The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-06-14

Criminals to
be tried.
BANNACK, June 4, 1881.
Editor Butte MINER
Your correspondent last wrote you from
Dillon, and although nothing uncharitable
was said of the town, there was nothing no
ticed or noticeable for any one to grow elo-
quent or enthusiastic over. The able editor
of the Salt Lake Tribune gave Dillon blast,
and then truthfully said that If a man ever
went to Dillon be would never want to 60
there again. There are great many good
people living in Dillon, but they are to be
pltied, not despised, for being unfortunate
enough to live in the "alkall' addition to
Beaverhe ad county.
Coming to Bannack over the first wagon
road ever located in Montana, the ride was
pleasant and Gilmer Il Salisbury's well-stock-
ed two-horse jerky made good time. Stop
ping in the galena camp of Argenta for suf-
ticient length of time to fish up some mining
items, your correspondent learned that the
pioneer silver camp was looking prosperous
and that the mines we're being proftably
worked. During the past winter coDsidera-
BILE good grade ore has been taken out in the
district Late Scott, Con Bray and son, Smith
Ball, Phil Brown, and Jas. Knapp, for Mr..
Tootle, of St. Louis, have large dump piles
out. Most of this ore is high grade-runnng
from 45 to IS per cent. in lead and carrying
from 60 to 300 ounces in silver.
Mining operations in the Bannack and al
joining districts are not carried on with the
same vigor noticeable in many of the camps
of the Territory. SJill there is considerable
mining going on. In the Blue Wing district
many Of the mines are looking first rate, and
some ore has been shipped of high grade
this spring. In the Chase district they are
now sacking and shipping ore to Hill's works
at Denver.
| In the Marysville district, adjoining Ban
mack, Mr.. Phil Shenon is driving tunnel
ahead to tap the Excelsior lode, from which
so much gold has been taken out in years
past. The ore from this mine, white iron, is
rich, assaying from SIS to $3.50 in gold. Mr..
S. has put his six-stamp mill in order, and
will commence, in a few days, to work Ex-
celsior iron by a new process of famalgamatien
which, on small scale, has proven success
full. If the new process of amalgamation is
what it is expected the iron can be made to
yield 80 per cent. Of its assay value in gold.
Should it prove success the Excelsior bo-
nanza will be vigorously worked. The vein
of white iron is very strong at depth of 100
feet, which has been penetrated and opened
by main shaft, but is to be opened consid-
erably deeper by the tunnel now being run.
| "A SIOIb Uilllo uduCu w L loA-
er, of Leadville, suddenly disappeared from
Bannack. 1t is now believed that Fisher is
subject to temporary mental alteration. The
telegraph informs us that he has turned up
in San Francisco. As soon as Fisher was
missed here a party of twenty men started
out to hunt him up, thinking that he might
have met with foul play or that he might
have fallen in some of the old prospect shafts
which are numerous in this section. A party
| 80, l., Sc, had
counter with an old she cinnamon bear that
is worth relating, for it is, perhaps, the first
instance on record where bear was beaten
back and driven off with stones. The party
while ascending Spring Gulch mountain, es-
pied she bear with two small cubs under
scrub pine tree. Dismounting they
left their horses in charge of two
of their number, while four men, with
out rifle Or revolver, proceeded to attack, with
stones, the old bear, determined to capture
the cubs. Armed with armsful of good
sized rocks, and raising terrific shouts, the
four made the attack. The cubs ran up a
tree and the mother stood her ground for a
time under the tree. The rocks flew fast
striking her ON the head, snoot, paws and
ribs with great force, until finally she broke
and ran down the mountain into clump of
bushes. The next move was to capture the
little cubs in the tree. A man with lariat
climbed the tree and fastening the rope to the
hind leg of the largest cub, jerked him out Of
the tree and landed him on the ground. The
little cub was hurt by this rough treatment
and set up piteous yell for its mother. Th'
old she bear rushed out of the bushes ant
came furiously to the attack again. Three
men met her with a volley of big rocks
: while the fourth man chokei the cub to keel
| him from yelling. When the old bear hat
got within ten feet of the men, she was hi
on the head simultaneously with two bi.
2 stones that almost knocked her down, ant
: for moment stunned her, and before she re
g covered she was hit again on the head with
: rock that would weigh about fifteen pounds
This settled the fight, for the bear broke ant
e ran down the mountain, greatly to the relic
g of the men. The second cub at this junctur
e slipped down the tree, and before it could b
e captured, Joined its mother in the bushes
= where pursuit would have been rashness o
e the part of the men. One cub was brougl
: to town, where he is growing fast and tamin
by degrees, but the men all unite in sayin
r that it will be the last act of their existenc
n to again tackle an old she bear with cub
: with nothing but an armful of mountai
n boulders.
o. District Court convenes here next Monda
+ with Judge Galbrath presiding. Little civ
= business is ON the calendar. Court will la
= several weeks, as the number of crimin;
a cases to be tried is large. With the numb'
At in Jail and out on bail, there will be tiftee
r. criminal cases, ranging in magnitude of G
~ fense from murder in the first degree dow
l. to mayhem, to be disposed of. Many of the
r cases will occupy considerable time in the
rs trial. AS matters progress, your correspon
A. ent will write. j. r. W.
n
n RICHMOND, June 3.-The Readjusters a
ye rather sour tempered. The harmony NOV