The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-11-07

prOuU I'll ucl d1lu tuduA-
full to her people for the opportunity
of seeing and examining N of the
greatest and richest mining camps in
Montana.
AMALGAM.
AS Found in Our Cleanup of the
Territorial Exchanges.
There is a large prairie fire raging
near Lost Lake.
Sun River is to have an amateur
dramatic society.
Joe Herring's team was burned at
Maiden last "Wednesday night.
General Miles left Fort Keogh last
Sunday morning for his new Depart
ment.
Oats are selling at q cents on the
ranch at the old Martinsdale crossing
on Wolf Greek.
A Mr.. Laraway, Of Maiden, fell
from a s%caffolding last week, break.
ing his left leg.
The interesting legend, "37-77," is
inscribed on the door of G. w. Set
ties new residence at ShOnkin.
F. W. Thompson. of Benton, has
been jailed to await the action Of the
next Grand Jury on a charge Of rails
ing a check from $l3 30 to SAB 30.
Henry Hanson was committed to
the Madison County Jail, in default
of bail, last Friday for the alleged
shooting Of George Ross at Sheridan.
There is said to he three feet of
STOW in the upper Madison valley,
in the vicinity o. the BIZ ranch re-
Gently taken up by Virginia City
tarties.
Henry Monroe and Miss May Pep
worth, both of Helena, were married
last Wednesday by Rev. J.. Jay Gar
vim, the ceremony taking place at
the M. E. Parsonage.
There Is to be an effort made to Or
ganize q lodge Of Odd Fellows at
White Sulphur Springs on the 18th.
The members of the II paternity in the
vicinity will do we'll to be In attend
ance.
Peter Anderson, formerly keeper of
of the Park station, but mere recent
Iy proprietor of the Fuller Springs,
Madison county, has retired from the
latter. Messrs. Kyle Bros have
taken charge of the business.
Three prisoners escaped from the
Miles City Jail on Thursday last. The
fugitives are K-lly and a man known
as "Dutchy," charged with horse
stealing, and a man accused of steal
ing u watch from a passenger on a
train between Mandan and Miles
City about five weeks ago.
At q meeting of the Catholic
Church building committee at Vir-
ginia City, on the 18th ult., it was
decided to have the rock quarried
and delivered on the building site
during the winter, and have the ma
terial on hand ready to begin build
ing in the early spring.
The Benton coach, Helena bound,
while approaching the Birdtail Di-
vide before daylight Thursday morn
ing, ran off a bridge and upset, a
San Francisco insurance agent by
the name of Strickland, receiving
considerable of a shaking up. No
other damage of any extent was
done.
Tom Shirley informs the M0ddso-
MAN that David Pyle, while return
ing home from Virginia to his ranch
on the Madison valley, drove his
team over a steep bank into the river
and that the horses w. n drowned
/ and he himself severely hurt. Fur
Their than this we have received nc
particulars at the hour of gong to
press.
The Benton Record says the ma
chinery for the new Collar twenty
stamp mil! at Maiden has arrived on
the ground and will be pat in place
at once. 1t is expected the mill will
start up some time next week. The
owners and patentees of the new pro-
cess to be used in treating ores are OH
hand and everything will he pushed
as rapidly as possible.
The Benton Press is Informed by a
party recently arrived from Barker
that the smelter is still running full
blast and turning out about l5O bars
of bullion daily. Superintendent
Burghardt informs the P;;ess that he
expects to keep I'D this lick nearly
ali winter, as they will have an
abundance of ore to keep the blast
constantly at work.
Benton Press: We learn from
| some of the cowboys who went with
Con Kohrs' herd of cattle from the
| south fork of Sun river, to the new
| range beyond Maginnis, that horse
thieves are very bad i'll that section
of the country. Hor<es are night
herded and in many eases kept under
lock and key at night. A couple OF
Con Kohrs' horses were stolen, aud
| several of Granville Stuart's.
A private letter received at Benton
from Fort Assinabolne, states That e
| sentence in the case OF Col. llges,
went into effect Oct. 31st, and in con
sequence the colonel is now \ private
! citizen, no longer connected with Il
| service which he has 30 long hon
| ored. The feeling of regret at the
post is universal over this event, and
! Col. Ilges retires with the hearty well
wishes of every officer and soldier i'll
his late command.
The Maiden Argus says: W. have
been permitted to make the follow
| ing extracts from the monthly report
! Of MIR. A. NJ. Esler, Manager of the
Mayinnis Mining Company, better
| known as the Houser & Hotter
mines. The amount of ore worked
in October was $50 tons; amount OF
gold saved, 1913 ounces; net value, 49,
7756. rs. The average assay value OF
! tailings is SOL in gold and seven
ounces in silver per ton; total value
in $50 tons, $3l, 1870; total expense for
mining and milling, $4.06 per ton.