The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-09-23
SobolSky placsr and Fourth ol
July Quarts, With Other
Diggtngo.
the Wood Question Once More,
With q Few Important
Questions for Con-
eumerD to Dr.
9o0t.
Incldonkal lIAktAvn


Since my last communication, thu
course Of events has run in - many
different channels, I hardly know q,
which source IL commence In Or<lel
to he systematic.
The Sebolesky placer claim Is stu
ate on the North side Of the Park
five miles below Woo(lville, In villa,
10 known a. The Lowlsnds. The
claim consists Of 100 acres of placer
ground and is owned by Reuben Sob
olsky, Sanue: Lewis, Chas. smith,
ID. Cohen, ST., and four others.
The head o: water in the early
season amounts to about 1000 OF
200 miners inches. The company
has been sluicing during the past
season with highly fiattering results.
The mine was opened last spring and
| thoroughly worked as faras prospect.
ing;goes. Next spring the company
will put in reservoirs and work the
claims OH different system. The
ground IL low and fiat, and the water
must lie h,,sl.antled in order to lie
utilized in the later season. Your
correspondent visited the ground q
few days since aud succeeded in get
ting from fifteen to sixty cOlOrs to
the pan for every ram lie handled,
(something like dozen, and his past
experience in placer diggings guar
antecs the fact that neither he nor the
claim was ''salted."
We learn from what VIC consider
most reliable authority, that Messrs.
Bud.l and Lila, lessees Of the Fourth
of July quartz mine, In sinking a
new shaft, have struck it quite as
rich as they did In the mines palni-
ct days-way up in the hundreds. !
have not visited the mine for some
time but will shortly do so and will
report from actual observance.
The Theresa, an extension of the
Fifth Of July, has been represented
by VIM. J. Ward, the principal own
er, aud shows improvement in the
ores. The Parnell, Young Snuggler
and Monitor are also represented
with fair showing. The owners Of
tho Southern Cross, Rocky Point
aud a few other mines will begin
work within from two days to two
weeks.
THE WOOD RACKET,
from u pacific state is assuming great
er proportions than many believe.
Ny frequent visitations to Butte and
conversations with parties who have
interested themselves in the interest
of coal, proves to us, exclusively, that
the latter commodity, now being in
tro<iucetl, is Of such inferior quality
that its On-utiiizati0n has become 4
permanent realization. The mill
and smelling companies find, Il" their
sorrow, that c,,0t "'W not Wo,E. The
companies have tested the expert
nlcnt and argued the question finan-
cial!y and scientifically. and only. 80
far, to their detrilnent. might
throw in an "asi.lc" VaratloxicaI
statement showing where the mills
and s,llelters l,avc gained by the limo
walton. For instance: First-lt costs
u single company $l.NW to put in
CRATES. Secontl-WONl Is worth
:!.:N per cord ut the stamp in the
lower park. Ti.irl-Mahy wool chop
pers became frightened through this
threatened introduction of coal and
sold to heavy company for - cents
and 81 per cord.
Now l know of one case where the
Lexington Company bought >,'sn
cords of one dollar aud y half wOO.l
for SLIGO per cord and 1910 cords ut
seventy five cents per corl, clear
gain Of S7,'sN on l::,WW cords. This
scare Is dyin:, out and these possess
ing wWM and who can afford to hold
1t are hanging Oh like ''sri,i death"
IL dead niygcr.
III conversation with g prominent
producer to-day, | casually asked
"HOw much wnNl has i':e silver Bow
Company OH hand ~
".About y: ;ts' CORDS was tlicIH;.k
reply.
"fiow n,ur!. las the Montana Cop
per Company"
About 5000 cords" said he.
"Allow me-" said |, ito give you
some figures L gathered from head
quarters. Ike Montana C"pPerCom
pany has l:,Wm cords in tn. yard, H.
90 cords banked out, anu 5000 III the
timber, or 1t the stump.
The Silver Eow Company ha:. s.
on" in the yard and about 500 in the
timber"
IL ann cre.lilIy informed that the
Montana Copper Company Will short
~ purchase :N.MW cords ii it is to be
had, and that the Silver Bow desires