The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-10-18
No Mines Of the Comet D,at.;o+
capital the Only Thing Requires
10 Make Matters Boom.

! M.. Ed;,o.. wv Al, 1854.
.ln'y memory is not at fault nv
n as. 'etter took in Silver Star, Iron
NOD, the Jefferson valley E;.h
oreek' etc. Since then 1 have visited
.'ule OF the many mining camps
along my route. After clio mo some
lille unfinished business at Boulder
", | visited the Amazon works
~ The neighborhood of which I met
Tue Rev. H.. W. Currin. This rem.
''ensau, aside from holding occasional
religious services, is muscularlv an.
gagged In the developing of valuable
mining propelty-in some of which
ne is personally Interested. The
Ama IN works, at the time of nv
visit, were idle, the u of which I
was unable to ascertain. A drive of
about four miles up into the NOM
tains, revealed the Comet works
aud It's surroundings. AS a
mining camp the Comet itself
assumes a prominent altitude. The
Cornet, the Kumley and the Mollie
McGregor are tho only n being
operated. These are paying cleverly.
The camp also possesses other coed
properties, but, as is the case too
often, they belong to men of either
limited or no means, and who at best,
can develop them but slowly; con-
sequently nearly al operations, so to
speak, have ceased in the camp. One
OF the beet idle mines, and perhaps
tie choice of the group, is the Bal
tlmore, owned by Samuel MacKey.
Ii really is a pity that so fine a prop
erty must lie undeveloped. 0 her
good prospects. such as the Pilot,
North Pacific. Australia, Terre
Haute, Bismarck, Wilbur, etc, are
in the same predlcament.
A tranlway being put up at
point for the Helena Mining
Company under the SUI
pervision Of Mr.. C. M. Husen, the
patentee, is rapidly gaining compile
When finished it will be the
of its kind in the world. lis !
total length is three miles, requiring
cable of six. The contract stipu-
lates that it shall be capable of trans
two hundred tons of ore in
The given time of ten hours, and
hat. too, at a cost of less than 25 !
cents per ton. The present expense
IF transit is about s.. 80 per ton.
The management and supervision
If the concentration and general ma
,hinery of the company at this point
1evolves upon Mr.. Otto Aiding, one
If Butte's former residents. In JUS
ice to the gentleman be it said that
lis superior skill as a machinist,
ogether with his excellent busi-
qualifications, especially
it him for the position. I'm
he is worthy the honor
md confidence bestowed. upon him
~ his superiors and the esteem il
which he is held by those under him
a disposition of character well
o be envied.
William Tezzey, II of the long
ime employees of the Gagnon mine.
n Butte, in company with James
as helper, are employed Ill
he blacksmith shop of the company
It this point.
J.. r. Parkinson, II of the old
liners, has erected and just finished
handsome building, fitting it most
,orgeously for a saloon and billiard
lall. The table is to be of the latest
and IS expected IN y fe"
Mr.. Parkinson has also dis
,osed of his store and p~osto1ice
'u.iness, and MIR. H. o. johnson
;ssumes their management in a few
lays.
We live IN a progressive age. We
earn, by observation, Of others; but
have been to solve, and that IS:
Why is it that for every pair OF
'ars one comes to In travelling across
t. through rural precincts, the
arrest and heaviest in the entire
pnce are invariably selected"
MAN IN THE COUNTY.