Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1879-12-11
TERRITORIAL NEWS.

ed over 10 The new owners. This mine, as
heretofore stated. has been capitalized at
81, 900 .0C0. Ample m ans tor hosting an
milling machinery have been subscribed,
and the property is to be worked extensive
] y and by methods which insure the utm est
economy and correspondingly large increase
OF profits. The Bonanza Chief is in the
hands OF a man who promises to make it q
grand success.-HsratG.
A most important mining transfer was
~consummated last Thursday. It was the
sale of the well known Comet mine. which
was owned by w. G.. Child, John and Geo.
Russell, DR.. Click and o. j. Gaiisbu ~, aid
the purchasers are the Alta Montana COM
pAny. We are not informed OF the consid-
Grafton paid. We are specially pleased in
learning that his valuable mine has become
The property of the Alta Montana company,
for they are too sagacious and ~enterpusing
10 allow it to remain idle. The history Of
our undeveloped mines has been the bane
Of this territory, so rich IN mineral wealth.
The Comet is certainly one of hte most val
uab.e mining properties in the neighbour
hood. The great width Of the vein, carry
ing SIXTY per cent. lead and sixty ounces
silver, offers great facility for cheap devel-
op,nent and reduction. Upwards of $50
00o Of selected ore has been extracted and
shipped to market in Utah and elsewhere,
at 8 margin of profit above all expenses, III
Guiding the costly transportation OF hun
dreds Of miles by wagon and hundreds OF
miles by rail. The enormou quantity OF
ak thousand tons of low grade ore on the
dump of the Comet and all other property
represented by the $685. 900 of capitalized
stock Of the Comet company passes t. the
Alta Montana company, who take posses
sion at once.-Indepsndsnt.
The Agricultural, Mineral and Stock as-
ISOLATION Of eastern Montana is gradually
working out Of financial embarrassment.
The grounds are very desirable. being con-
venient to town, beautifully located and not
a boulder or gravel stone within two feet OF
the surface. The race track has been pro-
nounced by good Judges, as the best in the
territory. The work appears to be now
sufficiently advanced, the grounds being
enclosed with a substantial fence, the race
track completed, we'll dug, 6c.,-and the
finances of the association in such shape as
TO encourage the hope that we shall have a
successful agricultural and stock exhibition,
accompanied by numerous and satisfactory
of speed, next year. We trust the
and directors will not relax their
colnmendable efforts until the objects of the
association are reached.-Courier.
The bull train business is now at high
tide of active operations. Ellis train moy-
ed out of Miles City to Deadwood on the
Goth. Buford's train passed through here
from Fort Duford to Custer a few days ago.
HubbelIs train is coming, and government
trains are moving in every objectionable
Journal.
We have heard several complaints made
lately to the effect that money which has
been sent through the mails, to eastern des-
has been distracted somewhere
which have been enclosed in letters
have also been taken from the envelopes.
the latter being re-sealed and sent as per
iirection.-jMiner
We are Informed by. reliable authority
that $4,000 bushels OF grain were tlreshed
n the Bitter loot valley the past season.
Zoe Pardee's steam thresher is responsible
or Ao,01l bushels (three-titths wheat)
Bass, Chatain & Co.'S steam thresher is ac-
with $4,000 bushels (two-fifths
Joe Pardee's horse power machine
las thresled $4,000 bushels, and the granger
haanJrn hoe oIcn tl,u1cb,J - apn ~
The Butte Miner has been making a large
sized blow about a Grow creek turnip
Weighing rs pounds. 1t hurts our con-