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THEAVACONBA STAXDAHD: WEDNESDAY MORX15TG. SEPTEMBER I. 1897.
MONTANAMIS AND MINING
\rgmlM ^ i\ A OF ll.^-Tln Montana^Ho^ V u ^.!!.^ y 4 l.f ii.i' !^^ -^^can operation* on working tli^ ore ^ ^!^then numerous iiimiii ^ laims mi Mrad-^U\ ^ nrk lam Honda v b^ Dm starting^up of I hair new mill, which has hi-:^h ^!! ^ ^^mi^li tttl Thf mill mi present is^^^nl^ a nvo-Mamp one. hut tin com^^pany's intention if ii^ tnercss. it in a^:.. stum), mill in ii ^hot t linn Tin me^la l^c worked in iluii mill will come^from the Hrsdlcy group .if mine*. In -^lowaing to Ifc-nv m ^ apitalisis The^i^r^^|MMi^ will i^ inn!'i ill' supervision^of UhMmaW Harris, i hi- munaiti'i' of^Ik* Hevrnui- group of mine* .n Reve^^nue Th' mill is a \. i y iph |. ..in .
andof the Ileal. Tin null ami mini are^connected l^^ ii ram-foot tramway which^convey* the ^mi i.i thr null making a^ptf) . hi-a|^ naaV ol transporting the^ore
Thei*..i amok pfcisoi dlgfiuaa. seat^Red l.luff belonging i^ \ W Tanner^of thai pages, huvi B0S0 worhod id s^pummi'i' ^|inl^ i\i'nsivi ll Coi ih^ small^amount of watci vv hirh Mi Tallin I has^had to contend with Ii if stated thai^tin- ground |'.OS about '.',^^ cents a i'uhir^yard profit The gold in llicat mines is^quiti i iwi s. iiiul in xt ajauatt Mi.^Tunnel Intend* working thi' ground on^a large mall' Tin- manner in ulii.ii^the mini's were worked tins suinnn r^tks with a small monitor
Thetialeiia mine. n^ai Snarling,^which is under lease and bond hy^ilea*.in Moore. Maxwell and K'lltie.lv.^Is being worked at present hy Ihe above^mentioned parties and a \ ^ i ^ rich I^^^^ I^^of on has re. . inly been found, which^urns something over IPW per ton. The^lease is feel very juliilant on r their dis^^covery, and say they have enough of^the rii h mi' in sight to yield He in a^handsome proAl The mine is mm W 4^hy Peter V. Jai kOOO of Sti-atiing and^is located on Waim Splines creek, hut^a short distance fnun St. ai ling
Themill \^ longing to the Ohio-Mon^^tana Iteduitiun i omnanv . located at^He.I Muff, has In . n undergoing a thor^^ough overhauling hy their *ii|x rinteiid-^^ nt. ^*ol. John F Carter, ami is now in^excellent shape to resume work, which^began last we.k on the or from the^lioleonda mine, letter tin- ^ unipany ex^^pect to work ore front nutncrouK other^propertied in that vicinity.
Mr.Alderaon. one of Ked Hluffs suc^^cessful mining nu n. ha* leased the mill^belonging to the Mohegan Mining rum-^pany of that plait , who recently faded^In business. Mr. AlderHon expect* to^treat ore for any who uoallU him to^do SO
Thelower tunin I ^f Hie Prooum t mine^near Virginia City ha* been leased to^Messrs. Siaithmayd, Allen. Port and^Oreen. Shortly after work was In gun^hy these parties a rich IhmIv of ore was^unroveitd which assavs handsomely.^The boys think they have a iHitiauaa.^The mine belongs to Messrs. Itiie. Ia^y-^tun and l-argv
TheLyon smelt, i. near Pln riilnn^which was Just completed a few week*^ago. has rlos.d down and will probably^remain so in the future. It seems to^have been an utter failure It was the^Intention of Mr I.yon to work custom^ore when not operating upon on- from^Ins own property, had Ike affair been a^fureess.
W.H. Millard, on* of the principal^owners in the Ketinelt Mining companv^of tin.- ^it^. and Mi. Uanoii ami wife^of Omaha, who have been s|M ii^ling a^few week^ in the city visiting with Mr.^Millard, kit Ear OWahl Kinlav morn^^ing:. Mr. Millard will he abaeal from
thel it) about six weeks.
IN MADISON COUNTY-
TwinBridges. Aug. 31.^ The prospec^^tus is out of a new mining com|^an\^w hich \. ill o|m-rate in Madiann i-ounty.^It will be known as the Montkolo Mm^ing toinpaiiy. the arm les of ineor|sua-^tion of which were flletl on. mouth ago
tiltile tilth'e of lh^' Becletai) of slate of
t'olorado.under the laws of that state.^The officers ate: Manning D. Hug'.^Chicago, president; ^ M Kenyan, ^'ln-^cago. vice president and attorn. ^ .^Manning A. Ilirgc. Twin BrMcen, aec-^retary ami ticasiiier; L^. I. sihciiuau.^Twin Bridges, engineer Tin- Montana^property of the company, whiih is or^^ganised to work pro|m iti. s in this state^and Colorado, is the Colorado lisle, sit^^uated on the .it.. \ of the ridg. between^Hell canyon and lbs heatel basin, and^adjoining the properties of the King^Mining company, of which. Judging^from the iHTsonin I of the directory, tin^Montkolo company ap|iearn m b an an^^nex.
Tin*Oaloiad^ is deorrined as a con^^tact fissure vein, occurring between a^hanging wall of gu. iss ami a foot wall^of black trap, with a width of fram six^to eight fe.-t hntwaan walls. Tin art is^lefaetury. lariying heavil) in bail and^iron, rendering it a desirable smelting^pro|Hisit|on. A shaft ^r, fe.-i .1 |. lias^been sunk on the vein, ami ii is pea.^posed to t arty this several hundred feel^further and sink another working shall^'.no feet west of the prenHH one In.^M A. Bilge, tin- seiretaix ami treas^^urer, arrived in Montana last week, ami
itis Mnaotad that Praaklanl M 1).^Klrge w ,11 b.. here in about it month to^aupcrint'nd operations, which, accord-^lug to tin- proapectua. will be carried ^ii^MUlte extensively both in Ihe mine and^the erection of a|'|iurienatit buildings.
Tiemni^ i- - I Bate i s tel. pith - north^M Twill lb dges
Th.work of ground sluicing la atlll^going an In tin ph|i r diggings of W is^consiu crank, though tin tailing wai. i^siippl^ and tin n^ saaiti id storing it In^the roBfCvaare durtng a great iwrt of
theday mrtaihl Ihe op'ration of 111^tiiant^ very i otisiderabb Still. Can^tain Moon and In- asam latea lire affltl^lug off a gaad .leal of top sniff, and Hi^U'orh ^I i leaning Hp tin liodrock ban^not tit htm ' i at i ii ii it* d Thia la tin^most i xtelisit' ami lialMirale plai . i^Mining plain in SouHnrii Montana, if
11! Ill III' slitti . and tU a telnli-rfool It
s.emsrUnaftrkahi bow much has beea^aci ompliaheil sun i tin works were^st.it 1. .I tin last spi lug ^ if i ^in si i-^iio ti. aii-up lias l^ i n made, miual i -^suits cannot hi g ren bnl Ike PMUpt li^as tin- work progri ssi - ait siiflideni to^assure th^ roHapani ittmt tin ) ha\i i-^good a Klondyke a- iln ^ want tight^there In tht bed id Wisconsin creek^The companv consists of l apiain Rob-^. rl J Mom^ and M J Howe of DWog
undDnvid Keaeaiy, I 'at lialsom ami^Tim Reardoa tin three lasi nam. 4 11 ^^nig mijnhers of Hn- old Cork oaftipaU]^w hich liad such |iln nomi nal au. ^ ^ ss in^Alii i guliil in IPM
Thelow wati i in tin Jeffaeaun Hstt^is iiiduting FMial pruaprctara to irj^and exiiail s.ni.i ot tin gold from ihe^bai-s along its length A couple of men^have bash working for some linn mar
tin mouth of Hell canyon with gI
success,hoisting then slui.evvat i fnun^the river by manna of an untb ii uin ni^wheel Silici iln- water Inn aim too^scare to pander tins practicald^. tlnv^have secured a temporal v ligbl to iisi^the water from an litigating din h. and^will now be able to continue opcial nms'^till frost stops tIn m
AnotherhSftj of adventuroua proa-
peitors is building a Matlmnl mi Hi^banks of Hn l.eav el head ami will go^down the riv. i us soon as tin scow is^llnisheil. It is the intention of the^builders to prim|Mt t all the hats In-
IwaagTwin Bridges and Three Perfca
untilliny tltld solllelhllig They ale^sanguine of making some tub limls
Theelt etto-cyaiiid^ |ss tm reduc^^ing the tailings In the Iron Itod com^^pany s mill is raaarted ^^^ hi working to^a nicety, ami the cotinuiiiv which is op^^erating th. concern ale highly pleased^with the ti stilts obtained.
Tin-Kleiner mine in-ar Brandon^about tin in h strike in which there was^so much hulibiib a short time ago. is^now in a state of ^innocuous desue^^tude so It speak. Judge I'arket hav^^ing ntiHliliid the injunction restraining^Kleiner from working it so as to include^tin mpraaancauivaaaf Mrs. M' Km. v.ho^ahenmed tin injum lion, in Hie prohiai-^tinn. .Now neither parly can work ihe^mine, at least until court metis, which^w ill not In till Nov cutis r.
W.nkin the mill s o i ^ hi in I Brandon^and mi Mill creek is progressing about^us usual, several lull^ slrlkea being re-^| Mi lied. Some of the ores are reduced^in tin old i'isI t mill some of it hy^araslra pna-eaH. and sonn limls Us vv ,i^^to Butte tbrmigh the are purchasing^ag.-in v i sl.ibbshed b| McWhlte ^^Noyes, and which is said to be nUMe a^convenience t., the prassjectnrs srannd^thai mstrlct.
ThhnisnT tm Hn BMSBSi and hoist at^the Longfellow lode at It^' heater ar^^rived at Melrose limn Anaconda ym^^lei.lav ami the whole plant will Be in^operation al the mine in 1. ss IhSJi ten^days Tin loepuraloiv work for Its^^ lection is alsiul liiiished. ami tin'^PJSjnss work ^ in losing tin holler will^be ^ smatetad t his w ask.
TinImililing of tin^Montana Mining ami^pany in Tw in Bridg. ^^plstsd, fu^ I has in gun i
simiierof the^Smelting com-^is ganrty oom*^irrive on the
Hie Sillllesoil
sMssnasjt,Ho
aboutHalle^ i i
limnsatthai
grounds,rantrncta for hauling ore from^tin mims have been let and I In . bailees^are that by the lime this paragraph^tenches the eves of thi Standard read^^ers the work of ^blowing In^ the ssatst*^er will have been accompilsked and the
thingfair!} started sskser Way. Twin
Bridges|h'oplc ale wan lung Hie prog,^less of i vents with gnai interest and^good w islu s lor Iks success of the en-^ti I priae.
Onin tssns'S shipment of a carload^of BPS from tin Hahixv nine in Bogl^gulch to tin Colorado BUMSter Petted^him the usual good results, and Orrm^is happy as he attm ks a big body of^in the mill' for future^is tm mi I he incline^:ow. and tin mine BUS)*^depth to show up Ihe^same old lx imin s of flOn rut k
Atthe t.imoln mine in lb n gnlch^tin M'ltitana Mining and Snniling eoin-^pati) have about a dor.^ii BJOU at Work.
and.he property is developing into a
tiisii lass smelting pio|smilion, Hn on
bodiesshowing up ruiisll) II al all
pointswin re tin ledge has boon tapped.^The pertentage of bad in the Lin...In.
withtin valuaide Iron prunertlos which
theii'mpany lias BBFUred control of III^Ihe neighborhood. Insures mi ampli^supply of Busing ores for tin- smelter
rorin imbiiint' length of time, and^POUSeatteUtly Us successful operation,^as the supply of MugOS Wgs Hn ^in^thing doubtful in the minds of the pro^^moters of i he i tmcern.
L Mueller of the Huffalo mine al
It'lll|. Slit lias Ills! spent a collple of
daysill Twin Budges lb i- ^cyuutd*^ing tin ores fnun tin- Buffalo dump.
whichcontains several hundred tons of
si^ ^tnl-iiass rock from the huh . and In*
formsiin- standard man that tin gold
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THI.
LastWeek of the Butte Racing Season
Ori8^^7.
ISEVEN RACES DAILY |
I
0The Sport Loving Public have a (ireat Treat^^in store this coming week.
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yield puns otu nuite satisfactorily.
of course.^Mr Mueller, ^we
niighistand it a little better: but on
thewhol n s good enough.
|{tporn rom^ of good pn spee-.s being^discovered m the mhsMs park of^Salmon river, ami i|iiit.' ii pMty of |{u-^bv valliv |ii^i-1^^ i i^is. who have n-^oeBtl) beet ^ 'Knit gold in the IMpi-^atone and McCarthy ranges, start ml^pesterds) on a tour of ^xploiation in^th region ^ f i In ii polled dlst nverles.
viin Hss'keyi mku In Dry flomgls.^lie work ^f ilevflupmeiii is going on^with Xn I. Traufliei as suptii lolondi ul^In ,i -li^i lime In lisppl'ls Dial lie will^h^ tinning out '^^ tons of ore |^er tlav^Tn |irofart) is under lease and bond
totin Muntaaa Mkslmj ami Bmsliins
Mmpnnt
\Ctiiisiin i Judgi Pmnh sin.w. i- ..i^iln fifth ludlclal disiini is. sin., his^i. nn mi nt from iin- Judsrlsl bsnrh, an^honrsl iniin i n^ lh Maytlowei nnHriet^The jiidgi Hunk- i Ii.i i w lull tin i ^ ma)^Im iiun I' sanl pin and i on of tin rich-
namsi Us Maythswor or the ihimuv^..I -..ill' of its extensions and neighlnus.
thedistin I ^ii Hie whoh a gI one
amitin prospects an dacktsdi) i m oui-^Tin .ludge vvas up as a vtiiin -
iniin- Pilishor) vs. Knrrsr si ai re-^I'l'tin cas' yenterdny. ami returned to^i In* Mayflower district this morning.
SilverStai is a iiulet mining camp^al iocs nt only a few leasers being al^work in iln miin s Tln v i iin i nn si
olthetls iii the Jskg B. WIs mill
onChi 11 v en ek
r B Mu k. Bewail I lav is and I M^Jacobs win examiuitig mining prop.r-^11 - at Silv ei Star v est. nla v
Tinplncer mims in Rochestel' basin^i ^in inin in yield 11 ii it i' liiiinlsi.il^ I \ ami^sev ral in vv nuguel limls an rcpoiied.
MII lie. i- of the Molilalia Milling^and Smelting company Visited Butte^this week.
IN CASCADE COUNTY.
CleatCalls. Aug ::| lulling Iln- paOi^Wank a Imgc number of pios|i ^iors^have been in the city making ma-
Inner) ami tool purchases ami iln^coming tall ami winter will vvitm ^s^mui h i.clivily in gold and i upper prop^^erties in Northern Molilalia, fokB I.e .^|u.-nli nl and war Imrst of Ihe fJoMsn^Jack praparty in Fergus Bounty, has^sp.nl tile week iii the elf IliVi'lop-^in m work, which vvas begun on tins^mine some time ago. and which gave^Indies!ions of high-giude on. is now^being pushed A contract has Just I seen^let lor u second lou-fooi ilium I and is^biing rapidly pushed to completion.^The on now being taken out is all high^grade and everything points to the^Hidden Jack as one of the future prop-^srties in the Hilt Kiige district.
Tlnre was no itiennsnii ialii^ amount^of siirpris^ rampant ai the news of the^pending sale of the Hilt Kdge holdings^of Moslimr A Butts to I, tl. I'helps of^this city. pukhlBkod i xclusivelv in Hn^Staiidaiil of Sunday. As \^t tin BWal^has not bei ii made public bv those In^^terested, who will say nothing regald-^ing it. So far as kimwii iln papers sJ-^natly drawn up have not bssn sigm i^,i^.i it - mid mi good gutkotdty will
notbe BntN Hie district BOttrl has dis-^BOUBd ^^! ill^ sun bioughl bv kjkjBBra
Miningand Rrkmrtg. cinng MnBriver
k*oodburvin show cause why h should^not give up his receivership and turn^aver Hi^ Lookout property, now held^under bond to Mosln r Al- Bulls, to M^i-
twn* dckmHs. ami also my postalt
miall on taken out iluring his admin-
SUration.This matter wIN comt Bp he-
ftirefudge Leslie on Wednestlav and^mi the davkUaU tlepi mis many interests^at Hilt Ldgi
L.S \\I bury has bonded a new
lodelocated in the Hilt iMge Haunt11
midadjoining the famous Lookout^claim. Inning his visit to the pmpiriy^I Ins Break he made arrangi'im tils to be^^gin dot i lopnn nl work al SMS, The iti-^dli aiioiis are that the tiuiiii vein of ON^in the Lookout has hSSU struck tM 111 s^invv hull.
lieol'geI'Htlengal . William Si llUSSM,^Jr. YV J. kmitk, Hair) Lew Is and John^ami Joseph DrenvMs have taken an n^BloUtks' lease on th. mines of S|h iici i.^Mavu and lleilmaii. conakUWu Uf Hn^Snow Drift, ArtSOUS and liiioii. aitu-^tlod mi tin saddle of Baldv. south of
he I'.i nt^ ii group, and on the Bullion^lode, situated SO Carpenter creek, three^utiles from Its moil III. says the Ncihait^lb raid The Snow Drifl Joins tin Uan-
knn one of the Bsntoo rhMmu. ami is
itselfa good silver and gold proposi^^tion It is developed b) a lUUUH of I To
ti.t. a raise of TTi feel, and a shaft T^i^feet d rap, The o(U Is high made but^Iln streak is small The bov s w ill be^read| to s. t to vv.uk next STeek. This^Ii hs. gives considerable promise to BO*
a big vv Inner
TinHall Mining ...mpii v ..| Neikurt^has declared a dividend of nVe-eightks^of I per i . nl.. payable al the Stat, hank
ofNi Ihart Sept. t.
PUTthe lirsl M da\s Bf Ibis mouth
tinBroadwatet mines si N mnrl have^shipped mi eats of ore. the greater pur-^lion of Which were of |S*tOB 'ilpiliily.
Iti- expected that fur the month be^^tween ^' and mi will have been shipped.^M' ssis sVestgsrd ami fJBrrin. who
havea h got on Iln Phlliptti, an taking
awia larg^ ^unntity of Mak-aTade sil^^ver ore.
alarge somhi r of pkussr a'orkers si^Bisklng fab wages in the Diamond
rangeIn M'.icini roUBty, Tin rlcfc
dinot M rears royo, which made thai^ramp famous im it Hme, hsi all pasaed^gwny mui only a few CkMumou romnw
onI in- groiiml
JohnR. Wtmlmmnns of v ikurl has
Incomethe owner of the Black Chief.
Bonansflc*hk f ami Rroki n Hill claims,
amiwill in^ ii ni once to work nil three^propel in s ni tin ir I'Spgclty. The
rlaimswere fisrmerly owned h| h i. s.
Barkerand ate i onoldrrid good prop*
Cltl's.
hVssnrdiagike bonding of ike New^Year properties in Fergus countv for^Kuatern parties bv \v 4 \. Benedki.^Hum gentleman iii an Intervleu lh th
l.iwisiown Aigus -avs thai the report^thai he had closed a deal for Ihe inter
-is ..f Muslim 1 S. I tut is. I S W1
mil)and Missis Smith and M I ting ^1^Hilt IMge ass entirety premature Tke^mutter ht under considerailim, but on-^ing to ihe illness of Herman Rrkmltg,^who has been con fined 10 his room for^a fortnhjrht, negutlotions s-et pructl^call) ai .1 standstill. Tin- only lerms
uponwhich he will loin h tin (III! Kdgi^properties, Mr, Benedict says, is that^all parties to the pending litigation as^^sign their Interest to him. as he will^mil .tit mpi to Judge Ihe rights of guy^ol t he pa iln- I ^ I In conti ov. 1 sv 11 ml
neitherwill lav himself liable to litiga^^tion Ih t a 11st ol purchase Mr. Benedict^sai l il was quite probable he would he
inUewhrlown again before going Kasi^Iluring iin summer now drawing to
a1 l^se .1 pari) of place miners has^be, n w. iking tin- Missouri south of^1 in :tt Pklli by means ^t ,1 dtuddp hunt,^Hi pmis sav tln v have reaped I reason^aide 1 omp^ nsutinh I'm their summer s^mil
Inih^ litoadwat't ssaa) ^th. ^ al^\i ihiin is a |iecUllur looking specimen^of risk a 1 Isking about .'n^ pounds Ii^ia composed of gab na and 7111c 1 ul' I
and7.lie rosin. It is a formation raniv^found in -in h a mass and is attracting^wide attention in thai camp
Tinnan all worts of rumors cumin^regarding in Ii placet diseovcries and^vast hodk ^ of gold and copper on- In^the mineral portion ^^! lh Ithiekfoot
reservation,but Ikeos stories csmuusI i^^rt arlrmi 1 ami are token with u IIbet tl
gltowoncctm sensationalism Theti is^hetlevvd to be gI on in lh distil'1
inndumsy be^t, |y no reason^.lories retsiled^i,,most unex-^li is not like-^thrown open^...'lis yet and^deferred] until^1 ill not hO^., mil opriation^I |Stl i ind^I , . ntlnu^ un-
w ill be Stilt
uland may
and possibly placer gn^round. but there is absoh^for many of the absurd 1^r Muling that aa yet^ph r d mountain region,^ly tin reservation will l
10tin public for mime nn^possibly the date may l
\ spring. Tin mi'^1 omnietsd until the^in,1.!^ for that purp -
11ul bought t In work w II^nl 1 ul. 1. Then Iln iiiiii^I.. \\ ashington for nppi^I., il laved then bldefln
IN THC BASIN DlSTUlCT.
Basin.Aug. 31.^The Hum is now one^1 ^ I Basin s active pruducmg mims. and^1- making a record that pro* I ^ '^ '^^^ nn of the best proper!!^- ' devel^^op! d snd operated in JeffcistOl county,^liovernor Smith. Lieutenant Hovernor^S|u,ggf. Itepresentutivi s M I.. Hew el I^and C A. Whipple, and H ^' Howard^I'as hall are th. piinnpal Ho' khohl. is^ami oftteera of the Hold Mountain Mln-
;ing company, which owns this protni-^lag properi) Tlu.v Men red the mine^earl) last spring, and UW* ^l^at^have s|m^nt large sums of iiioiiey in de^^veloping It. ami in SUhsiiSS a mill to
.treat the ore. The pmadurd corn -^-P^iiib in rfcUjtod ih^ pMpert) esn iday^und found a force of neai h ^^ men em^^ployed alt the mine god null Tin
nullvvas rUOBplStod the Ursl of ,,.-1^v.is-k and vvas started up W etlncada)^morning, and Is now runolng on full^time. It now has a capiniiv of from^Pi to .'ill tons per day. but S'US built for^a 100-ton mill, and Mansg^ 1 Hewett H*^lot ins the Standard correspondent lhat^SaMMfcUMl stamps will l^. put In so us
,10 ralac Us capacity 10 lhat amount be^^fore w inter begins. It is a rIgsfcauBtlnU
I-at4dand silver mill Tin flUU gold is^eaughi on plates, vvhil^ tin other values^in the ore is saved on v minds. This^luoc.ss saves from mi to !^'^ tu t cent, of^the Values in tin ore. Slid Mi. Hewett^says that it is proving exit dingly aat-
Isfactoryto them. The on I'uaoaMioloa
al .11 t^iis nit^ one. 11 '1 Hie first
saniplof BsncsUtrateS ran *-t^ In gold^and .!::_^ BOjojeog in silver per ton. one^on team is engaged In hauling ore
11 the mine 10 tin- mui a Bustunce
ofabout i.Otat feet, while two otlnr^leiniK arc hauling shipping ^re to the^railroad al Hun ice Tlnv are ship^^ping at the rate of from lour to live^carloads per week to iln smt Iters at^Bull'. The firs! live carload* netted^them inki above all charges and ex^^penses This ore la being taken Brum^thi 1 tithe width of the had. which is^from 16 to 211 feet wide.
Insidethe mine litre, .iglil-hour^shuts of miners are pushing a two^compartment shaft from 111 * - 150 to the^IMKI-ftMit level with all imssil'lc rapidity.
Thefor^ development of the mine
eomcstcdof a t vv o-compn ^ tiin'tit shaft
[to Iks UhVtBMBl I vel, when II was after^^wards connected with an MiO-foot tun^^nel, through which Ihe mnn l^ now be^^ing worked. Tin ri is a l og amount^of ore 1 11 both tin .^.il and IH foul levels^which have been developed by numer^^ous drifts and cross-cuts, but mining^is now being ooiitliiod to iin- l.MI-fooi^level, Winn on is helm: broken and^Backed for shipment in the southeast^di if t Her a Bring* Is being sunk in^Ihe cast drift flout which ^'c has been^taken that assavs K'.ltsi 111 gold and^:'.4l^i ounces in silver. A wonderfully^rich pock'1 of ore w as ht ^ken into by^ihe miners shoitlv safari tin- visit of^tin Standard 1 oiTesiminleiit. from^which weietakin iiameioi large spei -^kusms of ih Ii fie gold mid beautiful^^hunks of ruby silv. r, souf the lat^^ter being as large as hen's . ggs. The
'companylias evirything in readiness^far a long und continuous run; their^ground is now opened no l^i years^ahead of tin 111. and besides tiny al-^nad) have li.un ,'i.iHm to C.ihmi tons of^are mined and mi the dump. The mini-^is equipped with an adequate hoisting^plain and pumps for continuing the^shaft below iln pti sent tunnel level
Mnnag'1 II wett nturned but ten^iluvs ago fioin an absence of three^mouths in Ml 0 York, but he already^has the work of operating the iniin
iwell under way, and has an afaV ^ build*
!ing and in w blacksmith shop ami other^building.- B la Mil the property in 11 uirse^of construct ion for Ike 1 onvenh noe of^himself ami employes. Commodious
amiruunfortuhk boarding and bunk
houses bUVe aMUUdl been bUlll.
TheKekser ml or siill continues to^show up will, and Is lUsUouktedly 11^BUSSUdkl property. Il Is well developeil^to a d.ptli of ghoul IM feel, and a
;small fori ^ of minors arc aid to supply^: the BouMet rutMsutrntur wMk Ha full
1capai it) The POUrmtrUtor, which is^I now run by water BOWSg, lias been run*
iiiugliglu tor a few days on account^1 of the low wilier In Basin creek, but a
Mihorse power boihi and engine is now^1 being put in. and they will be enabled
torun tin full capacity of M tons a day
withina week or less tini^^I J .1 Hammer has sei un d a lease and^I bond ^ii tin Mottle fot th^ sum of $:.'..-^' WW from I'nlli'l Slat's Marshal Mo.
1Dermott. Mr. HauMUsr had ^ forme 1^lease on tins properly, ami has shipped^some good ore from it.
ICo' James Brown of Butte. Lou s^Stin im. Pal htciluwun, Q. w. Oon*
nilk mid f, II. Bule have I BSSd tin^Bin h. and huve put 1 fori . of BtlBt rs^i to work. Th^ oi^ 111 Hn- RMh Is a Rold-
bearlngconcent rat lag proaumlUau.
IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.
Boulder. Aug. .11.-There Is colisid-
eruhksurprise in mining circles that^1 Hie Kmi May in Cataract district Is
rloosddown. Tin miners wen laid ml'
onthe Mtk ami the mill BSSOOd on the^.following ButUrdgy. About hi in. 11
wereh i mil fmlMPHIIU of ruucen
Irates hud boon mad^ r gulaiiv of late^i mid it was g.inTiillv supposed lluil Hi
orewas getting better all the lime. No^nasi n is given for the shut-down and^im time s.t as fat as known for a re^^sumption of work. A special meeting^of the stockhoM mhtculPM for lacrons^ul: iht capital stock of the comuuny
froml'ini.uoo to ilium shares al a put^v a be of tin pi 1 -hare.^In tin- Lump tluich distill I there is
generaldksimiaginwnl ami most of^th^ proper Ilea nn lis d. Tkey have
bunfulrll good pioilucets. with small^hill rich leads. Tin value vvas prlncl*^pallv in silv. 1 and the Invv price of that^product explain- tin nuietness in the
district.
Iiith Bigfoot distill t tlnre sc. ins to^In- Bonu disagreement among owners^and moot ol tin force Is laid off Mr^Uorge) ol Butii is tin principal OU in 1^and tin proper!) has been shipping^BMUe good on jt - ems thill the satin
breakin tin ore body is encountered m^tin lower tunnel that was found In Ihe^upper one the ground is von hard and^It Is likely that the ore body will huve^to be proopected for before all) mole^shipments ale made.
Inthai distil.1 Mi Sullivan nt Butt^^has aboin Iisi ions of on out from the^Claim that In bonded a few niogjHis it go^front Mr. Thlliodeaii. It Is llk*l) that^In will soon ink,, up the bond and then^ship the me The tunnel is now in^[aJSBUt IM fed and the h-nd. which was
IIinches wide winn ii was struck, is^now about live ft t from wall to wall
Inthe ftmaaon district Holmes Bros.
sreabout 10 begin development work^on tin- (lift, recent I) bonded hy tin in.^The Qroul Northern is bokof worked^w ith a good showing of coppi r ^!^^Lnieison QMS ami Ml. UtfUS NfMTo*
Hennessy's Hennessy's Hennessy's
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Trimmings
THESEaro l^usy times at our busy store^unpacking and packing all the^time. New goods givino* place to newer. There MM exciting scenes in our^Dress (roods Department, where the showing of Swell Novelties and (Seasonable^Stuffs proves irresistible to lovers of the beautiful. That these Textures are^stylishly beautiful no one can deny, and everybody wants one. See the newest^to-day.
TheSwellest Novelties in Trimmings
Adescription of their matchless effects would read like the Arabian Nights, and^bewilder rather than enlighten. No one can see them for you; the pleasure^must be yours.
BlackChiffon, richly embroidered^with cut Jit in handsonn ami sep-^graMa designs tor skirts gad bod*
Ices.
Feather.Mohair Ti iiiiiiiings.^Loops. Hands ami rouiagi'TK.
Allover Nets, :7 inches wide,^while or black. Jewel d ill colors^and black, large and small designs.
SilkUrnki Trimmings, in very^choice designs, neat und elaborate^In detail and aflat t.
jeweledItand Trimmings In the^re vvi st iii.is and swellest effects.
1'iaiiTrimmings in edgings,^bands and passementeries.
CutStill Trimmings, all widths^up to t inches.
FlirHeadS in ^^!, Astraklinn, Mink. Stone \ TfiHS in Squirrel. Blsrk Marten, Stone^Marten. Ulack .Marten ami Persian Lanili.Marti n and Mink.
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FirstAnnual MIDSUMMER CLEARANCE SALE
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LanderFurniture ^ Carpet Co.
KitchenQueen, contains two Hour bins,^two tlrawer.s. two hieail iKtards; very^useful table lor kitchen. Price
$300
llaiilwooilSiilelioiinl. 14\'J4^bevel plate glass in top. i^Trice
$8.50
Tlireepiece luirtlwooil Ilctlrooin Suit.^Trice
$12.00
SolidOak. finely polished Foldine*^Bed. TJxJS bevel French plats^mirror. Trice
$22.00
19E. Quartz St., Tuttle Bldg., Butte, Hoist.
Rentingthe company whi. ii bonded Iks
Siiota 11 few vvciks ago. lire expected
Brmthis week lo aniline the prrihu*^iniiiits for going to vvoiit on ihe prop-^^ t IV. Tin prospect 01 thai lot alitv be^^ing d. vi loped to 11 gr liter ib pill than^before has induced parties to make at* -^era! other locations in the Immediate^v Icinkjr,
Thenkkom in if. 111 cording lo all^reports, will oontlnua tn tun ir silver^dins not i'o In low its pres. lit price,^though it is no doubt a VUrjT dirtlculi
mattor to tigure any dlvMsnus out of^present conditions, and Iks property^undoubtedly has cm ell nl management^tn run at all.
Thecamp of OHM t la ulmut ai n^^tUUdatlll and verv little is being don.'
SBywhereIn High gulch. The re.
turnsfrom Mr. Hummer's shipment^last week are reported \ .-i ^^ satisfactory^and he will continue the work on the^propel t.v The Holmes \ Ihihlttian^inopetiy Is working steadily
Iluringthe week ending .Vug .'^^ there^were il* claims Hied for rtvupi M the^county clerk's ofJhrO, or w hi. h Krnnk^Ksl. r and A. W. Kolh r located six in
thePrickly luur district, near the
Oveilatnlmine, which hga bun prodin^ins vtiy well in the past your: C |i^Matheson kmatsd tine^ goal tka town^of Hartford. Byron W. TsuRrosck^fkruo in th Bsuhtet dlmrict .1. \n-
drews mui otlvrs two In Sheinian
guhh:mui U c. Hun s and other* lit
jacres or placer vlaitus 11t.it M nilaii 1
LASTWRE1K
Tits .tin i... iin. lorn Warn ^' Mm
GREATCUT PRICE SHOE SALE
ATTHE KEU BOOT
From|N lulltiI li* \1 Nuttinliiv ilglrf V^^ii mav t^kf iln- ^ lnn^ ^^ ^t^^..ti.iMfti u..rili .it Mi.^ * ni jit-t nail pfM* 0^^^U nil nmrkc'l ui^I'Ihiii rtgiirf1-. (^time tint] up*.
THERED BOOT
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HIKarUj Muln street
UntieM'inttitiit
City,which Is supposed to he HillII^up for a liinestoti uuairy for supply :ng^sun iters.
iiicni^.01 insMmuaaust
Ali.oigia man who madr a flying^nun bin offered u in gro *pi to make a^trial trip in It
Thenegro agr . .1 g..; in position and^he and th^ markint were hoisted by^hlook and tucksr ahoul thin^ foal ftuug^^1 rra Brmu,
Winn tin top- was ...s. a .1 the ms-
1bine took 11 BUMrUj slanting OOUTOg^towaril earth and plunged lulu an ad^^jacent n.ill pond.
itdhmpiiian4 with tin negro asnmtk^1I1 watie. w hlli the terrified inventor^stood BkrlsklUpJ lor assisldltce
I'i'setitiv the negro ^ head Bohhod un^BflfUSly. and h^ struck out for fkjw^land lui arriving his ttrst spluttered^words vv 1 re;
In^!^ name . 1 ibsl. Murse John, why^.I ii. t you tell ^1.it tool tiling whar ter^light V