Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-02-17
TERRITORIAL. N VS. .
From the Helena Herald

Eight silver bricks, weighing in the aggre-
gate 267 ounces'and of the coin value OF ST.
COO, arrived from the Northwest Company
last night, and are now at the First National
Bank. The bricks are pure silver and con-
siderably finer than coin.
Major Bagg was greeted by a good audi
ence at the Court House last evening. Many
of the members OF the Legislature were pres
ent.
Massena Billiard left this morning for
Virginia City, for the purpose Of organizing
a Good templars' lodge next Thursday even
ing.
From the New Northwest.
We have note from Mr.. Thomas III. Man
ming, Superintendent of the How (CentenniaD
mill at Butte, dated February 9Th, saying:
"To-day / raised steam IN the centennial
mill to test the working parts of the machin-
inery. AS the news mightbe magnitied and
sent to you | wish to state facts, as if the re-
port should go abroad that we have start
edup silver would be expected sooner than
we can turn it out. The mill will be treat
ing ores about February To-" We are glad
L 1A4allilliIA Ittl -A1 lIO " AL sSt q
rumor reached here that the mill had been
started. The 10th will do pretty well and
we hope the Centennial mill will turn
out a by George Washington brick by the
22d.
w. A. Clark, Esq, bought 10000 or more
brick at Philipsburg for lining the Farlin
mill furnaces. Mr.. Sigsbee has contracted
to haul them and has teams are now on the
road.
Mr.. Esler, Agent of the First National
Bank, Helena, has lately purchased twenty
tons of very rich silver orc, from the La
Plata mine, for shipping to Freiburg also a
large quantity Of copper from the Parrot
and Mountain lodes, for shipment to Balti-
more.
Alex. (Bud) Brown, writing from Shaun
tie Springs, Utah, January oath, says:I am
working on a smelter at this place. This is
the hardest country for a poor man to make
a living in that l have seen. 1 am going to
getout oft soon and | think will strike for
Arizona. | have met a great many old Mon
tanians here but none Of them like this colln-
try and many say they are going back to Mon
tana in the spring.
From the Montanlan.
1t is matter for congratulatiOn hat the
difficulties which resulted in a stoppage Of
work on the Farlin mill at Butte have been
amicably and equitably adjusted, and that
the work of construction in these reduction
works will be carried to completion as. rap
idly as men and means can do it. That the
mines in this camp are exceedingly rich,
and will yield heavy profits as soon as the
ore can be reduced, no one who hasany knowl-
edge ofquartz mining doubts, and the delay
which has unavoidably occurred in the build
ing Of these works has been cause for much
regret and disappointment. We are happy
to %nounc that the arrangements which
have been made ensure the successful coli
summation of Mr.. Farlin's enterprise. The
present state of affairs in this camp is en-
couraging, and business has been stimulated
by the satisfactory arrangements Of the re-
cent difficulties. When the Farlin works
are complete, and the How mill gets in rum
ning order, which will be ina short time
Butte will come to the front with her bullion
and show the world what she is capable of
doing.
During Il recent trip through the gulch, we
notice that quite Il number of miners were
working their clames. The open sea-
son has been very favorable for winter OPP
e~rations.
1.-THE quantity of snow in the mountains
is any criterion, the sswater season" will be
short. Rut Won can't ALWAYS sometimes