Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-04-04

run by steam, having an engine OF twenty
horse power and working fifteen stamps
erected with skill and care and noticeaD Oily
substantial in all ITS parts. The work mere
described is, as you will perceive. confined g
this famous lode. which today may challenge
Montana for an equally early and continued
remuneration, as also for its prospective
yield, yet much other work and develop-
ment haye been accomplished in this LOCALITY
by these enterprising and accomplished MIN !
ers that are worthy Of notice, but all OF
which space will not permit me here to give
you.
The Pierce lode is considered one that blds
fair to yield largely and well. although the
work done thereon is merely for the purpose
of prospecting the shaft now reaches eighty
feet deep and the level thirty feet long The
Leviathan has been wrought to greateraex
tent, one shaft being one hundred and eighty
feet deep and the level at that depth extends
one hundred and fifty feet, and the shaft Is
sunk to the depth of seventy teet with level
also, OF one hundred and fifty teet The
quartz from this lode pays well, but the owners,
UOlu pidCliCdl uiCils CU.sSidCI IL Va oetSt' -
character and formation as to require machin-
cry of different kind to that with which
they crush other rock, and believe 1t will
pay them swenty-fve per cent net to work it
till railroad facility will secure cheap trans
portation of the material required The last
of hose valuable lades to which I will now
alude, is the :. Ohio,'' upon whichtwo shafts
lave been sunk to the depth of eighty feet
each, and one level at that depth extending
two hundred and fifty feet, and another. one
hundred ct, frem b 9TH OF which quartz
have been crushed, the yield guaranteeing the
existence of rich and valuable deposits, justify
ing with the otherg named, the hope, and
vindicatiHg the confidence OF the proprietors,
Messrs. Heating & Blacker, than whom no
gentlemen ged in quartz mining in this
Territory deserve better, for their persistent
and unialtering prosecution. Sometimes
under adverse iniinenees.of.e and stu
pendous work in the development OF quartz
mines, and than whom, in all human proba-
bility none have higher prospect tor full
and ample remuneration for all their outlay,
toll and enterprise.
Court is still in session and may continue so
for two weeks or more. Many persons are
in attendance, which gives the town a more
cheerful aspect than it & think) usually
wears. We are entertained under the hos
pitaale roof of the Parks House, and although
crowded beyond its capacity we are still COM
Portable, and if crowded tits only by genial
friends, who wear pleasant faces. Judge
Servs rendered an important decision to-day,
on the question of :" blending awsand equali-
ty in one and the same pleading, a question
much agitated lately, and one OH which
Bench and Bar were divided, each side
among themselves. The Judge cencurs with
Judge Knowles, that notwithstanding the
decisions of the Supreme Court OF the U. s.,
the Territorial Legislature have the right to
prescribe the practice in equity proceedings,
aud that such right IL not questioned in the
decisions named. The opln on is elaborate,
ardlsllaH endeayor to obtain it for publira-
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