The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-11-07
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Our Correspondent Dishes up the
Current Events.

NEADEkVlLLE.
Our Correspondent Dishes up the
Current Events.
The Montana Copper Company will nav
on to-day. 1t will take $4,000.
Cark's mill. which has been idle Tor a few
days in consequence Of making some neces-
sary repairs, will start up to-day.
There are over $50 men on the pay roll
OF the Montana Copper Company. The
superintendent, Mr.. Mueller, is one of the
ablest and best liked men in Montana.
James Kelley and Thomas Arisen have
Just completed a splendid barn in addi-
ton to stabling their own hack team, which
run between here and Butte, they will
do a general livery business.
The Gambetta is now down eighty feet,
and the Montana Copper Company will
crosscut on the lead as soon as the shaft is
down 100 feet. 1t is expected that at that
point there will be a good showing of ore.
Two Of our young men are surprising the
people here by building neat and substan-
tial cottages. It is generally thought that
they are making the cages preparatory to
getting the birds, but they are very silent
on the subject.
The Montana Company's mill is running
at full blast and turning out the usual
quantity of matte. For some time past
the company has been in the market pur-
chasing high grade silver ores, which they
have used for the purpose. Of enriching the
copper matte.
The officials OF the Montana Company
are preparing for winter, and making the
necessary repairs at the works. Doors are
hoin0 afrinnod md hoftnnal ohs~1o o<,,4 NJ I
and all the needed arrangements made to
keep out the cold. They do not propose
to have the men freeze this winter.
There are now in the village between 600
and 700 inhabitants. divided az follows:
sixty married people, IT'S single young
men, five widows, twenty m~arriageable
young women, and the remainder is COM
posed OF old men and women and children.
From this it will be seen that the girls have
a soft thing Of it, as they have each seven
men from whom to choose husbands, and
it they are not in a hurry they can have a
fellow for each night in the week. Great
camp for the girls, is Neaderville.
The Occidental Hotel, under the manage
ment of Mrs. j. HI. Newberry, is becoming
one OF the institutions of the camp. All
the rooms are occupied and in addition she
has just erected two large cabins adjoining
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cows, and a lot OF Berkshire pigs adorn a
commodious sty. The cellar is stocked with
vegetables OF all kinds. and as the kitchen is
in charge of competent and reliable white
cooks the IS boarders are well satisfied
with the table. Mrs. Newberry has demon
strated that she knows how to run q hotel
At Clark's Colusa mine they are engaged
in trying a new experiment for extracting
the sulphur from the copper ore. Under
the old plan q wood fire was built and the
ore placed upon it and Ted slowly, the re-
suit being 81 absolute separation OF the
particles. The new arrangement is a pair
of kilns fed with coke. The ore is fed into
the kilns through a pair OF hoppers located
on the top, and the sulphur is supposed to
furnish a large percentage OF the heat after
the fires have been once started. It is H..
known whether the particular ore OF the
Colusa can be treated in this way, but the
size and staple character OF the kilns give
ayers to give it a thorough trial. The pro-
cess for years has been worked successfully
in Wales.
There is a general and serious complaint
among our people on account Of the lack OF
school facilities here. There is now only
one school here, and that is overcrowded
with scholars Of the lower grades, some OF
the pupils being compelled to sit on the
floor. In the higher grades there are no
accommodations whatever, and the ad-
vanced pupils are required to 60 to Butte
for their tuition. This entails the expense
of bus hire upon the parents of the more
fortunate, and requires the children of the
poorer people to trudge the long distance
to and from their studies. A petition is
now being circulated, asking the School
Trustees to rent a room and establish hereIa
a school OF the fourth and fifth grades. There
are between twenty-five and thirty chill
dren who are far enough advanced to enter
these grades, and the parents and citizens
feel that they are entitled to the privileges
Of such 8 school in such a populous portion
of the District.
The camp o ~rejoices in a full supply OF
white cooks, and things are running
smoothly in the kitchens. After the China
men had been fired. the cooks who took
their places did well enough for q week or
80, and then, thinking their services were
invaluable, they began to run things with
q high hand, the question being whether
they would work or get drunk, and they
were the sole arbiters. In addition to the
annoyance caused by h~alf-cooked meals,
the result of the inattention OF the chefs de
CUISINE, some Of the well known laboring
men, who had been responsible for the
change, felt much aggrieved that their pro-
teges should act in SO ~unbecominq a man.
ner, and concluded to teach them a lesson:
The outcome of the matter was hat all
the cooks who had neglected their duty
have been whipped during the past ten
DAYS, and that good meals are now being
served with an alarming regularity.
Last night the Meaderville Cornet Band
gave the first of a series of weekly sociables
at the Knights of Labor hall. The hall
was handsomely decorated for the occas-
ion and the attendance OF both young and
old folks was an evidence OF the apprecla
ton of our people for the band. Prior to
the hour fixed for the opening the band
made a street parade, and stopping at the
principal points, treated the people to an
exhibition OF it's skill by di%scoursing many
of the excellent selections in it's repertoire.
Under the able leadership OF Prof. karcher,
the band has made wonderful progress an
will to-day compare favorably with any OF
their rivals in this section. At the ball the
entire band ofaciated at the grand march,
after which the dancing music was furnished
nv q string octette of members. Chris
Weideman, as is usual on such occasions,
acted as floor manager, and performed the
duties assigned to him with rare grace and
ability. To sum up the social was a com.
plete success, and q deserved compliment
r. the gentlemen of the band h are
among the best known residents OF the
| place. Among those who take a great IN
terest in the future OF the band and whc
are Jealous in their efforts for it's advance
ment may be mentioned Thomas Fox ano
Harvey Sherman, the President and Secre'
tary Of the org anization.
ANOTHER BLK.
Several Merchants Duped BY a Woman
OF the Town.