The new North-west., 1881-07-01
A LOCAL OF GENERAL NATuRE.t
How New Northwest coilaborateur Got the
Deadwood on a Butte Barrister.

w. w. Dixon, Esq, returned to Deer
Lodge Friday after an absence of two years,
during which time he has been associated
with VIM. H. Clagett, Esq, in ihe practice of
law mt Deadwood. The firm has discontinued
business in Deadwood and Mr.. Dixon will
resume practice in Butte next week, having
rented an Office on Granite street near the
Centennial Hotel Mrs. Dixon and child are
now in Keokuk, but will probably join her
husband at Butte soon. Mr.. Clagett remains
in Deadwood for the present, he and Mr.. A.
j. Simmons being engaged in aplacermining
enterprise in Whitewood gulch, four miles
below Deadwood but expects to take his
family east this fall and place his children at
school. He has not yet determined where he
will locate for business.
Mr.. Dixon says there are now about doz-
en- mills, with 800 to 800 stamps, running in
the vicinity of Deadwood, and the monthly
shipment of bullion Is $4,000 to $500 600
What in known as the main mineral belt is
three miles long and a half to three
fourths of mile wide. No paying mines
have vet been developed outside of this belt
The deposits of ore In it are enormous-not
"blanket lodges" but defined leads, with
dip, carrying vein matter-here and there
showing barren horses" or rich
streaks, but all well-established vein matter
The ore Is not difficult to work and the av-
erage crush of stamp is about three tons per
day. The mills are generally 80 to 40 stamps
each, there being two of the latter, which are
the largest mills in the world. They are Of
simple Observation-Disclosures and plates
and 100 stamp mill is not more costly there
than 40 stamp silver mill IL in Montana
The ore yields from "a to 81 per ton and is
mined and milled at a cost of from SO TO s3
per ton.
During the past year nearly all lltigations
have been deGided or compromises have been
effected, and what N known N the Home
stake Combination, Of which Haggin, Hearst
and Tevis, California operators, are the prin-
cipals, now control about all the mines and
mills in the rich belt. A company under an
other name, but composed largely of the
same owners, own the water right, which is
a monopoly, and through these the mining
operations of the camp areynow largely un-
der control of the one company Of men,
There are, it is estimated, 5000 or 5000
people in Deadwood, Lead and Central. The
population of the towns seems diminishing
somewhat, but is fully compensated by in
crease In the farming settlements. The ara
BILE country Ii quite productive, and nearly
everything can be grown. Deadwood con-
tains more good business houses than Butte,
but not SO many good residences as Helena.
Star & Bullock are in the hardware trade
nj n SfaY Ia als
postmaster and Bullock president Of the Mel
chants National Bank.
Johnny Manning was not n candidate for
reelection for sheriff He and wife have one
child. He has q ranch and some stock near
Dealwood, but is not in active business and
Mrs. Scott has just started o fine new hotel at
Rapid City.
Felix Poznansky Is keeping store in Rapid
City, and Mr.. Goodman, who was in Cor
wallis and Deer Lodge some ten years ago,
has bakery there.
Miller & Dennee have grocery house in
Deadwood and do large business.
Terrence Brady Is in what Is called the
"Soufhern Hills near Custer City and some
fifty miles from Deadwood and has 20 stamp
mill.
James Brady, who Is we'll remembered here
n the witty witness who upset the court In
the case of Geo. w. Irwin, administrator, vs.
Morse & Brogan, Is mining at Deadwood
James Brelsford, formerly OF Pixies Peak,
Is married, has family and is foreman in an
important mill.
Henry Rohleder. surveyor, and s. F. Moli-
tor, assayer, are In like business at Dead
wood.
Henry wyttenbacb has band of stock and
government contract.
j.. b. Pearson, one of the original locators
of the Cable mine. has his family In Dead
wood and is himself in the Southern Hills
mining.
Wesley Alexander lives at Lead City and
runs profitable stage and express line be-
tween that place and Deadwood.
Mrs. Corum is married to q gentleman
I,amed Milett,. who is superintendent of
machinery for the Homestake Co.'s mines
and mills.
Capt. Nat. Pope was in Deadwood during
the winter, but Is. now east. Mrs. Pope Is
with Mrs. Simmons at Deadwood.
Konigsberger Bros, tobacconists !; Gillette,
ieweler; Hilderbrand Il Harding, Goldbergs
Holman and other old business men OF Hell
ena are in business at Deadwood.
Sam. Dougherty, John zimmerman and two
or three others stole some government mules
from the post near Deadwood and were
picked up. zimmerman gave States evil
drnce and Dongherty and the others were
sent to the States Prison in Detroit for three
years.
At this stage OF the inquiry the collabora-
teur Of the New NoRTH-WEsT began TO dis
cover signs Of fatigue in Mr.. ID. and the clic-
ifafion of items was deferred. We are too
ture BY premature exhaustion.