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Show S .It Lako Interests at Butte. The Mining IV-fs in a review of tho mining town of Butte, Montana, thus describes its location and surroundings. sur-roundings. Tho tern is naim d fruui a pruiu-inentbutto pruiu-inentbutto in sight. It has grown to a population of about 800, chiefly within the past two years. The rapidity rap-idity of its growth is attributed to the richness and extent of iu mines, which cover an area of seven miles in length by about four in width on the western slope of the Rocky mountains, moun-tains, ond extended easterly to with-j with-j in five miles of the summit. As the ascent is gradual they are unusually accessible. The country rock is granite, tbe general course of veins east and west, dip south, and strike of ore bodies, so far as explored, to tbe west. The gQIieral character of lhe ore is quartz, carrvinir sulohides f of silver, frcquoutly rich and from $5 to $50 per tou iu gold, many l veins, however, containing carbonate and sulphide of Itad, running from $30 to upwards of $100 per ton silver, besides two or three belts of copper, going all the way from 10 to 70 per cent., the average ore shipped to date being put at 42 pnr cent., leaving a large body of low grade ore worm 15 to 30 per cent., that can bo made availablo and valuable with further and more extensive facilities for con-contralion. con-contralion. Among the prominent mines aro THE ALICE (KA1N110W LODE), the property of Walker Brothers of Salt Lake city, is situated one and a half miles north of Butte city. It is opened by two shafts of seveuty-five feet each, the east shaft exposing a vein of ore five feet thick and extending extend-ing from wail to wall, and the west shaft from one foot to eighteen inches ; of ore. Three different lots worked at the Dexter mill were represented by Mr. Marcus Daly, the superintendent, super-intendent, to havo milled $50 iu silver and $12 in gold. The state- meat was afterwards fouud -from the books of tbe mill to be considerably below tbe average. Tne prudent superintendent h;is probably seen some of the evil ellects arising from glowing descriptions and exaggerated accounts, and preferred to be on the safe side. THE MAGNA CHART A, on the same lode, has been sufficiently exposed by three shalls to show a large vein of similar ore and of about the same value. Tho Walker Brothers Broth-ers own an interest in this mine also, in connection with Moesrs. Barnard k McCausland of Butte city. THE ACQUISITION SI'UR, Packard &, Co., of Salt Lke, averages aver-ages from three to four feet; widening iu spots to eiiit feet; h .s milled on tbe ground $200 per tun, the best ore being shipped and sold through Walker Wal-ker Brothers of Salt Like. It is represented rep-resented as having yielded in one year as much as $75,000, and paying by way of dividend $5,000 to the share. |