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—SSNGee F EX e : tet ie a we et Sch 4 Fe i > aan x y iy > » \ ¥) oh ae 4 * bs a e ; % be le é ' = os ; ». FOL. 2._No. 28. Whole No. 75. For Mining Supplies iad Machinery] | oF GOOD, SUBSTANTIAL AND HONEST QUALITY, AND FOR PROMPT and INTELLIG GENT SERVICE, B, go to ~ A. M. HOLTER HARDWARE Co. 113 and 116 North Moin Street, . 7 HELENA, MONTANA. “G&K” HYDRAULIC HOSE —AND—— MINERS’ RUBBER COATS, evans Gans & Klein, - - Helena, Montana. A. O. DORNER Watchmaker an Jeweler 28 S. Main Street, Helena: _ Watch Repairing at Reasonable Prices. All Work Guaranteed. Mail Orders \Receive Prompt Attention. We Make and Repair all Kind of Jewelry. T. J. CHESTNUT, Dealer in General Merchandise, HAY AND GRAIN, Olancy, — 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. Montana. 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. Helena, Mont. ARTHUR P. CURTIN,. Furniture, Carpets, Wall Paper, Housefurnishing Goods. tin all Montana, Will preasber 15th. Grand Removal Bale and Organs in Music Department. ARTHUR P. > CURTIN, HELENA, MONTANA. We carr moth New Building, op on. Present Stock musi the ng, ODDO stpok | in mn every, depart’ meal gene, FO our Mam- now going J. SWITZER, WHOLESALE DEALER IN Wines, Liquors and Cigars, Bar Glassware and — Billiard Goods. 40 South Main Street, Helena, Montana. - LINDSAY & Co.. -BRUITS AND PRODUCE, We carry a full line of Fruits and Produce of all kinds, No Goods sold to Consumers, | WHOLESALE HELENA, ‘MONTANA. FIRST-CLASS HOTEL. ACCOMODATIONS. World’s Fair Beer Garden and lodging House 0. G. FREDERICK, Proprietor. 100-102 South Main Street, 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 = m« The choi World's a Helena. ular resort in watt wines, a and cigars = the best music can RESTAURANT IN CONNECTION. Helena, Montana. be heard at the Mining Ni It f the Day of : a Bar silver, 6834. Lead, $3.00. ‘ Copper, $11.50, -., ‘ * = * ORE SHIPMENTS IN OARS FOR THE WEEK. Csaba ihan 1 Little Nell ,....... Bs. pecs ces ap tei 1 Overland ‘a “3 g | Pilot HRES AN PEM = cece p ha aes 1 Total very Bey oclse eit éa salam 6 oF. OVERLAND. and the locality has-received the atten- tion of several so-called millionaires. or would-be millionaires, which amounts to pretty much the game thing, some of them from as fur@way as Chicago and Salt Lake. To a man up a tree itis am- using to watch the methods of some of these seekers aftergold properties. They generally are equipped with a preponder- ancé of stomach and a superabundance of worldly knowledge, and nine out of every ten of them look upon the average prospector as a natural born liar and dead beat. They go out to look at.a prospect and then denounce 1t asa fraud because it is not a “going” mine. . They are generally accompanied by a gradu ate of the Columbia College School of Mines, or some other equally famous place, who can tell the quality of rock by simply tasting it, and they only need a small mouthful of quartz to determine, not only its method of treatment, but bow far it goes down, what the country rock is; the walls of the lode, and the net loss per ton where the dividends should come in, They generally want to know if the scenery surrounding a prospect is included in the sale, or if it is bottled and sold.separate. | The minthg business is thlike that of any other business on earth, A pros- pect ambles along through its different stages of development, and during these stages it generally changes hands two or three times. Some men could not make a mine pay if its foot-wall was the Phil- adelphia mint, and its hanging-wall the United States treasury, while other men would squeeze bullion out-of grindstones. That has been the bistory of every min- ing camp ever discovered since the days ot King Solomon, and.will be the history of the contact vein in which the Over- land is situated, and will also be the story to relate of every great vein yet to be discovered unti! the day comes at last when the sun goes down and forgets to rise. “*There have been some transfers of property on the contact “unsight and unseen,” like a scicol-boy trades jack- knives ; and where the tifle to the ground is known to be <ood there is no saying ‘but what that ncthod of sale is not as fair for all parties as expert. amination by all the “theory” men and “ profess- ors” ip creation—for after all when it comes to “ seeing a holeinto the ground,” one man can do it about as well as‘an- other. And then one place is about as good as another on the contact. . It is possible a place may look promising on the sur- face and yet may prove to.be barren of mineral, or require crosscuts and drifts to find it, while others that are not pleas- ing tothe eye on top, or surrounded by hundred thousand dollar Scenery, may prove to be bopanzas. Three cars of ore only were sent down from the Overland this :week, the most of which came from the bottom of the shaft, though; miners aré also working in both the edst and west drifts on the 300, The foot shaft in contempla- tion on the claim next west of the Over- land will be equipped with’sa steam hoist and the work finished as. rapidly as pos- sible. When stations are cut and levels and drifte run from this shaft, the out- put from the great vein ought to begin to make itself felt in no Uncertain man- ner. West ofthe Overland the first claim is the Gold Bug, and adjoining this, still further west, is the Aurora. This claim is as fine a prospect as was ever located on any vein in the world, and shows a solid foot of the same character of rock as that now being milled from the Over- land. The Aurora on the surface shows | as a ten-foot vein lying against a quartzite foot-wall, and while it does not sample much in the present showing is un- doubtedly the same vein as that being 4 _|__Mining -has-been-active in the_vicinity of the Overland, during the past week -could be stored, and the actual working worked in the locations east of it, and with depth. It is at this point that Mc- Clellan gulch cuts the at right angles, gouging it down to a depth of at which is very steep, furnishing an ideal tunnel site on the vein. A tunnel driven jin here would gain a greater perpendic- ular depth than any yet attained at any point in the workings on the great con- tact vein.. This location has attracted the attention of mining men from all sec- tions, and we understand has just been bonded by Helena parties who will com- mence work on it in afew days. Still further east Messrs. Harvey & Milner bave located two or three claims, in which the showing is good, and on which some work is being done. The new Bo- nanza shaft, which will go down 200 feet or so without stopping, will contribute to the prosperity of the locality, which ought soon to be as busy a mining com- munity as any pew camp in the state. oe THE HARVEY. Only exploring work has been done on thie~propertyfor—some—time: Miller and Norris ‘now believe that the best policy will be to follow the vein, and the beginning of the week will see work resumed on the Harvey in earnest. Messrs.-Miller and,Norris since taking hold of the property on a bond and lease have purchased a oue-third inter- est in the property. thereby showing that their faith will in a short time be rewarded by smelter returns. * * * THE WINTERS PLACERS. From a private letter from one of the me learn that the water in Basin Creek:is very high, owing to the excessive snow fall last winter and this spring, a fact that-has interfered seriously. with opera- tions in the Winters diggings, During the month of June it is expected that work will begin in earnest. These plac- ers have been steady producers for years and will be for years to come. They are situated in what is known as the Upper Basin district, about twelve miles up Basin Creek from the town of Basin. Some years ago the present owners at- quired from Henry Bratnober and others their interests scattered aloug the upper Basin, and the entire property for a dis. tance of tive miles or more, together with all the water rights, etc., passed into the control of Messrs. Winter, Braun and Heber, who have worked the diggings with one giant, with good success since: At the upper end of the diggings nature has provided a natural reservoir for wa- ter, in which millions of gallohs of water season prolongéd into at least six or seven months of each year. The average working season now, under ordinary cir- cumstances, Jasts from twelve to sixteen weeks. The country in the vicinity of the placers is annually subject. to very heavy snowfalls, and the season for gold | 820° washing is generally late before opera- tions can begin. But the ground is rich and the clean-up this year will probably exceed that of any season for some years. * ” * LONE STAR. It is stated that this property, owned by Kearny and Carroll, has been bonded for $30,000. The Lone Star is located about@hree-fourths of a mile northeast of the Liverpool. When down about 20 feet, this’ mine caused considerable ¢x- citement, on account of the fine ore taken out at that depth. Messrs. Kear- ney and Carrol? continued to develop the property, and went down about 125 feet when work was suspended, owing to the amonnt of water encountered, which could not be handled withont steam. The Lone Star isin a good lo- eahty, and ought to make a good mine. * s * . LITTLE NELL. The Helena Herald of June Ist, has mine in. Lump gulch: “The most im- portant mining deal in Helena for some time was consummated to-day, when Dr. Chas, H. Head purchased.a one-quarter interest in the Little Nell from R. A. Bell, paying therefor $25,000 spot cash. The Little Nell is a wonderful mine, and a steady producer of high-grade silver ore. It has proven to be the best prop-}paraso erty in Lump gulch, and the amount paid for a quarter interest is not. consid- ered afabulous price. Mr. Bell has been associated with Dr. Head in the-develop- ment of the mine from the time it was a prospect until to-day, He isa worthy | fan. gentleman, well deserving the fortune he has made. We have been unable to establish the truth of the above, and therefore give it published in the Herald. We have been informed, however;.that the price, paid Mr. Bell for his one-fourth interest was $15,000 instead of $25,000. - That the | 4.6 Little Nell is a good property no one will question who is acquainted with it, and least. 400 feet, the descent down into owners of this:famous placer ground we in the sity ond quantity of uct as developments ‘progress. ' velopments on the property are as tensive” as any of those of this and the Little Nell mine no doubt has‘a long and profitable career before it. : The shaft has been sunk about 85 . 450 feet drifts will be west from it. Sinking be continued: ~ another 100 feet when other drifts will be started. This will give 200 feet of stoping ground. When the two drifte are sufficiently advanced to permit of is a large vein of very fine ore in the shaft, which has continued within the shaft since sinking was begun. e.4°? MINING NOTES. The gold excitement resulting from the successful working, of the Felon, stone river bars near this city by_New ton Bailey, says the Livingston Enter- prise, has not abated, and. he pro pects are that it-w continue until bh in the Yelllowstone prevents furtber op- arstions. Ta ee week Capt. oe an ave rigged u u pores ana aaa on barin the river wa above tl city. prospects sbow considerable gold existing at that int, some tests Se more than a undred colors to t The Big Hole Basin countty will be- come famous rae long for itg mineral resources, says the Butte Miner. On Stella CReek bn & Smith are having a stamp mill erected which - will be-com- pleted early in July. By that time there will be 700 tons of ore on the the. tone is expected to average $50 to the The-ore is free milling, and at the foot level the vein is } inches wide, ae getting larger with depth. A number of fine placer claims are also being worked in that-locality. Work in the McCauley placers has been temporarily suspended owing to bigh water ‘which flooded’ the ditches and sluices. MINERS’ UNION DAY. Clancy Miners’ Union No. 30 will Celebrate the Day at Lump City With a Parade, Ball, Foot Races, Tag of War, ete. Clancy Miners’ Union No. 30 will cele- brate the eighteenth anniversary of the organization of their order at Lump City, Saturday, June 13. The exercises feet, making it the deepest mine in Lump gulch. When the shaft is down | east and ~ their working, between -75 and 100. . miners will be employed. on ore. There - of Helena. to the speaker of the glay. speaking an adjournment will be taken until 2 p. m. this to say concerning the Little Nell |.p will begin with a parade at 9:3Q a. m., which will march through Lump City led by the celebrated bag pipe band After the parade they will return to the ball where they will listen After the There will be dancing afternoon and — evening at the Miners’ Union hall. Following is the programme of the day. 1. Tug of war, 10 men on a side. Firet prise, $20.00, given by the Union; ° oa rize, box of cigars, give by” ay Reed. 2. Foot race, 100 $7,50, second prize, Union. 8. Sack race, 50 yards, for married men only. First prize, 85.00, os by the Union; second prize, suit of under- wear, given by J. H. Harris. 4, Foot race for boys under 12 years. First prize, $3.00; second $2.00, given by J. B. Parkinson, 5. Foot race for boys under 15 years, 100 yards. Prize, suit of clothes made to order by Auerbach & Wiegel. ' 6.. Foot race for girls under 12 years. First prize, 1.50 worth of toilet soap; given oY Andrew ~ Thompson; secon Foe 7. Wheelbarrow race, 50 tries blindfolded. Prize $10.00 suit of clothes given by C. 7. Stnbbs. 8. Throwing nd hammer.~ Po Pa Putting cian Tabet Pi e 16-pou: ot. 24, $5.00, given by Union. 10. Standing ve, First prize, two bottles of wine; meomed prim one bottle of - fal by Joe 1 Barve. legged race, aot ae First PrGetch and hold the gree tch an wilt be the pig, given err iki Best looking miner. Prize, one halt case of wine., Homliest miner; prize, one-half case of wine, given by Kuphal. The following prizes will be given at the ball in the evening: Most ular lady in ball room, to be decided ty heb. boing e gentleman holding ball ticket entitled tq one. vote. Prize $5.00 - Beet. lady waltzer. Prize, engraved pilver cup. fami, gentleman LG Prise, bottle, iven es lady eee reatund aynes: assistance. in iB gpoerteining the guests; prize $5.00 Best lady dancer ‘io Spanish York; ards, first prize, 50, given by the nated to the children present. meee ace ne trina ‘and oan Union ball, one ae ied Beet Shagume hed Douglas and. Fraser, during and on the grounds in the 2 can hardly help proving equally as rich what is better the mine improves both Everyone cordially ivi 00° worth of candy, given by 50 yards, en-~ 78, $2.00. ~ Five dollaré worth of candy to be do- x
