The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-04-20
MONTANA MITES.
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A freight train of OK teams is being fitted
out by A, j. Smith and Wesley Curnutt tor
the Benton road. The train will be IL charge
of Mr. Curnutt.
A force Of men have been put on the DIa-
mond range to shovel the snow from the roau.
This will enable the people here to get 1our
at 81 so instead of So as. they now nave 70
pay. It will also reduce the price OF Vege-
tables and grain at least one cent per pound
a committee Of citizens waited upon the
Commissioners Tuesday and asked Tor some
action in relation to opening the road 10 Ben
ton. The Board finding that sufficient notice
had not been given for it TO proceed TO the
appointment of viewers, 1t was decldeo TO
postpone any action until the June term,
when they will have before them the action
Of the citizens committee Of the Springs and
valley.
New North-West.]
Appropriations for Montana are Defcien-
cy for pay for the extension of the Leglsla-
tive session from 40 to so days, $6,OOO IN
provement Of Yellowstone National Park,
S15. 900: for the completion of Fort Assina-
boine. $40, 900; an additional appropriation
for the construction Of Fort Maginnis, $780,
600; for the improvement of the Upper Mis-
souri,, $40, 900; for the improvement OF the
Yellowstone, 1925. 900.
Last week w. H. Ell. Bowers, of Salt Lake
sold the following machinery for Montana
To the Original Butte Mining Company:
Butte city, one miners prospecting engine
and boiler; one pair hosting engines, 12-lnch
cylinder and 14-inch stroke, link motion and
double drum, with sheaves, etc., complete;
two Babcock & Wilcox's safety water tube
boilers, Of 75-horse power; one KnoWle
boiler feed pump. To the Vulcan Mining
company Of Butte city, one pair hosting en-
gines, link motion, with cylinder 8 inches in
diameter and 12-inch stroke 50-horse power
ing pump. 10 the Boston and Montana
Gold Mining Company Of Helena, one miners
prospecting engine and boiler; one upright
stationery engine and boiler; one No. 3 saw
mill, besides a large amount OF L rail, mer-
chants iron, wrought iron tubing and fittings
for all the above companies.
The five stamp mill at Cable started up on
the 9Th inst. 1t will be kept running con
stantly. 1t was also expected to start the 90
stamp mill on ore from the Cable mine On
Monday.
HERALD
The Boulder mine upon Cataract, we learn,
is opening out splendidly as developments
progress. Two men have been at work all
winter in prospecting it. One shaft is IS feet
deep, the othe other shaft about 400 feet far
Their west upon the vein, is down about 80
feet. The pay streak is about six feet thick;
quartz is silver bearing, free milling and Of
q high grade, averaging about 800 ounces
near the surface, and from the latest tidings,
from there, a much richer quality has recent
" been struck. It belongs to Esler, METRE,
& Co.
Daily Inter-Monntan.]
Operations has resumed on the High Ore
which has been idle during the past winter.
From the bottom of the main shaft the face
Of the east drift will be forwarded to a con-
nection with the east shaft, a distance Of
about 300 feet. This work will open up q
large body Of free ore available for stopping.
The Blacktail arastra will soon be fired up
on High Ore quartz.
From MI. Fl. r. Brown, Of the Miner,
who returned on Saturday from an extended
visit to the East, we learn that business in
America" is very brisk. Every mandatory
between Omaha and New York is crowded
to its utmost capacity. Business Of al kinds
is rushing IN every section, and It is generally
supposed that an era Of remarkable and per-
manent prosperity has daWned. The mining
stock exchanges Of Chicago, New York and
Boston are particularly lively, there being
more talk IN those cities about "%galena, I sui
phurets, fissure and contact lodges, etc, than
there is in this city. Nearly every man owns
stock, but experience has taught 8
lesson, and wildcat stock is no longer seized
with that aVidity which has SO often been the
ruin Of the too,confding capitalist. Stock
investments are now entered into On cold
business principles. Mr.. Brown says there
is considerable inquiry about Butte mines,
that On the completion Of the railroad
may expect the Summit Valley district to
be visited by . large number Of men with
money to invest IL good properties.
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