The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1867-06-15
WHOLE NO. 147.

pay in the country. Everybody is at work
and no loafeTs stop in the camp, which al
ways speaks we'll Tor n mining community.
III "A man comes IN and wants to work he is
sure To find some one In a few days who wants a
good man the bedrock for Sc. 90 in clean
dust. There are three new bitches being
brought In which will cover ground that here
tofore has not been consider ed valuable, but
has proven to be excellent ground this season,
paying from $40 TO $50 10 the hand, The
sun has come out this A. NJ, the first time in
four days, and everything looks bright and
cheerful. Our merchants and hotel keepers
all doing good business and greet every
body with a smile, and the miners all come in
and speDd their money freely for tarantula
juice, misnamed whisky. So you see, though
the PosT does not remember us, that we are
live and doing we'll, that il, about 1900 of
US, for there are about that many at work in
the Gulch. [Come again.-ED.l
For TIE MONTANA Posr-ME. EDIToR: I
will, through your valuable journal, thank the
following named gentlemen for their several
contributions to the Territorial Cabinet:
To e. l.. Pratt, Esq, of Hot Spring Dis
trict, for four specimens of petrified wood,
from the divide of the Madison and Gallatin
rivers.
To Messrs. Crawden & Co., Of Mill Creek
District, for specimens of gold ore from each
of the following lodes of Wisconsin District ::
The Prosper, Prince George, Prince Eugene,
Rosamante, Ruby, Helena, Cedar Hill, Felix,
VIM. Tell and Beauty. Also for fine speci-
men of HemaJite ore, and beautiful speci-
men of Asbestos, the only one we have as yet
seen in the Territory.
To J. j. Lown, of Hot Springs, for three
gold ore specimens from the Sterling North
lode, Hot Springs District, at depth of 6S
| feet.
To n. J. Davis, ESQ. for two specimens of
gold ore from the Golden Slipper lode, Silver
Star District and to j. I. Connor for three
| specimens of gold ore from the Iron Rod and
Green Campbell lodes, each.
You will perceive that the Cabinet is under
way. We are sorry to say that we have not
| had a response from any county save Madisol
! to our proposition for a Territorial Cabinet.
We are anxious TO have all the Territory rep
| resented. Other counties can make Of the
miners will exert themselyes) as fine display
/ as Madison. We do not ask you TO send your
| rich and valuable specimens, but send the aver
| age of your lodes, so that all can and COM
/ pare the ores of section with another.
| Our wealth, IL Is admitted, is TO be found In
| the minerals of the Territory. If so, great
benefits must follow by having each district
| represented in the Cabinet. 1he man of sci
| ence can study our formations, and the expert
| find the same minerals, but in different com
binations. Congress has provided with
| Territorial Library-let Montana add her
| Cabinet.
| To this end we have taken the initiative,
and say TO all we shall be pleased TO receive
and acknowledge through your journal (if
| permitted) each specimen added to the little
| we now have. Nor are content with speci-
mems of ores of gold and silver-we wish those
of copper, iron, lead, tin, and of every useful
or valuable mineral that may be found within
our borders. Also let US have n splendid col
lgvtlon OF Iosslls, Tetrifactfons, coal, Ignite,
of sandstone, granite, lIme-sJoue, -~arhle or
other rock deemed valuable for building puT-
poses, as well the more precious, such as dia-
monds, rubIes, agates, DC; In short, let it be
a complete Territorial Cabinet. If sent us by
| express from any part of the Territory and
marked TO our address, with territorial Cabi-
net),we will pay all charges, and remain under
| obligations to each contributor, as L am TO
you for this in your columns.
WM. Z. LOWELL.
June II, 1867.
The Sacramento Union thus refers to an in
| vention which, if successful, Will be of bene-
fit to miners everywhere Necessity is said
| to be the mother of invention. The peculiar
| needs of California are producing a great
| rIety of labor-saving machines and rapidly
/ placing the Golden State In the front rank
| among her sisters for mechanical excellence.
The rapid development of quartz mining has
caused MANY inventors to turn their attention
| to the perfection of a machine for rock drill
| ing, and numerous machines have been hereto
| fore made, intended to supplant the slow and
| laborious operation of the hand drill but un-
have been found Objectionable, on account
| of their great cost, complicated machinery
| and bulky proportions, not to be adapted
for general use, and have only in few instances
| taken the place of the old style of hand Ia
Dor. But we were shown on Saturday a rock
driller, the production of a Sacramento me
! chanic, Nicholas Dramer, which, it Is claimed,
| oveTcomes the objections which have ttached
| to all the rock-drillers heretofore invented.
The entire weight of the apparatus does not
1 II -. a
wooden frame seven feet long, with upright
posts FIVE feet high and wooden cross-beams,
| to which are fastened iron hinged boxes to
| hold the drill in position. On turning the
| crank, to the shaft of which are attached two
arms or cams, tappet, holding the drill by
| means of a small eccentric wheel, carries the
drill to the required height, when a lever at
| tached to the wheel strikes incumbrance
| and the wheel is loosened from its pressure
.Rnd the drill falls. Weights can be attached
| to the drill go as to cut the hardest rock. The
| lever OF the tappet runs In a slot" or slide,
| which, being at an angle, turns the drill on
being raised and causes IL TO strike the rock
| fo as to make circular hole. great ad-
| vantage In this machine is that the drill can
be taken out readily and the hole cleaned
from dust. The hole being perfect circle,
"runner T" may be used instead of a drill and
holes bored for any required depth. The up
| nights being on hinges, an inclined hole may
| be drilled at an angle at which the drill will
| tall. The hinges serve also TO let the uprights
down on the wooden frame, by which means
the machine is folded up for the convenience
| of moving or handling. When the hole is
drilled a tamping bar can be substituted for
the drill and the process of loading accom-
plished with much greater celebrity and safety
than by hand process. Experiments have been
| tried IN this city upon loose rock, and the ma
| chine found TO work we'll. patent has been
| applied tor. DTamer informs us that it is to
be taken on the Pacific Railroad to the True
kee on Wednesday, when its merits will be
more fully tested"