The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1889-03-28
GRANITE MOUNTAIN.

The output for the week ending
March %, was 81 bars of bullion, con.
tanning 60,5O3.25 ounces silver and 62.14
ounces gold.
| The Granite company is much an.
noyed over the delay in getting the
tramway in working order. The Rum
sey mill has been ready for two weeks to
receive ore. The contract for building
the tramway was given to Trenton.
New Jersey, firm. AS there was no
penalty for non-completion, the firm have
not made that haste they otherwise
would. A trial trip was made Saturday,
but the tramway didn't work satisfactor-
lily. When they reach Fred Burr hill
there is steep pitch of 1900 feet down
to the Rumsey mill at an angle of IS de-
grees. The tramway works we'll up to
this point. When it gets on to this pitch
the buckets in passing over the towers
slip from the rope. Several of the
buckets have been destroyed and the ore
scattered. They are now trying to
remedy this defect, and when they do
tiff ehty" "s1amihapsg: St. P'''''""' will 7~~~ '~-
Later-The tramway worked more suc-
cessfully yesterday. Several hundred
tons Of ore were delivered at the Rumsey
mill, which will start up in the latter
part of the week.
In the case of Martin VS.. the Granite
Mountain company the secretary OF the
interior has denied Martins right of ap-
peal and affirmed the decision of the
commissioner of the land office, who
holds that the title of the Midland lode
claim belongs to the Granite company.
The Midland lode was located June q,
1888, by Chas. Clark, then superintendent
Of the Granite. In August II, 1883, he
made an amended location of said claim
and then transferred the property to the
Granite company. The company ap-
piled for patent, claiming to have done
work to the extent of $3.50, as follows:
Discovery shaft, 500; shaft No. 2, $50;
two-story barn, $1,000; tunnel No. 8,
$3.50. November 20, 1886, John L. Mar
tin fled protest against the allowance of
said entry, and set forth that he was the
owner of the Far West claim, which en-
braced and included within it's lines the
Midland lode and charged that there had
been no discovery upon the latter prior
or subsequent to location and that the
only vein known on said tract was dis
covered by him and located as the Far
West lode. And further charged that
$500 had not been expended on said
Midland lode at or before entry, nor up
to date, and that 300 had not oeen ex-
pended in 1885.
March 4, 1887, a hearing was ordered
at the local land office. The register and
receiver held THAT the question of the
discovery of valuable mineral deposits on
the Midland lode prior to the location
thereof was conclusively settled IN favor
of the claimants" and further that 'the
discovery shaft No. 2 and tunnel and
open cut cost in the aggregate $50, to
say nothing of the underground workings
in the way of a system of development of
the Granite Mountain company's prop
erty, portion of which should, We
think, be credited to the Midland"
They further found that "on the third
proposition as to the sum of 800 b avin
been expended during the year 1886, it is
shown that the Granite Mountain COM
pany have expended large sums of money
in their system of development Of their
group of mines, OF which the Midland is
one. There can be but little doubt in
the light of the testimony that one Of the
tunnels at least had penetrated the Mid
land ground, and the evidence that all
the work done was in pursuance of
general system of development that the
should be credited with it's share
of the work.
April 6, 1888, the general land Office
affirmed the decision of the local land Of
ice. An appeal was taken to the secre-
tary of the interior, who decided as above
The Midland lode adjoins the Granite
Extension. It must be of |
great value. as one of the officers of the
Granite remarked that 'the company
could better afford to lose million dol
lars than the Midland claim."