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The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-04-06
CUSTER COUNTY NEWS.
rJournal, March 2Oth.1

A subscription for the relief of the Irish
was circulated through this city and at Fort
Keogh, by Messrs. A. p. Flanagan and Ed
ward Finn. The amount received was S262.
Mr.. Lawson, from the Tongue river mines,
has been in the city this week. He speaks
we'll of the mines on the head waters of the
Tongue, and is sanguine that at no distant
day there will he a number of mining camps
in the Big Horn mountains. MI. Lawson has
some good claims there, and showed us a fine
specimen of silver rock which will run about
900 ounces to the ton, besides carrying about
ST in gold.
This afternoon as Walter McD'Cool was on
his way to his ranch up the Yellowstone, he
stopped at a ranch for a short time, and while
there commenced to cleaning his rifle. While
doing it he dropped it, and in some manner
| discharged the cartridge, the ball striking
both of his thumbs, making a very painful
and disagreeable wound. Mr.. DcD'Cool i'm
mediately returned to the post and had his
hands dressed, when he came down to this city
to see his friends.
On Wednesday night, at about 1880 the
habitual good quiet order of our city was
destroyed by pistol shots from the vicinity of
Second and Main streets. The police were
Immediately on the ground, when it was dis
covered that two of our citizens had ex-
changed deadly shots in the house occupld by
Clara Clifton. 1t seems that Mr.. VIM. Reece
had gone there, so far as we can learn, with
out any special purpose, and was lying down
on a lounge when DR.. Lebcher entered; and
that from some cause which none of the par
ties present at the moment seemed able Or
inclined to explain, the two men became
involved in a dispute, followed by an angry
struggle. in which shots were exchanged,
resulting in the shooting Mr.. Reece, twice in
the body, one of the balls at least, taking
effect in the abdominal region, but both ere.
ating CHASTITY and fatal wounds. The doctor
was unframed. Mr.. Reece after being shot
walked over tofhis hall and was assisted tC
bed. DR.. Hogg was called, and a messenger
dispatched to the post for DR.. Girard, who
shortly arrived. Mr.. Reece fingered unit
Friday morning, at 5 O'Clock when he died.
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In the Justices court on Wednesday an
important land case was tried before Judge
Barrel, who yesterday morning rendered a
decision in the case. The testimony showed
the circumstances of the case to be as follows:
Some time ago, Stolte ct al, under
what is known as the Possessory act, took up
a certain piece Of ground adjacent to the Sill
YER Bow mill, but for some reason made no
improvements thereon and disposed of it to
Fred. Scheuer ct al. A few weeks ago, it
will be remembered, some excitement was Gre
ated by the announcement that the land, to use
a popular expression had been jumped, and
that a lawsuit, if not a shooting scrape, was
likely to follow. The man who relocated the
ground is Mr.. J. NJ. Carr, and those who pre-
| viously laid claim to the property were Fred.
Scheuer and others. After Mr.. Carr had
duly recorded the land he at once began the
erection of several lumber houses, but while
absent from the place on several occasions Mr..
Scheuer, or sone men acting under his in
| structlons, removed the lumber from the lots.
Mr. Carr each time moved it back. At last
| LII lllC Ill lou wv" " S>>o'NN
time, and before Carr had been made aware
of the fact, Scheuer disposed Of the property
to Gilbert Stewart, Gilbert jr. and William
Stewart. Soon after this Mr.. Carr, unknow-
ing of the tact that the property had been
sold, returned the lumber to the premises only
to be removed from the ground again by the
new claimants of the property. Accordingly,
in order to test the rightful ownership OF the
ground, MI. Carr, through Attorney Devote,
brought suit before Judge Barrett for posses
sion, Messrs. Spratt u Stapleton appearing fol
the defense. The case was closed ON we'd
uesday, but his Honor reserved his decision
vntil yesterday morning at y O'CLOCK wheh IL
was delivered in favor of the plaintiff, a restl'
tuition of the property being ordered, and the
defendants being fined So for damage TO The
lumber, and costs Of the suit S62.oo.
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The Utah Il Northern.

The rolling stock of the Utah & Northern
consists of sixteen locomotives, ten passenger
coaches, seven baggage, mail and express cars,
one pay car, six cabooses, 10 box cars, twelve
stock cars, eighty-one fiat cars, making a total
of 2S7 cars for thisr road of 2T4 miles. The
Idaho and Montana trade has become so en-
~tensive, as to fully tax this rolling stock to do
the business. The coming season will greatly
increase the business, because of the great
immigration to the Northern mineral
countries. Goods are arriving even now, and
being placed in storage there, to await the
opening of spring for transit to the mining
districts approached by this road.-N. Y.
Mining Record.
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(From Fridays Daily
1870 r~mPsovEn1rrns.
Bus'ne.s Men ldsking Ready for the
Spring Boom.

1T is encouraging to note the confidence
SOME Of our business houses are displavingin
a profitable spring and summer season by the
expensive improvements now going on In
various parts Of Main street.
Messrs. Trisberser g. Boardman have great
ly improved the appearance of their drug
store by bringing the front to a level whit the
other buildings. They expect to extend the
counter, put up new shelving, and will other
wise ~beautify and enlarge the building.
The fine billiard hall of Mr.. Jas. Mathews
is also undergoing extensive renovations.
The walls and ceilings are being kalsomined,
the wood work Is being painted, and heavy
expenses are being incurred to maintain its
reputation as the best, handsomest and most
commodinus billiard hall in the territory.
On the opposite side of the street north,
office rooms are being put up by E. l.. Bonner
u Co., and a gentleman named White has
lately fitted up in elegant style a number of
rooms in the adjoining house on the east.
The erection OF other buildings is in contem-
plation Oh the same street, which by the way,
is very much in need of being graded.
At King d Lowery's saloon also the car
pentels are busy. A two-story addition is to
be erected in the rear of the saloon to be
! divided off into club rooms. The walls Of
the main building are to be lathed and plas-
tered and the ceiling is to be arched, so that
the interior of the house will soon present a
handsome and inviting appearance.
Todd's saloon is also being renovated; the
old bar has been taken out and within a few
days a handsome counter, manufactured ex-
pressly for that house, will be put up.
A number of leading mercantile houses
will begin improving their premises
before long, internally and externally. Sew
eral old buildings on Main street will be torn
down and others erected in their stead, SC
that within o few months Butte will justly
rank as the handsomest as we'll as the ~livelies
and most prosperous city in Montana.
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THE ALTURAS.
Contemplated Erection Of " New Mill

MI. Hammond, part owner in the mammoth
Alturas and several other valuable mines IN
the Silver Lake district, is stopping few days
IN Butte preparatory to a trip East to make
ARRANGEMENTS for the erection Of \ ten-stamp
mill in the vicinity OF his bonanza. Although
not much work has yet been done on the
propertv, the shaft has reached a sufficient
depth to prove the extent and richness OF the
mine and to show that they are both IN
c,oosinc. The Alturas is a contact vein
living between two formations and has
nvo,v indication of permanence. MI.
Hammond states that the ore Dody Is
seven feet in width, and that samples taken
from one wall to the other assay fifty ounces
ner ton. Midway between the walls is a Two
foot streak of ore assaying high in the hun
dreds. There is undoubtedly enough ore IN
SIGHT to iustifS the erection OF a mill, but as
the owners of the property nave not means
sufficient to incur the expense OF its building
,bav have resolved to see what can be done IN
tho Eastern money markets towards disposing
Of a sufficient interest in the property TO par-
,h.se the needed improvement. Accordingly
AFR Hammond within a few days will start
East, and if successful in his missior' which
he undoubtly will be it he can bring Eastern
~rarties to a proper understanding of the mer-
its of his property, we may expect that an
other bic mine will before long be adding TO
tbo mineral wealth of this already great and
prosperous Territory.
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From Sundays Daily.]
THE ZINES
Rich Developments in Several Proper
ties.


Self Riser.
This mine, located about two miles west of
Butte, in the vicinity of the Burlington mill,
is rapidly developing into a valuable property.
From the bottom of the main shaft, which is
fifty feet deep, the level Is being extended
east and west. In the west level. the face of
which is now distant from the shaft eighty
feet, a five foot body Of base manganese ore
is being extracted of excellent quality. The
ore breast is composed of three streaks, the
| center streak being of a free-milling charac-
| ter, while on either side is the base. In the
east level, which is in only thirty feet from
the shaft, the ore body is not so rich as i'll the
| west level. Its dimensions, however, are
about the same. 1t is manganese in character
and assays about $50 a ton. The Self Riser
if now producing ten tons per diem, some of
which is being worked at the Colorado smell
ter. Fully three hundred tons are on the
dump. The mine is under lease to Price,
Witter q Wallace.
About two hundred and fifty feet west from
the Self Riser shaft is the Ton Haney, upon
which, during the past week, work has been
resumed. TIL shaft is down only ten feet,
but even at this short distance exposes a three
foot vein of ore in quality very similar to
that of the Self Riser. The Haney is paying
from the grass roots and promises we'll for a
mere prospect. Several other shafts have
been sunk o n the property, all showing good
ore.
Grey Rock.
The west level from the bottom of the
seventy foot shaft is being pushed ahead a.
expeditiously as possible and has now attained
:, a length of almost two hundred feet through
-. a compact body of base ore in which no wall
5 have yet been struck. From the upper drift
and slopes considerable free ore is being ex
tracted the daily output of the mine bein
about twelve tons. In the west shaft severa
hundred feet east of the main workings a.
excellent showing is being made. The leve
i from the bottom of the forty foot shaft
t being extended both east and west (its tots
: length being about two hundred fect) an
: shows a four foot vein of free milling ore alon
n its entire length.
o opCAdGlOllo OAAuliAiC olAtSA oAS y AAAAi
$ agement, and some excellent silver-copper OF
is being extracted and sacked for shipment
d Pennsylvania.
High Ore.
Villain the last week the ore face OF tt
y east drift which is in 200 feet, has considerab
improved in quality. The width of IL
is ledge remains unchanged. AT the presel
~ time, only enough ore is being taken out
# keep the Blacktail arastra in operation, thous
|: a 10-stamp mill conli he kept going, with
ID slight increase in the Sorking force.
Moose.
The lessees have temporarily ceased wo
n. in the mine while shipping their ore,
n which about 1875 tons is now on the dun
and being sacked.
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SALMON RIVER NOTES.
Yankee Fork Herald.

Yankee Fork Herald.
Idaho is soon to take on a most wonderful
mining boom.
Some rich strikes have been made in Kin
%nickkinick the past winter.
the building season has commenced in
earnest in Bonanza, and the sound of the
carpenters tools makes sweet music from morn
till night.
Chal!:s is livening up. Capitalists are COM
ing in all the time to invest in our rich bo-
nanzas, which are pronounced second to none
OH this continent.
Charles Ostner will in a few weeks com-
mence the erection of a 5-stamp water mill on
the Leopold mine, two miles below Bonanza,
on the south side of the Yankee Fork.
Mr.. Longmaid is progressing favorably with
his smelter on Bay Horse. He means bust
ness, and few more like him is what the Dun
try wants. We have good ores and plenty of
them.
The party that left Challis last week for
Wood RIVER was caught in the arctic wave
tina passed over this section Thursday and
Friday and came near freezing to death. In
crossing the divide between the Salmon and
Willow creek, they suffered terribly, and were
all more or less frozen about the face and
ears. The party was composed of Chris
Morler, Hank Poppy, 7. McGrath, William
Thompson and E. X. Davis. Davis ant
Poppy had to be carried into Willow Greek
and the party all put into the station for re
pairs.
Mr.. AL. Patricks returned to Bonanza somt
days ago. He spent the winter on East Fori
about thirty miles south of this place. H.
ports that a fine country to winter in. Thu
valley and adjoining foothills have been cles
of snow the greater part of the winter. Gras
is good and stock doing we'll. The Salmon
valley for some miles above and below Eas
Fork is favored with a remarkably mild eli
mate, and even during the unusually cold ali
snowy season has remained open and mile
The mines in Bay Horse, Kinnikickinnicl
and Poverty Flat, Mr.. Patrick reporls q
looking we'll, and vast quantities of good OIL
in sight.
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Il ACCIDENT.
A Man Killed In the Gray Rock.

Yesterday, about ten o'clock in the morn
fns, word was brought to town that a fatal
accident had happened a few minutes preV'-
iously at the Grey Rock mine. The report
NSas only too true. The circumstances OF the
case, as near as can be asccrtained, are these :
<On the ferty-foot east level of the west shalt
pr the Grey Rock, two men were at work
Baking out ore. A drill hole had been driven,
Eloaded and tamped, and was already TO olast'
*when one of the miners, named Daniel Lewis
concluded to assist the powder by excavaIing
some of the rock beneath the hole, ana hao
just struck a few blows with his pick when a
large block of ore weighing fully ten tons Tell
from the roof of the drift and struck the ui-
fortunate man lead on the instant. AS soon
as possible aid was summoned, a numDer OF
brave miners reckless of their own lives
rushing in to the assistance of their conlraue'
The rock was speedily removed from Tile
PROSTATE form of the victim but only tie
mangled remains of Daniel Lewis were pre-
sented. There was scarcely an uhoioAen
bone left in his body which was crushed anu
mutilated beyond recognition. Inc coip'0
Was removed to the surface and brought u
this city. The funeral Will take place 'o-uaS
at the usual hour. Daniel Lewis was a young
man, being not more h twenty-six years
Of age, was of Welsh descent, bore an excel
lent reputation and was very popular among
his fellow workmen. Fortunately, the respoi
Sibllity for the accident rests upon no ohe
We are reliably informed that the DRIFT II
which he was:working was well numbered u
within a few feet of the face and that anothe'
set could not possibly be put in until the Sho
was put off which he was just about to hr
when the rave occurred.
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arSel

From Mr.. Maurice Sands, who yesterday
returned from Helena, we learn that it is the
intention of the firm to begin the immediate
building of 4 large addition to their present
house. The new structure will be a tire-proof
brick, and will be elega ntly fitted up. Among
the first spring shipments into the Territory
will be a large and carefully selected stock of
dry goods tor Sands Bros. designed expressly
for this market.
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TIE n


NO through Eastern mail was received yes
teraay' and it is probable that none will arrive
Ior several days yet. On the Utah g. Northern
l'allroad there is a washout four miles in
length near the old town of Oneida, and it is
a very difficult matter to transfer mails and
passengers. On either side of the track there
As a surging stream of water. Further damage
is threatened. a..
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From Fridays Dally.I
MINOR ITEMS.

Society is agitated over all impending mar
ce of one of the bellies of Butte ID
~several Walkerville men will start for the
3 Horn country tomorrow to take up
hches. ...,,. ... p, .. J.
A number of prospectors are contemplating
rip to the Boulder district, reports from
itch region are most encouraging.
The cheering music OF the prospector's
TX will soon resound through the silver
rdened hills of the Butte district.
Tbe fortunate lessees of the Moose make
er second shipment Of ore to-day. They
I've aboAs,seventy-five tons on the dump.
Mr.. Driscoll, of Walkerville, will soon
bprove the interior appearance Of his stole
removing the bar to an adjoining building.
Coleman & Co. will shortly start a branch
bre in Walkerville, removing the stock from
eir house at Philipsburg. Mr.. P. Goehl
Is the contract for building the store.
A large number Of immigrants coming INTO
lie territory this year are travelling by stage,
hieh indicates that they are financially bet
II fixed than the usual class of pilgrims.
From Saturdays Daily.l
Reports from the Boulder district continue
be very encouraging.
DR.. Oel's household effects were sold yes
1day at public auction.
The Herald very briefly u that a
publican Territorial convention has been
tlled.
. Mr.. George Hammond, the Philipsbury
Yer, is shortly to be married in that live
Imp.
There were two runaways on the street
esterday ; one caused by The steam wood saw,
hd another by some cause unknown.
We beg to direct attention to the new ad.
tive artists and al sign painters
e can cheerfully recommend the firm.
Those enterprisirg caterers, the proprietor:
! the Virginia Chop House, have removed
fom their former cramped quarters and are
low well established in Bogl1's restaurant
here there is little doubt they will add tc
heir already excellent reputation as res
&urauteurs.
4 The Yankee Fork Herald says: "Idahe
Ind Montana are now united by the iro1
bands of the Utah d Northern. The frs
pike "a silver one) was driven Oh Montana
bill Tuesday, March 9th. Idaho sends greet
hgs to her sister territory. Give us you
&and. ~n Shake! shake! thou might
talwart of the wonderful Northland.
from Sundays DAILY
Hon. E. McSorley, Treasurer of Jeflerso
bounty, gives notice in the Independent tn;
thirty days from March 3lst, he will pay No
f5, &C and CT of Jefferson county bonds
Holders will take notice accordingly.
The Helena banks have given notice tn;
from and after April 1st interest on none
deposited for a specified time will be above
lt the following rates: If deposited for fol-
months, 7 per cent. per annum !; if derosite
For six months, s per cent. per annum.
The Salt Lake Tribune says -" The be
Echreiman who was stolen from his paren
" a blk by the name of Doctor Gel, severe
weeks since, has returned to Utah from MOI
ana, where he was taken by the coundre
The boy had a rough time Of it, and on h
way down had his feet so badly frozen til
pne of them will have to be partially amp
fated. He IS now at St. Marks Hospital"
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Local News.

In arranging u Weekly list and putting
,nnes of subscribers in type for use in our
lima machine, zoe may haue Inadvertently
4 out mn 1t Is u ,oish, therefore, that
] subscriber failing to get his paper, ecall
\ as notice at once, so that the mistake m,dl
rectifed, ]
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MARRIED.

the residence of
Mr.. A. 7. Rodgers, in Ruby Valley. Madison
County. Montana, on Tuesday, March 30th,
1880. Rev. w. a. Shannon officiating, Mr..
George Millen and Miss Leah l.. HaIbaugh, all
of Madison County.
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LIST OF GRAND JURORS.
lS1 April Term 1ssO-Deer Lodge County.

/. David Dunkleberg, New Chicago.
2. Thomas Griffith,
B. Thomas Ford, Upper Valley.
4. j. Ri. Fish, Deer Lodge.
5. p. Walton,
6. R. S. Kelley,
7. H. S. Reed,
s. J. A. Hyde, Butte.
9. G. B. Hauser,
10: r. S. Jones,
II. T. Nell Lowry,
-. D. 3. Jenkins, Philipsburg.
IS. J. NJ. Merrell,
IA. c. 3. Jones, Warm Springs.
Is. Spencer Johnson,
16. john G. Moore, Nevada Valley.
II. John S. Hall, Blackfoot.
IS. Fred. Lindwedle, Vestal.
10. A. J. Wilhelm, Pioneer.
20. William Gwin, VAUDEVILLE.
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DEER d NOTES,
New Northwest, April 2d.]

New Northwest April 3D.
Mr.. Sam Maturin expects to reopen hi.
store in French Gulch next week.
Treasurer Coleman is now paying all Dee
Lodge county warrants up to January 1st
1870.
A gentleman prominently identified will
the manufacturing interests of Butte said tina
the long Deer Lodge would be a suburb 0
that town.
On last Saturday morning the building a
Yam Hill formerly occupied by Charley kou
leau caught fire, and for a time the destruc
ton of the entire city was threatened.
Mr.. NJ. D. Hathaway, a former resident Q
Deer Lodge, and one of the proprietors of tn
Independent while it was published here, ha
bonded his quartz mine on the Boulder 70
the snug sum of $4,000, and mining expert
who have examined the property think ii
fully worth hat sum.
Capt. Dusoll ended his short incarceratio,
in the Asylum on Wednesday. For some tim
he has been quite violent, and having jumpe
through a window was necessarily restrained
Capt. D. was an old resident of Montana
and during a portion of the rebellion wa
stationed in St. Joe, Missouri.
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The family of the Chinese professor i
Cambridge occupy the attic OF the house
while the servants sleep down stairs. Accord
ing to the Chinese notions of rank, the maste
and mistress of the house must not occup
sleeping rooms below the sevants.
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Everyone likes the Oscar & Amandsx Cigar s0-a py
l. Marks & sor.
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LIST OF LETTE RS

Remaining in the post office ut Butte, and a
vertised April 2, 1880:
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BORN

TEITH-In Butte, April ?, 1850, TO hr. and Mrs.
N tohn G.. Keith, a son.
The daily gazette., 1880-06-30
The NesC Uater Hheel.

The trial of the new turbine water
wheel at the city mill was not made
yesterday, but arrangements have
been completed to make il to-day.
The wier has been removed below
the pump, and an accurate measure
ment made of the flow of water to
which the city is entitled by its
rights. When the contractors put
in the pump, they understood the
flow of water WAS sixteen hun
dred cubic feet per minute, and
the measurements made yesterday
proved that it exceeded these figures.
The working capacity of the pump
will be thoroughly tested, and with
the present arrangements it is ex-
pected to work in satisfactory
manner,
In case it does, application will
be made to the commissioners of.the
race-Messrs Lammot DUPONT, Sam
nel Bancroft and Christian Febiger-
for permission to make the measure
ment of the city's water below the
pump instead of in the race bank, as
formerly. The work of testing the
pump is being done by Emiline Gey.
elm, maker of all the wheels in the
Paramount water works, and Mr.
Souder, head machinist for II. ID
Wood, Philadelphia, contractors foi
putting up the pump.