The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1883-11-10
the wind in Benton recently blew at the
rate of fitty-two miles an hour.

| Uulcn. III Is saiQ YOU can Wlllttle OIL tn
native ore with knife Gallatin count,
will yet loom up as mining county.
Judge Mcclure has left for trip t. th
eastern states. With the judges Thorough
knowledge Of Montana's resources
and tho ability to describe them, h.
will undoubtedly give the territory q sooc
send off
from the Montana district th.t place
ground has been struck on Snow creek
There would nothing surprising ini this
rs the leads of that vicinity all carry NOR,
or less gold.
The shipment of beef cattle from tn,
Yellowstone valley has averaged seventy
five carloads per day for the past six
weeks, and the railroad officials are taxed
to their utmost to furnish cars to supply
the increasing demand,
The 4O0th anniversary Of the birth o
Martin Luther will be celebrated in alley
Idaho, on the 10th of November, by ap.
propriate servisas. Luther's hymns will
be sung, addresses will be made, and fine
orchestral music rendered
According To the Yellowstone Journal,
| arse numbers OF Miles City citizens dali '
visit the brewery to take drink from the
artesian we'll. From this item We iIfsr
that the Lying Club recently established
there is still in its pristine vigor.
The Canadian Pacific Railway officers
say that the distance from New York To-
Poat Moody over their road when COM
| pleled will be 3,l64 miles; whcr. US the dis
| rance between New York and San Fran
cisco, by the shortest lines is 1881 miles
Stephen Gainan brought in Monday last
1864 ounces Of gold dust and nuggets from
his claims OH Browns gulch The stuff" F."
is worth \ little over s., 400. ard is the re
suit Of five montha' labor Of two men on
ground that had been previously worked.
The storm Sunday night demolished
abou: fifty feet OF F.. Goughnour's shed
and mxde kindling wood Of considerable
valuable lumber One of the pieces Of hy.
ing timber stuck Mr.. Gouyhnour in the
eye. and now he wears q wrong font optic.
-Entxrprise.
The overhead line across the main
range, fifteen miles west of Helena, will be
dispensed with OH and after Monday next.
The great tunnel will come into use on
that day and all traffic of the Northern
Pacific will pass through it after that date
--lnderendsnt
Henry W. Millard proprietor Of fine
coal bank OIL Belt, jus above Castner's, is
i'll tho city. He reports having a vein OF
coal five feet nine inchs free from alatc,
sulphur or iron. The tunnel is in sbou,
800 feet on the vein. AMI the coal has bean
improving ell the way in.-River Press.
William WInschcll, of Springs Station
on the Billings road. has built dam and
prepared quite u nice lake for the reception
Of number of salmon trout which he is
now securing i'll the mountains. Mr.. Win
scheil proposes to have fish enough next
year to supply all this section Of the
country Record.
The Northern Pacific has issued tie fol-
l"wins: An agency has been established at
Big Timber formerly known as Dornix)
on the Yellowstone division Js6 miles west
OF St. Paul, and c. :. Page has been ap-
pointed agent thsreat 1t will not he nee
essary to prepay freight to this point to
date from November lst, 1888.
Canadian company has staked ard
located a patch OF ground in the Hot
Springs mining district, from the Hot
Springs down to the ground of the Balti- |
more company. and will do their prospect |
ing this winter. This makes the fourth |
with the capital which has gone
into the EmigraI.t Gulch region
The amount of ore worked in October. |
in the l1auser & Hotter mines, was $50 |
tons amount Of gold saved 493 ounces
net value. sS,7s6.15. The average assay
value of tailings is SCI in gold, and seven !
ounces in silver per ton--total value in !
$50 tons, 3l.l90.OO. Total expense for !
mining and milling. S4.G per nn-Mincral !
Argus,
The marble shaft TO be erected over Jno.
Bozeman' grave arrived last week and will !
be set up Immediately. 1t i, inscribed as
follows: ''In memory of John NJ Boze-
man, age. - years. Killed by Blackfset
Indians on the Yellowstone, April Is,
1867. He was native of Georgia. was one
Of the first settlers in Bozeman, and from
whom the town takes its nams"
Arthur Marston has discovered fine
vein Of copper ore not many miles from
Bozen,an, says the Courier. which grows
in richness as it is worked. He intends
sinking shaft snd making ether develop
ments before winter sets in. Mr. Earston
S son of the famous London publisher,
sad if the mine proves rich can command
4 the money needed for its sue essful
workiu.
The Bozeman Courier is nothing if net
This is the touching way ii
slludes to the Miles CITY fire: Again it is
Ilr sad iuly To chronicle the work of de-
ISOLATION and destruction wrought by the
ire tiend. Thi. time the fair little lamiat
}! Miles City is victim. 1t receives a
,rIlshi'g blow simed st its leading indus
ry-thirtesn saloons were burned to the
ground" i
The Lexington Mini x Company, who
nave under bond tic Princeton lead in