Fergus County argus., 1890-05-08

~~e>see AsAS W ~
Great Falls is soon To have AN iron
foundry.
Robert u. Smith was appointed rs city
clerk aud attorney by the new city council
at Helena.
Paul Mc 'ormek has been awarded the
contract Tor ] 100, 600 pounds of oats to
be delivered at Fort Custer.
Two miners named John Oates aud Greg
"ry SIuires lost their lives by Il fall in the
Alice mine at Butte "n May
William Phillips. Il miner in the Dexter
mine al Arsenta, fell from the bucket dur
ing it's ascent ON the evening Of May and
was instantly killed.
:. a. Marney. who established the Stock
growers Journal at Miles city, is nov gen
eral agent inr the tanaga Cattle Car com
pany. and will make Miles city his head
quarters.
Spru~ille Hriden has been appointed
special agent of the census bureau ts col
lrct and complete the mineral statistics I'll
Montana. northern idah, aud eastern
Washington.
The survey of the Great Northern hra.cl,
from Monarch Ia Barker has been som.
pri-d. The branch wiil im iourteeu miles
hong. tn. track will lie laid IL Mosarrli
within ten days.
a body Of milling ore l>J feet in length
aud / !. leet iN width, running high IN silver
has been disclosed at a depth of $50 feet in
the Lone Pine mine. on the divide between
Butte aud tilen,ial.. Mining Review.
oIi Emisrant gulch is coming to he front
with valuable mine of bi>muth. A con-
pany has been formed to work il and great
results are ant ticipated. IT. is II pure mhits
metal worth over $4,000 a ton.-''ourier.
Vie Aran. n cattlen,an of Wyoming,
while silt ing in Fat Jacks saioonat Red
Lodge u lew nights ago, WAS shot through
the heart 10y II person outside. VIM. Len
don, with whom Arland had trouble some
months ago. was arrested on suspicion, but
subsequently released there being Insult
fcient evidence to hold him.
Aaron IIsrshfield. DavidC. Folsom. thas.
T.. severance. Elmer Anderson and Thos.
lianl"n have incorporated the Castle Noun
tain Railway company, with capita
stock of 50 .obo. 600 in 2ooso shares at
SIoo each. one terminus Of the road will
he Helena or Livingston. aud the line will
pass through Castle and White sulphur
Springs.
Thomas King the jefferson county muir
derer. WAS granted IA respite until June6by
Acting G"vernor Rckards yesterday. This
action was taken To give the supreme court
sufficient time to consider the ease, which
is before them ON apSsal. As the date liked
for the hanging was May :. aud as the
judges are very busy with "ther cases at
present, they could not do Justice ioi in 50
short time. journal.
The main shaft .f the old Alice rhine at
Butte reached the ,3ooioot level last
Tuesday. aud sinking has been suspended
for the present, pending which time the
mine will he developed below the ,ooofoot
level. The Alice company is also working a
iul force of miners at the Magma tharta,
aud sinking ut the I;lue Wing continues.
There is no hack oi Iced for the eight y
stamps al the big mill.-Mining Review.
The deal whereby Billings was to have n
80 barrel ilnuriig mill has fallen through
l., reason of ". eastern capitalists refusing.
to guarant.. the running of the mill IA cer
tain length OF time each year Tor three
Y
lowstone county or not. The citizens Of
billings were TO give Il S.,,ouo bonus, but
insisted on this guarantee, which nas not
tort thconiEg, hrsce the failure to connect.
Under contract Tor immediate deivery
". W. l,easl-y has purchased for j. J.
Hedges .f Sioux city lo.oo mutton sheep
from Tom Barry, purchaser Ia own the
wool at the price oi : . all around, says the
Billings Gazette. The sheep will he driven
to Huniley aud there shorn and shipped %
he east. The sheep are nearly ali big lat
others. aud IT is believed the purchaser
VIII realilr net profit on the band oi
81 900. This is one OF the biggest sheep
deals ever made ia this country, aud the
sheep men can afford To smoke Havana
cigars this season il they want to.
Articles of Incorporation we're filed May
:, ior the Alabama Mining company 10y j.
NJ kumpe. John l'iser George Irwin and
Frank Bates. The capital stock al the
company will he S:apo.obo divided int"
500, o,ooo shares with /, par value "i one
dollar each This company IL formed for
the purpese of prospecting the Alabama
and Cleveland mines, located about three
and "a half miles from White sulphur
Springs. This property shows about thirty
inches of pay ore in a thirty foot shaft.
The ore comes To- the surface in several
places. and numerous assays running over
100 ounces in silver ard 80 per cent lead
have been had. Owing to the close proy-
unity Of the mine To the springs, treasury
stock of this company is selling like het
-IIusban,lman.
on a recent visit to Iowa Mr.. X Dalton