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a VOL, 2.—No. 21,—Whole No. 73. For Mining Supplies and Machinery OF GOOD, SUBSTANTIAL AND HONEST UALITY, AND FOR PROMPT and INTELLIGENT SERVICE, go to A. M. HOLTER HARDWARE CO. 113 and 115 North Main Street, . - * : HELENA, MONTANA. “G&K” HYDRAULIC HOSE CLANCY, MONTANA, SATU MINES AND MINING. Regular Weekly Clean-up from’ the Mines of the Lump and Clancy Gulch Districts. Mining Notes and Items of the Day of an Interesting Character, ——AND— MINERS’ RUBBER COATS, cvasivrexs tape tatoe® Gans & Klein, - . Helena, Montana. Copper, 811.25. “ sameeren gnenta enh ee * * * T. J. CHESTNUT, Uille Alatd sss calde nn Oy) 1 . Little Nell ......... Beh ess cise oven 1 Dealer in. / Ramee hic. as bBo... 1 King Bolomon.....+6.......6...0.,, 1 a Overland...... ..8¢bhy- +... oeccce, 3 General Merchandise, oa = . Ria rou a. HAY AND GRAIN, Clancy, - - - - | Montana. CLANCY SAMPLE ROOM. ‘Wines, Liquors and Cigars, Etc. Special attention paid to supplying private families with pure wines and liquors, 44 per the following price list : Port and Sherry Wines, 50 cents per quart, or 81.50 per galion. Lager Beer per case, $3.50. 75 cents back for Publin Stout and Pale Ale always on hand. return of empty cases. Whisky, private stock. qts. 75c.; gallon, $2.50 Whisky, Old Orow, qts.. 81.00: gallon, W. F. MILLER, Proprietor. THE PEOPLE’S STORE, 513 and 515 Broadway, Helena, Mont, HEADQUARTERS FOR Groceries, Tinware and Notions, CHINAWARE, Hay, Grain_and-General Merchandise, CHEAPER THAN DIRT FOR SPOT CASH. CHARLES H. HENTON, Prop. CLARKE & CURTIN, HARDWARE AND STOVES. , ‘We are now offering our entire line of heating stoves for Coal or Wood at ~+ Actual Cost Send us your orders for all kinds of HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. PRICES Low. 42 & 44 S. Main St. - - _ ARTHUR P. CURTIN, Furniture, Carpets, Wall Paper, Housefurmshing Goods.. A car load of ore Was shipped this week from the Rannaa mine, Strawberry gulch, operated by Peter Mack. The ore was taken from. a drift 40 feet from the surface, and will probably run as high as any var Joad of mineral ever shipped from the, district. The ore was taken out by three men, in less than a month since work began: o 6. THE LIVERPOOL. Sinking is still in progress in the winze being sunk from tbe 400-foot level. A depth. of 35 feet has been reached. The work is necessarily slow, owing to the amount of water in. the shaft, and that it has to be hoisted with a windlass. There js about four inches of fine ore in the shaft. Sinking will continue to the 50-foot level, when a drift will be started on the vein, act THE LITTLE ALMA. The last lessees of this well known property, shipped a ear load of ore from it this week. The ore. was taken out by the three mcn who haye it leased within less than a month since they took charge of it. The Little Alma has been in the hands of a number of parties since it was first opened up, all of whom have taken out a few cars of ore and then threw it up. It is to be hoped that the present lessees will make a success of it. * s * HIGH ORE. A strike of a large vein of very high grade ore, was made in the High Ore mine near Basin last week. M. lL. Hew- ett, general manager of the High Ore Mining company, was exhibiting speci- mens in Helena that assayed 1/300 ounces silver, $60 in gold and 35 per Helena, Mont, | cent lead. He had one spenimen of the ore weighing about 160 pounds that was fairly covered with patches of native silver. The property is owned by Butte and Helena men. The company con- template building a 25v-ton concentfa- | tor on the property. *, * { MO’CAULEY’s PLAQERS, — | Work was resumed at the diggings on | ne RDAY, MAY 23, 1896. IS A GREAT GOLD. MINE. The Overland Running With Full Force In Ali Departments, '~ Eighteen and One-Half Ounces of Gold the Re- sult of Twenty-four Hours Run in the Overland Ten-Stamp Mill. Preparations Being Made for Working the Great Miue op & More Ex- tensive Scale. The recent discovery of rich gold-bear- ing rock in immense quantities in the Overland mine has not only placed that property in the front rank of Montana gold producers, but it marks the re- opening of the gold era in Montana. Headed by Cleveland, Sherman and a few other “Authors of Hard Times,” things have come to such a pass that it is not possible to extract silver ore from the average silver mine, therefore we are compelled to turn our attention for the time being to prospecting for gold. That Montana contains just as many and equally as rich gold veins as any State in the Union, no one will deny who is at all familiar with our mineralogical resources in this particular. If it is true, as stated by men who have made mining for gold and silver study all their lives, and should know what they are talking about whether they do or not, that the wonderfully rich deposits of gold found in the gravels in the guiches and bars all over the State came originally from gold lodes, then these gold lodes are certainly worth looking for and prospecting in. In this connection we venture the re- mark that there is a need in Montana of young blood among the prospectors, and a pushing of this most valuable and vital branch of precious metal mining. Pros- pectors are not Héarly so numerous as was formerly the case before the slump in silver, and the only reason we can give for it is that perhaps prospectors feel that the mineral field has been just 80 much narrowed down, Yet it should be remembered that there are stil] large areas of mineral lands in many places in the rocky mountains, and that hundreds of prospects areannually located. There are men who have followed the business of prospecting for many years, and who no sooner find a claim than they want to sell it and hunt up another one. They have experience in their.line and will not, as a general thing, settle down to the hard work of developing, preferring rather to indulge in their wandering oo- upation. Most of these men confine themselves toa region with which they are familiar and work in a desultory way. There is plenty of room, however, for hewcomers. There are areas in Montana and in all the mountain regions which have scarcely been skimmed overyet. Young, active and energetic men, not “hide-bound” in any particular fads or theories, can take up this work with fair prospects of success. Very little ready . Present Stock mu t stock in every department in all Montana, Will occupy our Mam- this property Monday morning, the ite Hotel Helena; November 15th. Grand Removal . Pianos and Organs in Music Department. ARTHUR P. CURTIN, HELENA, MONTANA. now going water having been turned into. the ditch Sunday, so that in case Judge —— + | Buck’s decision in the injunction case J. SWITZER, WHOLESALE DEALER IN Wines, Liquors and ,Cigars, ‘Bar Glassware and was in their ‘favor they would be all ready to ground sluice without further delay. As anticipated the decision of the judge was in their favor and they are now agitating the gravels in the rich | bar, and will continue to do so without interruption until Dame Nature pute a permanent injunction on their operat- *h1e tions until next spring. oh '. Billiard Goods. During the week in which operations were suspended the gravela. in the _ 40 South Main Street, Helena, Montana. LINDSAY & CO. WHOLESALE ready as high as three dollars to the pan. It is estimated that there is suf- i ficient ground in the bar to last for at ; j least four years of ground sluicing, and 8 ° HELENA, MONTANA. We carry a full line, of Fruits and Produce of all kinds No and there is now no reason why. opera. Goods.sold to Consumers. —__—.—— |sluice boxes were prospected in the pan | in order to see what success had been | met with in the three or four days in| which- operations had been conducted, with the result that the boxes show al- conservative judges have placed the out- put of the diggings at $12,000 per sea- son. They havea good ditch and a fine head of water, and a good early start, J tions should not progress without cessa- a . . tion until winter sets in. A-clean-up FIRST-CLASS HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS. World’s Fair Beer Garden and lodging House Two bodies have been taken from the 0. G. FREDERICK, Proprietor. 100-102 South Main Street, When you visit. the him at the most The vhoicest win World’s Pair. Capital and are looking for a friend you will be sure to find Neither, of the men were married, but ae eae meal d the best music can be heard at the | Wall had a widowed sister with a family >< ——_— will be made about the first of each RESTAURANT IN CONNECTION, | month. * * , * 200-foot level of the Hope mine; victims ot the terrible disaster in that property. = Helena, Montana. |The odies were those of Rarney Wall and Edward McArthur. When found they were locked in each others’ arms. depending upon him for support. * on its broad surface, there is no doubt but that there will be several great mines on the lode. It wil) be hard work to dis- on the vein for the reason that there is a soil covering, the depth of which can only be determined by work, but there land vein will prove to be for Montana vada. It is a great mother lode running across the country for miles, and to say be saying something about its possibil- ities that would stamp a man as an idiot. money is necessary, for prospectors fare is cheap and the living very simple. A summer spent-in the mountains in pros- pecting would be conducive to health and strength, aside from.the possibilities of finding a good claim. It is strange that some of the young men who go to-the cities and spend months in search of employment, looking for a type-writing job or something akin to it, which, at best, yields only a bare living, do not strike out for themselves and prospect in the hills and mountains. | They spend more money in a couple of months waiting in the city than would suffice to support a prospector all sum- mer. It.is trve the life is d rough one to some extent, and the luék uncertain. But there are possibilities connected with it which men without capital will not elsewhere find, Even in or near old settled djstricts mines are sométimes found, and in -more remote regions the chances are largely increased. Men without others depending on them for support can well afford to try their chances in the mineral fields, old and new. The contact vein on which the Over- land is located presents a most inviting field for the prospector. It is so plainly marked on the surface that it could be followed in the dark, and while it may not prove renumerative to sink anywhere cover the top of ore chutes in some plaves is no doubt but that in time the Over what. the Comstock hhs been for Ne- that there is only ane mine on it would i, $2.00 A YEAR. Last Thursday we were shown the re- sult of ‘a twenty-four hour run of the Overland ten-stamp mill, sighteen and one-half ounces of amalgam. The shipments to the smelter have Tnot been so large this week as has been the case for some weeke past, owing to the sinking in the shaft. The only ore treated at the mill is such as is not thought fit to smelt,—but it will be no- ticed that the saving on the plates pays handsomely. “It is the intention to put up either one of the-Helena Iron Works not yet decided which, in a short time, which will add-to the outputof the mine very largely, because they will then be in shape to handle the immense quan- tities.of ore now in sight and hoist it to the surface. The Halford iane between Hartford and Lump City, has been placed in good shape through the efforts of the Little Nel! Liverpool and Free Coinage mining com panies, Mrs.A. Thompson, of Hartford, will give a dance in the Lump Gulch hotel June 3rd. Tickets to the dance entitles the holder to a chance in a raffle for a pair of vhenille curtains. fennoettemencmeeeesiastgi The building built on thé lot adjoin- ing the Miner block for N. C. Kline, of Timberline, for a meat market, has been completed. Mr. Kline will open up his shop for business as soon as his stock can be procured. Mr. J. L. Trone, of Salt Lake City, an attorney at law, was a caller at the Mrver office Thursday, Mr. Trove ls looking for a location, and may possibly select Clancy as the point. Herbert Hunter, formerly in business in Clancy, returned this week from the Trail creek country, British Columbia. Mr. Hunter is impressed with the future of that country as a mineral district, and will return there shortly. L. 8. Edleblute and Judd Stubbs lelt Wednesday for Blackfoot City, where they intend remaining until the Black. foot reservation ie thrown Open for settlement, which is expected to be done shortly. They propose to put in the sumuier prospecting, and are well equip- ped for a three or four months stay in the mountains. Joe Smith, oné of the owners of the Free Coinage, and a pioneer of the camp, contemplates leaving about June 1, for the Trail Creek country, British Columbia, on a prospecting tour. He will be absent about three months. He will thoroughly prospect the entire country, and if he finds anything that suite him, he may remain permanently. Joe’s friends in this locality, and they are a legion, while wishing him suécéss in his search, yet regret to lose him from this locality. A. H. Pugsley had a narrow escape from death or being disabled for life Thursday afternoon while at work in the Free Coinage mine. He was run- ning the car in one of the drifts on the os when a plank that was be- ing lowered from the stopes. with a rope became loosened and fell ty the bottom of the level, a distance of 50 feet, in its descent striking Mr. Pugsley on the arm and hip, knocking him down and bruising him considerably. The plank undoubtedly struck the wall in ite descent, deflecting its course, otherwise it would have cut him in two. He wil] be laid up for some time from the effects of the accident. Mr. A. B. Keith, who is the private secretary of Gov. Rickards, falls in with the Mrner’s idea as to the naming of the mineral field south of Helena. In last Thursday's Herald he says: “It is folly to dissipate the reputation of any known mineral district, that has ao- quired more or less renown from its rich discoveries, by creating a new district for every discovery made in ite immedi- ate neighborhood. Thus just south of the city we have the Lump district, the Strawberry district, the Clancy district, the Maupin district, the Warm Springs creek district, and the Overlattt district, As a matter of fact the reputation of the entire section was made by the bo- nonza discoveries in Lump gulch and ig more widely known as the Lump dis- trict. These numberless sub-divisions give to the eastern investor an ex: r- ated idea as to distances, and it is hard to realize that the Overland mine is only five or six miles from the Liverpool and yet ina different district. For adver- tising purposes the entire region here referred to should be known fs the Gump district, having acquired its Trep- utation as @ high grade bonanza district ou ma mines An ° hase One strong district, wi many rich strikes in it, ie - better than to divide same on up in a dozen tricte “vith one mine, for \ to the east that it isn’t mu trict, after all.” a each district, thus ootveying the lase (Or a sent to the smelter this week comes’ from the bottom of the shaft. The ore — whims or a steam hoist, the owners have * att 47
