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r i A e , MAI X The Lump bay Miner. VOL. 1.—No. 52. LUMP CITY, MONTANA, SAT DAY, DECEMBER 28, 1895. $2.00 A YEAR. For Mining Supplies aId Machinery OF GOOD, SUBSTANTIAL AND HONEST QUALITY, AND FOR PROMPT and INTELLIGENT SERVICE, go to A. M. HoLTER HARDWARE CO. 118 and Ms North main Street, HELENA, MONTANA. . - GANS & KLEIN, Manufacturers and Retailers of First -Class Clothing. beg to announce treat) arrivals of Fall and Winter Clothing, Miners' Coats and Rubber Boots, Hydraulic Hose and Nozzles. Special attention paid tf) mail orders. Fully equipped Merchant Tailoring Department. Lowest prices consistent with the quality of goods sold. liANS à KLEIN, NEW YORK, HELENA AND BUTTE DELICIOUSLY FRAGRANT. English Club House Plug Cut Sm king Tobacco, A MILD, PURE, SWEET AND CLEAN SMOKE THE IC EAL OF PLUG CUT TOBACCO. Does Not Hite t I1( - BACH, CORY & Co., Helena, Montana. SOLE WESTERN DISTRIBUTING AGENTS. THE PEOPLE'S STORE, 513 and 515 Broadway, Helena, Mont, 11.EADQUAR FENS Fl h Groceries, Tinware and Notions CHINAWARE, Hay, Grain and General Merchandise, CHEAPER THAN DIRT FOR SPOT CASH. CII.11{.11,ES II. II1ENTON, Prop. _a •L CLARKE & CUP:TIN, HARDWARE AND STOVES. We are now offering our entire line of heat ing stoves for Coal or Wood at Actual Cost Send us your orders fur all kids of HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. PRICES LOW. \ 42 & 44 S. Main St. Helena, Mont. ARTHUR P. CURTIN, Furniture, Carpets. Wall Paper, Housefurnishing (Joods. , o, t be largest si' 'k In every department In all Montana. Will oecuyy „or Ham- arrrlding. op ''H' ifotel Helens, November 15th. Grand Removal Hale now going Preeent Stock must be mite:ea. Pianos and Organs in Music Department. ARTHUR P. tURTIN, HELENA, MONTANA. J. SWITZER, weoLzsant Deanza IN Winc-. • Liquors and Cigars, Bar Glassware and Billiard Goods. 40 South Main Street, _Helena, Montana. .1. NYE, Mamitiwtiir,r and Dealer In SADDLERY, HARNESS /1N 1 ) ./11)1)1ARY II ARDW '( )( 1. A DIJ LES A SP - F.( 1 I .\ I HELENA, MONTANA. isse-cusee HOTBL A000180DA110.111. 1Vorld's Flair Itevr Gar(l(qi awl 0.0. Fii,E0icinck. propriet4)r 100-102 Soutll Main Street. Reel A I A NT g g«.4174,11,1 MINES AND; MINING. Regular Weekly Clegh-up from the Mines of the Lump Gulch District. Mining Notea and Items Pr the Day fir 88 Interesting Character. Bar silver, 664. Lead, $3.15. Copper, $10.50. usi *. ORE SHIPMENTS FOR THE WEEK Liverpool 1 cars. Little Alma 1 „ Total ..... ..... 2 * * * We have read that \history repeate need.\ The total production of gold in the United States freak, the year 1792 to 1892, as given in the Mineral Indus- try, p. 178, is $1,969,692,949 ; while for the same period of time the product of silver is given at $1,158,831,886. What the balance of the world produced of these two metals during the 100 years covered by the statistics is not necessary for the purposes of this item, we are only concerned here with what lies been done in America, and make the assertion that here was located a part of the an- eient antediluvian world, and that in this very country were found \the golden apples\ of the ancients. So- called modern civilization, mining with crude, slow methods, have produced during the time mentioned, in this coun- try, a corn biued product Of $3,128,524,845. What it will produce in the next 100 years it is impossible to even estimate, but -it is reasonable to auppose that with improved machinery and greater knowl- edge of mining that the produrt will be more than doubled. Science is also coming to the front with wonderful in- ventions to save the metals gold and sil- ver, and also to extract them with a profit from ores heretofore considered worthless, and as time goes on the search for mineral bearing rocks gets keener and golden deposite are discovered from time to ti nie in sections of country Slip- p0F(Si to h ye been thorhly prospec ted, which are asierii'sfire. Some of these discoveries cover vast, areas, as in the case of the porphyry dyke, above Rimini. Away back in the days of At- lantis, for all we know to the contrivy, gold was obtained from the same sources of supply from which we now obtain it. According to the traditions of the Phee- nicians, the \Gardens of the Hesperides\ were located in \ thieremote west.\ At- las lived in these gar lens. Atlas was King of Atlantis. The \ Elysian Fields\ were commonly placed \in the remote west.\ Greek tradition has located the island in which Olympus was bituated \in the far west,\ \in the ocean beyond Africa,\ ,\on the western boundary of the know ii world,\ \where the sun shone when it had ceased to shine on Greece,\ and where the mighty Atlas \held up the heavens,\— and Plato tells us that \the land where Poseidon and Atlas ruled was Atlantis.\ \The Garden of the Hesperides\ WAS situated in the west. Atlas waa said to have surroun- ded it on every side with high rupuntains, and there were found 'the golden ap- ples.\ Speaking of this country, rich in ancient times with gold and silver, we quote a paragraph .frona Murray's \My- thology,\ p. 44, which is also a pretty good silver argument to -day: \Men were rich in the silver age, as in the Golden Age of Chronos, and lived in plenty ; but still they wanted th % inno- cence and contentment which wXfe the true BoUrCea of hunian happiness le the former age; and accordingly, while liv- ing in luxury and deli, •II , •y, they became' overbearing in their ruiu tiers to the high- eet degree, were never satisfied, anfl for- got the gods, to whom, in their oonfi- dence of prUperity and comfort, they de- nied the reverence they owed. * * e Then followed the Bronze Age, a period of constant quarrelling and deeds of vi- olence. Instead of cultivated lands. and a life of peaceful occupations and orderly habits, there Cattle a day when every- where might was right, and i111 , 11, big and powerful as they were, became physi- cally worn out. * * • Finally came the Iron Age, in which enfeebled man- kind had to toil for bread with their hands, anil, bent on gain, did their beet to overrsaah each other. Amtrava, the goildees jrintice and gissl faith, 1110(1- ‚«t' and truth, turned her back on such 1 0/1(rintr II ouist . meenfum, and retired olympuis, while Helena. Montana SAS Tun rimier nowi.ian Is rwr IS COYMICTIOW. When ;op ran the Capital and ar e looking t“rot friend you will he mite to find him at. the deist popular mart in Helena ..ii«,10Apet wines', li q uors and i•tgarri and the beat te heard at the Fair. Zeus determined to list r ,y the lintnan race by a great 11.5.1 • • ray 1,11 - rLF 'IA. Hie gentlemen 's b.' lye working this property, under leaiu• the \% Until. as stated in thew. 1 . .11111111N fW1/111 , wceks some, are doing very well and making more than wages. Instead of groping around blindly looking for anticipated veins which Might pees through the ground somewhere between Lump Creek and the base of Sheep Mountain, they have been content to follow the ore streaks developed by the Company when they were working the property laid summer. Sonne of these chutes were very narrow though extremely rich. The boys have over a car load of ore 'Ube Christman tree, given in McCann's Hall, Christmas eve, proved a success already out, and we have been told that far beyond public expectation. It was they are following one small ore streak a revelation to many of our young in particular that is pronounced the . richest ore ever taken out of a shaft in people, and a surprise to the older ones. this gulch. Unfortunately for them /The hall was crowded to its utmost, all however, the streak is not over two or nearly all of the children of the gulch and immediate vicinity being present, inches in width, though it may \swell\ and not one was overlooked by Santa out to something like proper size if they Claus. It was a \Merry Christmas\ follow it enough. indeed for the little ones. When th' idea of a tree was first con- ceived by the ladies ot the Sunday school, it was not anticipated that they would be able to do more than to pro- vide a small entertainment for the children, but as there appeared oppor- tunities for them to do something more than simply satisfy the childish appetite for sweet meats, they redoubled their efforts and the generous contributions received enabled them not only to carry out their original intention of.entertain • ing the children and providing them with enough sweetmeat. to satisfy, but also extended their work along the lines of charity, providing those in need with timely articles of clothing. After all of this had been done, a small balance re- mained, which was expended in the pur- chase of provisions for a German family who are in distress, owing to the sick- ness of the husband and father. The work of the ladies has met the hearty approval of the citizens of the gulch, and it is but proper to say that they worked earnestly and well, and deserve praise and Cee' tumendation ; and they, in return, are especially grateful for the unstinted assistanee and contributions received. which will soon be put in operation. When the Cole's mill has been 'removed to the Pilot and put in motion there will be two concentrators within rifle shot of each other, and will tend to at- tract mining inen and capital to this rich and undeveloped mineral field. long Since the above was put in type, we learn that while making a raise in the east drift a fine body of ore was encoun- tered varying in width from 8 to twelve inches and showing gray copper in pro- fusion. Shonld this hold out, and there is no reason to anticipate that it will not, the Little Alma will at once be- come un paying proposition; thus add- ing another to the list of profitable nuines which have at some period in their history been abandoned by experi • enced mining men. * THE FREE COINAGE. Messrs. Smith & Prescott were the re- cipients, at the hands of Dante Nature, of the handsomest Christmas present in the state, so far as we have heard. For the past six or seven weeks work has been mainly directed in this property to sinking the working shaft from the 200 foot level to the 300. Frequent mention of the progress of this work has been made in these columns from time to time. The 300 foot level was reached and the sump finished a few days before net Mae, when the crosscut was started and the vein encountered after running about twenty feet. The todo is larger at the point out by the crosscut than at any other place yet opened in the prop- erty, being possibly ten feet between walls, nicely filled with clean lead mat, ter and splendid looking quartz. Just before reaching the hanging wall an ore chute was found of tine, high-grade ore, a full solidfoot in walth, as wide and solid in the top of the crosticut as in the bottom, with every indication that the chute will widen out, uns when feir infor- mant left the hanging w.)11 had not yet been reached. This strike, one of the the Most important ones yet made in the mines of Lump gulch, was made on Christmas eve, and in consequence will probably be named the \ Christmas gift\ chute. Mr. Prescott was notified, in Helena, that the mine had \caved in,\ and immediately came out to feast his eyes on the additional millions in store for him. The lode, contrary to expecta- tions, pitches to the north, which, ac- cording to the well egtablished theories of some metallurgists, who think they know, whether they do or not, is the right way a true fissure vein should pitch, and, so far as we know, is the only north pitching vein in the gulch, except the Liverpool. Work is -flow going forward putting in switches for tracks and drifting east on the lode. The Free Coinage strikii puts heart in tire mine owners of the camp, not that they needed any particular heart put in them, but a ffurtonete strike is always better than an unfortunate one; and be- sides, it gives the knowing ones a chance to wink their other eye and say \ I told you ao.\ The Free Coinage strike, to- gether with the marked improvement in the Little Alma lately, ham raised the altitude of the upper end of the gulch several feet, and the ‚s atoms of Lump Creek now rush past our door with greater velocity than usual. * * THE PILOT. A one half interest in this property has been sold by Bart Lott to a combi- nation from the Helena Independent office for $5,000 cash. It is understood that these parties have also purchased the old Cole's stamp mill and will re- move it to their property and convert it into a concentrator. The Pilot is an ex- tension of the old Euclid, on the west, and was owned and opened up by Wm. L. Vinson and Bart Lott, and is iine of the most promising propertiem in the district, and when operations, under the new management, are gotten under way the Pilot will be found in the front ran k of the stoppers from this district. When ix say \ this district,\ IV\ mean this inineritl district and not th.' ti W44117110 14111111/ (1111011 district. As this ‘rty is located at the head of Mc- ( anil Warm Syringe gulches, R i„ m t .. von o r eight milem froin Lump I ity, and is on the saino lead am the (1nte, Woe 'sung an extension of t Euclid, on ths 4,900 oil which Joe. has erecte.1 a mneentrator, and The S. S Christmas Tree •• T tie A weriran Aid Union.\ Pursuant te a call, published last week, a meeting was held in McCann's Hall on the evening of. the 26th inst., for the purpose of organizing the American Aid Union, the principal object of which is to perform eharitable work. The meeting was fairly well attended, a committee appointed to draft by-laws. and officers elected as follows : T. T. Lyon, Pres.; Mrs. C. M. Dunwoody, Vice -Pros. and Organizer; Mrs. Judd Stubbe, Financial Sec'y ; Mrs. E. Lati- mer, Treas.; Ira Winslow, Recording Sec'y ; David Latimer, Corresponding Sec'y; L. C. McCann, Chaplain. Another meeting will be held on Thursday evening. Jan 2, 18;f6, at which meeting it is hoped all who are inter ested in charitable work will be present. The actual amount each onc, who be- comes a metnber of the organization, is required to pay is but ten cents per month, so that none are barred, while the voluntary contributions may be made by the members and others, in proportion as they are able, and the ob- ject of the oontribution appears to them to be worthy. There will le no definite proportion of the funds aet aside for any particular work, huit the organization will aid, from time to time, such objeete of charity as its members deem worthy, beginning at home, as the opportunitite offer and their ability will perniit. It is to be hoped that the organization will become permanent as it will prove a credit to the f uf urn ni unity and an honor to its members and organizers. The MIN FS nokno , Ale.414,p‘m reeeipi in handsome Christina.) romembranee from Mr. B. F. Leipener, I'hi laded ph ia, l'a. Blanks for filing ntlidavits for repre- sentation work for sale nt this office. If you have done your annual repremen tation work make affidavit to that feet and record it, it may Save you trouble In the future. The first tir'' titi'! ever ggeg'll r..d in Lump I 'ity happened fun Christ MUM eve, ma after the festivities at the Chrimt niaa tree were over. Mr. L. H. FAlle (note, who had been up town looking for Santa (Inns and found him —re turned to hie blacksmith shop, in this linck part 'If ‚511 'hi he 'dept., ahortly after one o'clock, lit his candle and re tired He went to 814 , 441> and left. his 'sniffle burning, of courno, and when the (souffle burned law enough it „et tire to the bedd i n g and the whole outfit was lair -rest te the ground. Piing/nudely, mr. 1111110 saw the% blaze early enough te get Mr Edledlute out of this building before he %vita very badly burned The idiot) was a eomplete loge, which will probably amount to about $ 3 151. Mr . Felleillute ham rwmovwil to Clancy where he will open a blacksmith shop. The property was not insured, we believe.
