The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-07-06
A 7O-foot liberty pole was planted yester-
bay in front of the Girton House.

Magma Gharta tunnel, and sinking on that
mammoth ledge will soon begin&
The contract for sinking the first 100 feet
on the new double compartment shaft of the
Grey Rock was yesterday awarded to Mr..
7. G Kelly, who will Immediately begin
%sits5itG
Eeal H." VOTERS sketch on first page. 1t
is by b well known writer, a tavorite with
Montana readers, who will furnish the MINER
with al occasional and always welcome con-
tribIitiOn.
The MLoscrip surveying party Of the Utah
81 Northern is now selecting o possible route
frotu 1'"'ona by way of Bruleys and Silver
Star. <fLu4F reached the latter place Oh
Thufsdas night.
Boulder has three stores, three saloons,
tllee assay offices and many new buildings
are going up. Active prospecting continues,
and some promising strikes are reported dur
ing the past week.
There are said to be fully one hundred
foundations laid on the Judith Valley, the
claimants intend building tins fall. This will
form quite Il settlement sufficient to render it
secure against Indians.-NuS5andnan.
The Ner North West reports the attempt
of Mrs. Drouiilard, prisoner i'll the peniten-
tiary. to commit suicide by poison. The
syn .,Loms OF the poison, opium, were fortun-
ately noticed in time. BY brisk walking lis
effects We're neulralized, and the patient res
cued from deaths druwsiness that had al
ready began to settle on her.
r. Jy-J- r ~ D:l.,. .-I,1, NN-,1l-
c%rville, on Thursday night met with a very
= serious aud painful accident. While taking
II two bottles from a. soda water case, they en-
. ploded in his hands. The right hand was
) terribly lacerated, and the tendons of the
wrist partly severed. The gentleman came
e TO the hospital for treatment, but little hope
is entertained that amputation can be
is avoided.
/ With no dispatches yesterday, aud no east
:? ern mail last night, we have had poor mate
rails to work on i'll trying to present oul
le readers with an acceptable paper this MORN
10 ing We know very well that according to
" the popular notion the editor on finding him
s, self thus situated should always dive down
into his inner conscienclousness and fish III
something original, something bright ant
10 flashing to employ as a substitute for the mis-
sing dispatches in filing his yawning column!
W (and ho,r they yawn about then). Yes, VIZ
in know all about this idea, but somehow afte
,o thirty or forty such dives the pearls of though
lying around loose within exploring distance
become pretty well cleaned out and the ven
- turesoruc diver is ti!Cn about as apt to Captur
", a squid as anything else. Kind reader, jus
liz sit down and write four original jokes. Tr
~ it. Please do. By the time you get throus
nv you will know how it is yourself.
IS from Sundays Daily.l
a The Bell transfer for 100000 wss the biz
be gest sale ever recorded in Butte.
The street sprinkler has been sold. l
la ought to have been purchased by the city.
IL Joseph LaCanr has taken a lease Oh til
Trife mine adjoining the Anselmo on III
OF west.
a. Tie old Silver Butte saloon was rcopeEe
us last night by Fred. Taylor & Co. 1t is no
'"' known as the Exchange.
,rk The silver mines recently discovered in Il
his Boulder country are thought 10 be MOI
valuable than The gold properties.
am Fresh butter is selling in Butte al SOC. p
r,st pound and ulsonnarserine has taken a wal
nd which it was plenty strong enough TO do.
= number of small mining TRANSACTION
ter have taken place during the past week, b
prices are too stiff for a very lively market.
hat Va return sincere thanks to cur contenp
hts IA, les for their kindly expressed good wish
oA the occasion of the MINERS cnlar.emeI
Thc Mountain machinery has been move
Iici' to the Colusa upon which, within Il few day
a GOO-foot shaft will be started. Whoop il
tab up, Mr.. superintendent.
ana Yesterday a 15-foot flag pole, from VIII
III" "Old Glory IS now floating, was raised
front Of the elegant residence of our pat
Tue otto townsmau, Mr. ClaS. :. Warren.
On Friday MI. and MS. Win. Roe, Of IL
enn, lost their little son Brooke, twen
months cid. by drowning i'll tie open m;Hi
''N ditch runuin. through The town.
The patriotic citizens ct Helena lave 10
.I, po.led their Foultn Of July celebration TN
49,. the middle Of next September. Helena
-, ways vas i town Of original IDEAS.
lad The building .: the copper sineltcr
pm, actively progressing, and il tie freight arrl'
,ay. from Tie terminus as fast as required, it "
had moi be a great willie before it is started
the rle.I, look ont for buliioH shipments.
my The NuIi~oninn reaches us now on the d
OF publication, which goes 10 llovt That
lille blast sometime ago about the mail 5
,,ub vic. has lad It's due effect. y Little gro