The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-12-16


precedented, being $4,000 barrels of mess pork
and 425 900 tierces of lard.
DEADwooD, d. T., Dec. 6.-The case of
the Golden Terra Mining Co. cs. A. j. G.
Napier ct al, better known as Golden Terra
rs. Gopher Co., was decided in the District
Court by Judge Moody to-day, in favor of the
Gopher Co. Action was brought to recover
about 200 feet Of the Gopher Co.'s claim.
Two locations were made, one inside of the
other, and the plaintiffs claimed that as many
locations as desirable could be made upon any
ore vein predicated upon the discovery first
made, while the defendants claimed that the
second location was but further develop
ment of the first. The property involved is
probably worth half million dollars. The
case will be appealed.
BOSTON, Dec. 7.--Arrangements were COM
pleted and the papers signed in this city Sat
urday afternoon affecting the long-proposed
union of the Atchison, Topeka G Santa Fe,
the st. Louis q San Francisco and the Chica-
50 81 Alton Railroad Companies, for the
building of a joint dine from Albuquerque, on
the Rio Grande river, New Mexico, the pres
ent terminus Of the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe line, to the Pacific Coast. '
WASHINGTON, Dec. with reference to
the recent reported comments of several Pa
citic Coast newspapers, it is stated at the
eaeiy Dspaio-@1 pa .naI ',e m .e"'or W, ~ 81.
,nns haaa,fsn s,,aio;a~. hnllinn nn,,Id rot ha
nlto;n.d H., that x;cin;t, 10 ,varr,nt contin,o
ing the coinage at Carson. This, according
to the Departments information, was owing
to the fact that the principal Nevada mine
owners have preferred to ship their bullion
direct to San Francisco for coinage, because
they were pecuniarily interested in large
W., ,,otnn fS s;io, ~ tho Tan
90, Mint Id hao,s Gxad fron tina to tir, If
,rao;sai,1 tha sama tioures as fo, tba Pbiiadei-
ipt';. o,S CO., Tnanois,o ,n;,,ts a,d th.t whan-
p" :, on" ;s fo,,n, @ .iot sntt;o;ont n,,a,,ttu Of
hnii;op can he ohta;nad 10 Justify ihe onerat-
~ nf t,a r.rso' ,,';nt tba co;maye a. Garson
I III, i, ho 'us resnmeJ T%ai ''' 0'7
Tbo fn1I annn,, renort ot the Government
.,,diton nf pa;,raad peoo aooo,,,,ts hoe now haan
,-rntod r oonta;ns an olahorate .ccnrnt Of
* = r rarson.I ;nsn,ot;nn Of the Centrai and
TTn;an pac;fc ra;lIoads made Inv Auditor
French and an enginner EMPLOYED by him for
that purpose. It IS reported in regard to the
| Central Pacific road. that nearly one half of
the tunnels should be lined with masonry,
instead of timber, as at present; that both the
surface and line of the track are for the most
part excellent, showing that care is bestowed
upon them that tne roau.oeu anu ultc'es are
kept clean ana IN shape tnat there are hiilc-
posts OF danger poaIus aS foau crossings 'IaI
wherever heeaea the roau Is ieIceu ny tlle
| company thaI the orluses on Ine nne arc
renewals; that all temporary approaches to
large bridges. should be filled up or masonry
abutments built; that the bridge foors require
more ties, and that guard-rails should also be
placed on them that the company is building
a new pas senger station at Sacramento, to ac-
commodate their increasing local business !;
that the water supply is one of the most serl-
GUS difficulties that the company has 10 con-
tend with; that the engine-houses are ample
and well built that the car shops ~ oacra-
mento, iufnlshlnS WORK 10 over l,uou ine'''
are wen arraliseu anu 90 'c.Se eeau;r Sa' 'ti
can oe eiiiafSeu "iIi.ou. ,l'oi WV. t"a
their general system ahaI the coupanI ;ias
pullt large n''ihoer vi ~
cars suitable 1or em:srallts or sucn peis1h1 a.
choose 10 carry thelr own o''hAe''' anu i''''
iound 'lieih qui'e su''ees'
nEAn"1on' 20, D n"sS;o,, ,',as vory Sbor+ and
W -. .,,o t'o,,oht o,,t Reno asked
IN NIas.,S,,, y, to ,,ronare Gefansn
vi, w D..: .;,,od
NEW 1oEh, Dec. !-D..IectvoS 80 W. D,,u,sa
to-day from San Francisco Win ""' D"fhe
alias Stay, lhulcieu lor l'uroei'
ST.. LOUIS, Dec. 7.-EXtenslve arrange
ments have been made for mass meeting ol
Irish citizens and others to be held tomorrow
, night to consider the best measure OF eAtend'
ing aid to the needy peasants OF ireland.
1os p,,,oS Doo The following is the
i.os tdsEs' vs. do~ond n of the Commission ims
anI"oI ~ I, hu Guraw Wa will deliver fo]
!, ueliVereu 1y ouia thoso TndanS encaoed in
tha ta' ,os"asrs Of % MeaIer and employes. pro.
: Ine ilassacie VI .,ioI =, CIV Woshipoton' The
slueI .ney ISL a." tI oro NOT fr;andiy and tbei,
people OF CoioraGo are not aa'E 81 uc, to hs sx
tral mere OF III Ne% W. mGe ;,,st stsr,oJ NV orde,
peceed. huh.els hase yusJ yS;""soai,.i s' for hx
OF ouray, 10 plliis 'ho'e ii'''"'' ~''-'0>' y
'io oo''''''ss''N' NC ,.,,;d
, SHARON SPRINGS, n. T., Dec. e.,-At mla
night the United States notel was discovtie. ln
to be on fire. At a: m. it was still burning
| The cause OF the hre Is unknown. IL III u
, thought to be the work OF an lncendiafy