The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-02-08
MINOR ITEMS.

5 A rich strike is reported in the Hope, ad-
joining the Anselmo OF the west.
The Silver Bow mill is making a proud re-
cord in the way of bullion production.
The bullion shipments from Butte for the
present week will be larger than ever before
in the history of the camp.
The Alice yesterday shipped bullion valued
at $4,000, making the third shipment Of that
amount within the past week.
II is feared that the mildness of the wealth
er for the past few days will result in damag-
ing floods on the Utah and Northern rail-
road.
The coach which left Silver Bow yesterday
for Deer Lodge was unable to proceed further
than the Hump, ON account of the condition
of the road. ~
Operations have been resumed on the
Belle of Butte, a tull-sized patented claim
lying Immediately south of Clark's Fraction
and the Magma Charta.
Mcnamara i Co. have built a substantial
shaft house over the Snoozer shaft, and pro-
pose to follow the vein which at the time
sinking was suspended, about a month CO.,
on account Of cold weather, had just devel-
oped some remarkably rich ore.
City Marshal Warfeld has had his depu-
ties securing the city for the past few days for
all dogs not having the required badge about
their necks. Nearly thirty dogs are in the
pound, where they will be kept until to-mor-
row, when they will be shot. Any dog can
be redeemed on the payment of $1.50. All
parties interested should read the notice of
the city marshal in this issue.
From Saturdays Daily.l
The Office of DR.. Hendrickson has been re-
moved to the hospital on West Broadway.
1t was pay day at the Office of the Bell Min
ing Company yesterday. About $4,000 was
| disbursed.
The Alice yesterday shipped seven bars of
bullion valued at $1O,l 1873 and the Lexington
i've bars, valued at $1,000.
The coach which left Helena Thursday did
not reach Butte until noon yesterday. The
roads are IN a very bad condition.
Dillon is INDUCING in amateur theatricals
the object of the entertainments being to raise
ing.
The souls of fifty dogs will be sent to soar
aloft to-day, if their owners do not turn up
and pay the canine license to the pound
keeper.
The confidence which the people Of Butte
have in the permanence and value of the sur
rounding mines, is best evidenced by the fact
that nearly every mine owner having the nee
essary means, is making preparations to sup
port Pumping and hosting machinery.
Work is being very vigorously prosecuted
On the Morning Star lode, Montana street,
The shaft has reached a depth of lis feet,
from which point levels are being run east
and west. The lead is 1 feet wide and of ex-
cellent quality, a~ssayine we'll in both silver
and gold. The mine is under the immediate
supervision of one of the owners, Mr.. Faraday,
Fifteen men are employed. The ore is being
worked at the Silver Bow and Dexter mills
From Sundays Dally.l
The new whlm on the main shaft of the
Clcfclio Wdo obaitCu up ScotCtuds'
A very rich strike of high grade free mi Il
ing ore was made yesterday in the 30-foot
east drift of the Belle of Butte.
The dense assininity of the editor Of the
valley paper who has set himself up as an an
ii divisionist only to be knocked down ant
who has been floored ever time he stuck W
his head (size 60, is getting to be too pro
nounced' to require that we should take any
more notice of him 1t is now easy to under
stand why he has so persistently befriendee
one of the insane asylum contractors.
A handsome octagon revolving cabinet has
been fitted up by the Bell company and filled
with specimens from the different levels O
the Bell bonanza and yesterday was place.
in the bank of S. r. Hauser Il Co. With the
single exception of the gold specimens from
the Gable and other mines collected in earl!
days by Salton Cameron, the Bell cabine
contains the richest collection of ores eve
exhibited in Montana, and we question
whether it can be beaten by any similar ex
hibil in the west.