorporated
and an abundance of funds placed in the
treasury to fully develop it. There is a
fine surface showing, but the work that
has been done Upon the claim has been
confined to prosecuting on the surface.
Some encouraging alu have been OBJ
tanned in all the cuts.
]. F. Rice, superintendent of the Ell
Caliph, stated to the correspondent of
the Spokesman-RevieW that he had found
two feet of ore in the claim that asSayed
an average of $31 per ton in gold. He
also stated that the ledge has been
stripped for so feet, exposing good look
ing ore all along it. The shaft that is be-
ing sunk on the claim is near the side
line of the Morning Glory and only about
GO feet from the upper shaft on that
property.
There is considerable sickness in camp,
more prevalent than ever before in the
history of the camp Even when every
one was exposed to the elements, they
Jared better than now.