The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-04-19
BARKER NOTES.
New Town in Montana District.

New Town in Montana District.
In my last letter gave description of
| what was being done in Gold Run and about
| the smelter. La this will try and set forth
what is being done further mp the gulch in
the immediate vicinity of the mines furnish
ing the ore for the works here.
In the building boom Hughes City, not to
be outdone by. its rival, Gold Run, has start
ed out vigorously, and the sound of the
saw and the hammer is heard from early
dawn till late at night on every side.
Among the buildings going up is one upon
| the North side OF the street, 24x40 feet,
two stories high but not yet completed and is
| owned by French Sam. Opposite Mike
Foley's saloon, His Honor, Mike G. Larkin,
is putting up nice building, 14x26 feet for
Justices Office. No doubt when it is COM
pleted Uncle Mike will hold his Court therein
with great dignity, and will be able, as sug-
gested by some of the boys, to literally dis
pense justice.
Just above here Mike Foley is putting up
building 22x42 in dimensions for a store
Next above on the same side of the street
P. Fl. Hughes is erecting a one-story build
ing 14x2O. On the same side of the street
Mike Ryan is putting up hotel, to be called
the St. Lawrence. The main building is
2Ox4G. Phillip Deschamp has new build
ing completed 1926, which is occupied by
Charls Arnaud as barber shop. On the op-
posite side of the street Al. Lester is adding
twenty feet to the rear Of hs saloon, and
when this addition is completed his building
will be 2O160.
On the corner ABOVE Gus Okerman and
Pat Donahue are putting up two-story ho-
tel, 22x4O. Mr.. Okerman has just commenc-
ed the erection of building, 1880, for
Judge Tattan, of your city. We noticed
number of smaller buildings upon both sides
of the streets in course of construction.
Hughes City is on the Qui gires over an ex-
pected wedding in high life. The bride a
bloomingsswidow. The delay is said to be
caused by no less than three gentleman of SO
nearly equal merits having simultaneously
laid siege to the lady's heart, and she cannot
decide between them. When it comes to de-
Gliding between judge, a contractor and a
professor, the honers are about easy, and the
decision ought not to be hastily made. Each
as usual among that class, betting runs high.
If we were betting man we should risk
our money on the contractor winning the
race, not on account of greater speed, bu
more bottom.
We were shown some fine copper stained
quartz by Messrs. Murdock, Shelton and
Sheridan of, Dog Wolf Creek, where they
report having struck lode ten feet wide of
free milling ore, assaying from 100 CT. to 500
or. of silver.
Mr.. A G.. Burnham is in the camp from
near the head of Dry Belt Creek, where he
and Messrs Miller and O'Gare have been
working all winter upon the Lone Jack.
They have vein six feet wide, along which
they have run tunnel 50 feet, the end of
the tunnel being 38 feet below the surface.
They have about 80 tons Of ore On the dump,
running from 80 to 1855 OF. of silver. Their
mine is about four miles from the smelter.
Messrs. Mlt Caruthers and J. D. O'Brien
have come in from the Montana District
where they report the snow as still too deep
for prospecting. While waiting there III
camp for the snow to disappear, the miners
have laid out town, calling it Neihart, in
honor of one of the pioneer prospectors of
the camp On the 9th inst. they held meet
ing and adopted rules aid regulations. and
elected Capt. D. B. Macintosh recorder. /
enclose copy of the proceedings for publ
cation.
P. H. Hughes, VIM. Rowe, Jno. Huns
berger, Paris Gibson and the Smelter COM
pany, owning the water right Of Galena
creek, above the Barker mines, have COM
menced ditch far enough above so as to
give them fall of about forty feet at the
mine, where they propose putting in an over
shot wheel to run pump to drain the mine,
and also to run whim for hosting.
A school district has been organized, COM
prising Hughes City, Galena and Gold Run,
with P. a. Hughes, s. H. Sutton and George
NJ. Watson as trustees A whole block has
been set off for school house site in Hughes
City, and the same has been done at Gold
Run, and one or more schools will be started
this summer. They have first class board
of trustees, all personally interested in haV-
ing good schools.
The irrepreesible book agent has struck
the camp, and as there will be no.chance for
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