The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-11-04

and mill buildings have been enlarged and a
new supply house built. The company have
used 175, 900 feet of sawed lumber the past
year. Three thousand cords of wood and
seven months supply of mining timbers are
on the ground delivered and paid for. One
years supply of powder, fuse, candles, tools,
etc., are OH hand.
The scarcity of water near the mine or
mill made 1t necessary for the company TO
divide above American gulch. A Nc. 9
Worthington pump forces the water from the
gulch, through a five inch iron pipe, 1900 feet
up hill to where the ditch receives it and car
ries the water to a large reservoir near the
mill. Should any accident happen to the
pump the reservoir will keep up the supply
until any reasonable repairs can be made.
Mr.. Young, the Company's clerk, has just
completed a thorough and detailed report of
the past years workings. 1t is a fact worthy
of notice that the mine has produced the bull
lion and paid for all the many costly improve
ments, and there is qnite a handsome credit
in favor of the mine in the bank yet untouch-
ed. Well may all Montanians be pleased at
the success of the mine stocked in the East.
The next annual meeting of stockholders will
be held at the company's office in Vestel,
November Sd, 1879, for the election of officers
for the ensuing year, and for the transaction
of such business as may be brought before
them. This company employees $50 men, but
the number will be greatly reduced soon.
The officers are VIM. Bell Frue, Detroit Mich,
President ; r. H. Richard, New York City,
Secretary !; Capt. Vim. Ryan, Resident Agent
and Superintendent ; J. w. Young, Clerk
P. W. Dufiield, Assayer and Civil Engineer;
Harvey Alvord, Superintendent of mills Jas.
Dover, and F. Mahoney, underground fore
men; r. B. Thompson, surface foreman; Pat
rick Mclaughlin, master mechanic; A. H.
Weber, foreman of mills Matt Dougherty
and August A. Berg, amalgamators.
The town of Vestel contains between W
and three hundred souls. There are two bust
ness houses. We notice Messrs. Clewell g.
Constans, formerly of Unionyille. They car
~ quite a large stock of groceries,, miners
supplies and general merchandise. Lorenzo
Zembede deals in groceries, general supplies
and liquors. McAllister & Julius have a
"toney saloon with q splendid Monarch
billiard table to grace the room. Mrs. O. A.
Stevens, as landlady of the Frue House, Ga
new hotel) has the reputation of setting the
best table in the district. Fred Lindurdedel,
mine host of the Lindell hotel, also K cps a
livery and feed stable ard has a saloon con-
nected with the house.
There are also several boarding houses. Ne
gus & Whitehead run 4 daily line of coaches
to Helena, carrying the US mail try~weekly.
T. II. C!enell is the gentlemanly and efficient
postmaster of this embryo city. There are
several mills in the immediate vicinity of the
Penobscot which show good indications of
their being good bullion producers in the fiji
tuYe. We legret that our time would not al
low us to make some of them visit but they
will get a notice in some subsequent letter.
To Capt. Ryan and j. W. Young, of the Pen
obscot Company, your correspondent desires
through the MINER to extend his thanks for
their many courtesies during our recent two
days visit as mining reporter.
MUTATO NOMINE.