The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1888-03-09
Nothing special from the Champion Con.
SQlidatRd Or Mountain Lion this week, The
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widening and Of apparent good character,
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less be through to the surface in a day or two,
and probably next week the new building
will be ready for occupancy, when more
workmen will be put on and everything
pushed.
1t is understood that a combination of
Montana capitalists, with Banker Larabie at
the head, are going to take the Prospect
mine. A company Of men went to work in
the interests of the syndicate yesterday.
There is lots of money at the back Of the
operators, and if the developments are satis-
factory, the result will be the erection of a
big plant in the neighborhood of Virginia
City before long.-Madisonian, I'd.
Mr.. c. j. McSherry was in town Tuesday.
He and his partners, Charles Burr and NJ.
Sullivan, own the Gladstone and Hidden
Treasure lode claims, near Pioneer. They
nave sunk a shaft Is feet on the Hidden
Treasure, and it shows up four to five feet of
gold ore, one car load of which they have
shipped, and expect soon to ship another.
The lead looks well. They are now in Is feet
on a tunnel to tap it at a depth of 100 feet, as
the vein i%nclines.
Speaking of the Great Falls Smelter, a
Herald correspondent says the works will
have a capacity of 225 tons daily. Six mil
lion brick, one million feet of lumber, 10000
bushels of lime, 5000 tons of sand, and 10000
fire brick, will be required for the construc-
ton. This reminds us that a gentleman re-
Gently informed us the company did its work
very neatly in buying brick. ADVERTISE
ments were inserted for proposals for a linn
tied number. When the bids were opened
the company took all offered, including
1900, 600 from Helena.
The building of immense reduction works
at this place will be supplemented by the
construction of a branch Of the Montana
Central to Neihart and C%lendennin, an en-
terprise of the greatest Importance to Great
Falls, as it will render the Little Belt Noun
tain mining region wholly tributary to this
city. This branch, (which will be a continu-
| alton in part Of the line to Sand Coulee), will
be completed the present season, and it will
create a boom at Neihart and the Barker
district that will be felt throughout North
Montana.-Great Falls Tribune.
1t is reported that a new plant for reducing
ores by a late process has been erected at
Red Bluff and is proving by test to be of
practical and economical utility IN the treat
ment of low-grade rock. 1t is said that the
present method will be revolutionized by the
new application, and mining will receive a
fresh impetus by it throughout the Territory.
Many mine owners have been holding their
interests in various districts in hope Of the
future application of some cheap process,
and it is claimed in these works every desid-
eratum for cheapness and general efficacy
will be found. Col. Carter is patentee.-M-
| dependent.
Yesterday, through his attorneys, Robin
son s. Stapleton, A. j. Davis entered suit in
| the District Court against Warren l.. and
Louis A. Scott, his W in the La
| Plata mine. The complaint sets forth that
| the property is valuable, but that under ex-
listing circumstances it cannot be in any way
| divided without impairing its value, and he
| therefore asks that the court order it to be
/ sold and the proceeds of the sale divided
among the several owners. 1t is said that
Davis has a claim of $780, 900 against the prop.
erty. The Scots are not residents of Butte,
j and while the mine is not being worked at
present, it has in the past been a good pro-
ducer.-Miner, 2d.
A meeting of the stockholders of the Cot
tonweed Company is called for tomorrow
evening, at Manager Mem aster's office. Ow-
ing to some misunderstanding about the
occupancy of the building used by the COM
pany as a boarding house, but not owned by
it, and the only one on the location, Manager
McMaster a few days ago directed work dis
continued until after the stockholders meet
ing. The mine is looking just as we'll as
ever, and very favorably. Reports have got
ten into circulation of a conflicting claim to
the Cottonwood, but we are assured, and
firmly believe, the conflict is of no conse-
quence to the Cottonwood company. The
"Alma" was located prior to the Cottonwood.
In stepping off the boundaries of the latt er,
the two claims lying nearly, but not quite,
parallel, the 600 feet in width surface ground
of the latter possibly Tapped a trife on the
extreme northeast end of the Alma. 1t will
require a survey to determine; but even if it
does, it is of no material consequence, and
had no influence whatever ia the temporary
suspension of work, as the two locations are
each 600 feet wide, and the surface lap at the
! extreme corner is only a few steps.