Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-06-08
The plat covers 1873 acres, with 20 blocks and

Inc plat covers 1S3 acres, with 20 blocks and
400 or 1900 lots.
The Pioneer Company's and the Roberts
company employees, at Pioneer, nave struck
Tor an increase of wages from 81 to SIS per
day. About 35 men are employed by the
two companies.
1t showed here continuously Tuesday,
tuesday night and Wednesday, and rained
necessarily below Silver Bow. It will make
the greatest freshet known in the history or
traditions of this region.
Az j. Davis, Esq, informs us that Mr..
Phll. nj. Sanders is now making contracts
Tor material for the concentrating works in
Jefferson county, and the company has
100000 pounds of freight in transit up the
river. II
There is a we'll authenticated rumor that a
company of New York capitalists. of whom
Mr.. owen Gaffney, who owns valuable
mines in Vipond, is the organizer, will soon
erect a large quartz mill on the Big Hole a
short distance above Wonderlich's store.
Parties are now on the ground, and it is re-
ported the famous Ward mill, Is stamps. at
Sterling, viii be removed to Big Hole.
The Farlin mill started up this morning
(June lst)-contemporaneons withthe Miaez.
stamps, pans. settlers and agitators, and
we hope, i~naugurates the era of constant,
successful and rapid ore reduction in Butte.
From the Avant Courier.
The Diamond r train, with supplies for.
Gen. Gibbons command, crossed the Still
water in safety. No Indians had been seen.
One of the guards, Sergeant Belrike, hay-
ing got outside of the lines, was shot and
killed by a sentinel.
From the New North West.
There has been received at the First Ma
tional Bank of Deer Lodge $50 ozs. of gold
dust from Pioneer and Yam Hill. the result
Of a cleanup for last weeks work. The
product hereafter during the mining season
will be greatly increased, as they had not
all, at that time, commenced work.
The Northwest mill at Tower, near Phil
lpsburg, has not stopped as stated in the
Helena papers. The mill has been running
continuously. The product of bullion, how
ever, has not been as good as it was some
months since. The pipes and plates in the
Buckner cylinders burned out and the COM
pany have been delayed in getting new ones.
Without these it takes longer to roast the
ore in the cylinders and tile work is pot
SO we'll done. New pipes and plates are
now on the way from the foundry at Helena
and will be put in as soon as received, thus
restoring the original effectiveness of the
mill. The Speckled Trout ore continues to
carry as much, or rather more, silver than
it did, but is more refractory than the sur
face ore.
From the Missoulian.
Peter Deery, employed by Missoula coun-
ty to attend to bridges, was drowned on
Thursday, May %, in the Hell Gate river,
while attempting to remove some drift wood
from the piers of a bridge which crosses
that stream. He leaves a wife and five chill
dren to mourn his loss.
The Blackfoot bridge is considerably dam
aged by the high water.
The bridge at Lo Lo Fork is gradually
becoming unsafe, and will go out if the river
continues to rise.
From the Bozeman Times.
The Eastern Montana Mining and Smelt-
ing Company have just disposed of 500
worth of stock. Men are ready to start to
the mines as soon as the roads are passable.
The company mean business, and will push
the work ahead. They are the owners of
about a dozen leads. The company have
ordered a Leffel water wheel, to run the
blower and other machinery. The blower
is at Bismarck, and will be Skinned on the