The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-11-01

R,s Services Aro Appeoosesod
ard lndorsed By Wood
ohoppsrs and Lam
aanry Jones, IN Old Timer.
lliesing Under Strange
Circumstances.
lGsaoelDaujoes lGossees lGeeoeially
oeeetal Cssvsspesdenes a ~ AlNen.
WooDvILE, Oct. 0oth, 1859.
Your correspondent may havebeen
dilatory with his reports, but now
send you . lAithiall report q the
doinse and transactions Of Wood
VILE. I have visited and watched,
and am convinced that our little
town y lial.le to heeve cousiderable
inaueutial matter into the political
caldron.
The town h growing In population,
and thriving in it. prosperity-ify you
viii allow tie Pathological exprss-
don.
The Montana Copper Co. have .
force Of six men ct work on y new
stable, 100 feet wide. An agent Of
Judgs D. v. Sherman he's built y
large cabin and . stable for l6 head
Of stack.
Mr.. John DELAY b SCOUT to out
up . stal,le Tor the accommodation Of
50 head Of animals.
w. J. Ward, with Characteristic
enterprise. has erected . sood sub
seantial building TO b used for .
school house. Nm. Charles Kinnsan,
. youug lady Of rars accomplish.
nsent. and pleasing address, and one
whose experience runs from the time
che was 10 years Of age, hes been ~.
lected - teacher. 6he will have
from % u 30 pupils.
Nj. James Nc(3ee hes leased the
Elk Park Hotel from d. Il. smith.
The cuisine b In SUCH hands that the
greatest satisfaction y daily express
sed by every guest. No Chinese are
employed. lhs young ladies Of the
house attend t. every requirement,
and give universal satisfaction.
M. Dan smith has refurnished
and reiitted the old eslaLjt sLment
and caters to his guests In supesi n
styIe.
Tomorrow night Nm. Tawe viii
open . ire lunch saloon.
Five different new dwellings are IN
course Of construction. 6tsbling
for 100 head Of animals u being put
up BY d. e. Smith.
HUNDREDS Of cords Of wood are
being banked ct the summit ready
for delivery when the snow dies,
and about one inch Of the feathery
substance now lies upon the ground.
Henry Jones, an ''old time hoy" of
the Park, returned from Missoula
about II days ago. He visited bis ~
sidence down the Park, in Jones'
Gulch, and camped with his old part
ner, Mt. Welst. On Sunday evening
following he stated to Mr.. Welst and
his wife and to Mr.. st. John that he
was going up to the cabin Of Albert
Algee 10 deliver some messages from
friends IN Aissoula. A few moments
afterwards be stepped out Of the front
door without his hat or coat. From
that moment to this present writing,
Mr.. Jones has not been heard from. |
Runors Of foul play sre rife, ~ he
was known to have had serious
trouble with several parties. Mr..
Jones Was . strictly temperate man,
and one highly esteemed by Those
with whom he had 3usiness trans
aclions. The case h shrouded In |
mystery. l shall use my best en-. !
deavors to ferret out the points and
send them to you ct my earliest con.
veniencs.
The new mines are already attract
Ing attention. and several capitalists /
have visited the "region." Fifty
thousand dollass have been offered !
6teen.trap and Rose for their di.-
covery mime, hut thew refuse the
money, pEs5erring 10 hosd on to the
property. II tnis prove the "Lost
Lead" the owners have an unlimit-
ed fortune.
Maj. Budd b running . DRIFT ON
the extension Of the Major Budd
Nine, and be- just struck the pay.
body, . ssvsn-ioot vein. The ore 10
free milling, and looks iine, but ~ no
aaoay he's been made I cannot give
you the figures.
Between capital and labor the
Fourth Of July Mine b closed down.
Ths property 10 probable one Of the
most valuable In the Territory. The
bottom of the new SHAFT, recently
sunk to . depth Of 50 feet, produce,
ore, none q which will 70 lee than
NO u. In silver.
The question now arises, are the
"ealthisr owners trying to ''itee.s
'ut" those men who struck the lend:
Mud who have represented Il every
vear7 The NINEa be- advooafed the
'snss ef labor, and - the ehamuiou
Y that eaaso has been, and b. In.
1o.sed By lhboring men. The prin-
ap'ss espoased by the MINER are
'l'ose Of honesty - aealrst corrup.
"n; those Of legitimacy - against
raod. No matter what thoee sveo.
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