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1'7 1-S•••\ sos i o ie r The Lump City Miner. VOL. 1.—No. 12. LUMP CITY, MONTANA, SATU RD AY, MARCH 23, 1895. J. B. LOCKWOOD, ---- I U (21 G I S DEALER 1N Drugs, Medicines, Mining.Supplies, Chemicals, Etc. 137 N. MAIN STREET, HELENA. Irlarfr111“1011••••• For Mining Supplies and Machinery OF GOOD, SUBSTANTIAL AND HONEST QUALITY, AND FOR PROMPT and INTELLIGENT SERVICE, go to A. M. HOLTER HARDWARE CO.' 13 and 115 North Main Street. _ . - • HELENA, MONTANA. TURNER (St Co. Grocers and Miners' Supplies, '20 AN!) '22 EDWARD T. Montana Lumberrdanufacturing Co. MINING TIMBERS and BUILDING MATERIAL of ALL KINDS. Yard. Located at HELENA James Twiford, DEALER IN Furniture, Bar Fixtures and Stoves, Ore. Sacks and Tents, HARNESS, ETC. Ten Thousand Second Hand Articles of Every Desct iption to be sold at one-half their ac- tuai value. 235 N. Main St., Barber Shop and Bath Root 334 S. Main St., Helena. MINES AND. MINING. Regular Weekly Clean-up from the Mines of the Lump Gulch District. Mining Note. an4 item' of the Hay of an InteremUng Dlitarsc•ter. Bar silver, 83. Lead, iK3.05 Copper, 59.374. THE Tatniss. This is a property legated just above the city about whieh there has been but little talk made since work was com- menced on it. The mine is under bond to Charles Stanohfield,, who has put a shaft down on it close to 100 feet. The mine shows tip splendidly, some very good ore having beet: encountered in sinking the shaft, which has now reached the point beyond who lt it could not be handled with a wirldlass, and Mr. Stanch field decided to ¡put up a steam hoist on the property,. which is being placed in position, havhig been hauled and BETTE. up to the mine Wednesday. The Stanchtield hoist nieces the fourth ANDREW WOODS, steam hoièt that has been placed on mines in the gulch in as many weeks, all of which goes to show which way n the wind is blowing. The Thomas lode FRED. J. THOMAS, ASSAYER. Silver and Gold ........ $1.00 Silver, Gold and Lad .. . 1.50 Copper 1.50 24 Edwards St., Helena, Mont. P. O. Box, 1921 Kleinschmidt ft, Bro. (CONSOLIDATED.) HARDWARE DEPT. AGENTS .00/1 Hercules Powder Full Stock of Miners' Supplies, Builders HELENA. IL II. ASHLEY, Leadin Livery, Feed and Sale Stable. 414 North l'ork Avenue, - HELENA Telephone 129, The Ashley Stable is now run- ning a daily coach between Helena and Lump City, leaving the Grand Central Hotel every morning at 8 o'clock ; returning leave Lump City at 3:30 p. m. Fare, one way Round trip Freight, 100 lbs. or over. Packages delivered.... . $1.00 1.50 .25c per 100 lb. ..... 25 and 50o Hardware, and Headquarters for Blacksmith and Wagon Makers Supplies. STOVES AND TINWARE. Granite Block, Helena. Helena Iron Works Ore Cars and Burkets, Track Iron, Car Wheels, Iron and Brass Castings, de. Special Mining Machinery of all kinds made to order. M iners' Fuel Pris-ipeetÀ,ra supplies of all kinds. Work promptly attended to on short notice. A. M. WILLIAMS, Agent, Miner Office The Hartford Saloon ar)». MONTANA. THE FINEST OF .WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS. KUTH & CO., Proprietors. Kowslor's lteer Cold benches Served. Dr. A. Chas. Dogge, slum LIST Diseases of Women and Children. OvirIcle AVP and Main lit Telephone Att11, 11.1.w.N A. MI,NT. À l`rlyste Dime:owe ..f M'.'wepe*- Trip wade té, Lump iinit , h and .nrr,.,)nri- Ind rontitr, when desired. Notice, of School Elf.et 11,0 Noo , tal Meeting of S. -he -I lil.ttiet No 1. JolTer.ort l'éinnty, for lb. , elor-41on of R RRI T/11 1.111 he held on Rotortioy. April lith, 1496, at tho 5eh..,1 'The poll. to la \pot) hot wasbn bé , of two r) ., lock nod 41. o'rlorli t• m Fi 111 . ‚crma. The Venal laprin s ki, Coueerninir Aban- doned Aster *lees, on It. itenn.t. The spring of the year always hatches out some wonderful abandoned Aztec mine story, the creation of the brain of some reporter. Here is the latest one: \A dispatch from Los tigulea state. that in the discovery of the mines they have called the Deeert Chief, the Des- ert Queen, Chief of the Hills and Dry Lake Valley mine, located near Indio, the Mclianey boys, William and Jamie, have probably located the richest group of mines ever diecovered in the world. The discoverers and owners of the claims say there is more than one mil- lion dollars worth of gold in eight, and old mining men, who have no interest in the Haim whatever, say the mines will niake multi millionaires of every man intshreatesl. The rib floss of the mince can be judged from the reaults obtained semi work ing a hatful of the ore mined years ago It ws put thr01101 a throe - stamp mill arid yielded ItHot in gold. The was tiret iliecovered in an old' eau''' loisited in canyon, vvhieli had evi- dently been inhabited by a tribe of Az - teem Tho ''ate was datrown with human is 'ii' 1 , t'irk on the none. etatsil at omit., and .11 11161 111'Il %VIM he e nsiled in the , •an'on rio soon its the fl 11r ing, will allow ite transportation V n t rne,i.ouro I nt. indin,. nt• log N M A 11 \ \\L\. d „,,(lriffith'• livery »tab)e. . is pronounced by those best acquainted with it as a very promising prospect, and it is predicted that it will enter the class of ore shippers before very long. The machinery now being put up, though et of the largest ealibre, is stiil of suffici(mt power to thoroughly ex- ploit, the property and determine wheth- er more expensive machinery is war- ranted. MARY SPR/14(i. M. M. Moore is bringing things to the front in the Mary Spring with a rapid- ity that is astonishing. The shaft is now down about 31) feet, and ore is found in it on both the hanging and foot walls of excellent appearance, very ninch resembling that found in U.() Baby Helen, at about the same depth. The Mary Spring, it will I\ femembered, is the mine that kicked up such an ex- citement a few days age, over the sup- posed discovery of native silver, twelve or fourteen feet from the surface. The lode is a g ' 'ml strong one something like tive feet between walls, and we know of no prospect in the district which has better showing to make a mine than the Mary Spring has te -day. The Thomas lode and DeCamp's late strike are reset on a line with the Mary Spring, though we cannot say that they have the genie vein, the Thomas being located to the west and DeCamp's to the east. lilE musatsiow... The shaft on the Muskegon is down 125 feet from the bottom of which, west, a drift has been run 100 feet. In the face of the drift there is ore of good quality which gives every evidence of becoming better as the drift is driven ()inward. When the 1(K) foot drift was finished the contract on the property ex- pired, but another contract wits let by the parties who lave the mine under bond to drive another 100 feet, to the same parties who performed the former work, and work was resumed by all hands last Tuesday. It is thought by those who have examined this property that the ohanoefe are g..)(1 for an excel- lent property in the Muskegon. • A r , 01,N ln the Lincoln mine the eh aft is now down somewhere about 125 feet and it will be sent on down, if the water doee not interfere, to the 150. At a depth of about 34) feet the vein pitched off to the south of the shaft, but the Allah was continued on down perpendicularly. When the 140 is reached a crussent will be driven to catch the vein. 'Three men ar e doing all the work on this property, whieli equipped with a atearn hoist, and only day shift is being run, but the priarreme made has keen exisellent. • • ľiIV wsrogirorrow, The lertee on Olio mine expires on the last day of April. What dieposition will he inside of the property after that date is simply a metier nr jR(ItIlre. treleee the Filial') in gunk r. whi, h under the preeent lease thei4 is not time to do, work will probably hi% sioipended there, fi how h.tig it let not possi• 1,1e to Ray In this rionnection we are informed that MORPrIll..Grob lientan, the 'peewee of the Wamhington, made an ex am- ination of the Hope Mille .11 Sheep nu.untain, at \Jr...bent under binel to and arid owned by ih.por and 11onaldeton and have about corne to the conclusion to free the shaft from water, which is now within about six feet of the surface, and make a thorough exionination of the Hope, and if the showing warrants it they will move their hoist, buildings and all their belongings at the Washington over to the Hope atol open up that property. The Hope has good ore in it, but will probably be a very wet mine. The shaft sunk by the parties who now have it under bond was not properly timbered, and has caved in, so that if the Wash- ington people decide to take hold of the property, they will, in all probabilities, 'sink an entirely new shaft, and open up the mine from the grass roots. * * TF18 1.1VERPOo1.. Mr. Thomas G. Merrill, one of the owners of the Liverpool, is now in Los Angeles, California, and Mr. Miller in- formed the writer that if his health and that of his wife permitted him he should join him there in a short time. There is nothing new to report from the mine, except that work is still progressing in a slow way, with a somewhat reduced force. Just what is the motive of the management of this mine we are not at liberty to discuss, though considerable might be said if we felt so disposed— that is if any reliance at all can be placed on the numerous rumors con- cerning the property. But one thing we can say, and that is, that whatever happens, even if work on the hill is dis- continued altogether it will be *through no lack in either the quantity or quality o f the ore in the properties. sirrss. The following mines are now equipped with steam hoists: Liverpool, Wash - ingen, Little Nell, Free Coinage, Lit- tle Alma, Thomile and the Abe Lin- coln. In the immediate vicinity of Lump City, and in this mining district, the following mines have steam hoists: Old Dan Tucker, King Solomon and New Stake. The Creole, near the Liverpool, and Hope, on Sheep Mountain, are said to be about to put up steam hoists. Warren Decamp has struck a good prospect on the Milford ranch, about 1,000 feet east of the shaft he has been sinking during the winter. At a depth of seven or eight feet ore was encoun- tered which moseyed 18277, ounces per ton. A surface assay went about twen- ty dollars, and the improvement has therefore been very rapid. The ipuirtz is tine looking, the walls well* defined, starting down as true as if formed by human hands. The lode is a strong, wide one, and gives evidence of widening with depth. The pay streak is from 18 to 20 inches in width, and if it holds its own or improves as the shaft goes down Mr. DeCanip will have a lxmanza from the grass roots. As it is it is one of the most important strikes that has been made, on the surface, in the his- t 4 iry of the camp. The Little Nell, Free Coinage and Little Alma are running along smooth- ly, the hoists on all the properties giv- ing perfect satisfaction. In the Little Alma the air compressor is now at work. Mining Point. The toll wing \points\ will be found ab- solutely correct, and will serve to unravel some questions which, oftentimes Per- plex the prospector. They have been carefully gathered and are, for the most part, decisions of the U. S. Land Off'.\n.: 'The act .4 July 1, 1802, and July 2, 1.1414, which donnted nearly 100,000,000 acres to railroad rorporationa, gave the ooal and iron land within their limits, but ex eepted all other mineral landm from the grants. Mineral lande may be ineluded in rf , 44 ervatione for military purposes, and they are not subjeet to appropriation I'» mineral elaimante while flueli remer- vntpsi exists But where mining claims were l ega lly loeated and held prier t.11 such reeervat ion, the miners' rightm ran not be divested by taking the land for military perimeter. The title to \'li' «'I seetionm rests in the state upon Hervey thereof, if their mineral character la unknown at that date There be no school section In a too fish p • ‚u') il the line; of Purvey are ran Player 'Saone town site limita requiring the rise the surface, win test a tAIVVII NIL! , entrY, embracing the sanie tract T.,vvti site authorities can not interfere with planer milling on the public land. the government policy be- ing to foster mining After e town site hex been patented the land einbrneed th ere i n d oe . no t b e $2.00 A YEAR. long the United States, even if the minerals do, and no location of a min- ing claim can therefore be made. The is no authority for a tunnel loca- tion 3,000 by 1,500 feet. A proper lo- eation is the width of the tunnel itself for 3,000 feet. That requirments of location and no- tioe of a proposed tunnel, apply only where blind leads are sought to be dis- covered. Where a party runs a tunnel to develop a known lode, already dis- covered and located, notice of such in- tention is not required, and a tunnel lo- cation heed not be made. Mineral Land Commissioners. By the recent act of Congress three oommiasioners are to be appointed by the President in each of the three land districts in Montana, that is to say in the Bozeman, Helena and Missoula dis- tricts, whose duty it will be to select and designate all the mineral land lying within the idemnity hinit of the North- ern Pacific grant. One of the commis- sioners must be a practical miner. It would be well if the President `would se- lect two practical miners and one who understood surveying upon each board. It would be the height of folly to appoint men who do not know quartz from gran- ite, or who are not familiar with the surveying instrument. If ohosen from the professions or business men a mis- take will be made. They should also be men who can and will \rough it.\ They cannot travel in palace oars or put up at hotels if they do their whole duty. The country is mountainous and in most instances the portion of the lands to be examined areitoo far from settlements to permit of other than camp life as a rule. If the proper men are selected they will do the country a vast service, but if those are selected who have no special qualifications for the work, it will not be well done and the people will get the worst of it. These facts ought to be laid before the President before he chooses 'the eorninisaionere. Marysville Messenger. MINING NUGGETS. - The California mioeral land classifIca- Von bill weit ogre of the bille ever'« did not pass before adjournment. The Montana bill passed and was signed by the president. None of the bilis in the Oregon legis- lature, affecting,the mining induetry of that state, passed. This is as it should be, as most of the measures proposed would have demoralized the industry. Two new camp« have been opened up in Utah this winter As feet as ran- i -saris are extended into the southern part of the state new., mining localities are being started esp. There is every prospect of the old violin of La Plata be- ing revived Ode spring. There is a fair prospect of the Unitah Indians being removed froin their reser vation anti that country thrown open. It is said that biome of the richest gold mines in the state exist on this reserve tion, but at present no one is allowed to prospect on the reserve. The ooinage exiieuted nt the mints of the United States during the month of February was as follows: Gold, $ 1 1,14:1,- 800 ; silver, s19 u • xi; in twit. coin, $57,300: total, isl,592,100. Of the silver coined $21io sae in standard silver dollars, the mettle as dUring January. The new Iiritimh Columbia mining law not ,nly dope not include the alien (dailies, bus restore s to the miner a priv- ilege that he lute long contended for, the eurfaee right and timber privilege with each mining section. Heretofore the right to the surfitee has been denied to a Brand' Columbia miner, even under *crown graro. A railroad eould co me along and out otT the trees and the min er wo u ld b e obliged to go mile, wane- timem, for timber for his improvements. 'The ('pur d'Alene Miner mays that the r e p or ted Pal\ \t the 'Tiger anil Poorman ',linen an English ey naivete is utter- ly without foundation. Negotiations have le‘en pendirrg f' .r many months b. tween the owners of the four principal 111111(44 (Ittny“t1 , r - ook and the I'ng- listu in q uestion, but about two months ago, sa' t' M r I luirke, mana- ger of the Pool -man, the, e.emo to an end simply beeatiee the tertria of male of the iiniperties could not Is. agreed upon by all ooncerned. ' — P. Dorrity will, it Is said, put up a *team hoist on his property 'I'he shaft is now 90 feet deep. — — - On Eitiner Monday, April 15, 1896, there will be a grand ball held at the Alhambra Hot Springs hotel. Tickets 81.00
