The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-11-23
Meeefp 2ainer.
TUESDAY. NOVEMBER %, 1880.
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Scotia last year was 1891 ounces.
The Southern Pacific railroad is now open
10 Landsburg, New Mexico, 100 miles east of
Tucson.
Maine receives as much income from its
ice business as it does from its ship building
interests.
The dudnt Courier will enter upon its 10Th
volume at its next Issue. We wish it con-
tinued success.
The United States has 343,ssS miles of
postal routes which cost the government An
nually about So, 600 1000.
The ductllity of gold is such that twenty
$50 gold pieces can be drawn into a wire that
would reach around the globe.
Great Britain must have at least IL, 000,-
600 bushels offoreign wheat to make up for
her deficient crops, or 81 per cent. of her pop
ulation must forego the use of hat staple,
1t is now estimated that the total popula-
ton of the earth is 1,455, 100000. North and
South America claim 95,495, 900. and OF this
number the United States has more than one
half.
In our interest in the matter contained in
our valley neighbor, the Ncw North Vest,
we have heretofore failed to notice that it ap-
pears in new type. geographically the
NORTH Vest is sway up"
Capt. James B. Eads has gone to Central
America, accompanied by his wife and
daughter, to make a survey of the lsthmus of
Tehauntepec to determine its adaptabillty for
an inter.oceanic ship-railroad.
The United States has a population only
One-sixth of that of Europe, and yet it raises
four-fifths as many swine, a third as many
cattle and a fifth as many sheep as all the
countries of Europe put together.
For the present year the grain crops of the
United States, given in money, amount to the
enormous sum of 81, Ill, 100000, and the
amount received for beeves exported and
slaughtered for home use reduced to cash
amounts to the snug sum of $27O, 100000.
Through the courtesy of Mr.. l.. Jilson.
formerly an agent at this city of Gilmer &
~Salisbury's stage line, We are in receipt of a
copy each of the Territorial EIpositor and
arizona Gazette, published at Phoenix, Ari-
zona. Our distant friend will please accept
our thanks.
Provisions are rather high in the Cassiar
Mining District, British Columbia. The rul-
ing prices for bacon and ham are so cents per
pound, potatoes 12a, sugar 80, rice a5, tea
81 so, -four SIS per hu"dred, beet, none. 1t is
estimated that $50 Chinese and 100 whites
will winter in that country.
It is estimated upon good authority that
theFs were iG,0c0 tons Of freight shipped into
6he Territory by way of the Missouri and
Yellowstone rivers this season: 5000 tons
BY the way Of the Yellowstone, 1000 for As
sinaboine and British Columbia, and 5000
landed at Benton for other points.
Our valued contemporary, the Madisonidn,
has entered its ninth volume. The Madiso-
nian still preserves its we'll earned reputation
as a faithful representative of the interests OF
the territory and of its county. We proffer
eur wishes for its continued success. May
its usefulness increase with its years.
Senator Plumb, of Kansas, it is said, has
made obout 81, 000, 900 from his mines within
the last two years. Some of our western Of
fcials have not overlooked the profits arising
out of judicious Investments in mining prop
sEty. All of Colorado's ex-governors as we'll
Is two ex-governors of Arizona are in the
mining business and making a success of il.
Our eastern advices state that there are
likely to be four vacancies on the supreme
bench during Garfield's administration.
David Davis, at present United States sena-
cor from Illinois, wishes to return to the su-
preme bench. If his wish be- g~ratified lii
nois will elect a republican to the United
States senate, which will give the republi-
sals a majority in that body.
About 1000 excursionists from the eastern
states recently visited Nebraska with a view
10 purchase lands from the land-grant rail-
roa.s. The owners of these lands got up the
and charged the visitors only one
cent per mile fare from Chicago. 1t is said
that many of the company were so well
pleased with the country that they propose to
buy lands in that state and remove there.
equally large number is expected to
arrive soon. 1t is an immigration boom on a
large scale.
A project is Oh foot in San Francis CO to
a schooner and send her in search Of
Lieutenant belong and the crew of t he Jean
nette. 1t is proposed to land the crew as near
Wrangel Island as possible, and from that
point prosecute the search with dogs and
hedges Capt. Hooper, of the revenue cut
Ier Corwin, was in the Arctic seas during the
PAST season. He thinks the Jeanette is in
anchorage near Wrangel Island. He
savs his information concerning her is as re-