Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-22

attempting to crosscut the ore body al
another point on the same level, but an
examination of the workings demonstrate
ed that as the main crosscut is run on q
straight line. while the crosscut to the
west has been made after considerable
angling, 1t will be more economical to
transport ore through the straight rather
than through the crooked tunnel.
The face of the main crosscut tunnel
at the time Of the writer's visit was still
In the schist mineralized with white iron,
but 1t is expected that only a short dis
tance will have to be driven to intersect
a body of ore carrying practically the
same values at the 26-foOt body. As
previously stated in this article. the out
crop IN places occurs in bold bluffs.
About 5oo-foot easterly from the mouth
OF these bluffs. On the northern side
erosion mas carried off q quantity of the
schist OF which the bluff is composed, and
al OF it's face which is uncovered by
you'd warrant the presumption that such
forms the Gaping Of an ore body. Act
ing on this presumption, the MANAGEMENT
selected a point about half way up the
DUN for prospecting, and started a dfoss-
cut tunnel. At the time of the writer's
WISH although only a few feet had beer
run, mineralized material which was be-
ing extracted carried a considerable
anlount OF copper pyrites associated with
whlte iron. From its general
II may be presumed that this ore viii
carry about the same values as that in
the 26-foot ore body already referred to.
AFTER as careful an examination Of the
property as could be made under the
present conditions, the writer drew the
following conclusions:
1. That possibly the entire belt of
scnlst carried some values,
2. h the 26-foot ore body certainty
possessed sufficient values to make it a
valuable concentrating proposition, pro-
vlded. OF course, it's continuity Is main
tanned both along the line of strike and
g.. That although for the amount Of
work done q very good showing was
made, yet that it was impossible. until
upraises and drifts had been run, to cor.
rectly estimate the quantity Of ore in
sight.
4. That owing to the fact that a sufa-
clent water power would be obtained
from a, creek flowing on the property to
run concentrating machinery. that con-
centration would be the most desirable
method to be adopted for treating the
ledge matter.
5. That an aerial could he
construc from the Britannia Group to the
beach by lei of which ore could he
at very low cost.
+. Tha provided a sufficiently. large
body of ore was blocked out to warrant
the erection of a smelter. smelling oner-
alton could be carried on at a minimum
cost, because 1T is only a short distance
py water from the Union coke ovens on
the east coast of Vancouver Island to
Howe Sound.
Z. If the property was worked under a
careful management with a sufficiently
large cash capital to install necessary
machinery. and work a large force Of
men, the Britannia Group ought to de-
velop into a producing min of great ca
pacity.
CO Few -, 49, ~
ated westerly from the Britannia. is con-
cerned. there has ben but little work per-
formed on it. but the results from such
work would warrant the presumption
that this property should develop into
one having at least as great producing
capacity as the Britannia, while II has
the advantage of being located nearer to
salt water. -