The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-21
NEIHART is LOOKING UP
ProspectorS In That Section Who are
Pleased With the Outlook.
Bids on the Sewer for Great
Falls-The Big Muddy
Is Evidently on a
Bender.

Special 10 the Standard.
GREAT FALLS, March oO.-Bids for sew
eraee work were opened by the city coun-
ell tonight in the presence Of q large
number ~ builders and contractors. The
bids which are somewhat complicated
were referred Ia the special committee
which Is to report on Saturday. Mr.. Hus-
tier Of Helena says that the bids made
jointly by himself and Mark Tuck is the
lowest. J.. n. Gorslin has, however, made
very low bids for most of the work. The
Helena Sewer Pipe works made the low
est bid for the pipe.
The Missouri is 'fulr'- is in fact on a
regular bender. The melting snow is ill-
ing the creeks. which are In turn filling
the Missouri. Reports from Deep creek,
alias Smith river, say that an overflow is
expected this season. The water is Just
high enough to encourage the farmers To
pillow and seed the bottoms. In this city
the cataract mill dam is nearly out of
sight. The Missouri is muddy, indicating
that the streams are pouring INTO il a large
volume of water which has been discol-
ored on its way from the hills. There is
a marked difference between the Mis-
souri, now n a year ago. Then the
How was quiet. Now the big river comes
rushing dawn as If il would sweep all be-
fore il.
Ed. anderson. c. b. Egan and DIR. Reed,
who have come in from Ncihart bring
news of "A strike i'm the COMPROMISE mine.
This lead is in the heart of the camp, and
Is IN extension Of the Moulton. the mine
bonded by f. G.. Maclay, Ira Myers and
others for $4,000. Ii is developed by two
tunncls-an upper and lower one. The
strike Is i'm the lower tunnel, where a
body of between five and six feet of high
sw...la ...a L.. 1900 Zl-..... l.. ~
tunnel. This ore body was exposed hut
a few days ago and il nearly makes the
owners feel u little bit elevated. John
Wilson, Phil Wclch and others are the
lucky Of the mine, but II. q.
Chowen of this city has a bond on il for
$4,000, which does not expire until July.
As the Great Falls q Canadian railroad
will run within 10 miles of the Sweet
Grass hills. the mines of that district are
beginning To attract attention. A deal
has been made here by which Great Falls
parties secured n bond for $4,000 on
the Helena and Helena No. I lodes, owned
By George Barron and others. These
leads are but slightly developed. but they
promise 10 show up a large vein of cop
pcr-silycr ore. They are in the contac,
between the lime and porphyry formation
and an extension upon which n shaft has
been sun 10 feet shows "a vein IL feet in
width. The parties who have bonded will
begin development work soon.
Mr.. Briggs is working night and day
shifts on the Ripple, on Snow creek, Nei.
hart district, IN all reports agree that he
Is showing up a splendid property. He il
now sinking through n fine body of ore
and VIII continue going down until il is
necessary To secure improved machinery.
Much Of the ore is of high grade.
Among Inc notes of progress at Neihart
may be mentioned the fact that Mrs,
Emily Rochl, formerly of the Milwaukee,
house. of this city, has completed all ar
rangemcnts for the building of n 500
hotel on the new TOWNSHIP.