The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-08-10
MINOR ITEMS.
From Fridays Daily.

cpeIdLlolS Oh Tie copper suneltef are Stlll
delayed by reason of the very slow arrival of
the necessary machinery.
Bonanza and Challis are reported to be
very dull, many of their inhabitants having
for Wood River.
The Silver Bow mill has been undergoing
improvements lately. The company
will soon be prepared to treat base ore.
AT no previous time in the history of the
camp have so many mines been in process of
active and successful development as to-day.
From heard on the street yester-
day it is learned that there was aproiect afoot
to save the county the expense of a trial IN
the case OF Joe Scott, the murderer.
One year ago, not more than $5O,O 900 was
paid out for labor by the mines and mills of
Butte. For the past six months the monthly
disbursements of the several companies will
not fall short of $250,O0o.
Mr.. Gamer is entitled to much of the credit
for the capture Of the murderer, Scott. The
latter was first seen by Mr.. Gamer o.. the hill
side west of the brewery and very likely
would have made his escape had not Mr..
Gamer dispatched a messenger for the sheriff
and himself kept track of the fugitive until
the arrival of that officer.
The battery timbers are arriving at the
Alice mill and will soon be put in place in
That mammoth structure. Nearly all parts of
the roof have been shingIed and little remains
to be done except to perfect the interior ar
ranSelnents which will require several months.
When completed, the Alice company will
own the largest dry crushing mill in the
world.
Our esteemed contributor, whose punsent
note is given in another column, may not
have Intended TO be ~satirical in abiding to
the editor of a party paper as an "outslder."
The idea'of a party paper being "outside =" is
somewhat novel. But stay-come to think
OF it, certain past manipulations on the part
OF some of the fossils" alluded to are of
such a nature as to justify our contributor in
using the terms we had a notion to object to;
SO we herewith cut short our objection. The
position OF our correspondent is we'll taken,
and we re cognize ourself, in common with
the balance of the democrats from this sec
ton, as an "qutsider.''
The bottom having fallen out of Little
Plttsburg and Chrysolite stock in New York,
it is more likely that capitalists will hereafter
invest their means in some camp where the
lodges are strong enough to stand up instead
ut IEjnT In"r n " f1,,, 10 =, A. I'm
country. Parties who have lately arrived in
Butte from the east state that a great deal of
inquiry is now being made in New York and
other large eastern cities in relation to the
mineral resources of Montana and especially
OF the Summit Valley district. Two years
ago the existence of silver mines in this ter
ritery was generally unknown among those
now looking in this direction with a view to
investment.
lFromSaturuay's Daily.
Several Butte horses will be entered for the
Helena races.
The project of forming a race track associ-
alton has been temporarily abandoned.
Butte is full of strangers, who are looking
into the mineral resources of the camp.
\ man named King was fined So and costs
in the police court yesterday for pugllism.
Mr.. William Mclean was naturally in a
very contented frame of mind yesterday.
Vide notice in another column.
A tight rope pedestrian Oh Nam street last
night attracted 4 large crowd Of the boys,
who seemed thoroughly to enjoy the intellec-
tual treat afforded.
The Helena A0ependcat, to our recollec.
ton, never was printed on such fine paper or
looked so bright and attractive, in both con.
tents and makeup, as it does now.
Officer Lytle recently detected and frus-
trated an attempt Oh the part of the prisoners
Of the county Jail to bore their way out and
"cut stick " from that popular summer re-
sort.
thintnlan whose spirit departed for the
telcstial's heaven Il few days ago, and who
was buried under two inches of soil to await
L reduction in his weight in order to lessen
freight charges, was temporarily resurrected
SA thtiSd"S btAEN up anu On pltSScu 10 al
@itoriia, whence he will cross the briny ocean
and be finally planted in the sacred mud of
the Orient.
The Nc~ .North-U est has raised its sub
scsiption price to six dollars a year.-MINER.
1t has not. The price is So. The table OF
terms at head Of eighth column, first page, is
electrotyped. was cast before the reduction,
and is unalterable as an old maid. Five dol
lars buys it for a year and-"they all take
it.'-Nctr -North-U est.
We very much regret that we have been led
to misrepresent our esteemed contemporary.
our statement was not based upon the figures
mentioned. During a recent visit to Cable
Mr.. Ii. I. Brown, business manager of the
MINER. WAS Informed by a reSnnctahln cifizan