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The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-08-26
Trial Trip.

The mammoth pump atthe Alice made its
trial run yesterday. To test it, the 2O-foot
stump at the bottom of the shaft was allowed
to fill, when the pump was started at a very
moderate speed, delivering water through the
l0-inch discharge pipe into the $4,000 gallon
tank adjoining the works. But tie "waste-
gate" or ''oyer-fiow" provided for the tank
was not calculated to carry off any such body
of water as that delivered from the pipe, and
In about two minutes the tank was running
over at a rate that threatened to wash the
town of alkerville quite away. Finding that
the pump could do fully as much as was ex-
peeled OF it, Mr.. DAILY brought the experiment
TO a close until an adequate channel is pro-
vided for the safe delivering of the immense
stream it discharges.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-08-26
Mining Accident.

An accident that might easily have been
more serious took place yesterday in the
Boardman mine, When Edward Rooney re-
ceived apainful but but serious scalp wound.
Mr.. Rooney while working at the foot of a
chute carelessly topped forward, directly be-
meath the discharge when a descending lump
of ore struck him a glancing blow IN the head,
cutting a cash about an inch and a half in
length, but doing no injury to the skull, which
was laid bare. The wound was Immediately
dressed by DIR. Hough, who says that his
patient is not in the least danger.
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(From Wednesdays Daily.)
Two Boys Seriously Hurt.

Yesterday afternoon in an accidental ex-
plosion OF that dangerous blasting agent, the
Hercules powder cap, two little boys, sous of
MIR. James Stride, received very serious and
painful injuries. The little fellows are aged
seven and four respectively. While amusing
themselves at play at the outworks of the
different claims on the Original lode, II com
pany with a third companion of somewhere
near their own years, they were so unfortu-
hate as to come upon a full box of .'tiiple-
force" Hercules caps which they proceeded
to make use of at once IN their childish
sports. Through some means one of the
caps iglited, when the explosion ofthe whole
lot followed instantly. Their companion
escaped with triting wounds, but the two
little Stride boys, who stood directly over the
caps when the explosion occurred, were
sadly cut and lacerated by pieces of the cop
per shells enclosing the illuminate. A mo-
ment after the accident The boys were CON
veyed to the house of their parents, close by,
and Doctors Hough and Thompson sum
moned at once. In their examination those
gentlemen found that the injuries sustained
by the little patients were precisely similar
in character, as far as flesh wounds were con-
cerned, but much more severe in the case of
the elder than of the younger brother. Each
was cut and lacerated about the face, arms,
breast and legs with the flying pieces of cop
per shell, the wounds of the elder being of a
very serious nature, so much so as to be
rather dangerous. In addition to this LAGER
alton the elder sustained a fracture of the
small bone of the right forearm and
an injury of the right eye which
threatens the destruction of that organ.
Both surgeons made a careful use of the
probe, but were unable to find any pieces of
cap shell in the wounds. As yet it is too
early fully to decide upon the nature or Sc
verify of the wounds received, the metal
with which they were inflicted, copper, add
ing a feature of uncertainty not met with in
ordinary wounds. This accident confirms
the statement so often made by miners, who
assert that the cap is much more dangerous
to handle than either giant or Hercules pow
der.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-08-26
Belmont Mil.

The Belmont mill and mine, of the Silver
Greek district, give employment to 60 men,
all told. The Belmont Lode, although con-
sldered gold bearing, nevertheless carries oc-
casional "horses" of rich silver ore, a species
OF cayuse whose acquaintance the niue man.
ayers are in no way 10th to make. Some time
ago a Frue vanner was put in below the mill,
to operate on the tailings. Twenty tons of
concentrates, worth $3.50 per ton, have already
been saved at a trifing cost, from tailings
which would have otherwise gone to waste.
A pan is now being erected for the amalgama-
ton of these concentrates, an operation to be-
gin, likely, this week.
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The Planning Mill Fire.

The loss sustained by the Lavell Bros. in
the destruction of their planning mill foots up
altogether to $1,000, a serious pull back for
young men only recently established in
business. Mr.. ..Geoffery Lavell, who was en-
gagged al the mill during the preceding day,
has no idea how the fire originated. The
planer ran until six o'clock in the evening
when it was closed, all hands leaving for the
night. No one was known to be about the
works after dark, and no lamps had been
lighted at the mill during the evening. The
boiler and engine are but little injured, especi-
ally the former which can easily be repaired,
but Oh the other hand the machinery Of the
finishing ROOM. planer, morticer, and tenant
machine are considered as good as worthless.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-08-26
THE FIRE LAST NIGHT.
Lavell's Planning Mil Destroyed.

About nine o'clock last evening just as the
darkness of the cloudy, mooliless night had
fairly set in, the cry so seldom heard in Butte,
put never heard without a paroxysm of fear,
came ringing along the streets from mouth to
mouth: "Fire !! Fire! Fire!" In a moment
the alarm spread over. the whole town.
Women and children rushed into the streets
anxiously inquiring, +" Where is it? Where
is it?" of every passer-by; while on every
side was to be heard a great scampering of
feet as scores of men took their way at full
speed towards the quarter of the town whence
a lurid glow cleaning upward through the
murky night air marked the scene of the
confiagration. Arriving on the ground, half
a glance sufficed to show that the building
breaking from all quarters in 1ames-the
planning mill of the Lavell Bros.-was gone
beyond the possibility of redemption. The
dry, frame shell full of shavings and other
colnbustible material, was instantly invested
In all its parts with .enshrouding pillows of
flame, giving the thousand or more men
standing by to understand that their labors
could be properly employed only in the
endeavor to save the adjoining houses.
Fortunately the wine was blowing from the
northwest, waiting the flames diagonally
across the street in a direction in which the
nearest house was distant at least 200 feet.
Not more than thirty feet from the burning
building, but directly to the windward, stood
the house occupied by Mrs. Becky Brown as
a restaurant. This house would most certain
ly have taken fire if the wind had changed
even for a minute, but the flames kept stream
ing steadily away from it, allowing the line of
bucket men to get in their work in keeping
the exposed side of the restaurant dripping
wet. By this means the restaurant was saved.
Another line of bucket men at the same time
found employment in deluging with water
the dwelling house of Mr.. Isaac Nadear, to-
wards which the showers of sparks and Gin
ders were taking their course, so that it, too,
escaped. Other busy workers again set them
selves the task of separating tho lumber piles
standing around the burning mill, in such
manner that only a few piles of boards quite
close to the planer were consumed, a strip of
Siouhu oelliS rdplulY pdTeu acroSS WHICH Cne
fire could not make its way to 1he lumber on
the opposite side. By those means the fire
was confined to the building in which it broke
out. But as the flames began to burn with a
diminished fierceness; as the timbers began
falling in and the bright glow to become sof-
tened, it is likely there was not a man present
of the hundreds whose homes, whose all, is
at stake in Butte, who did not ask himself in
what manner the evening would have ended
had the wind CHANGED to blow In a direction
opposite to'that in which it was setting.
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From Wednesdays Daily.l

Last evening the condition of Mrs. Free
man was considered very critical.
Mr.. McMinn, of The Water Company, has
set a force of men to work on the ditch in
which the water pipe is to be laid.
At the c.. & NJ. smelter the work of putting
up another reverberatory smelter to the one
now in use is already fairly advanced.
The young gentlemen of Butte are a ready
taking steps looking towards the organization
of a dancing club lor next winter.
Next week the Trustees of School District
No. 8, will employ the teachers to fill posi-
tons in our graded school for the coming
term.
All who wish to buy saddles, harness, etc..
are referred to the new advertisement of
Messrs. Barrett Il Jackey, who have a full
stock OH hand.
The door and window frames of Mr.. Jacobs
NAN street building are already in place and
the brick walls going up with a speed always
to be noticed when cur energetic contractors
take a Job of the kind in hand.
Hereafter Gilmer & Salisbury's Helena
coach on ,he Boulder road will run every
second day, Sundays included. This week
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-08-26
Officers Elected.

their last meeting the "Silver City Cor
band " elected the following officers:
j. Dussea.
esldept-H. G. Walton.
Decentralization Moore.
Fretary-W. j. Mathews.
easurer-Simon Hauswirth.
el provided with good Instruments, and
be such a corps Of officers as the above
band ought TO DO happy but they are
There is always something still ahead,
thing yet TO he won before our cup of
happiness is full. What our Silver
let's have their hearts set on now is a
string of portable rubber hose, such
Jas would bear a full head of steam.
p divided they think they could pack
whistle of the Thornton mill around
with them and set the thing going as a
arcom animent of their usual racket.
they apOuld be happy, for certain.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-08-26
Leg Broken.

Yesterday afternoon Mr.. w. G. Heits, one
of the proprietors of the City Meat Market,
met with a serious misfortune in getting his
left leg broken at the ankle joint. When the
accident happened Mr.. Heits was below Sill
yer Bow, returning towards Butte with a
loaded wagon. Meeting another team, one
of his horses reared a little, throwing one of
the lines over the names top, a difficulty
which compelled the driver to dismount to
rectify. In undertaking to regain his seat
Mr.. Heits stepped on the hub, but just DIS he
did so the horses started, causing his foot
either to slip between the spokes or to come
in front OF the wheel when he fell. At all
events, when he managed to clear himself of
the ENHANCEMENT into which he was thrown
by the premature start of the team. he found
that one of his legs We're broken as above
stated. Help being procured, he was re-
moved to town. where the broken limb was
properly set by DIR. Thompson.
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! st week, and on the 18th the mill was ex-
pected to get TO work again, when nc further
trouble from insufficient power was appre-
hended. The old engine is to be femoved to
the hoisting works, whefeitswin be employed
in operating the two friction reels, by means
OF which hosting will be done IRON two
shafts 200 feet apart. No sinking has BEEN
done on the Penobscot for a long while, from
the fact that the. small pumpin use could not
lift the water from a greater depth than that
already reached, something like 200 feet.
But a new aud larger pump is at hand, and
as soon as it can be set to work sinking will
be resumed at once. The Penobscot EMPLOYS
altogether 125 men, in mine and mill.
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IS. Lergh Il. Freeman, the lady whose
Pme to her Montana home was the cruel
htion of u gun shot wound, arrived yes
" afternoon in charge of her husband
DIR. Holmes. At first it was Mr.. Free
Is intention TO have the invalid removed
room quite close to his printing Of
where she could have the benefit of his
pal attention, .kYt better quarters were
ded. The generous offer of MI. T. F.
Ter, placing the Bowler mansion at the
ce OF the sufferer was accepted, and she
removed there at once. There, where
kind sympathetic hand of woman will
Fter to her every want, where the best
|cal skill of the Territory is within call
y time, she will enjoy every advantage
eond i.ion favorable to her recovery,
is decreed that she is to recover.
shot took effect below the knee
Fuing at least one of the bones of
lower limb, decorating the flesh in a
pie manner, and altogether inf ting
Rffully serious wound, a wound which
have been considered dangerous at any
!; but especially in the delicate
ID in which the lady was at the time. In
Fion to the care of his wounded wife, Mr..
man has four small children to be pro-
for. His entire means are said to be
Pted in the stock of the Frontier Inder-
staked upon the success of that journal,
is hoped that the generous people OF
lana will not forget his misforuunes when
fks them to support his paper. As yet
|lnder is not fairly established. To
l of it by what it has been would be
%lature. In the presence of such a mis-
|ne as that Detailing our fellow laborer,
an sympathy asserts itself over the con-
|dble chickering's Of rival newspapers, and
Earnestly recommend the IndeI to the
Iteration of our readers. There is room
Is all in this great free country.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-08-26
More stock for Montana.

Yesterday a band of $500 sheep, imported
by a California stock man, reached Silver
Bow, while another OF 1900, the property
of the same individual, was reported as hav-
ing passed Wunderlich's. Those sheep are
from Southern California, whence they were
forced to migrate by the drought. Their own
er says he does not yet understand how they
survived the first 200 miles of their journey.
During that portion uf the route nothing was
visible to his eye save stunted sage brush, aud
it was only as a forlorn hope that he pushed
on ahead, since to stay would have been to
lose the entire flock. After that 200 miles
the northern country was approached, when
the feed became a little less scanc, and the
famished animals picked up wonderfully.
Finally the flock struck into the bunch grass
regions Of Southern Montana, when the own
er, an experienced stock raiser, could scarcely
believe his eyes when he perceived that his
sheep were actually growing fat despite their
hard drive every day. But grow fat they did.
On reaching Silver Bow most of the flock is
fit for the market. This experience has made
the Californian an enthusiast in praise of
Montana. II it was only known in California
what kind Of q country we have here, he says
our Territory would be fairly invaded with
stock men from the parched southern plains.
Con Kohrs, the we'll known cattle man of
Deer Lodge, is a short distance behind with a
number of thoroughbred short horns, two full
blooded Flemish mares, and a thoroughbred
two-year old draught stallion.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-08-26
Pencils OF Matters.

gentleman lately from the Silver Creek
|lct favors us with the following items of
Fst respecting the Penobscot mine and
mill has forty stamps in operation,
grading done for twenty more, which
ply may not be put in until next year.
! trouble has heretofore been experience
operating the mill with the old engine
horse power, unequal to the work re-
ID of it. This engine has been replaced
new one of 70-horse power, lately re-
d from the works of Fraser q Chalmers,
ago. The connections were all made
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Minor Items.

From Tuesdays Daily.)

(From Tuesdays Daily.)
At the late session of the Supreme
Court, Mr.. Lawrence A. Brown of Butte, was
admitted to the Montana bar.
$4,000 gallon tank has lately been built
alongside the fire pumpsat the Alice. 1t is
kept trimming full all the time.
At the teachers exam animation last Saturday
creditable certificates were awarded to Miss
CrOssman, Miss Searles and Mr.. Herb.
Miss Banks did not give al entertainment
Sunday evening, Notwithstanding the COM
munication in the MINER of thai date.
Seventeen hundred head of stock belong
ing to a Mr.. Austin, lately arrived at Deer
Lodge on their way to the Sun River Plains.
The attention of capitalists, mill men and
Others is called to the important sale by the
administrators of the estate of the late Nelson
Wolverton, to take place at Rocker on the
both proX.
The School Trustees have let to Mr.. C. NJ.
Buck the contract for dividing School Hall
into two school rooms, and for the erection
u u Stdii way llSlut Tile Dullullp. lie I'LL
slightly outdoor stairway is to removed
Thu new reverberatory at the c.. & M.
smelter is doing trst-c'ass work. Mr.. Will
Iiams, the manager, is said to express himself
as being in the highest degree satisfied with
the prospects Of Butte as a smelling camp.
About the most CHASTITY game of g freeze
ont " we ever heard of is that said to be just
now popular among certalli prisoners IN oul
county Jail. Being provided with a pack OF
cards those worthless amuse themselves fol-
hours at a stretch in playing fl eeze-out poker
employing as stakes their respective chance
of being hanged in punishment for theil
crimes. "First man froze-out, first mar
hung" Interesting game that, very.
At the Walkerville races day before yester.
da y thepr!ncipal race, between John Atkin'
son, of Walkerville, and Ed. James, of Cen,
vile, for 500 a side, was won by the former
About $4,000 changed hands among the out
siders. Another race between Mr.. Ham.
mer and Ed. Mahoney, was won by the for
mer, but being repeated, with a start of 81,
lSOU SlNCl HNuihohSS, tlC idtlC' idhiCu SCiGlC
man was the first to reach the string. Abou
$50 spectators were on the ground. Every
thing passed off in good style.
A few DAYS ago the family of Mr.. Thoma!
Godfrey narrowly escaped being poisoned
from partaking of wild gooseberries cooket
in a vessel having what our informant calleo
a "galvanizcd" surface on the inside. The
acid of the fruit appeared to dissolve the me
tallic polish Of the inside surface of the yes
sci, rendering the fruit when cooked not onl!
unfit for food but even poisonous. A mel,
taste was sufficient TO render Mrs. Godfrey
deathly sick, while a lnouthful, tried by way
of experiment by her husband, made hin
the object Of medical attendance Throughout
the ensuing night.
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rHelGna Herald.l


The Montana Annual Conference of the
NJ. E. Church South, will convene at the Viii.
low Creek church, Oh Lower Willow Creek,
Gallatin county, the 10th of September. The
Rev. Bishop J.. c. Keener, of Louisiana, will
he present and preside. All the ministers
and a goodly number OF the Iaity OF the
Church in the Territory will attend. Quite
a number of families, it is expected, will
bring their tents and camp on the ground,
though the services will be held in the church
and will continue over the following Sabbath.
A general attendance is expected, and a cor
dial invitation is extended to Christian peo-
pie of all denominations, and the public
generally, to be present and join in the re-
ligious services of this annual conyocation.
E.. j. STANLEY.
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the coach will leave Suite on Thursday and

rA.. EE
the coach will leave Butte on Thursday and
Saturday.
The School Trustees have let the contract
for a brick school house to be built immedi-
ately in WalkervilIe. Size 24x4O with ceiling
ID feet high, the whole to be in one apart
n.ent, except the space requisite for ante
room, hat and cloak rooms.
1t is reported about town that Mr.. j. L
Sweeney, mining at Georgetown, recently
had his slnice boxes robbed, when they prob
ably contained about $500. In the mines
sluice robbing equals the enortnity of horse
stealing in Kansas.
We would gently hint to the business men
of Butte that it costs a I" right smart - to run
a daily paper. We are getting up a pretty
good daily, as they will admit without argu-
ment; but to be continued at its prese ut
standard it must ask for just a little more
generous support in the way of advertising.
AT the last meeting OF the City Council The
City Attorney was directed to prepare an Or
dinance providi g for a special tax 10 be lev
led for the purpose OF raising funds to con
struct water cisterns. When prepared the
ordinance must be submitted to the qualified
voters of Butte. If two-thirds of all the votes
cast be in favor of the ordinance then it be-
comes a law, otherwise it is rejected. In the
first place it must be sanctioned by a two
thirds vote of the Aldermen.
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A Deer Lodge Watering Place.

The idea of there being such a resort as a
watering place in a locality SO PROFESSIONALLY
appertaining to the 'Interior'' as Deer Lodge,
my at first excite a smile of i%ncredulity.
But at our present rate of growth, with a few
years more of the massing of population to he
observed to-day, the idea will soon appear
anything but ridiculous. Our readers will
soon be glad to forsake the wilderness of
brick to be found III their city homes for a
weeks recuperating at Race Track. Yes,
Race Track is the Saratoga of Deer Lodge
County, and although its advantages are as
yet but slightly appreciated, from the fact that
elbow room is by 10 means a scant conmodi-
ty, still the Gay is not distant when they will
be appreciated to the full. When Butte be-
comes a great business mart the necessity for
an occasional release from the strain and
monotony Of city life will be felt, and then
will the advantages ofRace Track as a health
and pleasure resort come prominently into
notice. Even now they are not altogether
neglected, being more or less %patronized by cit
izens of Butte and Deer Lodge City. Among
late visitors from this place is Mr.. J. e Wis
sci, whose account of the divers attractions
offered by that rural paradise is almost enough
to tempt US to a days truant from the post of
duty. Accompanied by his wife and a cou-
pie of her lady friends, Mr.. Wissel took a
jauht jast week to Race Track, where, by ap-
pointment, the Butte guests were met by the
family of Mr.. Charles Rouleau, of Deer
Lodge, when the whole party proceeded to
enjoy a camping-out picnic for three or four
days. The neighboring grounds are tasteful
ly laid out. The sparkling brook running
through them abounds in the finest and
gamiest af trout. Further up stream are the
foot hills swarmed over by grouse with now
and then a white-tailed deer springing up
and darting away, d~elighting the spec
tator with a mOmentary vision of grace
and speed. Besides those attractions
for the lovers of sport there are whole acres
of wild raspberry groves and clumps of
bushes weighed down with the purple buckle
berry offering their attractions to those not
animated by hostile intent towards lin or
feather. The attractions we here describe
are the permanent heritage Of the mountains,
to be as enduring as the foothills. We may
think but little of them to-day, but the time
is at hand when they will be appreciated at
somewhere near their actual value.