The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-04-22
rr CORRESPONDENT
wood City and INK Park.
=. Fourth Of July District.

Fourth Of July District.
ls1" Wei have here in Wood City new
s :,;n.s, new contracts and new enter
ts''a''' e ,ll kinds. Coming eventa
- ,.;r shadows before. We're glad
- w. :. events lave been cast previous
~: and shadows don't count. But
p''1 .,,;,, seems to forecast . future
es,,,ran; vi:y. which is situated at tile
sur,,nit OF the Rocky Range.
' '','a'.n,uicsily, our city is doing, or
No or,-.!r:n-. herself. She is spring.
r':.' n, :, cl;:dc aud no1nadic to the
Lime az: grand:
''.." ;x.,..- :.r: thriving and prosper
- vri.l.,'- mercantile traffic is al
NJ, s.,,u,.:n /; large proportions. He
g: ,,,t VIM. Ward, living only q
'., ,snj. e., and on the opposite side
-" -, r,,,, boards all the ''hands' en-
80 =. At III: n;il,-a new saw mill
!: nix erected by Geoff. Lavell at the
' If Park canyon. Mr.: Ward &C
go ,:.,,,.. ,...a and beast at rates con.
w. :. !, ,,,...n.onictric principles, and is
= .,;,,.ally l,lii.''ig in order to store
-. -, Tie in:a."x Of pilgrims.
'' =, ,,uye ,lr. Ward, Hotel are piled
=; ,,o.~;.l,,l cords Of wood, mostly
-,,d b. the milling and mining cor
,s,,o,ls q. butte.
' smith Brothers, net four hundred
\. above Warts, have erected fine
,',,a;urs. A hotel, a billiard room and
Iu, and a butcher shop, with stables
,.1.orral!y adjacent may be found.
-,.,-the smith Brt's.-will provide
..,h..e who are a-weary or athirst.
,1.e TO them are competent work.
=, who will do the ''broken wagon
FOR set u shoe; in other words, .
,,rk.uith and wagon shop is open for
-. vino arc troubled with the tribu-
lion Of hr,i,rn fellowship. They can
4, br.,,.h or fill q rupture in the
shecls Of time.
Two more stores and eating houses
.,p ARE in course of construction and
sill soon be open to the public.
tx Harrington, u we'll known Butte
i. has erected new dwelling house
mi. ranch, and added his family a.
,axiiaries 10 comfort. file, Joe, pret'os
;, rutliny several hundred tons Of hay
,te .ou.fhs season. He is selling town
n. It reasonable figure and will not
oiu the choir this (comiog) spring.
Ia the south, and only Two miles dis
,n,. the wo"lchoprers arc Justly ell
3 I'd. Prices we will not discuss, and
+. they may eventually b clss-ed.
.aur ,.oi.l i"r greater and others for
i. price. The chief Of NIL choppers
>,mar; Washington Childs. Thank
,ra.i.lsnr,. ~: the hcfty wiclders Of
h. t.rl, H.. is not that Childs who
rvn> an eastern Lctlycr, or he would
ai,!-h our obituaries, and yet Childs is
ha,py. He :lvcrtises in every daily,
.a!oys now, some sixty odd men and
y.n,< more. Chills is not q daughter
i The regiment, but hc controls many
a..s,'ion-. As has alre:sd completed
,i.sll.s.i chute in the Fourth OF July
District ami is ,,iliny up about Is cords
lr DAY o. COOL understandable wood FOR
xhirl. he pays ASA. In Horse Canyon
lie has on,...tr, the most lengthy
rsu.r. n:rr enc mile, ever put up IN
Montana. Here he las - men 1T work
cutting and tloai.,s dry wood, and In
'ikoillr:r v >e..s will have at work on
The eS.rsl.. summit OF the Rocky range
"r"r one hundred sturdy men who earn
iA'ir h:eui b.: the sweat Of the Ak. He
H"!;'en,iy the heaviest contractor II
Montana, and will undoubtedly remain
"if his forces 10 not fail.
The Eollir Childs is being worked by
''>anc party and tunnel has been
'aru! 10 tap the main shaft. The men
't nav in about > feet and are work
u, q" the tr.,r vein. 1t will still require
~ 'evt OF drilling and blasting to tai
Tie n'an shaft. This will he struck at
sph o. - .rc;.
Tie Hattie Bell is still being worked
's""' a,!:alia:.e, Mcssrs. s ewart 4
:" re:'rinr a fine harvest from thel1
%a'' Which tynires in a short time but
w., ;'l"i anl.;- hr renewed.
Al the mines in this vicinity will be
's"c'i This season. Many Of Rutfcs
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