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The daily miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1879-1885, 1882-01-01

determined by the Northern Pacific rail-
road survey, is 5,73l feet above the sea
level. The survey Of the Utah 4 North
ern makes it about thirty or forty feet
higher. This city is in course of being
supplied with pure, mountain water,
and is AS healthy as any other city in
the West.
According to data furnished US by
Messrs. Baker 4 Hamilton, mineral
surveyors of Butte, there have been sur
veyed up to December Is, 1881, 47O lode
and placer claim locations in Summit
Valley Mining district. Of this num-
Der seven were placer locations, and five
of the lode locations, for various rca-
sons, have been extinguished, which re-
duces the total number of lode claims
in the vicinity either patented or in ac-
tive process for patent to 45s. Adding
the number for neutrality-suspicious. have
been made for an order for official
surveys the total number will reach, by
the first day Of January, 1882, nearly, If
not quite, 500. Of this number there
are not more than five or six which are
full claims; that is, 500 feet in length
by taW feet in width. The average area
of the whole number will not exceed
ten acres. But even at this low esti-
mate it will be seen there are 5000 acres
of mineral grounds in this immediate
vicinity, nearly all Of which are held
under United States patent. Fortu-
nately for the convenient working of
the same Butte is situated nearly in the
centre of this magnificent field Of. silver
bearing and copper and silver bearing
lodes, thus affording miners an easily
accessible market from which nearly all
necessary supplies may be obtained.
Contiguous grounds are being located
and as developments upon them pro-
gress, rich ore bodies are discovered,
thus daily extending the area of the
great mining district. According to the
map of the district, prepared by Mcssrs.
Baker & Harper, locations have beer,
made which show the existence of at
least forty parallel silver bearing lodes
running through 1t. Upon these lodes
are located the 500 claims mentioned
above. There is no evidence to show
that u single one of these claims will
prove a failure, while there is sufficient
proof to demonstrate the fact that they
will all become paying properties when
intelligentIy worked with adequate ma
chinery. With these facts before tht
reader he may fairly estimate the great
mineral resources of~Butte. We leave
that task to him..
The daily miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1879-1885, 1882-01-01
Observation-Disclosures.

IONs-THANKS.
We trust the readers of the Holiday
MINER for the year 1882 will concetle
that we have fulfilled our promise to is
sue an edition replete with valuable and
interesting information concerning the
almost illimitable resources of this great
territory and its present status as IL
wealth-prMlucing section. 1t has been
our aim to give facts and data from
which the intelligent reader may arrive
ut correct conclusions rather than fill
our space with opinionated articles.
How far we have succeeded iii this di-
rection we leave to the intelligent pub
lie to determine. While it will he adj
n,ittcd the mechanical work OF the IIol-
iday edition has not been elualled by
any former publication of like character
in the territory, still there are por-
tions of it which, through the disoLey-
ing of explicit orders on the part Of the
engravers of some Of the illustrations,
appear to great disadvantage. Notably
among them are the cuts of the n,agnif-
icent building of Mr.. Caplicc and the
inc large business block Of Mr.. james
Mathews. These arc massive stone and
brick structures which the cuts fail to
represent. Other large, costly buildings
in course Of completion We're not sutfi-
GENTLY advanced to enable our artist to
obtain correct photographs of them for
our engravers, hence they do not appear
in this edition. Among them is the
beautiful bank building Of Donnell,
Clark L. Larabie, which Is admitted to
he the finest structure of the kind In the
west. But Il sufficient number is shown
to convince the distant reader that the
people of Butte have faith in the great
resources of this district and have come
to stay. In raising immense structures
upon the eternal rocks of these everlast-
ing hills they proclaim to the world the
wealth, the prosperity, the intelligence
and the enterprise of our people. Each
illustration in this edition is isunimpeach-
able evidence of these facts.
TO our many friends throughout the
Territory who have SO generously con.
tributed valuable articles to this edition
we desire to tender our heartfelt thanks,
We shall ever hold them in grateful re.
membrunce for their kind offices toward
us. Owing to the great labor attending
the folding and binding OF our immense
edition we were compelled, in order tt
issue it on the first day of January, tt
close our forms several days ago, there
fore many of our hest contributions do
not appear on account of the lateness o
their arrival at this office. We regre
this more probably than the authors o
the articles do but under the circum
stances their omission was unavoidable
With these explanations and agai1
thanking those who have so generousl,
aided us we submit the Holiday MINEI
to the favorable consideration Of 1T
readers.
A FEW FACTS ABOUT BUTTE
Butte is situated upon and near tn
The daily miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1879-1885, 1882-01-01
FACTS
About Montana in General and
Butte IN Particular.

1t is All miles by rail from Butte to
Ogden.
Ten Thousand copies Of the Holiday
MINER were issued January l, 1882.
The net registered debt of Montana
January 1st 1881 amounted to $50, ,948.17.
Five hundred new buildings have
been erected in Butte and vicinity dur
ing the past year.
The first passenger train Of the Utah
and Northern railway arrived ut Butte
ut II o'clock p. M, December q, 1881.
The school census Of Butte school dis
trict completed November 3Oth, 1881,
shows |, ,494 children under q years of
age.
Butte has four fine ecommodious church
buildings, namely: the Presbyterian, the
Episcopal, the Catholic and the Metho-
dist.
One year ago there were BAG, $40 acres
of land under cultivation in Montana.
The year 1881 greatly increased that
acreage
The school fund of Silver Bow county
for the year 1881 amounted to $16,608.6 GO,
and the number Of children drawing
public school money is lll9.
Montana contains l45, 900 square miles
or 81, 500, 600 acres Of land. Of this vast
area 20, ,OO0, 600 acres are fertile farming
lands, 4O, 900, 600 acres grazing lands and
the balance timber lands and water
area. . 5,
At the organization of Silver Bow
county eight months ago it was in debt
in the sum of $25,OOO. 1t is now out OF
debt and has in round numbers a cash
balance standing to its credit of $4O,-
10000.
According to the report of the Terri
torial Auditor for the fiscal year ended
December 81, 1880, there We're A, 4l6
horses; 1859 mules and asses; l8s, ,s9l
sheep; 282, ,788 cattle, and 8,74s hogs in
Montana.
| Silver Bow county is the smallest
county in the Territory, having an area
Of less than 800 square miles; but it IL
the first in population; the firsti in wealth
and the first in enterprise among all the
counties composing the territory.
There are II quartz mills with an ag-
gregate of 22l stamps; four smelter with
an aggregate daily capacity Of 220 tons;
two arrastras, one new 4lstamp mill in
course of construction and one new 40
stamp mill contracted for in the vicinity
of Butte.
The notices which are given in this
number of the various business houses
and industries pursued In Butte cannot
fail to impress the reader with the fact
that our citizens are thoroughgoing
wide-awake and enterprising. With
the railroad at her door Butte is rapidly
becoming the commercial centre Of thu
territory as she Is how the great mining
centre of the West. Her merchants
can afford to sell goods cheaper than
those Of any other place In the territory
and her market Is the most remunera'
tive for the agriculturist, the dairymaI
and the gardener.
Store In this city, Wholesale Deeien n
The daily miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1879-1885, 1882-01-01
Shipments Of Freight to Different
Points in the Territory by
the q. q N. Railway.

We are indebted to Messrs. Sebrec.
Ferris 4 White, forwarding and COM
mission merchants, for the following
list Of shipments Of freight over the line
Of the Utah 4 Northern Railway dur
inu the wear 1891.
The daily miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1879-1885, 1882-01-01
FREIGHT STATISTICS.

Shipments Of Freight to Different
Points in the Territory by
the q. q N. Railway.
We are indebted to Messrs. Gebrec.
Ferris 4 White, forwarding and COM
mission merchants, for the following
list of shipments Of freight over the line
Of the Utah 4 Northern Railway dur
ing the year 1881:
ISusSC City.sss IL III
raeemM. n.. ................. 7H2A52
rOzemal. ...................... 2O30,202
Virginia and Vicinity 1858
i,seI ,s, l6S,le2
IhIlpNuuS8.............. 1GS, ,66
HleiTsaus 40b1W
Nnv NV ~ z0s'HW
NcW Culeaso.. ......................... 16n.a36
Total... -. -. .......... ss7 ,se3
In addition to the above Rank & Co.
shipped during the fore part of the
season to the different points in the Ter
ritory the following amounts:
hnt.e, ,:......,..,.... .........2oo ,ooo
Virginia City a, boz man. 10000
Deer LDdge ani Philipsourg. ........... ,20O,O00
Total l...... :. .... ........... 100000
Walker Bros shipments for the Alice
company, handled by Mr.. J. b. Mere
dith, amount to 4,6OO, 600 pounds, all of
which went to Butte district, making
total af Sc, 2s7 1892 pounds, which passed
through the several Forwarding Houses
during the past season, In addition to
this, the local shipments will foot up as
follows:
70, ma'rn. SnS ooo 'fs' 'fSs'
,r 70. se.,as Me.rose ;.... .'.. so ..oo iSs.
Total. ............ ..........7 ,sco, 600 ibs
This makes grand total Of Al, 1892
pounds which have been shipped into
the Territory via the Utah 4 Northern
railway. OF the local shipments to
Melrose fully ohe-third found their way
to Butte; and Of that to Silver Bow; two
thirds went to the same place, making
the grand aggregate shipment to Butte
and Walkerville 22,8a6, $50 pounds. This
shows that about one-half Of the entire
tonnage shipped by rail came to Butte
and vicinity.
OUTGOING FREIaHTs.
The gent lemen inform US they are un-
able to give the exact tonnage Of the
outgoing freight, having nlislaid q por-
tion of their records during the last
moving of the terminus, but estimate 1t
from data at command as fellows:
atdes AID Pelts. 6so Sso abs.
l WOOl. vs0uWs(NO 109s
Ore and Matte 3 800 V0o Inn.
buIlOn.. ............... .zy0u9l0 lUes
This amount added to the incoming
freight makes So, ,437 ,992 lbs., or nearly
q, 600 tons which have been handled
over the q. & N. for the Territory
during the year 1881.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-04-27
PERSONAL.

Oscar Wilde is reported to have failed in making
his expenses in Western towns lie lectuTed one
evening to thirty people IN Atchlson.
Senator HIPS condition is critical. His wound is
still uuheaed he is much depressed, and hardly
be persuaded to eat.
The Hon. A. A. Sargent, United States Minister
to Berlin Mrs. Sargent and two daughters have
engaged passage on the Red Star steamship Rhyn-
land, which will sail May o.
Mrs. Chandler the vito of the new Secretary of
the Navy, is a delicate but handsome woman with a
fine and refined face lighted by large black eyes
and framed IN heavy black locks. Her carriage and
her manner are full OF dignity.
Tie ribbon of the Legion of Honor now worn by
John H. Hairless of the firm of Drexe IIarjes IL Co.,
Paris, was bestowed by NJ. do Freycinct in consid-
Grafton of Mr. HAIRLESS kindness to French people
during the late war;
General Logan's health has been so much i'm
proved by his visit to the Hot Springs that he has
been skipping like unto a fawn In excursions over
the mountain paths and rocky roads of Arkansas.
He PROPOSES to return to Washington In time to
tend the meeting Of the Military Committee which
will consider the question oil retiring Army Olncors
sixty two years old.
w. G.. Hubbard, wife and family. w. Bayard
Cutting and wife, +. II. Van Iugrn and DR.. f. p.
sprague will sail for Liverpool to-day on the
White Star steamship Celtic. ii. Il. Kunhardt,
New-York agent of the Hamburg American Steam
ship Line Mrs. Kunhardt. Mr. Holscher, German
Consul at Vera Cruz. and family. Mr.. Will German
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-04-27
4 DISC listed DEMOCRAT.

One Of the Democratic lawyers whom the
Government sent to South Carolina to assist in
the election cases was Mr. William w. Ker, of
PHILADELPHIA After brief sOjOurn among the
chiyalry he has returned to Philadelphia q
good deal wiser than he was before, and good
deal less of Democrat Because he did his
duty in Charleston, and dared to argue that a
Democrat who was caught stufling ballot-box
should be punished like any other rascal, the
hotel where he was staying was visited in the
night by mob of bulldozers who showed their
warm regard for him by smashing all the win
dows in the lower stories, where his room was.
He came home soon afterwaId, and his re-
marks on tho character of the Southern Demo-
crat are refreshing.
He says there are nearly one hundred cases
of fraud at the polls still 10 be tried, and
" from the evidence there should be convictions
" in all of them" He makes this public pro-
fesson of his change of faith: "When | was
u first summoned to South Carolina L did not
believe in the stories told about ballot box
stufling, but after carefully examining the
evidence | was satisfied that the public did
" not know half the truth. | am Democrat,
" and firm believer in Democratic principles,
" but cannot see how we are to be benefited or
" be successful if we are TO cOuntenance per-
| Jury and crime carried on under the pretence
of aiding the Democratic party" There have
been remarks of this tenor published from time
to time in THE TRIBUNE during the past few
years, but the Democratic press has denounced
them as sectionaiSm" and as an infamous
waving of the bloody shirt" We should like
to be favored with some Democratic views OF
| the remarks as they emanatc now from the
| mouth of a Democrat.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-04-27
BEpTBLJCAY STRAGGLERS.

The Republican members Of the House stand
in great need CT discipline and leader If
they continue to act as they have been acting,
the session will close for them with defeat and
disgrace. Not long ago, perceiving the ncces-
sity of more hearty and manly cooperation,
they met in caucus. 1t was there shown that
the Democrats were striving, with much skill
and unity, to defeat all important action, to
waste the whole session in nonsense and dema-
gOgisn, and to make the Republican party
apparently responsible before the country, as
the party intrusted with legislative power, for
a more barren and discreditable session than
had ever been produced by Democratic rule.
1t was shown, also, that some measures of the
utmost importance were pendlng-mcaSures
which could not be neglected without disastrous
results to the party responsible for their fail
ure. After a frank and hearty interchange OF
opinion, it was understood that the Rcpubi-
cans would act together to secure the speedy
passage Of certain measures, and particularly
the immediate decision of the House upon
contested election cases. For 1t was felt that
nothing else was of moro urgent Importance
than to prepare for honest elections at the
South this tall, by warning law-breakcrs that
fraud would not be allowed to succeed, and by
giving assurance to honest voters that their
rights would be protected
This understanding gave much encourage
ment to Republicans throughout the country.
1t was hoped that The day of aimess discussion
and divided counsels had passed, and that the
majority would now set itself to do faithfully
the work necessary for the public welfare. But
what have We seen I Monday was wasted
On Tuesday the attempt to reach the consd-
Grafton of election cases was defeated by six
teen Republicans who voted with the Demo-
Gratis. Shortly afterwaTd an attempt to reach
the Tariff Commission bill was defeated by Il
much larger majority, and the House consented
to tolerate IN exhibition of the shallOwcst and
most contemplate demagogisn designed to
catch the favor of Irish voters at the expense Of
making the Nation play the part al an unreas-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-04-27
DISHJNG THE ENGLISH RADICALS.

IINHJNG
The English Conservatives may not find it so
easy as they imagined 1t would he to " dish the
Radicals in land reform legislation Mr..
Smiths motion for an extension Of the purchase
clauses of the Land Act has been eagerly
caught up by the party as an ingenious device
for alternating the support which Mr.. Glad
stones Government still receives in Ireland aud
for creating new divisions in the Liberal
ranks The scheme has been preached at a
most Convenient crisis. The Coercion Acts
have not enabled the Government To rcpress
aorarian crime. The Land Act las broken
down. for at the present rate of progress it will
be five years before the applications that are
now before the Court can be disposed of, and
ONLY one out Of five tenants las taken the
trouble of filing petition for judicial interven-
ton. The pressure of business in Court has
not been relieved by voluntary agreements
based upon its decisions. The breach between
landlords and tenants has been wdened. The
area OF discomfort has been enlarged. Coer-
cion has not disaImed, concession has not
pacatcd, the Irish tenantry. The Conserva-
tves, without dlstorting the facts, can assert
that the Government has failed alike in its
repressiye measures and in It's tentative re-
forms This they have done with one consent
and to add to the embaTassments of the
Ministry, they have brought forward n remedy
Of their own for Irish ailments. This is q
scheme of peasant proprietOrshIp.
Mr.. Smiths motion reads "That in the
sVpmion of this House further legislation is i'm
"peIatiyely required to provide increased
facilities to enable tenants to acquire the
"freehold of their land in their occupation on
lust and reasonable terms" That is to say,
increased facilities" in comparison with those
Afforded by the Bright Clauses in 1870 and by
the Land Act of 1881. One of the Clauses
authorized the Landed Estates Court to legalize
the purchase of holdings in fee simple when
ever landlords and tenants could agree upon
terms. The other Clause empowered the
Board of Works to advance tNO-thirds Of the
purchase money to tenants wishing to buy
holdings in estates sold by order of the same
Court This advance was to be repaid by an
nuities at the rate OF per cent running thirty
five years. The Clauses were practically in
operative, few tenants having a third OF Tia G
purchase money TO spare, and those who had it
finding the terms oil preemptOn under the
Church Act more liberal. These proyi sions are
enlarged in the present Land Act, three fourths
instead of two-thirds Of the purchase money
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-04-27

being advanced to the tenant. When, there
fore. Mr.. Smith and the Conservatives propose
10 grant sincreased facilities" they must in
tend either to advance the whole OF the
tenants purchase money, or else to compensate
the landlord for selling holding at u reduced
valuation The motion has not been debated
in the Commons, so that the scheme is still Ill
defined and inchoate, but it is possible that re
course will DO had to the Prusslan system, the
landlord receiving debentures which may De
held as first charge upon the land. III the
landlord can be induced to sell his land cheap,
he will insist upon receiving securities WHICH
can be readily negotiated, and when there is so
wide n margin between the tenants and the
landowners valuation, it will not be easy to
fix the selling price. Obviously, if Increased
facilities are to be afforded by this Conserva-
tive scheme, the landlord as well as the tenant
is to profit by them. The proposal implies
"increased facilities" for selling rather than
for buying.
How does Mr.. Gladstone meet this vague
scheme for the creation of a peasant proprle-
tary by means of State aid pledged to both
landlords and tenants The latest dispatches
indicate that he will cordially accept the assist
1870 and in 1881 the Conservatives protested
against any State system Tor the conversion OF
tenants into proprietOrs. If they have now
abandoned their ground and taken an advanced
position close to his own line of attack upon
Irish dsaffection, he can OTTER with good grace
to join forces with them in practical legislation
The establishment of peasant proprietary III
Ireland is a Liberal idea twelve years old, and
the provisions of the present Land Act can be
easily modified so as to facilitate the purchase
of estates. For example, if landlord and tenant
are to exchange places through the inter
vcntion of the State, the value Of the holding
must be agreed upon, and the Land Court can
determine a judicial price as easily rs judicial
rent. Mr.. Gladstone can, therefore, meet the
Conservatives more than half way. 1t is prob
able, however, that Mr.. Smith and his col
leagues are only half in earnest in their new
born zeal for peasant proprietary. They are
more anxious to "dish the Radicals" and to
upset Mr.. Gladstone than they are to put an
end to agrarian strife in Ireland If they find
him welcoming reinforcement from an unex-
pected quarter they may suddenly lose heart
and fall back in dlsmay.
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onirg and outrageous bully. The day was
wasted, and Democratic demagOgism venti-
lated itself at the public expense, while inc
rights of all honest voters and the interests OF
industrious laborcrs were negected-all be-
cause some Republicans were not Whilhg u
act according to the understanding IN caucus.
1t must be apparent that this sort Oh .hins
will bring upon the Republican party all tno
discredit of wasted session ana gross neg
lect of public needs. The defeat OF efforts 10
secure consideration for the bill to extend oank
charters. a measure of the utmost importance
IN all trade and industry, is another lllustia-
tion. II is now reported that MIR. Crapo' VINO
has tbo hill in charge. has about completed an
agreement with leading Democrats by WHICH
concessions which they dictate shall DC maue'
81 that they will allow the bill to be considered
The amendments which they insist upon IL Is
hardly necessary to say, are calculated 10 iiaho
tbe banking system less strong, less elfcient
and less likely to continue In existence ii lhe
course of the bond market and other inanclal
ovcnts should prompt a surrender of circula-
ton. In particular it is proposed to revive
sections ). 159 and 5,1GO, Revised Statutes, so
that banks shall be compelled to surrender CIR
tirely. or else buy bonds enough to deposit an
amount equal to one-third of their capital
With three and a half per cents vanishing
rapidly by retirement, and with four per cents
selling at 121l2, this provision alone would DC
ant to drive ont of the system many oil inc
banks Mt commercial centres. Yet this proVi-
sion, it is asserted, "will be accepted by the
Republicans, in order to get some hearing for a
measure of vital necessity.
Which party has the majority in this House
Did not the people elect a majority OF members
supposed to be Republicans Did they not ex-
poct. and have the right to expect, that TINS
majority would act with the sound sense, the
fidelity to public interests and the practcai
efficiency which have hitherto distinguished
Republican from Democratic malouties Dld
they not have right to expect better things
than we have seen