The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-03-09

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Year Danos-The Ex-B annaok Doctc.-The Ban
mack Brass Band-Leotures on " Draft Poke"
Rah for Randall"
Editor Butte MINER
snow is the winter of our discomfort -
made more so by a blizzard of huge proper
tons. 1t is cold enough to CONCEAL the mar
row in the bones of a brass monkey. Still,
thinking some paragraphs from Barnack
would be of some interest to peruseis of the
MINER, your correspondent feels a call to
indite a few. The MINER being now the
recognized official paper for Beaverhead
county, is the proper channel to communicate
through, as it circulates largely at every post
office in the county.
Things are a trifle quiet in this vicinity.
The winter, thus far, has been a terror for
constant cold. Mining operations lave suf-
fercd in consequence. However, considera-
BILE gold quartz has been and is being taken
out in the Bannack district, for milling when
the springtime approaches. Messrs. Trask &
Graves have a goodly-sized pile of Dacota
No. 8 quartz on the dump. John Carhartt
has men employed getting out gold rock on
Nos. B, 4 and 7 on the Dacota wien. On Nos.
s and 9, on the same lode, a quantity of ore
is ready for hosting. The Cherokee-Excel-
sior tunnel is in $50 feet in hard rock. Other
mining operations in this district are tempo
rarily suspended.
Con. Bray, just down from the Elkhorn
district, reports favorably. The Mead six
stamp steam mill is running constantly on
good-grade silver quartz from the Storm lode.
Tho mill saves Is per cent. Of the assay value
of the rock, which is paying handsomely.
The capacity Of the mill is seven tons in "a
hours. The SNOW in the Elkhorn district is
a little binding. 1t is fully four feet deep.
and more coming down in daily doses.
In the Blue Wing silver district some work
is going or. John Stcger g. Co. are working
the New Departure mine owned by Wash.
StapletOn. They are extracting high grade
ore. Mr.. Sam. Batchelder is taking good ore
from the Huron lode. The district is, at
present, in such a snow-bound condition as
to be almost inaccessible.
Local oddities are not numerous, and
amuStments are rather tame. We have nc
opera house here not one. The court house
does the business instead. 1t is intimated
that a mature company have ''Pinaforc' il
rehearsal and will bring it out soon. 1t is &
parody On the other play, written By a tow
'poic..
We had the 4th Of July III mid-winter. L
occurred on Feb. 23rd, and proved that the
memory Of General Washington could bt
deeply stirred by Bannack whisky. Abou
forty married and single fellows were Houit'o OF
this" galorius OCCASION" Result--iour fight:
and twenty blind DRINKS. 1t would be a sill
or transgression to enter into minuter details
1t was a splendid one, though.
Tie ladies Of Bannack intend to give a lea]
year dance in the court house on the 18th 0
St. Patrick. 1t is to be u high up party. TIT
ladies will issue invitations to 'pards' for til,
dance, and themselves will appear arrayed il
new calico frocks. All the old bachelors al,
looking serenely sweet in anticipation o
invites to the calico hall. Many from tn
valleys are expected in. .
:. Dr.. E. d. Leavitt was down from Glendal
on a professional call. Four years ago tl
Doctor "stoOd" for Congress as the elias
nomination. of the RAIDS. of this Territory
Again he talks politics with a venomous vim
and his impersonation of "Uncle Sammy, tn
peanut eater of Grammercy Park is a chal
acter delineation worth befoiding.
The Bannack brass band is, as Artemu
Ward would say, if that droll soul was o
earth, quite an instatooshun." They ar
arriving at a degree of perfection. The Z
B. B. now perpetrates " Yankee Doodle" wit
a multiplicity of variations that would max
the ghost of old Ned Kendall grunt with sar
donic delight.
The Jail contains three prisoners. One hel
for the crime of murder the other two for tn
) %irregularity known in law as horse-stealine
5 Jallor Martin calls the roll and prepares CRU
, for the outfit. Between now and the Jun
term of court it is feared that more will b
added.
The Bank Exchange billiard hall and ST
, loon has been leased by Messrs. Williams
Gotche. 1t is a famous resort for mnstache
humans. They opened with success. Th
lectures of "Yank," on the p%eculianties {
, "draft poker" draw attentive and thirsty col
gregations.
f This being leap year the Grant boom hi
, not reached us. Waited on Democratic wine
} we think we hear the rallying cry "Rah ft
Randall" Have you heard it? Adieu unit
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= BANNACK, March I'd, 1880.