The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-04-30
OUR PHIL1PSBURG LETTER
"E9i0brara" Taxes q Ride-What
He Learned-A Series Of
Articles Promised
Hennessey's-
Medhurst,

Articles Promised
Hennessey's-
Medhurst.
Etc., Etc., Etc.
Regular Correspondence OF the Miner.
PH1L1PsBuRa. April oath, "a.
Clear Greek, more Familiarity
remembered as the Boulder, Is q
strong; rapid and clear afauent OF
Flint Greek. Heading in a strong
spur Of the :1ain range, its crystal
waters llerrily dance along through
rugged canyons, whose precipitous
walls throw an eternal shadow that
no stray beam of sunlight has ever
entered, over huge boulders. darling
down cataract, and runway, the foam
lashed stream, at last quietly enters
the calm and placid waters Of Flint
and in its cordial but dirty embrace,
decorously proceeds on its journey
to the setting sun.
I shall now proceed to business.
Leaving fhil'psburg at 8 a. M. the
23I inst. fully equipped for a pro-
tracted stay in the Clear Greek conn
try, we bowled along over one OF
the worst roads that I ever saw in
my life, a succession of wet and dry
spots so to speak. Such was the
perturbed and exasperated condition
of mind that 1 found myself in on ar.
rival at Hennessey's that I was really
under the impression that I had TAX
en- a cattle trail instead of the main
road. After cooling off, Hennessey
consenting to be interviewed, !
cleaned the following straws Of in-
terest:
That 1 had travelled the main road;
that by throwing the rocks out. cut
ting bitches, widening a few dug
ways and digging an occasional
drain it might do to travel over; that
it was a county road, Now this lat~
ter assertion rather staggered me. I
felt that u county fathers in the
consideration of weightier matters
had neglected to apportion funds to
sustain this particular highway. /
said so, but was Immediately told
that the road fund for the district
was drawn annually and with a
promptness truly commendable. I
shall try to find out what
has become of the money,
how much it costs the county yearly
to keep up the road between Philips
burg and Boulder. It may be that
somebody is not doing his duty to the
people, IN such event I will cheer
fully illuminate the matter in 4
series of well written articles entitled,
the duties of a road supervisor.
At Hennessy's one can always
obtain a most excellent meal, good
horse feed. courteous treatment, and
fair whiskey. Here the traveller
turns from the main road and ross
ing Cedar Greek proceeds up the
north bank of that stream some six
or seven miles to the new town OF
Medhurst, the trail is too rough and
despicable for even the briefest men>
ton. At Medhurst I found every
thing booming. Con Murphy has
his Jaw mill at work and will stead.
lily keep it there until his contract
with the Princeton Mining Company
is completed. Con keeps a stock of
merchandise on hand suitable and
adequate to the demands of the camp.
About go or 70 men are at work
about the mill and in the timber
cutting cord wood and saw logs.
James Butler keeps the Princeton
House, and with his estimable lady
welcomes and carefully tends the
weary and hungry. John Rains aid
James O'Donnell have a saloon and
club house which seems to be we'll
patronized. Angus Mcdonald has
completed his ne { building, and will
shortly open a butchershop. Every
where in the town men can be seen
erecting log houses, and clearing
town lots of brush and dead timber.
Medhurst is we'll laid out on a nice
plot of level ground near and up the
stream from the Princeton mine. As
yet no men are at work in the mine.
I learn, however, that operations
will commence about the 1st of May,
the company intending to build
hosting works and place machinery
over the Princeton shaft, as soon as
practicable after that date.
NIOBRARA.