Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-10-25

proprietor of the Centennial Hotel that u
few of his loose, dollars could be expended
to q q good advantage in building upon the
vacant lot by his side. doubling the capacity
and improving the convenience of his house.
And while | am making suggestions, l
may as we'll state that this famous butte(y)
City has out-grown its post office too, ana IS
sadly in need Of a new one; yes, a new post
office with q clean floor, a little more shelly
ing and room for mail matter, and some re-
duction in "cussingness'' might be spared,
and a little vivacity substituted. Win these
improvements q fellow could hope 10 get an
occasional rlissive from his friends. And
should it happen to be a dun, he would
have room to get out into the street ana
hunt up his creditors, while the newspaper
men would receive less scoldinsg for the non
delivery of papers. Sd xe-a&yazIE 5GL
Yesterday in company with my friend /.
E. Collins ! visited the mines. The first Wis
tied was the Late Acquisition which show
ed little signs Of improvement since my Wis
it last spring, but [ learned that q largs
amount of rich ore has been shipped to- Salt
Lake this season. .,...y a.,
The La Plata looked much the sanle as
when ! saw it last spring. The same she'd
containing many tons Of valuable. was there
and the other piles of ore looked as Though
they had not been molested since then. |
did not stop to ask amy questions about this
mine. Remembering ahat they told me last
j. ->,;,,k Tho ~ ~, 6 - ro ;! w, wv I; .rbh TT and !lnt
the owners are not in The habit of allowing
agricultural men to packk of pockets full Of
the precious stuff, ( Didn't think it worth
while to- ask any questions. . When 4 mod
est man is affronted a few times by mo
Adm~ittance," it is quite natural for Iifn TO.
prefer to guess, rather than interogate. Ru-
NOR has it that they have found the end of
the crevice another rurnog says that one
OF the proprietors is . o to take in a part
ner;, all OF which is not improbable, and it is
to- be hopetl the addition. will enable him to
strike it, richer and heavier than ever,
On the Lexington mine work was pre-
crossing. Three shafts have been sunk and
levels run connecting them, developing
the mine to the depth of 100 feet below the
surface, and some 700 feet long. A 10
stamp mill has been running constantly on
the ore taken out, and, though no Stopping
and sorting has been done, / learn that there
has been a dividend besides the running ex-
penses Of the mill and mine. This mine be-
ing located between the EaPlata and Rain
bow mines, has an advantage over them,
since the draining on each side will draw
off the water and enable it to be Worked be-.
low water level without the use Of pumps.
The sole owner Of the Lexington mine. and
mill is "A. j.. Davis, of Helena. 'l92 <'''5''3
At the Alice mine my eyes were greeted
by d vast amount Of improvements. In.
stead of the single horse wlim they have a
Iohonse-poWer engine Which pulls nearly.
two tons to- the load,' rui:s night and day
and seems to- never ge- tired, While the wa
ter is being pumped. out by & 4-horse-puoNwaer
engine stationed far down below and con.
nected by steam pipes to tile boilers above
The shaft Oh this mine is now down l655,,
feet, and it is the intention Of the Walker
Bros. to continue down to the depth of 200
feet. Besides sinking the shaft they are II
running levels preparatory to furnishing.
their new mill with ore, which is down the
hill side about $50 feet below the hosting
works on the Rainbow. 1t is one Of the
finest aRd most conveniently constructed
pieces OF machinery in Montana. From the
cask which l,oists from the mine the ore IS
carried Il railway to the mill where it is
dumped upon an iron floor. under which are