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The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-09-20
From Saturdays Daily.
THE HUBS" HOBBIES.
Helena's Great Mining Enterprises.

Over at the temporary capital, Helen,
sights and also all the great enterprises going
on that in,1pid center. If a stranger lands in
that town the Mayor has tie fire-bell gently
tapped and a committee OF prominent citizens
is Immediately called together to wait OH
the stranger and show hin the immense adj
vanlages of the metropolis of Last Chance
Gulch. The other day they mistook an obi.
timer for a Chicago sucker. 1t was fun.
First they took the old timer to the old pile
OF tailines on the old placer claim of Taylor
a. Thompson, the chairman of the committee
remarking, impressively: "This, sir, is a
monument Of the past glory and prosperity
of Helena p Next they took him up Grizzly
Gulch to IN old caved- in drain ditch, the
chairman speaking for the citizens OF he city
said: "Here is one of our great mining en-
terprises we always show strangers .'',' The
committee next took the stranger to an old,
dilapidated smelter they keep in partial re-
pair over there. The spokesman said 'Here
sir, is the great mining institution that the
Northern Pacific Railway Company is run.
ing Its main line to The smeltel is a tlitie
out of order now, but we can tx it up in a
day or so and make it produce a train load
Of base bullion for the railway to carry of
daily Up at butte, sir, they have a few big
sn~lelters, but this little Scotch hearth contrap-
ton is what We Helenaites glory III! 1t took
woney and the united blowing Of our meuo-
politan new spaters TO build this smeiter! 1t
did, sir. But, Fir. now that the Northern
Pacific Con pany is to run rs nrain line to
catch the freight trade of our idle smelter We
feel that our money will come back again!
The old-timer laughed TO himself as he per-
mitted the committee to wash down theil
impositions with a eood article of old rye
and he says If d ST. anger car only stand the
s'soft-sawdering' of the Helenaites he will be
decenlly treated over that way.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-09-20
A New Discovery.

From unimpcachalle authority we
learn of a ''nrw find" which is destined
to be the objective point for Il rush of
~prosnectors when the precise locality
shall lie known. The discovery was
made by Messrs. Bivens, Frank Bos-
worth, Herman Ruthcr and VIM. Fran
els. From the eight different lodCs al
ready opened the assays range from II
trace to 60 on. per ton. From ''tloat' in
the immediate ncighh0rho0l the assays
range from a trace TO $40 w. to the ton.
The new district is said to be within
eight miles of Butte and of easy access.
Manager Medlurst. of the Lexington CON-
pany, left on las NIGHTS coach for Paris,
France.
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From Sundays DAILY.
REAL ESTATE REVIEW.
Active Demand for Property-Great
Scarcity of Buildings.

The activity in the real estate market
during the past week has been without
parallel in the history of Butte. Proper
ty, improved and unimproved, is in az
tive demand for business and residence
purposes, and were it not for the impos-
sibility Of obtaining building material
this fall, the transactions would have
been much larger. As it is, a great deal
of property changed ownership.
Messrs. Curtis d AndrieuX report nu-
merous sales, and as specimens of prices
obtained, we quote Il few: T~wenty-siN
feet on Main street, between Park and
GaIena streets, at 500 per front foot.
Twenty feet oil West Broadway, oppo-
| site tue MINER office, at 500 ger foot
! front. Two lots on Montana street, be-
tween Silver and Porphyry streets, at
81. 800. several residence lots on idaho,
silver and Washington streets at prices
ranging from $3.50 to 5000. Two lots on
Lower Main street. corner of Coli, for
81, 900. We might enlnnerate many
more.
The demand for houses in Butte on
tinues undated. a number Of families
are camping out. waiting for something
in the shape Of a house to turn up.
Every house or cabin offered for rcnt is
considered u prize at almost any figure
by the lucky individual who can serur,
it. We would here respectfully suggest
l. a,., ,;t, r,tI~n , tl,t tLn,- ,n;,It ,rr,nt
" help housr-hunters by having the
m of the several streets painted on
boards and put up at the functions OF
streets in the city. Outside of the mail,
streets it is almost impossible for ;
stranger and even fer a great many o
the old residents of the city, to fine
either the lot or the house they are
searching for. The expense would bt
tritling and it would be greet conven'
fence to a great many people.
The best feature Of this real estate
boom is that it is not a spasnlodic one
created by speculation. Every piece o
property sold has been bought for per
manent improvement, and mostly ny
not-reSidcntS, who intend to make
Butte their future home. There is Nc
doubt but that this movement and ac
tivity will continue and increase. Tn,
hest informed mel in regard to wi
mines and mills estimate the necessary
increase of the working force 70" TIE
next year at over one hundred per cent
of the present number employed, and i
such proves to be the ease The number
of our population will he tr"h'cd inside
oftwo years. Such II population vii
coverall the own site proper and "N
tend over all the additions To t',c cil!.
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The Utah and Northern Railway.

Graders on the Utnh &Northern Kali
way are being distributed hrtw"enTwin
Bridges and Bedford. We learn from
Mr.. Word that the settlers and ranch
mon in the Bcavrrhcad and Jefferson
valleys welcome the approach of he
railway, and arc not disposed to inter
pose any distractions to its progress.
The road will he pressed vigorously in
the direction of lictvn0.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-09-20
Davenport's Benefit Tonight

The lover. Ct good ating and r"licking
fun viii be pleased to know that the b"Ieht
of the popular con cdian, Mr.. Davenport, lakes
place this evening. The bill is "hr HAT can
not heiu but fill the hall tn rppl"fi"n. a
grand double-comedy bill embracing "fel&
U'Callahan'' and Joshua Wh1:comb IS
crowding lots of genuine fun into one
evenings entertainment, and our aHiuSemrnt-
seekers will miss an excellent performance
if they stay away this evening.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-09-20
Patents Received at the u. S Land
Office

At the Helena United states LAM! Oflce
VA ;rut, were received tor agricultural lands
for the following named gentlemen: DrFor-
est Speny, Geo. W. Cleveland, Wm. s. Irk
stou. J. o. Maddux, Peter LeVensood, VIM.
McKpown, John brown, Nick Sche|rI, Pope
Catlin and Jacob Gotl.
For NJ. Nj. Hotter ct al. = mineral patent
on the National Lode has LIKEWISE been re-
ceived. -Herdid.
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MINES AND MINING.
OPENING RICH ORE AND
/ BIG DUMP PILES. o.. ,..'.

Opening and Ore-Extracting Work
Going on at the Moulton, Alice,
Magma Charta, Stevens, Lex
ington, Acquisition Spur,
Belle of Butte, Gagnon
and Morning Star
Mines.
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there is now on the ~dunp-pile l,20O tons Of
pood grade ore

there is now on the dump-pile 1,20O tons Of
good grade ore.
GAGNoN.
AT the Gagnon tile work in the bottom,
3OS feet deep, is active. he west level is
being advanced, and from the level and
slopes considerable high grade ole is hoiste
daily. The Gagnon ore goes to the Colorad,
Smelter for reduction.
N STAR. 81. q
The main shaft # the Morning Star mine,
east of Montana street is, being dropped rap
idly. The shaft is nov down about ITO
feet, having made fine progress since the re-
sumption of sinking. The pumps are hand
ling a big head OF water.
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DIED

HANr HFE-At Butte, ON Tuesday, Sept, 18th,
lest. ia" wife ol Nui.J J. llart4pee.
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CpuI>ITInN >rl K.
BELLE OF BUTTE.

The Belle e Butte mlne has recently been
bonded for %l50, 900, bu, the work OF extract.
ing ore from the mine still goes on at q live
Iy rae. ThC ore hoislel comes from the
west level aud the Slopes therein. The biz
dump is nearly full. 1t is csC.n4lrd that
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-09-20
MAGMA Oh

The new steam hosting works at the
Magma g" arta mine were started up yester-
day, rendering perfect satisfaction in their
working. The new cage put in is a neat
piece of workmanship. The mine is opened
to L depth of 300 feet, and with the new ma
clinery the work Of extracting ore will be
greatly Facilitated. The levels and Slopes are
in such a condition that they can be made to
yield large quantities Of ore daily.
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1881-04-29
,,,eria at west Chester.

", Chester Republican says:
the W. roInsd at $500, belonging TO
pwo hoiaV 'inshart. of East Vincent, died
|Cyrus :" Of diphtheria. They appeared
last Weon We,'arf,ct health up to within twelve
20 ee es,aap ,n hours Of the tune they died.
A. ~ Elwin Cowles, editor Of the
h, yelapd, to) Leader, suffers from q
rnioue kind of deatuess, which he thus
s.or,h.... "Mv deafaess is somewhat OF
.Na natpre of co lor blindness. There are
as,,aiu sounds never hear. 1 have never
Naa,a the sound of the bird since 1 came
,n,o This world, and until grew up to
manhood had always supposed the
mnc, of birds was q poellcal fiction.
Van NAV fill this room with canary birds
and they may all sing at once, and 1
wopId never hear note, but l would
hear The tluttering oftheir wings. l never
heard the Kissing sound in the human
voice. consequently not knowing of the
existence, Of that sound l grew up TO
manhood witNout ever making 1t in
nv speach. A portion of the consonants
| never heard, yet l can hear all the
yowels. / never could distinguish the
differences between the hard sound Of the
letter's' and the soft sound; consequently
frequently mix these sounds in sad
manner. 1t is the some with the soft and
bard sound Of the letter e. It was only
by accident after my marriage, that
discovered the existInce OF the bisslnR
,ound in the lumaud voise.
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1881-04-29
Mining Matters.

The Diamond Tunnel is a Color
ado silver mining company, organ
lzed in 1872 by Baltimore parties,
who have been actively engaged
since thai time in driving the Tun-
mel into Republican Mountain at
Georgetown. 1t has been cut SKI
feet upward of 1850 feet in length,
the breast of the Tunnel being
about 1000 feet below the surface of
the mountain. Ten distinct silver
bearing lodes have been cut IN the
passage of the Tunnel nine of which
belong to the company; the tenth is
the celebrated Dives lode, struck at
distance of 1877 feet. From this
has been taken in the past ten years
over SO 900 900 worth of silver. The
transporting of ores from these
lodes through the Tunnel is accom-
plished by paying toll for the right of
way. Since the organization of the
company the management has add
ed by purchase the famous Cory
City property adjoining, considered
by geologists to be one of the rich
est silver properties in the State;
also, a gold bearing placer claim OF
l60 acres adjoining the famous Hall,
Barret and Rische claim. There
has been spent over quarter of a
million dollars in the development
of the property, and the energy
which has carried this work on fol
ten years deserves rich recon.
Depse,
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1881-04-29
safety Gates at Railroad Crossings.

An ordinance providing for the erec-
tion of safety gates by steam railroads
ut all grade crossings of streets was
considered yesterday by sub-com-
mittee of the railroad committee of
Councils. Comptroller r. w. Down
ing, of the Pennsylvania Railroad
road Company, contended that the bill
vested arbitrary power in the Chief
Commissioners of Highways. II
Councils would indicate the unsafe
points his company, for one, would be
willing to provide the necessary pre-
cautions. To pass the ordinance in its
crude state would be to require that
the Pennsylvania Railroad should con-
struct 100 gates, which, at 5000. would
aggregate an expenditure of $72, 600.
William Taggart, of the Philadelphia,
Wilmington and Baltimore Company,
spoke to the same effect. No repre-
sentatives were present from the Phila"
dslphia and Reading Railroad, although
the attendance of Presidents Gowen
and Bond had been requested. At
the suggestion of Chairman Reyburn
the ordinance was SO amended as to
direct the railroad companies to erect
safety gates and maintain nagmen,
within sixty days, at points designated
as unsafe, after which ii was agreed
to report the ordinance favorably.--
| Times.
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NO CURE, NO PAY.

Dr. Pierce's Family Medicines are
guaranteed to cure, for particulars see
wrappers and pamphlets. They are re-
liable, have not sprung into popularity
in a week or month and gone out Of
favor az rapidly, but being sustained by
merit have won a worldwide reputation,
necessitating branch in London TO sup
ply foreign countries, while the home
sales are enormous throughout the
United States. Golden Medical Discov-
cry purities and enriches the blood, pre-
venting fevers, curing all skin and scrof-
ulous affections, and curing consump-
tion, which is scrofula OF the lungs. II
the bowels are costIve take Pierce's Pei
lets llttle pills.. Both sold by druggists.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, May 9th 1879.
WORLDS DIsPENsIARY MEDICAL Asso-
CATION:
GntlemG,-For years / have been a
great. sufferer. Ny trouble first started
with terrible ague chlllS and constip
tions. This left me in 1873 with a rack
lng cough aud frequent bleedings from
the luugs. Since TINS time lhaVe been
continually doctoring, consulting ply
slclans without number. From them /
IecelVed no benefit or encouragement
lhe m0sl noted physlc ians OF our city
who last visited me expressed theiI
onnionsln the brief but hopeless words
rake good care OF yourself the few
days you have to live, we cannot helI
you" lgrew steadily worse under theil
Treatment. One day, through reading
your Memorandum Book / learnei O
The Golden Medical Discovery. witt
6ut little hope of relief, purchased 1
bottle and took it. To my surprise anC
satisfaction 1t did me moro good than,aJ
Tue drugs had taken the year around
am now steadily using il with benefi
ana recommend 1t to all to be just wha
II is advertised.
Sincerely yours,
JAMES p. MCGRATH.
90 Wight Street.
The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1881-04-29

A New Heater.

Prof Webster Wells, of the Massacht-
setts Institute of Technology, has invent
ed a new heater for which great merit is
claimed. 4toll
The principle of this machine is fric-
tion, and simplicity OF construction and
adaptabllitity to ever place where waste
power can be utilized are remarkable. 1t
consists of only an iron cylinder, two feet
long and one foot In diameter, having
fixed plateof hardened iron in one end,
and second plate fixed to revolving
shaft, which presses lightly or closely on
the fixed plate, as circumstances require.
The cylinder is filed with water, the
shaft revolves, and from the friction of
the plates the water is an increditably
short time heated, and by means of steam
pipes can be carried to great distances
tor heating purposes.
The construction of the machine is
such that 1t is easily adapted to every
place where there is waste power, as in
mills, factories, public buildings and
cars. In fact, In every place, where any
power is used the machine can be appli-
ed since the power required of Its opera
tion is so slisht as TO be of almost no ac-
count. Thus, to carry machine with
SO square inches of friction plates-the
ordinary slze-one-half horse power only
is required; while machine with 225
square inches of friction surface will,Te.
quire at most but four horse power, and
| will beat room 60x200, or LIZ, 900 cubic
feet. In steam cars the machine Is easl-
ly and cheaply adjusted to the axles, the
power being taken directly from the
wheels, so that in case of accident, such
as started the train of thought which re-
suited in this invention, all danger from
fire in entirely eliminated.
This machine has already been in act
ual operation for some months, and has
demonstrated that with SO Inches of fric-
tion surface room of 1900 cubic feet car
be heated more uniformly and quicke
than by the use of coal, wood or steam
and without expense save the wear of thu
friction plates and the cost of the extrs
coal under the boller.-[American En-
gineer.
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NEW ADvERTlsEsIENTs.
FOR SALH.

A SPLENDID FARM in Somerset %.
Maryland, containing 357 u acres, 100 acre,
of 1t highly improved, clear farming land
the balance In woodland; suitable ana
convenient frame buildings, nearly new
and in goou order. This is q hne farm fpr
growing heavy crops Of grain or Quilts
the soil is rich clay loan underlaAeo
with yellow clay, no sand; there is o nne
young apple orchard in full bearing; ~
acres of fBrandywine raspberries, In fult
Bearing; and acres OF gOoseberr1es, ana
acres Of strawberries Will be set out as
soon as the weather permits. This mrm
lies miles from Kingston Station, e. y.
II, r.. (which is a continuation OF the
Delaware railroad) and rapid and direct
communication with Philadelphia, New
York and Boston, also mile from Steam
boat Landing at Rehoboth, ON the POGO
moke river, and also convenient %
churches, schools, fish and oysters, and
game the year round. andts extraordinary
healthy situation; fine salt air; no tncum-
brance on the property, good clear IT,
tie will be given for cash, or part cash.
and part credit, or part in Wilmington
or Philadelphia property; possession Civ
en- al any time, and the stock ana grow.
ing crops on said farm, II desired, would
be sold with the farm. For further par
ticulars inquire OF the subscriber, at
SAMUEL TOWNSEND.
Townsend. Jan. "a 2t@WBm
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A ready and accomplished penman
always carries with him one of the
srongest recommendations to a good
position in business, and the young
man who early in life acquires the art
Of rapid and elegant business writing,
has laid the surest foundation for fu-
ture success. This dc artment of in
Struction In the STANFORD BUSINESS
GoLLEdE, Stamford, Conn.,, is given
The position its Importance demands
ana among the graduates of the course
oi Instruction given at that college
VIII be found the best and most sue
eessinl penmen in the country. The
advertisement So1 of the College may be
lound in this paper.
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THE Dominion census-takers have

THE Dominion census-takers have q
hard time of it in Lower Canada. A
French Canadian threw one Of them
down stairs the other day, taking him
for vaccination agent. The Mon
treal Witness declares that in some Of
the rural districts Napoleon Ill. is be-
lieved to be the Emperor of Canada,
and the census-takers have some dime
Guilty in making the hdbstGnts under
stand that the Dominion 10 q British
colony. This is an old slander upon
the French Canadians. Magnon, a
French traveller who visited the
province in 1850, said the people affec.
tionately inquired after the health Of
the well-beloved Louis XIV, and the
Government agents employed in sets
ting up the seigniorial claims in 1866
reported that the hdbitaRtS han an idea
that Montcalm had beaten Wolfe and
was then occupying the Castle St.
Louis at Quebec. The fact of the in-
habitants of one of the West York
shire dales ringing the bells to cele-
brate the battle of Waterloo in 1S47
has also been fathered on the French
Canadians in a mutilated shape, the
story running that the chapel bells on
the islands in the Gulf were rung In
1867 for the abolition of the seigniorial
tenure in 1854. .-.s,..
Job E. Owens, q prominent citizen of
Hamilton, Ohio committed suicide on
Tuesday night by shooting himself No
cause for the deed 10 known. He was 63
years of age and leaving wife and i've
Children. He was a member of the hrm
of Owens, Land & Dyer, and Mr.. Dyer,
of the same firm, committed suicide
few years ago.
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Totals......8l 477o t99.I24 sss8, ,Osl
OTHER DORSEY CONTRACTS.

OTHER DORSEY CONTRACTS.
In fact, this is but an incomplete
showing. J. W. Dorsey, with the po-
tent help of his brother, the Senator, /,
obtained of star contracts two in Kansas,
six in Nebraska, three in Idaho, three ir
California, six in Colorado, two in New
Mexico, two in Arizona, three in Dako-
ia, one In Montana Territory, two in
Wyoming and six in Texas, and SO on.
TO get these contracts, however, vas but
little. The thing was to get the convent
enI and o5liging Rrady, whom Dorsey
now calls scoundrel, to "raise" them
and this wal done very handsomely by
Brady, as the following example will
show dorsey took q contract in Colo
RADIO for the rival sum of $1,700 per
annum, but the Star Route Bureau in
the Post Office raised it after he took it
to $13 ,706.25 per annum, which is a
clear increase on miserable ST. 100 con-
tract of $12,706 year. Dorsey took
another route for 81 ,498 per annum, but
having contracted for that sum the de-
partment, or rather Brady, the late Sec
ond Assistant Postmaster General, again
stepped In like beneficient fairy and
raised Dorsey's 81 400 contract to ovel
| $4,000 year increasing it by $12,665
per annum.
In Arizona Dorsey took contract fol
So, 1882 per annum, but it was raised tc
| $22, 800 per annum, an increase OF $l9-
alS a year. 1t is needless to cite othel
cases OF Dorsey's remarkable good for
| tune.
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The sixth annual ball of the Quaker
Assembly takes place this evening and
promises to be very pleasant affair: A
Compaily of Harrisburg, Pa, will be
nresent at the ball. They lwil be met at
The depot by a committee OF the Friend
ship Of this city and escorted 70 the Gay :
ton House. This evening headed by the
First Regiment Band they will be es-
corted from the Clayton House to the
ball room,
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The Circus,

Batcheller IS Doris circus arrived
IN town early this morning, and
pitched their tents on the grounds
Madison street below the avenue,
where they will give performance
THIS afternoon and evening.
Between 0 and 10 O'Clock they
gave a very creditable street parade
Which was viewed by hundreds of
Our citizens.