The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-21

months the matter will be Strengthened
out and operations resumed.
Butte's present greatest producers are
located within an area two miles wide
and four miles long, but in all prob
ability the length will be more than
doubled before the expiration of another
year, as the line of development is NOV
ing eastward with rapidity that shows
solid confidence on the part of those
now engaged in the work.
Among the truly great mines of the
copper belt are the Anaconda, ST. Law
renee, Never Sweat, High Ore No. l,
High Ore No. 2, Diamond, Green Noun
tan, Wake-Up-Jim. Mountain Console
dated, Mountain View Buffalo, Specula-
tor, West Colusa Rarus, Comanche.
Snohomish, Tramway, Minnie Healey,
Gansbetta, Piccola. Silver Bow, Penn
sylvania, Parrot-Colusa, Ramsdel-Par-
rot, Washoe, Parrot, Stella, Parnell
Gagnon. Original Blue Jay, Stewart,
Bell. Grey Rock, Little Nina, Michael
Davitt Never Despair. Glengarry, Mo-
doc Berkeley, Cora, L. E. R., Nipper and
the Gold Hill. There are many other
mines from which ore is being taken,
but they have not yet reached the stage
of development that places them on
level with the heavy producers. They
are, however. nearing that point. depth
alone being the only requisite to entitle
them to rank among the best. If these
properties We're located in any other
district outside of Butte they would be
considered mines and their greatness
heralded broadcast
Large Ore Bodies Are Deep.
Although the copper ore veins of the
Butte district crop at the surface thus
giving mine owners something by which
to conduct the work of exploration in
an intelligent manner, nearly all of
the large bodies are deep and it re-
Quires money and patience to reach
them. This fact was learned years ago.
The shaft on the Mountain View, one
OF the rich mines of the Boston &
Montana company, did not penetrate the
sulphide ore until it reached depth of
nearly $50 feet. Even at that point the
veins ct has two) We're not so wide as
they We're found to be several hundred
feet deeper, but their size ras suffi-
Gent to demonstrate that only their
stems connected the surface and water
level.
In some of the mines the heavy pOr-
lions of the veins We're encountered near
er the surface than those Of the Noun
tain View, but in very few instances
have they ben found short of 400 feet
The veins of the two Colusas began to
show their true colors about as close
to the surface as those of any other
mines in the district. At a depth of so
OF 400 feet they looked exceedingly
strong, but 1t was not until the 600 was
reached that they showed the magni-
ficent width they have since maintained
One vein at that depth was fully &
feet wide. It was not discovered unit
after the Boston & Montana company
had bought the property from w. A
Clark, who owned the two Colusas. the
Liquidator close by and the old Colusa
smelter, in which the product of the
Clark mines was then treated. Shortl,
before the transfer was made the GROUND
from the surface of the Liquidator COW
cred to a depth of 400 feet and wher
the property changed hands the pur
chaser at once began to catch up the
caved portion. While this work was il
progress crOsscut, the purpose of which
was to explore the country adjacent t,
the bottom of the caved ground wal
driven north. Before the face had pene
trated far 1t broke into an immens
body of black copper ore, a vein tina
had never before been tapped. The Gu
was carried through the body, whicl
proved to be 60 feet or - sets Of tim
bers in width. That was the first i'm
portant discovery made by the Boston
Montana and 1t had tendency t
settle the question of the value of tn
ground and determine the success of tn
:. company.
From that time on development in al
OF the company's claims was carried Of
In systematic manner, and each sue
cecdmg day increased the value of each
A Recent Improvement.
One of the late improvements made b.
the R0ston & Montana was the placinl
Of mammoth pump at the 1900 foo
station of the Leonard shaft The ma
.echinery was designed to handle all o