Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-07

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WOOD and Thompson, have HAD ( h..
coid lonely winter. deluing I'LL tf,s r;ehs'
you may be sure. But amid Il ali 49, =
q white. sUHe Incident, IKE the o,o,,ss. =
o lion experience Of which THE MIss. ~
told, has served to vary tba nag
: ana give q change to the d.
alcer Gay sameness. There has been :
mystery clustering about the moyeman, !
2 OF these hard workinemen that mn
zled The several visitors who nave ca,l
since the cold and ice have been unlo.Las
ny the early spring days and liberty i No.,
gwen 70 tell all about it for the oenorsi
element OF the West vi the STREET. ,,hla
ness OF what follows the public are invita-
to come here and see. u
Mr. y. has charge of the Arponant vorL
ing party here. He is an EXPERIENCE 80
an engineer and an old Nevada and Cai;
lorna miner, He has labored early and
aa.e 20 'strlke IT. In the Argonaut. fulIv
satisned that an immense BODY Of rich -.
was to be found in the hill bv nars;steat
uriinng. But as with many before mir
1ime and hard rock have not beer f,,roatn.
20 remind him Of the great cost. aruh
toois, powder and labor cost money ~
ana ms partner were rich in faith. bnt faith /
Is poor iood and it takes money to drive /
- 0LC nOb DOuaQZa klupS III Snv i
weeks ago these owners held q council and
decided to close down. il rich ore was nor J,
louna by March LIST. Mr.. Z. was sorelv :
preptexed. bis faith was great but his g
financial nix was like that of the Apostles b
VINO mad not silver and gold. He wrote to /,
q old miner--in Nevada. fold n
I'LL VI ana iamented his necessary closing :,
out OF what he was sure was a fortnne q
ilttie While after a telegram was received p
something shipped by exnrass - I'll
day. W. !,
In a lew days the Something arrive II
IL was a large box perforated with numer. =
ous one-lnch anger holes. In it were ten =
risky hglie animals that proved to be 90 II
Upon the box was tackled a letter ST
contents read: I'VE use them with
'ntire success here, try them; they are well
The letter explained that it Is OF
iot generally known that these industri- du
'us httie ones have a great fancy for plo. of
,uies OF quicksilver, but it is a fact that ~
ach Is their infatuation for it that thew :,
~ ioiloW the giitterlng metal as long al ~
hey can scratch dirt. The miner makes str
hoie IN the ground at various places on Blu
ne surface ground OF his claim, and pours mr.
. ounce or two OF the quicksilver in each. 70,
ne gopher is held over the hole Or
sees the shining staff at the lii
ottom. Instantly he darts for it, hal
le cant's pick it up, but he thinks he can rel,
SA0 y 1O olES dQU2O lqS.1 IlT
topped by nothing SO long as the brlqhp ant
distance is in sight. All the miner has 81 nil
is to prospect the dirt thrown out by wri
ne gophers, and thus the lead is found and
le. exact place where the wealth lies is 10.
tied. Il
The A%rgonaut people found their vein gins
ter eight days gophering and now have roa
NIX a shaft squarely upon as rich a silver this
al as Montana can boast OF. They are 81
sppy. They would not feel aa good ii ~
" Gould was their fa~ther-in-law. One r. ny,
the mine experimenting work, one has awr
ne to Chicago for a frst-class null and re. NV
lctlon works, and the other is now in onn
g negotiating freight rates with the Jor,
llroad folks to haul ore to their mill no,
licn they propose to erect at the capital dow
y. 80
These gentlemen are broad-yiewed and 49,
fellows. They lake great rani
re OF their gophers, but if any poor pros won
tor who is out OF luck and Respondent, mat
give assurance that the gophers will be Wa
IL cared Tor, the Argonaut people will line
q him three or four unit he strikes his tbs
d. Their postoftice is Basin, Jefferson diree
unity, Montana. H.
larch 9th, 1888. ~