Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-05-02
THE TERRITORY.

E@ T7,nnk 4 49,
f1.r from a two days' visit to the Bo
!e district, from which good news con
''N - come. While at Vestel they inspect
'', '.no penobscot, and took ocular measure
+sof the mine. Men have again beer
',t to work. in the shaft, which is no"
p". 81 feet, The ore body remains essen
'",,,v unchanged; the rich vein along the
,'snaino wall preserves its dimensions, an(
Ell .,a9 m,l]er veins, carrying the same higf
',rade rock, continues down with the mair
sa1v Of ore. The arastra is grinding away
an the.mine's ordinary product, the $1,000
,t.otas Welding another supply, kept, as
,aro+oforc. sparate and distinct for another
8 snpcial run hereafter. 1t is estimated that
,,rosent developments show not less than q
r,,rter of a million dollars OF ore in sight
5 snrvey for a tramway connecting the mine
.,;tb fine selected mill site was in progress
Yesterday. Messrs. Vestel, Frue and Nc
@ nermott are expected IN Helena to-day
ar Trent is already here, having arriuel
from Butte yesterday. The purchase of the
ponobscot, it is believed, will 500 be fully
ronsl,mated and possession given upon pay
mont of the large sum heretofore stated in
|N these columns.
|M The extension OF the Utah Northern rail.
road has reached completion twenty-five
y miles north of Franklin, Idaho, and Monta.
M freiehts are now being delivered at the
present terminus. The stage and, express
~ offices have been taken down at Franklin.
removed to the end of the track. and are
probably now erected and occupied north o.
Bear river, from which point the coaches
and wagon freight line connect. Grading
is advancing rapridly, and the roadlbed is
already finished north of the Idaho Nor.
mon settlements. The track, it is believed
will be laid and the cars running to Wat.
son station Junction of the old Corinne
road) by July. AT that point, it is thought
The road will stop for the season, instead OF
E being pushed forward to Snake river, where
t was expected to reach at the close Of the
|@season.-He1uld.
H Yesterday Mr.. Geo. Richards, owner of
b-stamp mill, informed us that he intends
to 60 to the Silver creek country. in a few
Hays with a view of removing his mill to
that point should he be able to make salts.
tactory ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
@ We are informed that Messrs. Ellis & Da,
& Wis, one of the lcadihgs firms of this towr
EBand Miles, have contracted with Messrs
wilder & Co. for transportation ofall spring
q purchases via the Yellowstone river. The
rates from Bismarck to Miles to tbe one ant
Rone-half cents. and to Big Horn two cents
per pound. Proportionately higher rate;
70 be paid should the boats succeed in run
RaR1lng above the Big Horn.
E# This, with the Governments contracts AM
Fhe business insured to DR.. Lalame's boat
Fhe " lellowstone," augurs we'll for the III
P're prospects of Eastern Montana, and in
sures, almost beyond preadvesrture, the sue
E#FesSiul navigation of the Yellowstone dur
ESahs The present season.-Courisr.
Larabie Bros. met with a loss last Frida,
8Fhsht in the death of Widow McMeekin
sN'lo Will be remembered as having mad,
|3rer mile IN 1:E at the Helena fair ground
SRsse 1all-two seconds the best time eve
Flade on the tarck. She was eleven year
pu thls, spring. The Widow dropped a tin,
Foal' the cause of her death. The colt las
R'a,ofoay measured 3ft. 4 inches and girthe'
~ mches around the heart.-New Mort.
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GENERAL NEWS.