The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-14
PILLS a PILGRIM.
His Rambles Through the Ter
ritory.
Tidal Wave. Fuller Springs and
Ruby Valley.
TIDAL WAVE DITs1CT.

TIDAL WAVE DITsICT.
SALISBURY, NJ. T., July 3.--This
new district las some vdry valuable
properties and good leads are innu-
:nerable. The charac.ero of the ore is
galena, rich in silver aud gold.
The Harkaw..y mine, Owned by
| Stone and Purlum, is developed by
two tunnels, one in so and the other
25 feet. The vein is 2 feet in width
and assays. gold 81, silver 156 ounces
and 28l per cent. lead. The owners
are working the ore in a very crude
arastra, which loses at least half the
silver, and are saving an average of
$50 per ION.
Tidal Wave mine, owned by Cor
! don & Root, is showing up fine: A
! $50 foot tunnel has developed a vein
Fl feet wide from which average as
says are obtained of 200 ounces silver.
The owners have made several ship
ments of ore 10 Salt Lake which net
them $50 per ton.
The Silver Lion is a new discovery
and belongs 10 Anderson & James.
1t has assayed as high as 5000 per
ton. The average is about 500. with
a vein four feet wide.
Further north in Tidal Wave are
some splendid leads called the Mag
gle, Edith, and Ringer. The two
first mentioned are owned by Pollin-
ger & Wingate, and the Ringer ny
John S%orrenson and Gus Gade. The
Maggie has a tunnel in sc feet and
shows = vein of 50 feet OF solid ore,
and 80 feet above is a second tunnel
in so feet, which shows a vein of 2
feet 4 inches of solid mineral, which
assays from 100 to 1,O52 ounces. Six
hundred feet above is another tunnel
in several feet, which is e. expected to
tap the same vein. The Ringer is
showing up splendid, and is being
successfully worked.
Another splendid lead is the Ed
ward Forrest, which has q shaft
down fifty feet and shows a vein of
six feet and assays very high. Its
owners, Nessrs. Wyrouch and Tracy,
are now running cross cuts to de-
velop the property.
make a second Butte. The Lodges
are here which development will
show 10 be second to none in the
Territory.
FULLER SPRINGS
the head of Ruby valley is one
of the ~pleasantest places your CORES !
pendent has struck in his travels. It
is situated only fifteen miles from
Virginia City and is provided with
and other baths, billiards, |
finely stocked bar, etc. The springs
are presided over by Mr.. ard Mrs.
Peter Anderson, we'll and iavorably
known as mine host and hostess of
,be Park station on the Butte and
Boulder road.
RUBY VALLEY.
There is not a great deal of farming
IN upper Ruby, most of the farmers
turned their attention to
'tock raising, but lower down in the
there is an abundance of grain
vi of which looks first rate especially
Mr.. CasweIrs crop. He has 80 acres
# wheat and oats the larger portion
,eing oats and Mrs. Caswell has as
inc a garden as your correspondent
.ver had the pleasure of looking at.
The citizens of Laurin are flourish
ng like a green bay tree. Further
lown the valley is
pretty little place of perhaps 100
1t has one hotel under
he proprietorship of B. S. Marshall,
vho is well adapted for the business.
here are two stores, one kept by
Ion. r. P. Bateman, the other by
1all d Hardesty; two blacksmith
hops, and their owners are contiu-
usly making music with hammer
nd anvil. Every branch of industry
booming. Gilmer & Salisbury
ave moved their office from Sails
u,y to this point and it is now the
lain Office for three divisions.
One mile above Sheridan, on Mill ]
reek, is located Mr.. S. Halls grist
ill, which is conducted under the 9
Management of Charl. 8 Pietsch, who ,
an expert miller ard an affable gen.
emau. The &c pacity of the mill is {
600 pounds of flour every "a hours.
Above the mill we came to the .
,rifty looking farm of Alfred Cisler. .
q old miner whom old timers will '
,member we'll. He is a successful ]
but still owns some fine
properties, which he expects Q
ION to operate on a large scale. .
Yours truly, PILLS. '
wenty Thousand People Sit t
Down to q Mammoth Barbe- y
cue of Fun, Laughter and y