The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1888-10-13

| as nlgn as SI4O IN SOlQ ME- Joseph Is
seeking to ascertain if the ore can be
treated by the free milling process ,and if
so, he and his partner will put up small
stamp mill at once-Courier.
Townsend Tranchant: A. Mckenzie,
of Townsend, and Isom Preuitt of Bedford,
last week secured further interests in the
Thunder Mountain district by purchase
of the "Forlorn Hope,' lode and bonding
the 'Terrible," both situated about four
miles above Bedford. Asa part consider
aticn for purchase of the former lode the
gentlemen have contracted with the loca-
tors for 81 800 to develop the mine bya
tunnel 200 feet IN length, and this work
is already lnaugurated and will be pushed
vigorously to completion. A sale has
been made within the week by J. J. Par
SONS of the remaining interests in the
"Gold Dust lode to Doc. johnson for $5,-
900. New locations are being made and
everything points to a lively mining dis
trict the coming season in sight of US.
Rocky Mountain Husbandman: Arti-
cles of incorporation were filed last week
with the secretary of the territory by John
A. Woodson, P. H. Maloney and Mr.. Suy-
dam, for the Legal Tender Mining COM
pany, for the purpose OF operating the
| Legal Tender mine near this place. The
capital stock is to consist of $2,OOO,OOO,
divided into 100000 shares, the par value
of which is $40 each. Forty thousand
shares are to be placed On the market at
SO cents per share as a working capital
and machinery will be bought and work
commenced as soon as this block of stock
can be placed Mr.. Suydam has gone to
Kansas City to place this with we'll known
Leadvllle mining operators located there,
and it IS expected that active operations
will be begun anyhow by October Goth.
Rocky Mountain Husbandman: The
owners of the Judge mine have incorpo-
rated. TIE capital stock of the company
is placed at $2,000000, divided into 20O,-
900 shares Of par value of $40 each.
The principal Office of the company is at
| White Sulphur Springs, with a branch Of
flee at Kansas City, Mo. The officers are
B. W. Badger, president; j. E. Saxton,
vice president; J. T. Anderson, treasurer;
E. j. Anderson, secretary and business
manager. Under the new management
the work of development will be pushed
forward as rapidly as possible, The prop
erty has been thoroughly examined by
some of the best experts in the west, and
their testimony and the wonderful pro-
duct of the mine give the company
faith in the property that will be shown
by their work.
Mining Review: Old Confederate
gulch was discovered in 1865, and lies
east of the Missouri river, about twenty
two miles from Helena. From three OF
the bars or benches that lie above the bed
of the gulch, about 100000 was taken
out in about three years. From Montana
bar, the Wheeler party, consisting OF four
men, took out, in a single season $500, 900,
or nearly half the aggregate product of
the whole ground A single painful of
dirt taken from the diggings, contained
and Hydaulic company are now engaged
in working over this same territory, with
an equipment said to he as complete as
anv IN Montana. Their bitches have
capacity of nearly 5000 inches of water,
and pressure of over 400 feet, and the
chances are that this region Will yet add
considerable to the gold product of the
territory.
Phlllipsburg Mail: The formation of
the Miners Union at Granite last Friday
evening is step in the tight direction,
and it is to be hoped that every miner in
the district will avail himself of the priv
lcge of becoming a member Everyone
knows the object of Miners Union, and
those who have lived in a community
where one ever existed can attest to the
deeds of charity performed by organiza-
tions OF this charact ter Then there is
fact which should not be overlooked, and
that is the maintenance of a fair scale of
wages, as the miner can i'll afford to work
for less than $3.50 day, support fam
lily, and carry his life in his hand every
time he goes underground, knowing not
whether he will be brought out dead or
alive. The membership of 200 men who
now compose the Granite Miners Union
should be swelled to tri pie that number in
a few months, and every man working
underground within radius of twenty
miles should make application for men,
bership.
Argus The starting up of Bud Nc
Adow's new mill on the Spotted Horse
mine at Maiden which occurs this week, is
an event of no small concern to that district
and to the people of Judith Basin. Two
well equipped gold mills of large capa-
city, if keep in coestant operation, will
employ large number of men, put
money into circulation and provide a cash
market for some OF the products of our
ranchmen The Spotted Horse is one Of
the richest gold properties in Montana, 50
far as the quality of the ore goes, and
there are evidence of an inexhaustible
quantity in the mine Such works will
establish faith in the district, stimulate
prospecting and the opening OF new mines.
1t is encouraging to know that OF the
three prospects opened up in the district
all are producers. Extensive works
necessarily require large ore supply
and a mistake has been made in the past
in relying altogether on one property.
There are number of fine prospects at
Maiden which are lying idle owing to the
lack of capital to develop them. Time
will demonstrate their value and product
iveness, and in few years, with the
present plants in operation, the district
should attract the attention of new invest
ors. The mines are now far ahead of the
older discoveries in Montana, of which
v,,ol, hao hnnu yyrittnn and with rail