The Montana post., 1868-09-11
He CITY
From Fridays Daily.

-h'-A a AAAaAf > AtoAaE
AND uUARTZ-From Mr.. Rich-
jas. -etHrueI from a trip to Highland,
sY-aa interesting Items concerning that
% tunnel on the Ballarat Lode mas
srE-l Cf SO feet. II is thought that il
be run only six or eight feet more be
rhe lead as seams putting into il have
!y crossed One hundred inches of
W RAINING from the tunnel and will
20 yaiue IN mining operations The
s.s,ampl mill, situated ia a beautiful
below The mouth Of the tunnel bids
splendid structure Its frame was
week ago and IT Is thought 10 have &c
IS i1s middle Of October. Quite viii
.uur up 10 the vicinity of the Ballara;
ling besides hotel kept by Mr.. Bur
residences Of Prof. Swallow and Mr..
engineer of the works. In Humbug
Highland, three srastras are in opera
over one is worked and owned by
as Bros * Co. 0u the Nsvins' lead,
1 third by Flowers, Stephenson a. Go.
Chance lead. The second arastra runs
s. and Is cleaning up about II, 800 per
lartZ crushed averaging, as we are In
per ton. All the tailings are saved
run through the mill W hen il is com
le third, OF upper arastra the weekly
-es frdm forty 10 ninety ounces The
lode owned by Messrs. Flowers,
: Co consists of decOmpOsed quartz,
lay and sand, and is from SIX 10 ten
A tunnel three hundred and fifty
has been run upon IL, and the miners
sing the lead up towards the surface.
ode is owned by Nevins Bros. g. Co.,
ton il between one hundred and one
twenty-five ieet in depth. It's quartz
aaracter and much harder tha n that
baBce mine.
Es.-On Friday evening last,
as given at Highland, by Mr.. John
--oprietor Of the Highland Hotel
II came guests, Of ladies twenty,
n an overwhelming majority"
cd supper and a good time gsnsr-
hours to slip rapidly away, and
going home until morning. When
il they found snow storm play
al agent aud coutesting their pas
1 Although il was the 2sth of
storm entirely out Of season, the
spth of three inches. Those who
abroad hardly relished a return
roads. thought that nature had
az and that the eErth's crust was
~. and slept during Sstu ndAy
with the dance Saturday
ally managed TO tear themselves
cue OF their two nights ball on
SToRY-not of love, but OF
comes rom Virginia, and The
29th ult. tells It as follows mad
en- confined some weeks in the
1oOtng one De France, escaped
Another prisoner, named Tyler.
the only occupants While Ty-
nap, he turned the key upon
z the ventilator and somewhat
srture, he succeeded in reaching
by removing a few planks from
scape Was easy. He entered the
provided himself with couple Of
his compliments TO his fellow
rsoks for parts unknown.
lly three prisoners in the
for the county and one for the
latter being ROLAND, charged
Of Sevills-----.Mr. Hsrtwell has
"a Rodney street. Frost every
Gather every day At Highland
r. q. Etill, one of the enc
Oi PhilliPsbuEg, paid us call
Estill Is engaged in developing the
18th a good prospect Of proving it
n Saturdays DAILY
s-TEis fine military post
improved and enlarged by the
buildings A fine set OF officers
the shape Of It, the main part
length, and the wlsg 40 fee. loug,
finished. They are Constructed Of
-ge style and are both eomIortabis
age room l3Ox30 feet and mess
Z, are now in process of erection
me building SOx3O feet VIII be
d by the command ss library and
also for such exhibitions. as may
he soldiers for the purpose Of re-
ltobv ii the winter. The command
seeu. Gcres of ground under cultiva-
ri II elve Of which is planted with
snafr u er being divided up into com.
uw II All kinds OF vegetables are
able ~ mill Is expected 70 arrive
f,rsU weeks, and il Is proposed to
sFo.- The hauling Of saw logs for
-, men commenced. A minstrel
- Her is now being organized.
- - CLERK, which will make its
80 u.iAstio Fort Ella sndis1ce. .ons
80. more OF less and which win
Lions ssmi-oecAsionaIy during
-uuEE II Irnds--From the Lsde-