Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-10-26
the AVANT COURIER.
MONTANA NOTES.

Stapleton g. Larwell are turning on
three tons of bullion per day from thci
smelt+r at Argents. They are running Of
Ore from Bryant District.
The placer mines ut Bannack are paying
and the quartz mills running on good ore
Roudebush & Co.'S s stamp mill viii
soon be il operation at Butte.
Hsrswith & Bro have been improving
their hotel building at Butte
Roasted copper ore w.N be used here
after in Butte, instead of blue stone, in
the silver mill, thus effecting quitra saw.
ing, as the latter article costs twenty five
cents per pound.
There are about seventy-five men at
Moose Greek, most of them taking out
money.
The Butte Public School will open the
first week iu November, with Mr.. p. Tai
ent as teacher.
Thirteen tons If ore from the Late Ac
QUESTION lead, Butte, milltd $40 p ton.
Twenty-Five tons Of ore from the Ar
gyle lode at V,pond m,lled something over
thousand dollars.
A. J. Days intends putting up another
quartz mill ii Butte.
With two NEIL shOveling in the suic.'
boxes, on Moose creek claim. $625 was
Gle ne. up in one day :; on Tie n xt day.
$3.50, amt o" the next, $3.50. maxi < n
total Of $1.92j for three GAYS work.
Moose CREEK IS not in thu Blark Hills, bu'
here H. Montana.
DR.. Hugh Bell, for several years past,
postmaster a. P"ilipsbn,g, died in that
place On the IA Il ins. Of consumption.
Mr.. A. Calhoun disposed MS flock OF
she' p to II F. GaIen a, $3.50 per b I'D
A little child, three years old. Of Mr..
Hard. nbro0k. who resides at Helena.
died on the 18Th list, poisoned hy eating
the le..ves If tnr deadly nighishxie. THIS
is the second asc Of the kind thai has
occurred iu that vicinity curing the last
two Or three years.
The Helene ant Butte wagon road is
being pushed Shead and will soon be COM
pleted. Teams ale alrea ~ travelling over
the route.
The suit at law over the sherifIality of
Beav. rhrad county. between Bray aud
n~tl,n, has heen settied by NetIin with.
drawing the suit.
The grain :hreshed this season on the .
Stinkn.wa'er Valley has lurnrl out well.
Avalanche gulch promises to be the !,
iveIies, winter camp in NJ. sgher county =
Mr.. ]. T.. Hnssey has purchased 600 $
head OF sheep from H G .Ie". pa, ing $3.50
l,+r head. Mr.. Hussey is . relative Of he
Cook Bros, has arrived during the last
few weeks from illinois and will locate ,
a Smith river. !
Several fl"cks of sheep are on the way {
tr"m the lower country, bound tor Mon.
lana.
Col Voolfolk talked narrow gauge to
Inc people Of Diamond City last week
A rici quSr'z lead has been struck on
Granite creek. Ma 'ison county,-$35O TO
!. ne ton are the figures.
The quartz mines Al Pony and on VIII
ow creek are improving rs they are dc
.clope,i. A half million dollars worth of
a,,artz is IN sight and can be easily mined
with little exp-nse.
The Strawberry lead at the head IF will .
J W creek. at depth of y5 feet, no ds It's
Il, ovtsnH and ricl,no.. |
Kelly. Earl & Wise, at Argcnta, in Bea. =
verh+ad county, are opening up u. extern :,
We bedrock flumlpg Claim il. Rat,lcsnake :.
,eek. o
The Mchisonian wants astringent law
nassed THE winter for the protection Of :. :.
,au,e birds. 1t should be done.
Mr.. A. e. Knox, travelling corrrspon !.
lent a"d az. mt of The Pacific Rural Press, y
he Mining I'd Scientific Pres. and the
'.n Francisco Journal of Commerce, is pl
taking the round of Montana. N
Marks & Patterson have the Camp b
Z grain contrart. at 81 Is PER cwt. IL
The assessment roll o. Me ,gher county
ows that there are IA. 900 she p. ,|ucd II
$40. O0S in that county. There are e,
~ acres Of improved land valued 1T $1O2.. IN
-, and 2.228 horses valued at $50, 1856 ca
,e total assessed value of all kinds of ci:
Jperty Is 1861 81 8.
The buying Of gold dust has been un. vi
uslly brisk vt Banmack This SEASON, di
i. Shenun has shipped over $4,000
In that town during the summer. Il.