The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-11-24
OUR PH1E1PSBUR9 LETTER

"a OooOs00 SA0~
Not Thankful fora
Curl sally Ambl..
tious Spirits.
A Model Mining Report.
Etc. Etc. Etc.
PH1LlPsBURG, Nov. Is, 1888.
Editor Butte Miner:
1t deligh,s- tue to Observe that thu
good people of the Flint Mining Dis
trict are In the enjoyment of excel
lent health. For being thus vouch'
safed this greatest of Divine blessings
these same people desire, through the
columns of your widely read journal,
to extend to the inhabitants of this
Territory, generally, the assn ances
of their high aud profound consider
alton. This expression may be con-
sidered in the light OF a proclamation
Of Thanksgiving, with the district
above referred to under the wire
and ahead. While this tribute Of oul
respect and regard for others is not
only sincerely spontaneous as well as
destitute Of every selfish motive
whatever, still, to those disposed to
cavil and take unworthy exception,
it is but just to state that we neither
inquire after the health, moral or
physical, of any one, or care a d-n
| whether it Is good or bac; we simply
Insist upon being courteous and po-
lite. This subject disposed of l
cheerfully proceed to the discussion
of graver matters, notably those af-
|fectine our social and material well
fare.
At a recent meeting OF our local
| de Eating club a resolution was intro
duced and adopted unanimously that
"1he Presidents Thanksgiving proc
tlamaticn, 50 far as it may effect this
section Of Deer Lodge county, he and
is hereby declared slightly prema-
ture.n Should our nations chief, in
the perusal Of his daily MINER, feel
incensed at the wide publicity given
the above resolution, he has the con-
sent of every member of said club to
yet majestlcally enraged and while
in that condition Major M. Maginnis
might, with proper Difference, present
the following: Sire! In the star sys-
tenn of postal service I perceive route
No. -. between Edwardsville, a sta
ton on the n. p. r. r., via New
Chicago, with Philipsburg, a place of
much prominence in Deer Lodge
county. M. T., as the terminal point,
and I also observe, your majesty, that
the contractors OF said route not only
draw their pay with the most persist
ent regularity, but admit, under
strong protest, that it is about the
only thing they do do. This lament
able state Of affairs your royal nibs
may solely attribute to the scoun-
drelly negligence of sundry postal
agents on the Northern Pacific rail-
road. I learn that, without excep-
ticn, each OF these fiends have a g ri
in Missoula. and thus it is that the
mail does not reach the contractor.
That the Butte MINER and New
North West, two journals %irreproach-
able in standing and excellence. ney-
er greet the longing eyes Of many
hundred of subscribers. 1 pre-
mi.e, therefore, your serenity, that
this action originates with some one
who appreciates good literature and
who would see you Enthusiastically
before he would join with you in
prisons to the Most High for benefits
promised, but not received. Correct
Martin! II they would only think
SO. Its just about as easy for the
agents, in the distribution of mai
matter, to throw a package in the
Edwardsville box, as it is to get it in
to the Missoula bin. and, until they
work around to this opinion, we are
not a paying community. che Pres
ident's proclamation to the contrary
Notwithstanding
Tunnel No. 3 of the Granite noun
tain mine, has struck pay ore. The
header stands in very high grade
rock. This magnificent property is
in charge Of Frank l.. Brown, Engr.,
q Califcrn ia miner who has had Is
years of practical experience in min
ing. Under his careful supervision
everything affecting the develop.
ment and improvement Ct the Gran
lite mine is decided and arranged and
it is pleasurable to record that the
visiting miner finds nothing to GEN.
and everything to commend in
Mr.. BIS management Of this plant.
The crushing Of 1.5N tons of ore;
taken as it came from the slopes,
yielded the Granite company, eight
tons of silver. 999 fine. AS thousands
and thousands of tons yet remain. it
would be an excellent idea for those
who do not favor the decentralization
of silver coin, to buy in this proper
ty. The president of the company
wires me that it can be purchased for
5000, OOO, 900.
If the Diamond drill finds ore in
the Silver Chief ground, Superin-
tendent Perkins will visit California
during the winter of 1871. From the
present outlook his chances for a
protracted stay in this region are
good.
The new shaft sunk Oh the Hope
ground to explore the ore body struck
by the Diamond drill has reached