The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-04-12

III there Is anything the people of Butte
should AXE pride in that thing is cleanliness.
Our city is located high and dry, with excellent
drainage, and no pains should be spared to
Keep the streets and alleys clear OF rubbish
and filth. Every property owner should see
that his properly is clear Of nulsances likely
70 accumulate every day The expense will
be light, and the attracliveness of the streets
Will serve as all index of the people of Butte
to outsiders who, p%eIchance, visit our city
seeking a place for permanent location and
the investment Of capital.
From Saturdays Daily.l
Blank location blanks are in active demand.
Miles City claims to have the boss base ball
club Of Montana.
The charcoal dealer, Jones, advertises the
best quality OF white pine charcoal.
All the best appliances and machinery of
modern science and skill are being erected at
the Monlton mine.
The Gagnon mining company have one
or two small pumps for sale. See the adver-
~tisenienL to that elect.
Many prospectors are waiting for the snow
to leave the mountains in order to prosecute
their work as early as possible.
Joseph Rosenthal has sold one-sixth of the
Rosenthal lode, which is located in Park can
yon, to Joel W. Ransom for $4,000.
Butte is the best Quitting depot for pros
peclors, as all kinds of tools and supplies are
j in fhig m rkut ard frr ,,la a. ,,,,1a,,,> a.
Thu alarm of fire last night was caused by
a chimney burning out. For a few minute
men were rushing around in a state of excite
ment.
The immense beds of snow in the noun
tails will insure the successful working Of
the hydraulic mining claims of Montana, as
an abundant Of wafer is assured.
A general court martial has been ordered
to convene at Fort Custer, Montana, for the
Trial of Major Barber and other military Of
tenders. The court is to meet on on the 18th
instant.
The grand gift distribution of Lion City
property and cash, advertised to be drawn in
Butte al the 18th of May, will take place as
The tickets are being rapidly disposed of al
many towns throughout the territory.
Here, within a radius of five miles from
Butte, are hidden the wealth Of "Ind" and
"Ormus." To overrate the richness and vast
hess Of our immense mineral deposits would
require a new vocabulary of our language.
The multiplicity of causes that accomplish
ed the defeat Of a portion of the democratic
ticket are subjects Of earnest local discussion
and emphatic Remuneration Men will swear,
but there is little consolation in violent cuss-
ing over spilled milk.
According TO the North West, Mrs. Reed,
wife of the Reed who killed Garland at
Philipsburg, denies that she was living in
fear of her husband, and she says "their mar
ried life, despite all the hardships of poverty,
had been as happy as that Of any people she
knew"
To test rock suspected Of containing silver,
pulverize the rock and dissolve it in nitric
acid; then pour off the liquid and toit add a So
luton of salt. If a white powder falls to the
bottom, which, upon exposure, turns BLACK,
there is silver in the rock. This is a simple
test and can be easily put in practice by pros.
pectors.
The secretary of the interior has made the
following rule in regard to the survey of
mining claims: "The mining survey first ap-
piled for shall have priority of action in all
its stages in the office of the encouragement
Including the delivery thereof, over any other
survey of the same ground or any portion
thereof
The scenic representation of Butte, one
year hence, to be produced among the scenes
in "The Voyagers, or a Tour Around the
World" is an attractive painting. The finish
ing touches were put on yesterday. The
scene is executed in elaborate design, and
is, auistically and locally, a scenic produc-
ton of decided merit.
The theme of local connection and inquiry
is the report that the officers OF Deer Lodge
county, will al the next term of court, place
an Injunction on the oficers-elect Of Silver
Bow county, enjoining them in the matter OF
perforHiing official duties. The legal points
on which they anticipate an injunction will
be granted are for the present kept shady.
The famous Comstock vein is in a 'peter-
ID condition. A writer says Of the present
condition of the Comstock: sit would seem,
from the best information obtainable, that
wreck, ruin, and desolation brood with their
sombre shadows over this grand field OF mag
nifcent industry, and that a dark wing OF de-
on,;, Jo,kans tha prosnpct of its future" III
is only the matter of a few months time
when the "grand field of magnificent indus
tryr will be the Summit Valley district.
From sundays Daily.i
Tho ora cnminn out Of the GagnOn mlne