The new North-west., 1881-10-07
OUR PHILIPsBuRG LETTER,
The Approach Of Grim Winter
Work in the Mfnes--Mu-
sic Hath No Charms to
Sooth q Horses Heart.

Regular Correspondence Neso Norta- Hest.
PHrLrrsBURG, October 2, 1881.
As an interesting item of news to the in
Vulnerable readers of the New NORTHWEST
who are with US in spirit and money, though
unfortunately absent in flesh, / unbesitat-
ingly declare that winter is upon us. Even
now Is write peering through q hole In my
cabin, I see a silvery sheen upon the gentle
riyulet that occasionally glides by my door,
and / know that the ice which now covers 1t
will ere many days be too terribly, very aw-
fully thick for anything. Evidences Of
continued residence in this high altitude on
the part of those who have presumably no
other "local habitation and a name, may
be seen upon every hand plastic mud, shot
into yawning chinking, Is about this time abb
sorbiug the muscular attention of many, who
ordinarily delight to lie most infamously
about, sleeping all the winter under the blue
empyrean-and a seamless rock. Every old
bachelor in the camp is sensibly arranging
his house for the winter, while the benedicts,
deviating in no wise from the honorable pre-
cedent of a thousand years, leave with the
utmost cheerfulness the same duty to their
wives.
This dissertation upon general matters al
lows me to regretfully state that outside OF
the Granite Mountain no more work until
spring will or can, be done on the Granite
Range. Not one of all the lodes worke d
upon since their discovery during the present
| year have failed to realize the expectations
| of their owners. All have been faithfully
\ represented, and now, with their bonanzas
safe from the prowling jumpers, the mine
| owners lie over until spring comes again
hopefully awaiting the capital 1t must surely
bring
| The Algonquin mill closes down this week
| for what reason or for what cause have
vet to learn. Sinking in the incline, or No
| shaft, ON the Salmon is being pushed aheaf
with all possible dispatch. The ore hoistet
is of superior quality and fully in keeping
with that hitherto extracted from the uppe
levels output per day about i've tons.
The Hope mill which has been idle fol
some time, has been overhauled and refittet
for work. A new boiler has been substituted
for the defective one hitherto worked, ant
from now on no more trouble will be had II
keeping a full head of steam for mining pur
poses.
At the Trout mine three shifts are driving
the shaft down about eighteen inches II
twenty four hours. The ground IL a meta
morphic limestone, much decomposed an
easily worked. All Of the water is hoiste'
from the 46O-foot level; present depth O
shaft, 5Ol feet. All ores hoisted come iron
the Slopes east of the shaft, and above th'
46o-foot level; output per day, FIVE tons.
Some fine looking ore, out of the Orpha
Boy lode, was shown your correspondent
this morning. Messrs. Patton & Valley ar
the owners, and claim to have a four-foo
ledge of sixty-ounce rock. This is parable
mine to the Montana Boy, owned by Uller
g. Mcclure, and being In such exeellen
| company ought to be worth working.
Michael Caplice has returned from Butte
He announces deep-sinking machinery TO
, the Trout en- route.
Miss May and Fred Caplice-over fror
Butte last week-are guests of NJ. s. Capiic'
Tower. Our people, without exception, hol
these estimable young people in the highe'
esteem, and their departure for Missoula
few DAYS hence will be a source of commo
!, regret to every one in the district.
, Joe Daddow, of Pioneer, drove up lot {
Chinese last week, his camp being owe
. stocked. Joe's repertoire of reminiscence
Is as inexhaustible as ever; get him and job
Reins together and thirty-two years OF frol
tier life will be the fount from which many
goodiy story will be drawn.
,, Hennessy gave party down at the Bould'
House on Wednesday night last. A goo
, many Phihpsburgers took it invent dow
!, in buggies, danced all night, and finally g
home afoot next morning. Tom Hine
Sr., has got out again. Strange how excite
a buggy team will get while listening to fi'
or six patriots singing " The Star Spanglt
Banner" have never known that anther
- when sung under the moonlight, and behir
fast team, to wind up in any other way tbs
q smash-up. Fortunately, in this case, not
! ing was materially damaged, as the CROW
:, | had fllei-up so completely with the goo
|, | things of life that when they struck ter
= firma IL was with all the elasticity Of rubb
. balls and-for this time III let up.
SAND BAR.