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LOCAL LAYOUT. Gathered by Our Reporter Conorsing Wickes and Vicinity. Miss Olive Nash spent, several days in Helena last week. I lank Merrill spent a couple of days in Helena this week. Miss Litton and Joe Mott were at Boulder hot. springs, SUPday. Jas. Hildebrand is confined to his tied with inflatinnary rheumatism, Jas, McCurry, of Corbin, is suffering with a severe attack of bronchitis. If you want something good, try Regal flour. For sale by Dailey & Terry. ,Miss Belle Beazley went to Helena Tuesday morning, returning in the afternoon. Schriener and wife, of Helena, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Scharf, Sunday. Geo. Scharf made a business trip to the capital city on T,hursday, returning In the evening. George McGowan, of Lump gulch, was in Wickes Monday and Tuesday on a visit to friends. John Sanford, of South Boulder, showed up serene 'and smiling in our burg on Wednesday last. A• L. Davis. of the Alta, has moved his family to Helena, where they will take up their residence for the winter. Just received, a large consignment of Regal flour. Best in the market. Dailey & Terry, sole agents in Wickes. Dr. Rudd, of Jefferson, leaves today for Elkhorn, where he takes the place of Dr. Hinmers, who is to take a week's vacation. T.bere is a new arrival in Twin gulch.. He is a bright, bouncing baby body, and arrived at the home of Mrs. Win. Thiel on Sunday morning - last. Mrs. Thos. Srhelser, of Corbin, pre- sented her husband with a bouncing baby boy on Wednesday. It is said that Tom . ia as happy as a \pig in clover.\ There will be another wedding in 'Wickes within a few weeks. The matter is being kept very quiet, and the PIONEER only discovered the secret by accident. \Honest\ Bob Stallard, of Boulder, • who was the populist nominee for leg- islative honors at the last election,was renewing old acquaintances in Wickes oil Wednesday. An exchange wants the game law amended so that book agents can' be killed from July 1 to September. 1, spring poets from March 1 to July 1 and scandal mongers at any time. A, dance was. given at Alhambra Saturday evening, there being just enough ladies present to fill one set and leave one for a referee. Of this number Wickes furnished one, Corbin lone, Jafferscil two and Alhambra one. Chas. Koegel and Pat Manning met with a smash-up a few days since. They were out buggy riding, when a wheel ran, off the vehicle, throwing Charlie to the ground and Pat on top. Neither of the occupants were injured. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Cronin gave a dinner to a number of friends on Sat- urday evening last. It was a highly enjoyable affair, and the guests repot t themselves as having received a royal welcome. It was in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Pearson.. ted, as the merry-tnakers found the lad s teal been apprised of, their coming and made preparations. according. It Waal. Qat: al the jolliest crowds that has assembled in Twin gulch for a long tune, and each one did what they could to'tuake the otl)ers have a good time. The evening was spent in playing all kinds of games mid listening to sonic excellent vocal and instrumental selec- tions. The hour of midnight had long since chimed before the guests dc - parted for home. Pat Manning received a slight inju- ry at the Alta on Saturday, but has entirely recovered. He was walking in an old drift', when he slipped and fell on a nail, the point of which, was forced into the knee joint. For many years Pat has been employadas shift boss at the Alta, but after the accident resigned his position, and left yester- day for Pipestone Springs, where he will develop some mining properties of his own. g - atne of baseball was played at Jefferson Sunday between the team of that village and one from Alhambra, resulting in a score of 34 ti 5, in favor of the home \kids.\ A return game will be played at Alhambra some time in the near future'. Mestrs. Wicket and Gallagher have received returns from the car load of ore shipped by them last week. It netted a coolt$800, above all expenses attending the working and smelting of the ore. This is really a good showing, considering the short , time they have had a lease on the Enter- prise and the small amount of devel- opment work done. A tunnel was run and tapped the lead at a . depth of 40 feet. The ground from this level to the surface was then atoped, and yielded a car load of ore that returned the above amount. Drifting is now going forward, and the boys ex- pect to make another shipment the latter part of next month. G. A. 'Cameron, one of the incorpor- ators of the United States Mining company, was in Wickes Tuesday. He says that all of the company's proper- ties are showing up exceedingly well for the amount - of development, some giving great promise of becoming producers. He claims that the com- pany will expend $250,000 -in and around Gregory in development, which will prove beyond a doubt the value -Of this section as a mineral producer. Mr. Cameron has a small force of men at work drivinira tunnel on the Edison. It has followed the lead in about 45 feet, and shows up several inches of ore that assays 48 ounces in silver to the ton. The Edison is conceded to be one of the best properties owned by the company, and they will probably keep a small force at work there all winter. I). H. Edwards, day Qperator at Portal, who has been visiting friends in Minnesota during the past month, returned to Wickes Tuesday and re- ported for duty the next morning. And 'that reminds ussswe haven't as yet seen anything of that side partner vi•Veli Dame Rumor said would accom- pahy Mr. Edwards on the return trip! In another column will be found the ad. of Geo. Wolford & Cu. These gentlemel are adding a number of improvententa to their meat market at Corbin. and within a few days yfill,he able to furnish the whole district with the most choice meats obtainable. They do their own slaughtering, and can therefore guarantee everything as first-class. • Casper Lehner. of Jefferson, feels jubilant over the arrival of a 16 -pound boy at his home mm Monday morning, and the boy a of Jefferson and Corbin - enjoy the' eVetit hy * smoking the best the two town afford. The sixteen ponada of sunshine is a boy after his father's own heart. Claftlin also feels happy, and he has a right to be, for the youngster will be called Dew. A, large smither of mit - fun -loving eitizetis gathered at the home of Mrs. Gordon on Wednesday evening and, headed by Miss Mable, mharted <IT in body to the residence of Mrs. Litton to give Miss Greta . sLitton a surpriae party. T. W3, .1 , ! , from a surprise standpoint, antic ipa- Bailey and Master Trevier. PERFECT SUCCESS It THE ALTA'MiNE ONE OF THE BEST PRODUCERS IN THE STATE. 'Has Been In Constant fterat on For ON:r 20 Years Employs About 250 Mee 350 . Ton Concentrator at Corbin. Interesting Notes About the Mine and MM. Amos Shelledy met with an accident at Jefferson at an early hour 'Sunday morning, as a result of which he mourns the loss of a very valuable horse. He and a friend, each in a sin- gle rig, were returning from the dance at Alhambra. The friend was a long way ahead of Antos, and arrived home in safety; but, becoming uneasy at non -appearance -of the focmer, started on the back trail to look him up. The night was intensely dark, and just as came to the railroad crossing below Jefferson, where the road is very nar- row, he met Amos, but in a manner that neither care to repeat. The to teams came together with a crash, and the shaves of one rig were pushed almost through the animal driven by Amos, tearing a wound several inches in diameter and puncturing the lung. The harness on the injnred horse was torn to fragments, but strange to say, none of ths occupants of either rig were in the least injured. Frank McGregor. Harry Johnson and A. Durborow, the parties who have leased th old smelter slag dump, j made a trial • ipment to East Helena on Wednesday. It consisted of about eight tons of matte and. several hun- dred pounds of bulllion. Several per- sons who profess to know claim that this dump is phenominally rich, and that all the leasers have to do is to sort over the dump, throw the waste to one side and the rest is then ready * for shipment to the smelter at East•Hel- ena, and that such shipments will yield a larger return than any silver mine in the state. One person in particu- lar, who claims to have been employed in the smelter for a long time, says that one night he saw 175 bars of pure bullion run through tbe smelter, and that every particle went out in slag. Many old-timers corroborate this statement, wild as it may seem, and give out as a fact that this is but one of many like instances that may be cited. It is very close to the spot where this alleged 175 bars of bullion-slag was dumped that the men are now working, and future development will he awaited with much interest. At the brine of Mrs. Will Dailey. on Thursday evening, was given one of the most unique and enjoyable enter- tainments that Wickes has enjoyed this season. It was a \heart\ party and was given jointly by Mesdame4 Dailey and Terry. The rooms were tastefully decorated with evergreens and Mitt.. tleto. while choice flowers added beauty to the seene. A number of tonal! tables were placed in one of the rooms and around these the guests gathered in such card games as took their fancy. At 11:30 an elegant lunch was served, to which the guests did ample justice. Two prizes were awarded. The first was taptured by John Sanford, it being a beautifully , designed heart basket; the \booby\ fell to the 1rd of Jake Terry, and Was a plain heart with the inscription \Your heart has been pierced by many, but yours has failed to touch any. Present were Mesdames Hickey. Peacock, Jensen and Scott. Misses Scott, Reilly and Beasley. Messrs Sanford. Hinchy, Scott, Kaaff, Jen .PI/, Pe; cock. Dichr. Mayne. Davis. A. Dailey, Edwards, The Alta mine has been in opera- tion for the past 20 years, and it is the first of prominence and production in the county of Jefferson. A party by the name of 'Williams and others first discovered it by the croppings. It was afterwards purchased by W. W.Wickes, the gentleman the town was named after, and others. Mr. Wickes was selected as the first president, says the Mining World, W. W. Wickes, the president, is now a resident of New York City. This company built the smelter that - is now deserted, and which is but a remnant of early days. It was located in the town of Wickes on the lines of the Great Northern and Helena, Boulder Valley & Butte rail- roads. It was operated faun 1878 until the building of the East Helena smelter. When this took place the company was reorganized under the name of the , Helena Smelting - and Reduction company, which operated the mine and plant at great profits. It was this company that built the Hele- na, Boulder Valley & Butte railroad front Prickly Pear junction, at their own expense, to Wickes, and the road paid for itself in six months, it having been completed in the fall and winter of . '83. After the mine and works had been successfully operated for some time it sva:k again reorganized, and the sMelt- ing plant removed to East Helena, under the name of the Helena St Lit , - ingston ,Smelting St Reduction Co., 'which corporation title it now bears. The AJta mine is located in a north- eastly direction front Wickes,a distance of two and a -half miles. The lead varies in width from 40 to 60 feet. It has for years been worked by tunnels to a depth of 800 feet. In this tunnel there is a station 1,200 feet from the mouth in which is located an electric hoisting plant and a three -compart- ment shaft which is at present 500 feet deep, and the company is fast -sinking it to the 600. The ore from the shaft is hauled through the tunnel to the surface by mules where it is dumped into ore bins for the ore trains to haul it from there to the concentrator at Corbin. The mine is located on what is called Alta mountain, which rises hi_gh above any of those surrounding, and it is but a shell, having been honey-combed and worked out to the 800 -foot tunnel level, and the surface is held up by an immense number of stulls. The formation of the country rock is por- phyry and granite, and the vein is a true fis.sure contact. The minerals contained are gold, silver, lead and copper.'averaging about $12 per ten of all metals contained in the ores. The ores are run to Corbin, three miles distant, on a narrow gauge rail- road, the property of the corporation, over which they haul 350 tons a day to the concentrator. The concentrator is of a 300 -ton capacity, but they crowd it to a capacity of 350. From Corbin the concentrates are hauled over the Helena, Boulder Valley & Butte branch of the Northern Pacific to the cool- pany's smelting plant at East Helena. L,. Davis, an old and experienced miner, is the man who has and is working the mine so successfully. There are 154.0 men. employed in and around the mill, and including the number that are at work bringing in water from Clancy creek the company is . giving employment to 2.50 They are now arranging to bring water from Clancy creek. and, con- necting with the station on the 800 - foot level, tam the machinery by hy- draulic pressure and sink the shaft to the 1.500 -foot level. All work done about these works to the ininutemt detail is performed by machinery. The company is short of water at the Cor- bin mill, and it is expected that the supply fromelancy creek when brought in will be taken through the entire distance of the tunnel and will 1 e made use of for both purposes. A cal load of mules was received - a short time ago for use in the mine and at the concentrattar„ The boarding house is tinder the managetutnt of the company, and from remarks made by time em- ployes they they are perfectly well satisfied with the arrangements. A postoffice is al.,' located at the mine, and here, as at all of the surrounding works, is located a little town of no small proportions itself. All the Kurt - moldings of a dark night present a most beautiful sight, being illuntinated by hundreds of electric lights, and work can be conducted' here at night with as mulch case ;Is in the brightest day in summer. This week the Glenn Bros. made a shipment of ore from the Banner. the areond car load taken fta iT11 time Mille this slimmer. The Banner is devel- oped by a croseicut tunnel. near thil• face of which a winze has been sunk. The wintti ham been slink . - '41 feet and is said laid to show up a fine vein of silver, ore,. • Mit We Lead. We have recently ad- ded to our store a full line of exceNent sun - - -44.• ++++++++++++0•=7,-.= goo , --rta =10 ••.'= -•••• +•••• 0 .0U Others Follow : Dishes Tinware Crockery And we are still leader- in every - A thing that pertains to the Grocery Btisiness. Dailey & Terry * ***WV( LADIES' FINE SHOES • w the hest wearir._;, the easiest fitting, the most stylish SHOES of any tirm in Monta- na. Prices are the lowest, too. Mail ()niers ii vi' 'Mr PROMPT All Els HON IIPI• Yell 'c7\ C1}tRKF & FRANK - \c• WI • Mk MONTANA SHOE CO. ry t tti L e 1; I 0 ()Atter IsI 1•011111% ill I -I administrators nrI VIIII are hen•l, • rut. '.f Wickes. \1 Mnr . Utorn. trr II. nSftelire: ' anti 1 rt g L ni\ 1 • . in the re. „. . s et. .1;ne Arrive! , formed I III IA a orl• maid nhininif ClaInl for the learn mien'. 11 0 1. MU, has - mw prndett annrirrd dollars 111 1 . , the same. ',aid nun, twint7 the rrquire4 amount of tabor anti pro, entent. nect - nwary to bold FiIl ; .S7 :i d :i r e :t il t: 1 ;;::• s l i' n7i n et; . 4 f t a S le 4 :4, \ ;: ' , I r I t i lit 4. y k ea \ ; tI,e ending December 31, her:. And within ninets days after this mak,' II:, Ins-rt nerved fiv trubl;- cation von fail to 5\i ribui n14. V.I1Ir prewortion of such eigendgtore. atom, .tour Interest in • • I • ei will be I. felted and becemi• the te• the und• •o r a s a, pill, IA/41 •5 Statute' if the Culled St, Wickes. Montana. Septemberi, . Dr. W. al. BULLARD \\ • 11 he-. %%I Chemist + and • Toxicologist moN - r. • 1H Complete MU Of SOf1001. BOOS1 Slates, Tablets, Pens, Pencils, Inks, etc., etc. caii be fotiiid tit the .444,......swAss /Anil illAILIA11.111111111111111111.1111111.11.111 Ickes ,Drug Stog
