The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-07-13
FROM PHILIPsBuRG.
HoW the Fourth Was >pent---Mining Mat
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Correspondence Ee1c NORTH Essi =
PHILirs3uRG, July SIN consequence Of
the dnilness of the times ani th 'xtrrme
scarcity OF money it was thought tina our
great national holiday would pass by unno-
ticed in this camp A few of our More er-
thusiastic and patriotic citiz-n,, however,
were not di>pnsed to allow any such thing,
and although We did not have the GRAFTON,
the reading, and the balance of the spread
eagle business, nevertheless we did have n
very pleasant and enjoyable day. When the
sun came around on his daily visit he found
the Stars AMI Stripes waving him a welcome
from many u iiIgpole. The school children,
under Ehr charGr of their very eificient
teacher, Mr.. ID. NJ. Durfee, cr!sora eel the day
by picUlckinG n the Fred Burr and in
the afCel noon pretty much every bOiy con
gregated on the race track. lt has h.ru said
that If England Should br entirely Il .srro I'd
by AN cart hnuake, that tn. citz"ns wanld
mana2" s"n. how or othrr TO meet in the
next worth and Celebrate the event by pub.
lie dinner. Phiiipsburg und.r similar ca,
iamIis wouid decidedly do il with hnr =
race Th" race for this ucca ion VIZ a half
mile and repeat, open to all ios a horses hut
race horses There were four -utri NAL e..
r. Macdonald entered "Crnppg," g. Ham
mond Billy Longs "Dumpling," JUG, ROM
bauer Gray Dick" AMI Domini VI lon
"HaEripgton's Billy" Crnrpy WI. with
drawn gu the track. Dumping va. ia fay.
orite in .ha pools, and stayed with hi fri"mlS
I ia good shape, winning the first heat "a iiN
in Sal, and shutting out the field on thu. - -
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ball at the Kaiser House, and very body
went to bed happy.
The Hope mill still continues TO run, and
the diamond drill il doing good work
prospecting on the Hope hill. Mr. Taylor,
the gentleman who has it in charge, imforms d
me that he sunk seventy-one feet in one day
last week.
The Algonquin mill is still running on
Granite mountain ore, with the same mag
niicent rrsults.
Several capitalists and numb.r of min
ing experts have viit-d Us wirhin tn last
few days, but a. yet no sales have BEEN re.
ported.
Negotiations are still reported for the San
Francisco. This mine, TIL development OF
which has cau>rd quite a little excitement
and Is at present the Center of much Interest
l. situated right at the dividing line of the
granite and lime formations, about a mile
| and n quarter from here Groupings wer.
readily followed upon 1t for over n thousand
| feet. Three shafts have been sunk, the deep
est Is sixty feet, in which they found man
ganese carrying from 100 to 1l9 ounces to the
| ton. a tunnel was then started 1900 feet
from this shaft, In which at "A feet they
struck the lead, upon which they have rur
35 feet. The breast of ore in the tunnel has
| averaged about six feet AMI assays from 10 &c
4Ss ounces to the ton, The precious metal i,
found in quartz porphyry AMI gtl-na, tn,
porphyry Carrying a mucn n ditto 20 ounces
The mine is most drsirably siiuarr'i fol
working purposes. Hundreds of toas of at,
| can be taken ont of IL ut a comparative y
small cost and reduced without difficulty
| And this mine in the hands of Il wealthy anc
enter prising company would rank un A.
| producer with any other in the Territory
excepting, perhaps, the Granite Mountain
mine alone. Mr.. Joseph Bush IN taking GU
some splendid ore from his mine in tn,
Granite Mountain; L. Rusewarr-n il run
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| Myatery.
| James ODonnel paid us f,ing visit from
Boulde, where he reports everything to be- II
a state of prosperity, a number of building
have been begun and the place brgins to a,
sumo the appearance of a town. He, Mr.
ODonnei, in company with John Rains o
this place, has erected an elegant establi>h
ment for the relief of "those who thirst,
and as jimmy runs the thing and has n kee,
appreciation of what q good drink Is him
self, the weary traveller need not he afraid t.
top and refresh. Robert Macdonald. PETE.
',uith and Billy Pollard started to day fo
silver Hill, over in the Silver Lake district
hey have taken up some claims in that 10
;ality and are going to see If there is an.
hing in them. LEoNTf