Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-02-10
NEWS.
From the Montanlan.

their herds to other pastures next summer.
A wise precaution, which should be univer-
sally adopted.
The average daily attendance at the Vir-
ginia Public School, as shown in the month
ly report of the Principal, is very good. The
scholars are progressing finely, and the
teachers are giving satisfaction in the per-
Torrance of their duties.
Alex. Metzel, one of the prominent stock
growers of the Passamari valley, paid us a
visit last week. He says the snow in the
upper valley is light, which, considering the
shortness Of bunch-grass in that region, is a
good thing for stock.
From the New North West.
Mr.. R. S. Kelley showed us Wednesday,
the largest prospect of gold we have seen
from w pounds of rock. 1t was a piece of
ordinary looking dark rock sent down from
the Pyrenees lode at Georgetown, and
showed no gold visible to the naked eye. On
being pounded in a mortar it yielded one
and a half ounces of gold 900 fine, worth
500 per ounce, and a ton of like rock would,
therefore, yield $50, 900. 1t is fair to pre-
sumo that the 70 tons now out will not
average as well, but the last run of ore from
the lode averaged over $50 per ton-a very
good yield for gold ore. Messrs. Kelley &
Cameron, the owners, having run a tunnel
in some distance, went dow the hill 400
feet, and run another tunnel, on which they
have again struck the lead. The walls have
now been found on 500 linear feet Of the
lead, and the vein runs from two and a half
to three feet in width. They nave been
working only a light force as yet, but expect
to put on a strong working force after
awhile. They will have u hundred tons of
ore out by the 10Th of February, when the
Hanauer mill at Cable will be started up to
crush it.
Messrs. O'Rourk & Bro. are running their
tunnel day and night in Ophir Gulch, and in
a few weeks will have it completed, so that
they will be able to work a very rich body
Of ground in their claim this spring.
From the Helena Herald.
The total receipts OF the Helena Library
party amounted to 1874, and donations
$3.50, making a total Of $197 80; expenses,
So. 80, leaving a balance paid to the Secre-
tary at $40.
The authorities are after Clark Thompson,
of st. Paul, who entered upon the duties of
Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Il few
years ago a poor man, out five years later
was rated at half a million. They have sued
his bondsmen for 1O,262. 81, with interest
for ten years. The sureties are Morton S..
Wilkinson, II. M. Rice, and Geo. L. Becker,
of Minnesota.
Harry j.. Norton.has severed his connec-
$ ton with the Lyon County New Times. In
his valedictory, Harry says: During the
I period that | have assisted in the editorial
2 management my relations with both patrons
:, and the publisher, Mr.. +. Kenyon, have
t been of the most pleasant character, and in
i saying goodbye to each, | can but extend
my best wishes for the continued prosperity
t Of the Times and the future happiness of its
: readers"
d John Mccarthy suicided at Bismarck on
e the 18th ult., by blowing his brains out with
a rifle.
We are informed by Mi. Esler, who re-
Z, turned from Butte last night, that he paid
out in cash something over $4,000 for ship
S ping ores in that camp, for the First Nation
al Bank Of Helena, and as an evidence OF
the quality he paid John Downs & Co. for
d nineteen tons OF gold and silver ore,
d S., 565. so, and what is more wonderful, il
e the fact that this ore was taken from az
q ordinary sized shaft, about twenty-five fee
deep from the surface, in La Plata mine