The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-06-17

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Our 1xchanCeo.
Monday afternoon 1,751.78 ounces q
ane silver were received 1t the q. 6.
Amy once, Helena, from the Alta
Montana Company ct Wickes to b run
into bar.
The o'ntcact to make 200, 900 common
brick and $1,000 fire brick for the Greg
DRY Company, has been given to Mr.
Isaac Keller, Of Helena.
Mr.. c. n Cotter brought into Helena
on Friday hst 800 ounces Of gold, the
result Of ten days. run ON tho Hickey
mine with ten-stamp mill The mine
= looking splendidly. They are work
ing o. the 9o0-Aoot level, bat have start
Cd On the 2oo-foet level, and are in 100
feet. They are at present ts king ore
ftom the shaft ct the west end Of the
Hickey lode, and the mine has from
three to seven feet Of solid pay orc on
the lower level. It costs - per ton to
mine and mill this ore, and II averaged
$s5 per ton in gold, the last run made,
which b about the usual average. Cot
ter L Hickey have 400 tons Of THE kind
Of orc on their dump, and more than
enough to keep their mill running for
two yean II sight, even with the small
developments already made.
Ex-stage driver Charles Morrill,, who
formerly drove between Missoula and
the Nouth-ofB Bear, Wa recently subp0.
naed to 80 to Warrington and tsetify in
the Star Route cases. Pat Birmingham,
who keeps the station ct the Aouth-oE.
Bear has already gone, it Il stated, on .
like efTand. Several others have been
summoned.
The steamer General Terry will make
regular trips between Miles City and
Billings. The only beat that ever got up
the river - far - Billings now stands,
va the Josephine, in 1850. The trip,
and tho point reached, was considered Of
such importance that the tree to which
they tied up to was called the Josephine
tree.
According to report, there are about
2,Wo men It Cabinet landing. All
through that region there h plenty Of
timber land Of pine and cedar. The
trees are % large that in order to clear
them away itbeoomes necessary to blow
them out Of the way by means Of blast
ing. The Englishman woald call It Z
''blazsted country"
The Miles City Baptist Church b the
only Protestant Church edi6ce between
Nandan and Boseman, on the line Of
tho n. p. r. r.
Helena rejoices in the possession Of 4
telephone system.
VIM. b. 6hanks left Benton for Coal
Banks one day ]ast week, and will work
q vein Of coal there. He has also taken
. prospecting pan and expects to find
gold in paying quantities in the same
vicinity.
The Dillon ztjbwae says it, readefs
are ''lian and horse thieves" II they
don't believe that the anticipated ereo'
ton Of . grit mill on the Bannack
brook = good idea.
A number Of prominent citisens ol
the Southwestern portion Of Montana
are discassing the matter q holding q
hir during the coming fAll.
Inspector General Sanders, Of the De
partment Of Dakota, y on . tour Of in
spection Of the Montana military posts,
and in all has staeS and ambulance
travel Of 500 miles before comprising
his entire journey. On his return from
l(issoula he goes north to Forts Shaw
and Assinaboine. Turning back from
the latter point he expects to catch
steamer ct Cal Banks for Rocky Point.
and reach Naginnis from the latter p]ace
BY ambulance. From Haginnis be
doublee back TO the river and takea
steamer for Fort Stevenson, Buford and
Lincoln, going from the latter post to
Bismarck BY private conveyance, and
thence By the Northern Pacific to head
quarter ct st. Paul, or Fort Smelling,
midway between that city and Mime
apolis. The Colonel, en- route to Hef
ena, inspected Forts Keosh, Custer and
Ellis, and from the end Of the track
availed himself Of the Stages ~ the most
expeditions means Of travel.
A Mounted Tournament.