The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-10-17
The Semi Weekly Mine
Local News
Fromthe Daily of Tuesday.

Twelve bars of Alice bullion, val
ued at Sl6,293.4l, passed Though
Ogden last Thursday.
Nennor again predicts and thus:
"a rather severe October, but open
weather afterward. January, 1884,
wet and open Unusual warmth for
the winter of 1884. No ice, or hardly
any" Thanks.
The weeks receipts of the Jaw Rial
company III Helena were between
5000 and S $500. That's the kind
Of a show town Helena is when a
good company comes along.-Mde.
peadent, l4M.
1t is rumored, but we have been
unable to obtain good authority fer
it, that the handsome stone monu-
mants, at the rne Of Main and
Broadway and Main anu Park streets,
are to be torn down AID is.ributed
II ,versely across Main street. We
don't believe it.
Mr.. w. J. Mccormick, of Missou-
la, telegraphed the MINER yesterday
that the Mjssoula county democracy
had instructed its delegates to the
district convention to support the
Hon. e.. W. Stapleton for district
delegate to the constitutional con-
ventiom to v at Helena the
18th of January next.
The Indian reservations in Mon
tana, according to General Harris
estimate, contains over 46, 900 square
miles, or in round numbers, nearly
10000, 900 acres. This seems like a
very large body Of land to be with
held from settlement and improve
ment for the sole use of 5000 or 90
900 rowing Observation-Disclosures,
18th.
Messrs. j. II. 3. Foster and Capt.
John Mccormick, of the Democratic
Central committee of this county,
desire to announce that the Demo
cratic Central Committee will meet
the Republican Central Committee
Thursday, the 18th inst, for the pur-
pose of selecting joint delegates to
represent this county in the Terri
torial constitutional Convention to
convene at Helena January II, 1884.
At $3.50 p. III. yesterday a fire
broke out in n of the rooms of Mrs.
Miller's lodging house on East
Broadway. The room had been oc-
cupied by a male bcarder, and one of
the girls in the house, passing through
the hall, noticing the smoke, gave
the alarm. Fortunately the fire had
not gained much heahway, and the
application of a few pitcherfuls of
water ex:inguished the flames before
the fire companies had time to render
assistance, although they were
promptly on hand. The paper on
the partition and part of the straw
mattress were burned. The cause
was supposed 10 be carelessness on
the pa t of the occupant of the room.
Col. NJ. Shaughnessy, who has just
arrived from Salt Lake via. Wood
River, informs us that the mines in
the vicinity OF the latter place are
looking II hundred per cent. better
than a year ago. He says while
about this time last year there was
some doubt as TO how tie mines
would hold out. that now confidence
has been restored in them and some
excellent mines are being developed,
in that section speaks
in favor of their future pros
poets. Col. Shaughnessy is the own
er Of the Isele lode, and states that
they are down on that mine about
3325 feet, as far as the present ma
chinery will admit of, but that in
the spriug heavier and power
machinery will be putin place, when
the sinking will be resumed. There
IRE altogether, in this mine, about :
600 feet of levels east and west from
the shaft. The vein is about 20 feet <
wide. The ore will average 80 OF.