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9 Q711 - N -t -t. r ALL KENDS OF JOB PRINTINC , AT THE TIMES OFFICE THE BASIN TIMES. IN YOU mirror THE BASIN TIMES iT'is TRUE $2.50 PER YEAR :VOLUME I. BASIN, MONTANA, sATIIRD4Y °DECEMBER 8, 1894. _ 41e t BUTTE'S LEADING JEWELER and OPTICIAN ItRISTMNS IS ALMOST HERE. DON'T FORGET Your Mother, Father, Sister or Brother In the Old Country. Remind them of a Loving Relation In adistant land. One of our Beautiful Gifts Now on - Display will Just Serve your Purpose. We will send free all purchases of over $10. ONLY 12 MORE DAYS TO SEND GIFTS FOR XMAS. OWSLEY BLOCK, BUTTE. BASIN Drug Store Fehringer Drug Co., Has a Camplete Stock of Drugs . . Medicines Paints, Oils, Varnish, Window Glass and Wall Paper. Spocial Mtention Given to Prescription Work. Come and See our Fish Poles. Lines. Flies, Etc. Don't Forget Our News Depot and Circulating Library. RIVEliSIDE ADDITION Parties wishing to secure a home In a desirable locality will consult their best Inte.rest by seeing Messrs. Glass Bros. 4t-ftice Houses Built In Riverside Addition On Favorable Terms, Planta to chaeorg oonform to the wishes of pur- FISH, POULTRY, SOME-fiNE MINES This Locality is Blessed With Some of the Best Pros- pects In the World. MANY STEADY PRODUCERS Several New Reduction Plants May be Built in the Near Future. For years the Saturday Night, situated three mites above Basin on Cataract creek, has been noted for being one of the most promising prospects in Odle country. The lead crops out prominently in the bed of the creek in the most inaccessible place along Its course and the ore washed by the waters continually running over it presents a sight second only te that exposed in both shaft and tunnel. The mountain l'uns high into the thousands of feet from the bed of the creek and backs are gained rapidly by lore leg the tunnel farther inward. This prop- erty has been operated quite often by many different companies lind the ore has been eittiredy satisfactory but he country is whitsh it is situated has retarded its opera- tion for the reason that to thoroughly de- velope this property the thing most ueedeci is the construction of a wagon road, the cost of which has scared many out. If the ned WWI now completed to this mine there would be a string of teams hauling ore from it for shipment to the many reduction plants of the country. The mine is developed to the extent which places It beyond the name and title a prospect It is owned by James ana John Wall, two brothers, with other gen- lemen of beth Butte and Helena, and they nave bonded it to J. P. Hansen, formerly ot the Obelisk, who has for the time be haa -tad central of it done much work of • per- manent character. He has done all the work thus far with a firm intention of put- ting a concentrator on the property as soot, .1.3 be can secure the means. A water right use 'aeon located aud a ditch has been cut o the site of the proposed works and in sine plaues cut out of the hard granite which composes the country iock. In addition to this he has eommeuced a three compartment shaft north of the lose and it Is now down 3.5 feet with every foot or it as well timbered as any of the mines in the Cataract country. His intentions are to continue to the 100 where they can, !sy a snort crosscut cut the teed, as it dips in the direction of the shaft. The tunnel, now in between 150 and WO fat t. is in a breast of line ore ana it is being pushed rapidly ahead. There have been many imprdve- manta made at this mine since it came into the present management, among theta being in britlae across the Cataract and • log boarding house, large and commodious for winter quarters. Mr. Hansen Is hopeful that the county may build the road up the Cataract or that it may be in by Presi- dent Simpson of the Eva Ma , in either of which cases he could ship ore at once and of • quality that would soon put him in a financial condition whit% would permit of the building ref the 'concentrator from the products of the property. THE LONE STAR. --- It Is Improving In Value as It is Being Developed. The Lone Star is located &beet three quarters of • mile north oh Basin creek from the center of the city. It is owned by Samuel Mulville and others of b th Butte and Basin Ibis property has been a pro- ducer from the oxitz d ores on the surface, the most of which have been worked. Last spring it was legged and bonded to James Burgoyne and others and the shaft was sunk from the 00 foot level, the con- tact between the free milling and the ease, to the 100 toot level where a crosscut was run, the lead cut and a quantity of ore taken out and shipped. The provisions of the lease and bond contained a clause Pro- hibiting them iron working over 400 tons but this was afterwards modified some- what. Owing to dissension and trox . ble springing up among the many who were interested the property reverted to the original owners and was re -leased again to a company of reliable gentlemen who are capable of continuing the work. This new bond is to A. N. Yoder, D. c. Smith and others and Is for $50,000. They are to handle all the ore they desire to, within the limits of the bond, and ere to pay the own- ers 20 per cent of the net output. The ore Is rich for from a batch of 50 tons taken from the bottom of the shaft, or and was t e - -- - -lifiTerie-tereyeteleed-deeetetteeletellie • penses. The ore body on the 00 foot level was but three feet between walls, at, the 100 it had Increased in size to eight and they expect it to correspondingly increase in size as depth is acquired. The shaft is now down FRUITS OF ALL KINDS, 80 feet below the 100 but they have been somewhat discommoded during the past week owing to the inabitity of the pump- to TOBACCO AND CIGARS. handle the water. This has been remedied and work has again commenced. The cal- calathms ars that they will not Wave to Goods Received Fresh or etscut more than 2.1 feet to cut the lead when their objective point has been reached and It is thought that the body of ore will be more compact and not broken up as is the case In the places above where the ore bodies have been opened at all. The gen- tlemen who have this property now in hand BASIN. MONT. seem to thoroughly comprehend their situ - Won and are taking advantalre of every- thing to nuccessfully operate this property. D C. Smith, one of the interested parties in this mine, came over from Butte last Tuesday id one of Charley Laugloita rigs and made the trip in very comfortable time. His coming over was occasioned by dis- satisfaction among the stockholders in ,he slow progress that was being made in sink- ing the shaft. Smith took the reins of government in his own hands and directed the future operations of the property. The former man in charge did not give the sat- isfaction expected of Wei and parties is a position to know claim that only four feet was made in two weeks. The pump was bawling all the time he had the manage- raent and it took nearly the entire force tam keep the water out of the shaft. Things are so arranged now that work in the fu- ture will progress more smoothly. Smith left for Butte the next moralise feeling much better mental'e than when he started from the city on the went side. AT THE KATIE. Everything Moving Along Like Clock Work. One of the splendid sights witnessed at night is the brilliantly illuminated hots and mill of the Katie, which are lighted by hundreds of incandescent lights. It is b picture by night that must be seen to bt appreciated. 'rue generator worked to per- fection wneu turned on and a grat U ttalit pretty sunlight from intense darkness daz zle I with splendor the eyes of those pres. eat to behold it. The bucket in the Katie shaft is no more. It has been replaced by a single deck cage and couplings have been made with the new engine, which from tie time the cage was fitted on to the. guides ran with a completeness that would leac one to believe it had been in continual use. all the underground tracks had been made to conform to the gauge of the ears sue after a trial trip up and down the shaft by several gentlemen identified with the mine, the cage was sent on iiederrand of hoisting the ore to keep this mill supplied with the rich ores, of which there is an unlimited quantity all blot:tied out and ready for stoping. Some inconvenience has been experience° with the large pump Nsed to supply the concentrator with water but a larger ail ehamber was seat' over by the Western Iron Woras, the builders ef the plant, am. after it was attached the whole works inovea off as smoothly as the builders anti owners expected. There is ao portion of the Machinery but what is doing its work perfectly. The mill wits built for a 150 ton plant but since they have coramouced run- ning it is putting through 200 tons in lesa than the 10 hours and If the company de- sired they coald, with perfect safety, run through -250 tons and not lose a greater per cent, of concentrates in the tailings. Tht n ew boilers, so long expected, have arrived and when they have been planted in peal Lion the mill and compressor can be rt.b continuously. As it now is the mill is run during tile day and most of the stoping is d ue on the night shift. The company is at present figuring on freight rates to the many smelters and when arrangements art. perfected. which will be someame during the coming week, the shipping of concen- trates will eommence. Every Morning. 1. C. KELLEY, THE B. B. This Mine WM Soon be a Steady Producer. If there ever was a company composed ot poor men who work hard for • living and who are deserving of reward it is Pete Sanger and Charles F. Goddard of the B B. tsp Basin creek. For one long year tots company has toiled against kevery obstacle and today their prospscts are so bright as to predict their reaching the goal of their ambitions. 'fbe tunnel is in a number of hundred of feet on this property and in it they have excavated in engine 'room anti have sunk their shaft close on to the Rat foot mark below the sill door of the tunnel. From the t me they commenced sinking ahe load has continued to improve. Every cent that these hard workingmen make and the sums they had laid by for • rainy day have been expended in the developing and prospecting of this promising property. The boilers are located at the mouth of the tunnel and the steam is conveyed to the station in which the engine mom Is located by pipes and it is said that it lass comfort- able as could be expected. The crosscut has sot yet been run to both walls but where they are working the ore is of the same kind and character as Is worked In any of the larger properties of the Cata- ract. These two young men have strained every nerve and have kept the mine in con- tinuous operation ever since they took hold of it and what work has been done has been directed by them personally. This property lies west of and nearly adjoining the Lone Star and from all the indications It Is a continuation of the same vein which paid so well in the early days of Cataract mining. As everything points to the boys having gained the ambition of their lifetime, Meow take stens for the proper equipping of the property with a plant far tue refection of their ores. There is not • miner or • prospector in or about the mines of Basin who does not express his beet wishes for these two men who have been persistent in opening up their property to the -full extent of their means. the gulch are held at a very high figure, so much so that people coming into the new Came with a view to pertnauently locating go to the new town of Lump, which is lo- cated in the midst of the mines. The new arrivals have to make out as best they can if they desire to remain over night as there are very little sleeping ac- oonuodations to be procured, though there are enough eating houses to accomodate all who desire to visit this new silver camp. Many who go there take in the came during the day and go to Helena at night in order to get sleeping accotnedations. There is not even room for one to spread his blan- kets and the nights are so cold it will not permit of sleepine in the open air. Mr. Stiller says that If there is one pay- ing !nine out of each 100 locations which have been filed, the future of this camp as a prosperous mining locality is assured. The Miners Union is putting op a one-wory frame building, 30x50, and there are many others which are fast neariug completion. Locations have been made for miles up both gulches aud cvery possessor of a pros - Peet considers himself wealthy. THE MINER AT LUMP. This New Oarnp has a Promising • Future Before It. Moll Miller of this city visited the retries at the new town of Lump during , thc week and returned with • very favorable report of the district. He reports that business I. lively and that houses are going up on all sides. The pries of town property both at Cllcy and 111 PO station at the mouth of BASIN'S DRAWBACK The Shylook Policy Pursued by Some Mine Owners. Many of our prospects are lyiag idle and the growth of the town retarded because of the Shylock policy of the owners, who will neither work the prospects themselves or allow any one else to but prefer to take ad- vantage of the improvements on adjacent properties made by miners and prospectors working, perhaps, on a grub stake, unless scene tenderfoot oomes along, who will so- oept a lease and bond purposely faulty in werdiug and construction whereby an ac- tion for possession cou'd be brought should the property turn oat a Hope or a Katie. Take for instance the Buster mine, which lies about 1,000 feet north of the towusite If surface indications amount to anything this is the best property in the Cataract dis- trict. This claim is owned by the Klein- schmidt Brothers of Helena. Several responsible parties have endeav- *red to secure a lease sad bond on the Bus- ter but could get no properly drawn up agreemeet or one that a business mat . would accept. A wealthy and well-known 'astern firm, manufacturers of agricul- tural implements, sent their agent, a min otag expert, to Helena to confer with th( Kleinachnildts last ssmaler. After having been assured the bond would be given he agreed to one requirement after another un- til the Kleinschmidts con 211Ided they would have to retain a one-tvelakfy Interest The expert then took a sudden departure with - at the formality of bidding them good day Siere it nit for this pound of flesh prin. iplt mid people another mine would be working in Basin and in all prooability another mill would be under construction. HE EKERY HUOT. Work on This Cla.ni Has Been Sus- pended for a Short Time. Gus Freeberg has suspended work on the Emery Huot for toe season. Work has progressed very favorably on this property luring the whole summer and a line body lore has been opened up. This propert:' is located a short distance above the Sat- urday Night on Cataract creek and by many it Is thought that it is situated on the same vein. The shaft has been sunk to the 50 foot level but neither wall has been encoun- tered. The ore Is of a very fine character and contains both gold and silver in paying quantities. The hope bas been all summer s hat the Aid would be built when they could then commence the shipping of ore This mine is in a very favorable locality and mueb ore has been sent to the smelters of the state front other portions of the lead than where they are now working and from it they received very favorable returns, but not ere ugh to justify tbe company ship- ping with the present expense attached to the getting out of ore from this very rough country. This mine is owned by Meseta'. Freeberg and Rua, old residen.s of Basin, and for years they have .lone the asessment work even though there have beep laws enacted by which they could have avoided the doing of it. COMET close on to 20 feet with a streak of very rich ore, four inches wide, on the hanging wall. The owners are H. W. Bagley, C. M King, James ;Saute and himself. Assays taken from that portion other than the rich streak on the hanging returned 15 ounces in silver, $4 in gold and six per cent, lead and the sample from which this return was made contalue51 over one-half waste. There Is a quantity of ore on the deter) of the Uncle Sam but they say they are posi- tive that fortune will favor them by the early construction of the Cataract road and they intend to hold it where it is until they can have the pleasyre of hauling it to Basin. REPAIRING THE MILL. The Evening Star Concentrator Will Treat Custom Ores. One other improvement and one more step towards the resumption of work on the upper Cataract is the work of repairing the Evening Star concentrator with a view to running it on custom ores from the many surrounding claims in that vicinity. There are four men -now employed and this is a sufficient force to repair it. Whep comple- ted it will be the means of giving' employ- ment to a much larger force of leen sand have a tendency to brighten up the gloom which at present prevails in that country. Thecon:entrates from this mill will be hauled to Wickes. For this time of year this locality is looking exceedingly bright. The Tailings are Being Worked With Good Results. There are more men working at Comet now than anytime since the shut down of the mine of that name and the principal one of that camp. There Is an unlimited quantity of ore in this mine but the owners prefer allowing It to lay idle than exhaust It at the present price of silver. There hes been a great quantity of tailings saved to rue the concentrator for a number of years and they are confining thei;/' labor excl sively to theteand giving employ teen% to r;\ men in and about the mIll. There is no likihood of the mine commencing again un- til the price of silver goes much higher than the present erices quoted. The tail- ings from the Comet have coursed all the way down High Ore gulch te the Boulder river, and below the Comet tessessiens there is a number of planer minbrs, who are doing fully as well as the company. working the tailings on their ground. They shipped a car of concentretes Tuesday and they are still busy accumulating more. THE LEGAL TENDER Some Rich Ore Being Taken From Near the Surface. J. E. Banta of the Uncle Sam was • visd tor. to Resin Friday and he Worms es that he has commenced work on the Legal Ten- der, a mile north of the Evening Star. The shaft at present is vdry shallow but the vein has been prospected by open cuts no the surface for a considerable distance The vein presents the appearance that It Is NUGGETS. The Buckhorn, on Basin creek, two and one half miles north of town, is now being worked by its owner, Win. Butler of Boul- der. There will soon be sufficient ore on the dump to make a shipment and if toe re- turns are one half as good as the appear- ance of the ore another bonanza Is assureo for the camp. At the California, one quarter of a milt east of the Buckhorn, a crosscut tunnel was started last winter and the Lead has just been cut at a depth of about 120 feet. -The showing is very encouraging. James Pearson of Basin has commencer; to develop° the Gem mid Buckeye intues for one half interest in each claim. They are situated on Mt. Thempson, one milt south of the Boulder Chief dud era OWU00 by the Hilderuraud Brothers. Mr. Pear- son is backed by eastern capitalists.. — D. DRISCOLL & CO. A Wholesale Department Will be Added by This Firm. The very enterprising firm of I) Driscoll ez Co. of this city have been receiving large quantities of goods the past week in car lad lots. They intend to pursuit Ili, course in the future and will deal in all kizints of goods at wholesale thereby giving to our Own city merchants an opportunity of purchasing their stock directly from this firm as reasonable and as cheap m they can from any wholesale coacern In the United States. Their large brick building is fast reaching completion and Man eget Burns Informed a reporter of Tug Timm, that their stock will consist of a full line Le teaple mad fatcy groceries and with their whole -ale trade they will continue the - retail departmeqt and will be in a cote:thief, to sell go xis much lower than any house in Jefferson county. Among the many car had, of -goods received today was one car of sugar and the cost laid down in Bash, makes It possible for them to supply thu trade at a figure much lower than offered by any other house in the state. Manager Burns has proven himself • very efficient gentleman in the discharge of the duties pertaisting to a large trocery house anti during his regime lie has made D...ptisceil &Co. the leading wholesale and retell con the count, ParticulaF attention of the trade Is called to their large and com- plete stock and the very unnecessary ex pense of sending to %helmet°. places of business on the outside when they can pro - metre goods much more reasonable from the firm of D. Drisenll Ac Co than they possi- bly can by sendiug out of town 1 wo New Buildings. The Carlson Brothers have let a contract fur the erection of • bundled, 25x60 feet, two stories in belghtb, west of and adjoin- ing the hospital of Dr. Fletcher. It will be hard finished and a permanent structure. The contract calls for its completion In 30 days. This is but. one of the many struc- tures now in course of construction and a resident, having been absent from Basin two months would hardly know the place, there baying been so many new buildings completed and as many right new being finished. The large, two-story building west of sad adjoining the Cl. W. Conniek Mercantile oompany's store Is to be occupied by Miss Rena Johnsen as a hotel fine lodging house The building has already, been furnished and will be ready for ocerparcy by the first of the week. BLUME'S STORE. Me Has A Complete Line of Stove. and Hardware. There is en advertisement In the columns of Ten Times which should attract the at- tention of everyone, those in the trade any wore espec;ally those . using stoves ano hardware. This establishmeat Is of long standing anti has been weed for its fair mid liberal treatment of all its customers. il J. Blume has in stock a full line of all kind of stoves, coal, weed, oil or electric. aviii his stare is filled daily by his very hire% atintber of customers. He has grew quantities sielppea In at once sled he makes a special stuay to keep the best goods soft sell Lower than soy dealer in the line id goods which he handles. Nis place of business is West Park street and mail orders receive the *ante prompt aittentior and at tbe same prioita as If the enstomer were present is person making his pur- chases. NUMBER 41. D.J. HENNESSY MERC. CO. Eager for Bargains IN LADIES' AND (4., cj CHILDREN'S URDERWEIIR SPECIAL LOT Ladies' Heavy Jersey Ribbed Fancy Vests 350 each, or 711c a Suit. Ladies' Jersey Ribbed Fleece Lined' Underwear 75c, Ladies' Gr .y Wool Underwear $1 00. Ladies' Fine Regular Made Scarlet and Grey Underwear.' 25, Lewis Knit Underwear. Munising Plated Wideman% Ladles' Silk Plated Vesta at $1.50. Worth .4 00. Chil..ren's heavy gray winter unierwear, 35c Special makes In children's fine wool underwear. Strong, heavy underwear for boys, 50e Boys' heavy winter waists, 35a. Great variety of ladies' knitted, cloth and silk skirts. Children's wool and silk hoods. Girls' anti boys' hats and caps D. J. H EN NESSY MERC. CO. Hight & Fairfield I 1.\ YOU NF.Ell to Read yot.r watch away for re- pairs drcp us a pos- tal and we will send you • box suitable for either mall or express. A WTI.- f \ t% pin% aireist1 4 gummed and directed to as goes with each box. Will seed you as an of expense before repairing if you desire. /tight 8c Fairfield \_. D -...- r r e2.. 2....r RICHARD MALONE l'eteCTICAL TIN AND SHEET IRON WORKER. WE DESIRk To CALL ATTENTION TO OUR LAROZ AND SELECT STOCK OF HEATING AND COOKINO STOVIBS. Our Prices ARE BislOW Ht yr p. Olt HELENA SAFETY FLUES, ROOF SADDLE. - AIR PIPE. A L siNne or TIN Alm SHAW IR( )51 WORE All work d rine neatly and with dispatch. A fair share of patronage whetted RAILROAD AVENUE Basin. Montana, f
