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Copper, $10.50. * * * ORE SHIPMENTS IN CARS, FOR THE WEEK. LAVARDOON 5 6.5 4h5 $0 GAMER <> +5 3's bindes 6 1 RAGGA IEG) okies ieee ss ws aba & Solder Gate: <<c> sm ikkete ss. cuban. oe Legal Tender .........,.. oi Total .. THE icoaitiion. Mr. Martin Me’Kenzie and his part- ners have made astrikein the Muskegon, the property which, it will be remem- bered, was operated so long and faithfully by Mr. Chas. E. Gable, The shaft on the property when Mr. Mc’Kenzie took W. F. Miller, | ling Hotel and - Restaurant, FINE SAMPLE ROOM IN-CONNECTION. | Montana. Clancy, - - - - THE PEOPLE’S STORE, 513 and 515 Broadway, Helena, Mont. HEADQUARTERS FOR i Groceries, Tinware and Notions, CHINAWARE, Hay, Grain and General Sedaka | | CHEAPER THAN DIRT FOR SPOT CASH. CHARLES H,. HENTON, SEARKE & CURTIN, Prop. | the shaft continued down between these |walis which seemed to pinch the lode, | that there was but a small seam of ore ithe shaft. | hold of it was 125 feet in depth, at the bottom of which a drift on the vein had been run nearly 200 feet west. There was more or less ore in the shaft all the way down, a8 well as in the drift; averag- in § trom an inch to three inches in width. The shaft was sunk at the lower end of a little ravine, running-down from the hill above, and just below and between edo giant out-croppings of granite. boul- ders, which may or maynot be the out crop of the walls of tye lode. At any rate for the first ona hundred feet or so making the quartz so compact and tight in it, at times noné at all. When the | shatt reached a depth of 125 feet it was thought that by drifting west into the | level. We are informed that no cross- cuts from the bottom of this shaft was ever run, but that operations ceased en- tirely in the property shortly after the shaft reached the depth above mentioned. Above the 400 the mine has been ‘pretty well worked out, and the main working shaft now has abont 400 feet of water in it. The mine was closed down about | o Kilied In the House. After ten days’ debat the house reject- ed the Senate free coinage dmendment to the bond bill by a vote. of 80 to 190. In view of the fact that a democratic senate passed the bill, and a republican * house slaughtered it, it, is hard to see how freé¢ silver republicans who affect to believe there is no hope for silver except sixteen years ago, since which time no! through the republican party, can draw systematic attempt has ever been made | any comfort from the action of their rep- to reopen it, but since the new order of | repentatives in the house. It is true things here there have been several par- | however, that bad the. bill passed. both ties nibbling at the Legai Tender bait, with a view to sequring a bond and léase on it and reopening the property on an extensive scale. Should this be done, and it will be! sooner or later, it would mean much for | the futare growth of Clancy. Any effort to reopen the Legal Tender should be hailed with joy by the people of, this city, as no doubt it would be. That there is still millions beneath the work- ings in this property all old miners who worked in the mine in its bonanza days are firmly of the gpinion, and that the day is vot far d@¥int- when jts hidden wealth will be brought to the surface and add another industry to those which rightly belong to Clancy, making of this city a busy hive of wealth producers, is most earnestly hoped. » * * MINING NOTES, It is reported that Manager Plummer, of the De Lamar Mining Co., Idaho, re- ceives a salary of $25,000 a year, which is not a very bad plum for Plummer. The output of the De Lamar mine, for the year 1895, is stated at 43,680 tons of ore. Total receipts, $935,899.57 ; expen- |ses incurred, $459,807.85; net. profits, $466,091.72. Gold coinage has been suspended at the Philadelphia mint because there is no bullion to coif, and now the Sécretary of the T:easury has ordered the coinage of $7,000,000 of silver. The Homestake Mining Company, Black Hills, paid a dividend of $31,250 houses it would have been vetoed by a democratic president, so that so far as ia two old parties are concerned, hon- ors are about equally divided. In fact | had not the senate been convinced that the bill would fail in the house, it would never have passed that body. As it was it afforded a number of senators repre- senting a free silver constituency to pose as friends of sllver without offending their masters. In the coming election no such opportunity will occur for the foes of human liberty hide their traitor- the lines will be distinctly drawn, a sil- ver party will present a silver man upon a silver platform incapable of a double construction; and then free silver dem- ocrats and free silver republicens will be given a chance to show their faith “by their works, In connection with the present contro- versy on the bond question the following bit of history may be interesting: The largest issue of bonds ever made by the government was in 1877, when $741,000,- 000 worth were put out, but these bonds were not sold or subscribed like the pres ent issue. They, were used in funding a loan then due which the government was not prepared to pay in cash. The first big borrowing transaction of the govern- ment occurred in 1861, when congress, in view of the ciyil war, voted the secretary of the treasury authority to use the pub- lic credit more freely than it had been used before. Tne amount of money bor- rowed under this authority was $150,000,- ts the drift would run under the pinch | January 25, making a totul to date of | 000, and the loan was not even so popu in thirty or forty feet, and the ore streak | would widen out. But ap to the time Gable quit work on the property the ore did not get better or mére numerous so so rapidly as to take &man's breath away. Mr. Mo’Kenzie, however, com- $5,712,500, and the Highland announces ite thirty-niath regular monthly dividend of 25 cents a share, amounting to 825,- 000.4 total announced to date of 8977,- 000, menced to sink the shaft deeper, and at | a depth of about 200 feet encountered | about eight inches of clean solid ore in | Should this ore continue, |and there is no reason to think that it | HARDWARE AND STOVES. will not, for a depth of twenty-five or : | thirty feet more, then a drift will be We are now offering our entire line of heating stoves for Coal or Wood at | started waatand a6. e00n it Mas adven. | Send us your orders for all kinds of HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS e PRICES LOW. 42 & 44 S. Main St. - - Helena, Mont. ARTHUR P. CURTIN, Furniture, Carpets. Wall Paper, Houseftrnishing Goods. We carry the largest stock In e¢yery department in all Montana, Will occupy our Mam- moth New Huilding, opposite Hotel Helena, November 15th. Grand Removal Sale now going on, Present Stock must be reduced. Pianos and Organs in Music Department ARTHUR P. CURTIN, HELENA, MONTANA. | ; niet } | Wines, Liquors and Cigars,” Bar Glassware and Billiard ( 40 South Main Street, Helena, Montana. Ei edhec iN M. btas | Manufactarer, Jobber and Dealer in SADDLERY, HARNESS AND SADDLERY HARDWARE. STOCK SADDLES A SPECIALTY. HELENA, MONTANA. ¢ RESTAURANT IN CONNECTION. | 00S. FIRST-CLASS HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS. World's Fair Beer Garden and lodging House 0. G. FREDERICK, eee 100-102 South Main Street,, - - : Helena, Montana. HAS THE FINEST BOWLING ALLEY IN THE WEST IN CONNECTION. When you visit the Capital and are looking for a friend you will be sure to find him at the most poptlag resort in Helena: The choicest wines, liquors and cigars and the best music can be heard at the |ced. ced far enough stoping will be commen- | The present indications are véry | favorable for a valuable mine in the} Muskegon, and Mr. Mc’Kenzie and his | partners aré to be congratulated on the | favorable turn in the affairs there: + * +. THE HALDEMAC, Warren DeCamp has three shifts at work and is putting down the shaft at the rate of about two feet every twenty- | four hours. A depth of 190 fest has been reached, and it is expected they will be able to begin to cross-cut for the lead at the 200 by the last of next week. It is} not thought that the cross-ent will have | to be extended more than ten feet to reach the lead. There is no reason why the Haldemac should not make a mine and we believe it will. And what is | though is not always true, It is announced that the Blue Jay Silver Bow and Gray Rock mines, of the Butte and Boston group, closed down on February 1, throwing 300 men out of jemployment, and we have also heard that the Boston and Montana would close. It is said, however, that the man- }agement will endeavor to retrench by cutting off some high-salaried employes. The latest definition of a mining pro- moter is. “one who sells nothing for something to a man who thinks he is getting something for nothing.” ‘That | definition often hits the nail on the head Many in- stances may be cited where the promo- | ter was a very necessary factar in nego- | tiating a sale. Palking of rich ore, ete., B.S. Kimball, who has recently been at Baker City, Or., I saw at the Virtue mine, which |is owned by Grayson of San Francisco, ia sing |@lab of gold that bad been re- | duced to bullion by nature herself, and | which weighed in at $5,000. It required no handling, but was shipped direct to the mint at San Francisco, and was there | registered as bullion. In two days and | says: “ ar as the one now being made. There was no “gold syndicate” at that time, but the secretary of the treasury had to go to the bankers of New York, Phila- delphia and other Targe Gitiés’and ask assistance. The government's crédit was badly impaired, and it was impossi- ble to get money abroad, byt the banks agreed to také from the treasury de- partment a first issue of 850,00,000 and then second and third issues of like am- ount and to put the bonds out gradually among the people: This act saved the government’s credit and no doubt saved the union, for without the help of the banks the people would not have been persuaded to take the bonds and the money necessary to carry on the war for the union would not have been obtain- able. The Mimer office this week turned .| out an invoice of office stationery for the | Miners’ Union, Andrew Thompson, L. |S. Moses, of the Alhrmbra hotel, and others, consisting of letter heads, tate ments, oards, etc. We are now well equipped: for all kinds of job printing, including cards, letter heads, bill heads, statements, envelopes, ball invitations and programmes, wedding cards and every kind of commercial work. We have a nice stock from which to select, and we claim todo as fine work as can be done anywhere, and at-as -low prices more, Warren has stuck to the property | # half ore that yielded the owner $64,000 | as the same class of work is done in the with a pertinacity that should be re- warded. A deal looking towards the | | Pu rther and more complete development | | ot this and other property is now in | progress, the particulars of which will be given in these columns later. + . * LEGAL TENDER, In the good old days that “ ye old- timer” loves to talk about so well, when most of the snow-clad peaks of the giant | Rocky Mountains were deep holes in the | ground, the Legal Tender mine at this | city was the most famous silver neon in Montana... The work then done made the present town possible, It was a great mine for ruby silver ore, and there is bardly a mineral cabinet in the state to-day. but what contains specimens of “ruby” from the old Legal Tender. When the property was in bonanza, back in the '70’s specimen fiends were almost as thick then as now, and many a pound of rich ore found its way into private collections. Time was when a blast was put in and ore exposed in the drifts and stopes, the ore looked as though a bucket of blood had been poured over it, it was so red, and it was then that the old | mine gave up thousands upon thousands of dollars of its riches, though it is said that it was extravigantly worked, under circumstances that would discourage the ordinary minef of to-day, and the most of the ore was sent abroad for treatment. The shaft on the property, a three- World’s Fair. compartment, was sunk to the 500-foot | Was taken out of the mine and shipped | as high grade, while the mill every | | month affords'a ¢lean-up of $20,000.’ | Itis reported that Harry Treat, sec- retary of the new Chicago mining stock | exchange, and Harry Sommers, also of | Chicago, have bought a group.of mines |in the Warm Springs district, about |four miles from Clancy, and near the | Homestake. | velopement work will be cotimenced at once, and that arrangements have already | been made for machinery. We trust | this report will prove correct, as the dis- | trict is a most promising one, and only awaits the advent of capital so bring it into merited prominence. | Sunday School Social a There will be. a social for the benefit of the Clancy Sunday School, held at the School House in Clancy, on the eve ning of Tuesday, February 18th, to which a general invitation is extended. Mrs. Gro. Baitezy, Mrs. J. W. Hort, Invitation Committee L. Arnold, and Charles J. Geier of Helena, while in Clancy, one day this week, made the Miner office a pleasant call. Mrs. T. G. Merrill and daughter Sadie were viditors in Clancy last Saturday, visiting Mrs. Ely, a sister of Mr. Merrill, and also Mrs, M.A. Haynes. Mrs. Mer- rill and family haye gone to California for the winter, leaving this week. We understand that de-| city of Helena. Give’ us a call when you want anything in eur line, we think we | can please you in all respects. All kinds | of blatike in stock. : Mrs. F. E. Harvey has rented her ho- ‘tel property to Messrs. Doughty & Lehn- dorff, of the Arlington hotel in Helena, | who will take possession of the property ,on the 17th inst. Mrs. Harvey will put up 4 large hotel building on her proper- ty, corner Main and Clancy streets, as soon as the materials can be got on the ground. The stone for the foundation and basement is now being delivered from a fine quarry about a mile up. Clancy creek. Cara of Thanks, I take this method of expressing, in a feeble way, my heartfelt, thanks to those good people who so nobly helped me during my late illness, furnishing me with the necessaries of life and medical attendance when it would have been im- possible for me to have otherwise obtain- ed it, WrtitaM Sparring, The population of Claney continues to grow. At an early hour this morning a girl arrived at the home of A.H.Pugsley. Another milestone in the history of . Clancy will be reached to-night at mid- night. The order making this city one” of the most important railway centers in Montana takes effect to-hight at 12, The event is a red-letter day in the hie- tory of Clancy; and will be celebrated — to-night at the round-house. j ous heads under the cloak of hypocracy,
