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r \ 1) all all lice K, oots Co. 3 VOL. 2.—No. 10.—Whole No. 62. OLANOY, MONTANA, SATI IRDAY, MARCH 7, 1896. $2.00 A YEAR. For Mining Supplies and Machinery OF GOOD, SUBSTANTIAL AND HONEST QUALITY, AND FOR PROMPT and INTELLIGENT SERVIGE, go to A. M. BOLTES HARDWARE CO. 38-9 and Risin Nerth Mata Street, - HELENA, MANTANA. Great Stock-Taking Sale, Unheard of Prices, —~ON-— Men’s and Boys’ Clothing. Particulars of GANS & KLEIN, Main and peen.S Helena. T. J. CHESTNUT, Dealer in General Merchandise, HAY AND GRAIN, Clancy, . - . . W. F. Miller. Hotel and Restaurant, FINE SAMPLE ROOM IN CONNECTION. Montana. Montana. ivlancy, . '. > : THE PEOPLE’S STORE, 513 and 515 Broadway, Helena, Mont, Groceries, Tinware and Notions, CHINAWARE, ——-——- Hay, Grain and General Merchandise, CHEAPER THAN DIRT FOR SPOT CASH. \ CHARLES H. HENTON, CLARKE & CURTIN. HARDWARE AND STOVES. We are now offering our entire line of heating stoves for Coal or Wood at Actual Cost Prop. Send us your orders for all kinds of HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. PRICES Low. 42 & 44 S. Main St. - . Helena, Mont! ARTHUR P. CURTIN, cay, Carpets, Wall Paper. » Housefurnishing Goods. We carry the largest stock in every department in all Montana, Will occupy our Mam- moth New Building, opposite Hotel Helena, November 15th. Grand Removal Bale now going on. Present Stock must be reduced. Pianos and Organs in Music Department. ARTHUR P. CURTIN, HELENA, MONTANA J. SWITZER, Wines, Liquors and ‘Cigars, Bar Glassware and Billiard Goods. 40 South Main Street, Helena, Montana. H’. J. NY EK, ' Manufactarér, Jobber and Dealer in SADDLERY, HARNESS AND SADDLERY HARDWAR E. SADDLES A SPECIALTY. HELENA, MONTANA. STOCK FIRST-CLASS HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS. World’s Fair Beer Garden and lodging House 0. G. FREDERICK, Proprietor. 100-102 South Main Street, - “ - - When you visit the Capital and are looking for a friend you will be sure to find bim at the most popular resort in Helena. RESTAURANT IN CONNECTION, Helena, Montana. The choicest wines, liquors and cigars and the best music can be heard ot the World’s Pair. ; - MINES AND MINING. —— ee —— Regular Weekly Clean-up from the Mines of the Lump and Clancy Guich Districts. Mining Notes and Items of the Day of an Interesting Character. é Bar silver, 6834. Lead, $3.10. Copper, $11.00. * * ORE SHIPMENTS IN OARS FOR THE WEEK. Liverpoalc ss. . is eaves. - hha ore Little Nel 63.05 Rae. Golden Gate i... (cae. ee MONTANA OFTY PLACERS, W. M. Johnston, of W. M. Johnston & Co..'a mining firm doing business at $36- 836 Manhattan building, 315 Dearborn street, Chicago. accompanied by a Mr. Pinkston, a mining man well known in this vicinity, were in Olancy during the week, looking up the traditional history in connection with the old placer dig- gings near Montana City. After investi- gating the titles to the property, and thoroughly prospecting the ground(tt-is the intention to put in Mean: pump and go to work in the obt ol of the Prickly Pear Creek; Wu..fhg the gravel to a somewhat lower depth Sal it was worked in the early days. The present owners of the ground, or at least the con- troling interest in it, isOwoed by Senator Carter and E, D. Edgerton, of Helena. | * £m OOPPER JAOK. This property, of which mention has been made in these columns several times during the past fall and winter, is located up Warm Springs creek about three miles. The parties holding the property under bond are now sinking the shaft on the vein, and are down toa depth. of seventy-five feet. The ore streak varies from six tq twelve inches i width, and carries gold, stiver and cop- per. The copper assays have run from two to sen per cent... The best ore pro- duced gave a return in gold of about $20 to the ton ; silver, ten ounces. © There is a second shaft on the property, about 50 feet west of the main shaft, 35 feet deep, which is alsoin ore of abont the same |character. The vein has been proved | along the surface for 500 feet or more, in | some places showing ore. A shipment | was made last Deceber and another one | will be made sometime during the pres- | ent month. . 7 7 THE HOMESTAKE, | At ter a shnt down of a few days the | work of sinking the shaftanother fifty feet has been commenced. This will | give a depth of 100 feet, and we under | stand it is thé intention of the owners |to thoroughly prospect the lead from | this level. The first thing to be done | after gaining the additional depth will | be to crosscut and determine the width | of the lead, as at the 50 the shaft is in |the lead and neither wall has been | reached, After run in both directions from the shaft. | * Sy THE LITTLE ALMA, It has beep currently reported that | the ore shipped from this mine under the previous management did not prove as high: grade as ite character would seem toindicate nor as valuable as is common in this district; and for that reason, in connection with the fact that the ore chute Was small and uncertain, it could not be worked at a profit. It is therefore a matter of general satisfaction to know that the car shipped last week under the present operators, exceede ex- pectations in point of value, running about 150 ounces to the ton. There has been a steady improvement in the ore chute as the stope is carried up, and should it continue as it now is, the ques- tion of the Little Alma becoming a pay- ing proposition will no longer be a ques- tion of doubt. * ° + MINING NOTES, John 8. Miller, a mining man well known in this locality, will shortly leave for Chicago where he will make quite a lengthy visit. The Montana Mining company in Deer Lodge county made a total output in January of 6,400 tons of ore, which contained 2,510 ounces of gold and 19,650 ounces of silver of an estimated value of $62,400. The net earnings were $14,800. The hottest nines in the world are the Comstock. On the lower levels the heat is so great that the men catinot work claims known as the old Coles property which drifte will be| |new timbering near the west end, and over ten or fifteen minutes at a time. Every known means of mitigating the heat bas been tried in vain. Ice melts before it reaches the bottom of the shafts. A. J, Coupples and H. T. Forbes, have been engaged in running a tunnel on a mining claim located in Lump gulch neat the Big Buffalo, for some months past, have tapped the lead at a distance of 270 feet from the point of starting, showing up a strong lead. Water, how- ever, appeared more plentiful than ore, and work has been suspended for a few days to allow it to drain off. C. W. Callahan, an English mining expert who has visited all the great min- ral tields of Africa, Australia and South America, and who has recently consu- mated a deal whereby the Clipper group of mining claims passes into the control of an English syndicate. The consider- is said to have been $500,000. As an ev- idence of what Mr. Callahan thinks of Montana’s mineral resources, we clip the following from the Butte Miner. “What little I have seen of Montana and the great northwest up as far as British Columbia, I am not exagerating when I say that there are no such mih- era] deposits in any chain of mountains on the globe. After all my experiences in all mining countries I can frankly say that Montana is the wonder of the earth and the half has not been told. Time alone can develop the wonderful resour ces of this section of country.” Messrs. Jobnson, Largey and Hodgins have orderéd a stéaii hoist Whion wiéy will put at work on one of their mines forming one of the group known as the State group. The number of miners working in the district at the head of McUlellan, Straw- berry and Warm Springs Gulches, is greater than at any time in its previous history. Garneau has 18 or 20: men, the Pilot 10 or 12, the Homestake 5 or 6, the Silver King operated by “Chicago Joe” is working 12 men, and besides these there ate a large number of prospectors in the imemdiate vicinity. We understand that the group of has recently been bonded to Helena parties who will so6n begia Active oper. ations. This is the property upon which is located the stamp mill recently pur- chased by the owners of the Pilot and by whom it is being overhauled and con- verted into a concentrator. Consider- able developement work has been done on this property shafts having been sunk on the differnt claims from 50 feet to 100 feet in depth, showing up large quantities of concentrating ore.” The character of the ore changes from ‘free milling on the surface to concentrating with depth, which rendered the stamp mill useless and it was closed down and bas remained closed for a number of years. It is thought that in converting the mill into a concentrator the capacity will be sufficient to handle not only the ore from the Pilot but the output of these properties as well, whcih will en- able these mines to be worked ata hand- some profit. Muir Tunnel Again on Fire. A special to the Independent from Livingston says that fire has again bro- ken out in the Muir tunnel and was said to be beyond control. It caught in the the indications were that all the new work to the west entrance of the tunnel will be consumed. The fire which broke out in the old timberihg last fall had but recently been subdued}and the work of placing the tunaél’in shap® for the pass- age of trains was being pushed rapidly when the cmoke and heat again made it impossible to continue the work longer. The fire was discovered early Monday morning, bufwas said-to be under con- trol Monday night, but later reports are that it is burning worse than ever, and that a cave in has occurred at a point where the skyline crosses the mountain, and that several freight cars have fallen from the track into the tunnel. Robbery at Wickes, Bach, Cory & Oo.’s general merclian- dise establishment, at Wickes, was bro- ken into Monday night and considerable money and goods taken. The thieves scattered the goods promiscously around the store. They were probably the same gang who outfitted themselves from Kintner’s tool chest Later advices from Wickes is to the effect. that four men were concerned in the robbery, and that they were fright- ened away before they had succeeded in breaking into the safe. Three of the gang were captured a short distance be- low Corbin and are now in the jail at Boulder. A correspondent writing from Great Falls to the Anaconda Standard, says that the annual meeting of the stock-, holders of the Montana Central Railroad even one director located there. ‘believed one man can perform the duties company was held at Helena on Wednes- day of this week. He said: “At this meeting five directors will be elected for the ensuing year and thére is reason to believe that there will be a radical change made in the directory, as it now stands. W, A, Chessman and Charley Cannon, well known and prominent resi- dsnts of Helena, will probably be retired from the directory, and on the new board Great Falls will have at least one repre- sentative. Now that Helena is simply a water station on the Montana Central, it is not thought nevessary to have two or It is of ticket agent, operator and baggage- man and still have time to watch the in- terests of the company without being overtaxed to any alarming extent. Great Falls is certainly entitled to recognition on the board, as the Montana Central road does more business here in one month than it does in Helena in two years. The change will meet the appro- val of the people of this section of Mon- tana.” T. J. Chestnut has purchased from M. A. Haynes two lots fronting on Main street, for the purpose of erecting there- on a private dwelling house. The lots in question havea street frontage of seventy- five feet, and is a beautiful location for a private residence. Mr. Chestnut will build during the coming summer, after which his family will remove from Chi- cago and take up their residence in Clancy. Mr. Thomas Hall, a resident of Boulder who some mooths ago visited England accompanied by his family, is soon ex- pected back again, word having been re- ceived from him to that effect. Mr. Fall and his family had expected to stay in the land of thé Rothschilds for some years, but becoming disgusted with the mother country will come back again to Montana where 4 man can go barefoot, if he so elects, and it is no one’s busi- ness. We are informed that the Wickes Pi oneer will cease publication at Wickes after the four issues for March have been completed. Mr. Bailey has not yet decided where he will next “pioneer” his plant, but be has his eye upon Marysville, Red Lodge, Winston, Towns- - end, Glendive, Rimini and a few other places. The Pioneer is a fairly good country néwspaper outfit, and we hope it may ultimately settle in some profita- ble and appreciative field. A cold wave hit us -in this locality, with a brisk wind from the north, the first of the kind we have enjoyed this winter, commencing last Saturday morn- ing and continuing until Wednesday of this week. The thermometer averaged about ten degrees below zero, and the coldest recorded was twenty-four below. Generally speaking, the Montana winter has about three cold snaps in it, of a week or ten days duration. This is the third short “snap” for this winter and we bope it will be the last one. “Doc.” Bovee, the murderer of Bob McDaniels, now confined in the county jail at Boulder, was taken before Justice Sweet last week, and after the charge was read to him by his attorney he plead “ not guilty” to thé complaint. Counsel for Bovee waived preliminary examina- tion and he was taken back to the jail to await the opening of the next session of the district tourt, which will not com- mence until April. Bovee is unfortu- nately getting well of the wounds he re- ceived during his fight with McDonald, and is now putting in his time in jail “posing” for sympathy. The woman who is supposed to be his’ wife is living in Lump City. The railroad company have been put- ting in another side-track on the east side of the coal bunkers. It is the in- tention of the company to put in some six or seven side tracks, in addition to those already in, as soon as the weather will permit. It 1s also stated on good authority that additional coal chutes will be put in on the east side of the coal bunkers, so as to enable engines to take coal without standing on the main track, The laying of the additional side-tracks in the yard will probably be commenced at about the same time that thé grade between this city and East Helena is overhauled. This work, together with the construction of the line from East Helena to the Missouri river, and thence on down that stream toa junction with the main line, would lead one to antici- pate considerable activity in railway cir- cles in. this immediate vicinity during the coming year. The wisdom of the determination to straighten the line through to the Missouri river-is at once apparent, as it saves the long haul of heavy freight trains by. way of Helena and through the Prickly Pear canyon. Frank Murray the well known r man, was found dead Thursday last, on the road between Winston and the Stray Horse mine.
