The Mineral argus., 1884-08-21
MONTANA NEWS.

Lost, strayed or stolen, the Billings
artesian well.
A democratic paper is o be started
in Miles City at an early date.
1t is probable that the Republican
Territorial convention will meet on the
e7th of September.
The Northern Pacific express com
pany shipped, during July, $6S,So5.oo
gold and $49,Ioo.oo silver from
Helena
The Northern Pacific earned ST.
o26.zzs last month, an increase OF
SI76,z25 over the corresponding
month of last year.
One hundred andseventy two quarts
claims have been located and recorded
in Silver Bow county from January Ist
to august rst, 1884
The Crow Indians, with their ponies,
buffaloes aad other paraphernala, who
were IN the states with Hardwick's
show, have returned to their reserve.
Con Murphy, the escaped horse
chief, road agent and mail robber, has
been re-captured and now occupies
one of the new steel cells IN Lewis
and Clark county jail.
Last months output of the Helena
Mining and Reduction company,
Drum Lummond, Gregory and Elk
horn aggregates about S235,ooo.oo
against $745,soo.oo for June.
A late decision by Secretary Teller,
which win be of interest to miners
generally, is that a vein OF lode claim
may be located either in the shape OF
an 1, OF of a paraHelogram.
Hon. Martin Maginnis is vice
president Of a new mining company
in the Northwest territory, of which
A. B. Hamilton and the Healy broth
ers are the principal owners.
A fine shoot of ore carrying from
Two to three feet of pay ore has been
struck in the Pollack, Butte district,
twenty tons of which milled returned
an average of sixty ounces per ton.
The Bel mine, Butte distract, Is
hosting from thirty-hve to forty tons
of high grade, copper silver ore per
day from the east and west drifts of
the 400, which keeps n stack at the
smelter supplied with ore.
Tom Morgan, n of 7. c. Powers
rustling branch store managers, has
opened up and is doing a rushing
business in the mercantile line, at
Stanford. He has one of the best
locations in the Judith Basin.
The various mining districts OF
Montana should see that they are
fully represented in the mineral de
partment of the coming territorial
fair. Every facility will be offered by
the society. The attendance Will IN
Glide people in search of investments
for capital, and much good can be
done ~undeveloped mining propertie;
by a liberal and truthful display o.
samples. The developed mines shoulc
not fail to place on exhibition evidence
of what Montana is doing in the way
of contributions to the worlds wealth
Stock and Mining Journal
1t is reported that Col. Ingersoll die
not fill his billed engagement to Lecture
in Deer Lodge. The reason for tn
change of programme seems to hav
been about as follows: Col. Sob
wa to have lectured in Deer Lodg
on Sunday night, and by some mean
the manager, John Mcguire, ascel
tanned that the very proper, moral an
decidedly religious citizens of the va
ley town would not patronize, to an
great extent, an in6del lecture on tn
evening of the Sabbath day. In otht
words they did nor propose to vacai
their church pews to listen to an elC
auent harangue against "Orthodoxy
Butte, in the meantime, offered Il
great doubter a large, appreciative ar
paying audience, and so Deer Lodl
was left out in the cold.-Agant Cou
A terrible murder was committed
Ciendenin, Barker district, a week a!
last Friday. 1t seems that one, MI
ane, was suspected by Peter McDt
mott of being too attentive to
wife. McDermott accused HIM of
and the result of a conference on t
subject seemed to be amicable to DO
parties. On the night of the kill
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