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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-11
The Montana Mining and Milling
Company.

Referring to an article recently
published in the MINER, the Madi-
sonidn says:
1--WE reproduce from the Butte
MINER an article in which dispar-
aging reference is made to the opera
tions of the Montana Gold Mining
and Milling Company. 1t cannot be
denied that there has been gross mis-
representation, as we'll as bungling
management, of the mines of this
company under former superin-
tendentents, leaving the affairs
of the concern in a deplorable
state. We are not sufficiently in
formed in regard to the company to
speak by the card of its present con-
dition; but if u information be
correct, the statements of the MINER
are somewhat exaggerated, and the
cause of past failures has been due to
the presence of base metals in the
ores, which rendered it impossible to
save the gold and silver, by tho free
milling process employed. We un-
derstand that the company
is putting up concentrating
works aud expects te re-
trieve the losses of the past by a differ
ent treatment of the ores. Still, if
the company, as the MINER alleges,
is apout to place large blocks of stock
on the eastern market, we are of the
opinion. that Investors will do we'll
to be cautious about dabbling in
them, at least until the result of the
new method of treatment be ascer-
tained."
The article referred to was based
upon information believed to be re-
liable and was published for the ben
eft of those who had made inquiries
concerning the property. The MI
NER is not disposed to throw dust
upon any enterprise which possesses
the elements of legitimacy, and we
republish the comments of the Addi-
sonian that the Montana Gold Min
ing 4 Milling Company may have
the full benefit Of the doubt which
they raise.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-11
A Watery Grave.

A. G. Towner met with a tragic
death last Wednesday morning at
the Benton landing, in full view of a
large crowd of people. He was en-
ployed on the ferry boat. The boat
was about to leave its moorings and
Towner ran forward to push the boat
from the shore. Some person was
standing in his way and he sprang
on to the upper guard. He lost his
balance, fell into the river, and was
instantly carried under the boat. He
did not appear until the current had
carried him some fifty feet below
when his hands were zen to appear
above the water. HI rose again for
an instant further down, and that
was the last ever seen of him.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-11
Dillon Sampling Works.

Upon the arrival of Freight Agents
Shelby and Mcconnell and Supt. st.
Clair at Dillon, a conference with the
business men of that city vas held,
in which a free expression of opin-
ions was had between the citizens
and officials upon freight matters.
During the meeting MI. Shelby,
speaking as the representative Of the
Union Pacific, said it is the object of
the company to develop or aid in de-
veloping the country through which
its main line or its feeders pass. To
aid this section Mr. Shelby expressed
the opinion that Dillon, by reason of
its central position and accessibility,
was the proper point at which to
build sampling works, and that the
railroad company would lend its in
fuence and aid to the project if the
Citizens of Dillon would inaugnrate
the movement.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-11
Produce market Report.

butte, NJ. T., July 7, 1883.
The following are the wholesal
prices paid by merchants and hote
KEEPERS for the commodities enumer.
ated, delivered from the wagons
Price list carefully corrected every
Saturday: .
@Flourj Ruby Valley, xxx, $4.O(
Mill Greek, xxx. $3.50
per cwt.l
Kansas xxx $3.50.
Bakers, $3.50.
Mill Creek, New Process, $500.
Gallatin, $40 per cwt.
Union Mills, New Process, Cream
of the Valley, $500
Ruby Valley, NEW process) $4.OO.
Union Mills xxx Snow flake,
$3.50.
Utah Common, 1925
Utah Choice, $500.
Graham, $500.
Wheat per H., % cts.
Butter, per h., s2@s5 cts.
Eggs, per case, $500.
Corn Meal, sc.
Beef, carcass, 124 cts.
Hay per ton, $23@$25
Bailed Hay, per ton, $22@23.
Cheese, 20@2 cts.
Barley, $2.25@2.5O per cwt.
Dried beans, Montana, 7 cts.
Mutton, 10 cts.
Pork, dressed, Is cts. per Id.
Veal, 15cts. per ID.
Chickens, live, $12 per dozen.
Wood, $5.2 @ $500
Potatoes, 81. 30@1.5 y cwt.
Sausage, Is cts. per Id.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-11
Stability of the Mining Industry.

The revival of mining interests
and the proofs of real value that are
being manifested in the older dis
tricts and neglected mines of Nevada
and some Of the States where mining
was i~naugurated years ago and has
been suffered to decline, proves most
conclusively the permanence and sta
bility Of the industry of mining so
far ss its resources are concerned.
Many mines, and in fact whole dis
tlicts in Il number of the older States
have been for some time practically
abandoned. The excitement OF newer
localities, the alluring promise of
better advantages, cost of t%ransporta-
ton. unfavorable legislation and 9TH
er influences have tended to turn at
tentiOn from the old TO the new, but
in the past year there has been a
marked Increase of activity and in
terest in the field where gold and sill
YER was first discovered and mined in
this country extensively. Antago-
nistic legislation in California during
the past year has robbed the country
Ofone and a half million dollars in
gold by reducing the product that
amount, besides i~nficting a loss that
cannot now be estimated, upon the
improvements and investments, that
have been made to prosecute the
business of gold mining upon
the most magnificent and extensive
scale. Recently many of the old and
almost forgotten mines of Utah, Cal.
ltornia and Nevada have been placed
in working condition, and the re-
suits are SO favorable that a general
recognition of the real worth Of these
properties has created an interest
that promises to eclipse the history
of former times. Not only are the
old mines found to be valuable and
promising, but new discoveries are
coming to light in ground that has
been neglected for years:
These things have a double value
from the fact that they show that the
mines themselves have never been
wanting il value and worth and are
proving that mining, whenever pros
ecuted in a business like way, never
Tails to yield y satisfactory return for
all well directed efforts. The awaken
Ing interest in the old districts means
now the establishment of mining up
on a permanent and reliable basis
and will prove a valuable example to
uaose operating in other localities
Erchange.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-11
Fum19ate tho New Brunswick.

The development Of another case
of small pox at the New Brunswick
Hotel, and the death Of the patient,
D. P. Baxter, yesterday morning,
has given, rise to considerable un-
favorable comment regarding the
failure of the proper authorities to
adopt necessary measures for stamp
ing out the disease in that seat of in
lection. It is a known fact that
all of the six cases which have been
developed in the city can be traced
directly to the New Brunswick Ho-
tel, or to contact with the original
case which was treated in that house;
and yet, as we are informed, no steps
whatever have been taken to disin.
feet the building by fumigation or
otherwise. Had effective measures
been taken to disinfect the
house, in the incipiency of
the disease, it is probable
that at least three Of the cases now
under treatment would have been
prevented. It is understeod now that
Mrs. Baxter, the deceased proprie-
tors wife, shows strong symptoms of
the dread disease. The fact that the
building is infected is palpable to
everybody, and we voice the senti-
ment of the community in demand
ing. prompt action on the part of the
board of health for it's immediate and
thorough dissinfection. Let tho &C.
cupants be removed, with such pre-
cautions as are necessary to avoid tho
exposure OF others by contact or 9TH
er wise; then let such articles a. have
been in contact with small pox pa
tients be burned, and the remainder,
with the building, be thoroughly fu-
migated by sucL means as are most
approved by the medical faculty.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-11

The Inter Mountains Weak and
Vapid Attempt to Apollo
gize For tho Moral OBJ
liqu1t1es of q Mon
tana Official.

In a characteristic sereed the gutter
snipe that disgraces Montana journal
ism in the columns of the Inter
Mountain refers to q matter which
has attracted public attention and
caused more or less comment by the
press of the Territory. 1t probably
would have been quite a. we'll for the
good name of the Territory if the
newspapers of Montana had not even
mentioned the matter, but left its SET
Element to the good people who have
felt themselves imposed upon and
seandalized. But as it has been par
TALLY ventilated it seems to he the
general opinion that all the facts in
connection with tho case should be
made known. 1t is not a Ease
in which the private character
of a private man is called in
question, nor is it n in which
there is desire on the part of any
one ito drag into notorious publicity
the private affairs of a Montana fed
eral official" But it is one which
has forced itself upon public notice
by reason of the stain it leaves upon
the fair name Of the Territory. The
private life of this or that editor cuts
no figure in the cas- But if it did,
there is no writer for the press in the
Territory who would suffer in a COM
parison of private character with the
official in question unless it be the
moral leper whose poisonous, disgust
ing exhalations are thrown upon the
community through the columns of
our evening contemporary. 1t is
we'll known that endowment houses
do not breed angels, and the very
questionable conduct of the "Mon-
tana federal official" may find an
in tho fetid issue of that
Mormon m~onstrosity, bnt the refined
and cultured people of the Territory
are not disposed to countenance or
by their silence lend their approval
to his crookedness. One thing,
however, is certain, that no threats,
ne cowardly, contemplate insinua-
tions will deter any editor in the
Territory. who fully appreciates the
full measure of his responsibility to
the public. from publishing any mat
ter which may tend to purge the fed
eral Offices Of this Territory of an I'M
worthy occupant. When the MINER
is placed in possession Of all the facts
in the case, it for enc, will make
them known.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-11
SHERIFF'S SALE.

John N. White, plaintiff, against Edward L.
Criswell and william Thompson, defendants.
To be sold at Sheriffs sale, on the 2srd day of
July, A.. D.. 1889, at 2 O'Clock p. m, at the front
door Of the Court House, in the City of Butte,
County of Silver Bow, Territory Of Montana, all
the right, title and estate which defendant ,
Edward l. Criswell, had on tbs 18th day ofMay,'
1882, the date of said mortgage) or has since ac-
quired in and to that lot or parcel Of ground
bounded as follows, viz: Beginning at the north
section corner to sections Nos. II and Is, +. 8, N.
r: s. w. bears north $50 3V east, 80 feet
distant, and running thence south $50 so west
100 feet, thence south 80 4y west 81 feet, thence
north $40 25 east 100 feet, and thence north 80
45 east 40 feet to place of beginning. said prop
srty being the eastern extremity of the Nightin-
gale lode claim, together with all improvements
thereon, said property being in Silver Bow
County, Montana Territory. 4july-sW4w
Dated this and day Of July, A. D. 1883.
GEORGE W. IRWIN, H.,
Sheriff ofSilver Bow County, M T.
Knowles 4 Forbis, attorneys for plaintiff.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-11
Personal.

G.. A. Clark and NJ. j. Parkinson
are registered from Glendale.
M. D. Galbraith of Deer Lodge, is
taking in the great mining center.
Col. w. F. Sanders, the war horse
of the Republican party, is expected
to arrive in Butte to-day.
E. L. Bonner is up from Deer
Lodge and will spend a few days
looking after his Butte interests.
James Evans, an employe of the
grocery department in the extensive
establishment of John CaPlice & Co.,
has gone east to attend a family re-
union.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-11
From the Daily Of Tuesday.
A GRlNNlNG ETON
Probable Murder ofa wel-Kn own
Miner,
Tns Find Of Three Prospectors
In the Mountains.

The MINER is in receipt of the fol-
lowing letter which probably refers
to the remains Of. J. F. Lees, an old
M0ntanian and miner formerly we'll
known at Jefferson, Clancy and
Helena.
MOUTH OF TENDERFoOT CREEK
June, 18, 1883.
Editor Miner:
Enclosed please find a letter which
the undersigned found near the
skeleton OF q man supposed to be
murdered. We found him about
sixty miles from Boar Paw. We
buried the remains a. decentlv as
We could. The only clue we could
get was this letter, found in the frag-
ments of an old coat near the
remains. 1t refers to some 'City of
b." which must mean Butte. If
you can find this man Boyle please
inform him that his friend has prob
ably been murdered, and he had bet
ter write to his folks, if he knows
anything about them. 1t looks as
though tho deceased had written the
letter and never got . chance to mail
it. W. enclose the letter itself Just
as We found it. Please preserve it,
Is it may help to trace the dead
mans identity. We do not know
the initials of this man Boyle. or we
would write to him.
J.. F. McCLoUD,
JULIUS BEAUPRE,
e. FALLERDO.
The letter referred to as enclosed,
is dated "near Bear Paw, May 1st.
1883" addressed simply "Mr. Boyle"
and signed ~. F.. Lees" though
the Initials ~. F.j are IL
legible and somewhat doubtful.
The contnets of the letter indicate
that the writer had been in negotia-
ton with Mr. Boyle for the Snow
drift mine, located near Hogem, in
Jefferson county, and it contains q
conditional offer for tho property.
A. H. Mallory, of this city, has had
some correspondence with a Mr..
Boyle, whose initials he thinks are
J. F., who resides at st. Louis, in
Jefferson county, and from references
TO the mine and surrounding loca-
tions,i in the letter, he thi nks the
Snowdrift is the property offered to
him by the Mr. Boyle he correspond
ed with. Mr.. Mallory also recollects
meeting q mining operator named
Lees, in Helena, about the 18th Of
last August. J. w. Whitlatch rec
objects q J. F. Lees who did contract
work for him in the Whitlatch Union
mine In 1866 rs, and who operated
extensively at Jefferson and Clancy.
The letter written by the deceased in
dictates that he was q man of some
means and probably had a considers
BILE sum upon his person. It is hoped
that the above clues may lead to the
discovery of the unfortunate mans
identity. His letter will be held in
the MINER office subject to the order
Of Mr.. Boyle, from whom we would
be glad to hear, with any facts in his
possession regarding the identity,
movements and relations of Mr.
Lees.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-11
Business Change.

The stock and fixtures of d. N.
Dellinger's hardware establishment
have been purchased by w. r. Ken
yon & Co., Of Independence, Iowa.
MI. Kenyon will be the resident part
ner in this city. The firm is com.
posed of some Of the most solid and
enterprising men of Independence.
and will prove a valuable acquisition
to our business community. Mr..
Dellinger retires from the business in
order to attend to his large real estate
and mining interests in this vicinity.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-11

EDITOR MINER The above does
not include the Yogo mine, nor does
it include the Carpenter District,
which contains the Whippoorwill
and Uncle George, also the Hughes
and Delorier and Mountain City,
which are the largest mines that
have ever been struck in Montana,
and the Queen of the Hills is one Of
the best that has ever been seen,
without any exception. You, of
course, understand that this is on
top of the ground. and as [ vas in
Butte in early days I think l know
whereof I speak. Yours, etc.,
BILLY CAMERON.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-11
From the Daily Of Tuesday.
THE RACES.


While the attendance 1T the race
track on Sunday was somewhat linn
tied, the four races billed for the day
were first class, and the spectators
were worked up to q pitch of en-
thusiastic excitement by the closely
contested events. Although the
meeting may not have been . fnan-
cial success, in point of good
racing and the large number of hne
horses In attendance, it has probably
been the best racing even which has
ever taken place in Montana.
The following il the record OF Sun
days events:
First race Trotting; for gentle
mems roadsters; mile heats; 2in 8;
purse $l25; $3.50 to second; third to
save entrance. Three started; Dutch
Girl won; Bruiser second; st. Abe
third. Time, 3:15, 2:13, 800.
Second race-Latched race for q
purse of $500. Three started; Rescue
won by three lengths against Little
Pete and Pride of the Dell. Time.
1881.
Third race-Double team trotting
race; purse $500; $125 t~sf1rst; $50 to
second; SIS to third; mile heats; 2 in
8; to buggies. Sam Scott drove st.
Abe and st. George; Alec. Ralston
Little Mack and Bob ~Ingersoll; VIM.
Owsley Queen and Bruiser. Ralston
won in 1891 and 3:48.
Fourth race-Handicap; / mile
dash; purse 500; SIS to LIST, SIS to I'd,
$40 to Sd.
This was the concluding event and
one of the most exciting Of the meet.
Narrow Gauge, Ben Anderson and
Needle Gun started, Narrow Gauge
winning in 1:189, and making one Of
the finest displays Of nerve ever seen
On any race track. At the five-eighth
pole he was $50 feet behind, but he
came down the home-stretch at q TIA
gait and fairly snatched victory from
the jaws of defeat. Needle Gun
came in second and Ben Anderson
third.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-11
Another Eastern Outlet.

The Chicago 4 Northwestern Com
pany is said to be reaching for the
Pacific through a region midway be-
tween the lines of the Union Pacific
and Northern Pacific, and will soon
have a road completed to Deadwood
in the Black Hills, and then tap the
Northern Pacific at. some point on
the Yellowstone. Further progress
westward across the Rockies is only
q question of time.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-11
Temperance Convention.

Mrs. Francis E.. Willard, Presi-
dent of the Womans' National Chris
tian Temperance Union, will visit
Montana in the present month of
July, reaching Missoula July 25th,
Helena July 18th and Dilllen Aug
ust End. Mrs. Willard will arrive at
Butte City on the evening of July
s1st. On August LIST the Territorial
Temperance Convention will be con-
vened. Parties desiring to attend
this convention will please take NO
tice.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-11

The Justice Mining Company have
declared an assessment Of ten cents
per share.
ALLENTOWN, Pa, July 10y
q premature discharge of q blast IN
.ne Twin City stone quarry at wal
nutp0rt, this afternoon, VIM. keyser
Was fatally injured.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-11

The authorities at Livingston r
beginning to tumble to the frolic-
some cow boy, whose favorite amuse-
ment is riding through the streets at
q full gallop, shooting off his gun in
every direction, and a gang of them
were last week run inn by q plucky
constable.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-11

At Benton J. n. Green's youngest
child got possession of a fruit can
containing keroseneinto which some
potatoe bugs had been dropped, and
took quite . swallow of it. It became
violently sick at once, and for q time
it was feared that the result would be
fatal. e.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-11
H9CUTCH-
MOCUTCHEON'S
EoN.
WhatHis Home Paper says About
the Acting Governor and
His Recent Divorce.

His Recent Divorce.
Charotte, Mich, Prohibitionist.
1.-THE following legal clipped from
q Montana paper will be interesting
to our readers:
In the District Court of the First
Judicial District of the Territory of
Montana, in and tor the County of
Gallatin.
I. D.. McCuTcHEoN, Plaintiff,
vs..
A. MoCuTcHEoN, Defendant.
The people of the Territory Of
Montana send greeting to the above
named defendant:
You are hereby required to appear
In an action brought against you by
the above named plaintiff in the Dis
trict Court of the First Judicial Dis
trict of the Territory of Montana, in
and for the County of Gallatin, and
to answer the complaint fled therein,
within ten days, Exclusive Of the
day of s~ervice) after the service on
you of this summons, if served with
in this county; or if served out of this
county, but in this district within
forty days, or judgment by default
will be taken against you according
to the prayer of said complaint.
The said action is brought to OBJ
tain q decree of this court dissolving
the bonds of matrimony heretofore
and now existing between plaintiff
and defendant, and the cause upon
which this action is based is that the
defendant wilfully and withoutcause
deserts and abandons the plaintiff:
And you are hereby notified that if
you fail to appear and answer the
said complaint, as above required.
the said plaintiff will take q default
against you and apply to the court
for the relief demanded in the prayer
of plaintiffs complaint.
Given under my hand and the seal
~ of the District Court of the
(sEAL First Judicial District of tho
~ TERRITORY of Montana, in
and for the County of Gallatin, this
22nd day of May, in the year of u
Lord, ono thousand eight hundred
and eighty-three.
THE0. MUFFLY, Clerk.
BY r. M. GARDNER, Deputy.
T. H. CARTER, Attorney for Pitt.
The above would indicate that the
Hon. (?) I. d. is resorting to meas
ures which he would not have
attempted here in Charlotte, and this
underhanded action brings down
upon him the wrath and righteous
indignation of all who are acquaint-
ed with his sstimable wife.
He is now holding q high position
under the government, and is sta
toned at Helena, Montana Territory,
and what looks suspicious about it is
that this action is brought in Gallatin
county, which lies about an hundred
miles southeast from Helena, in the
second tier of counties from that in
which he lives. He has sent his
wife a deed Of q house and LIT here
in the city, but has included re-
strictions which make it of little
value to her, the deed being in his
handwriting and bearing the same
date as the above notice. A little
civil service reform in the shape of a
Nc. IL boot would not come amiss in
his case"