Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1891-06-25
MAIDEN LOCALS.

green.
The smelter is expected to be in operation
in a few weeks.
Andrew Garrett came up from the Mis-
souri, river last Thursday.
Handle & Charters assumed control OF
the Maiden & Junction staEe line last Satur-
day.
Miss Lizzie Stuart Of Lewistown lie visit
ing with her sister, Mrs. Abbott at Overland
this week.
Mr.. Lewis F. Cowan, brother OF Newton
and Mitchell Cowan, arrived last Thursday
from Buffalo. Wyo.
The boarding house at the Spotted Horse
caught fire Last Friday morning and only
through the timely arrival of some OF the
men the building WAS saved though Mics
Mary William lost her entire wardrobe.
Cause, defective hue.
W. NJ. Adamson, assistant state boiler
Inspector, arrived on Fridays coach and
inspected the boiler at the Spotted Horse
besides granting licenses to several engineers
Ia have been operating engines without
the necessary credentials. Among the sue
~cessful applicants wereJo Legg, John Blox-
ham and Walter Stuart.
The morning of the I 9TH inst we perched
ourself upon the hurricane deck of old
Speedy Foot and headed our course for the
North Moccasin. The sun shone over the
hill tops and not a cloud was visible Ia mar
the pleasures of our journey. All nature
seemed to have exhausted her artistic in
genuity in decorating our path with beau
tiful flowers and evergreens. The wood
chuck was basking in the sunshine upon
the mountain slope and the lark was sing
ing in the meadow; below the cattle and
horses were cantering over the prairie.
All the animal and vegetable kingdom
seemed to be singing their praises to an all
wise and generous providence while all we
could do was to hum a few lines OF when
this old coat was new" etc. About ten
O'Clock we ~dismounted at Mr.. Vannest's
ranch. where we found Mrs. Van and the
children in charge of the ranch while Van is
on the roundup. We lost no time but soon
headed Speedy Foot on our previous course
passing Mr.. Sweeney's ranch, which he is
industriously improving having just com
pleted a wire fence around the entire sec
ton. He has also "a new residence, where he
enjoys the privilege OF performing the duties
OF housekeeper and also OF dsrning his own
socks and pulling his own hair, when occa-
sion demands it. Twelve O'Clock found us
at the picturesque home of Buchanan Bros.
on Meadow creek, where we were invited to
L $500, aol no,,a:, TO- l;,,a. On 1, x-,ta
ton that we were never known to refuse.
Buck was at the head of the culinary de
partment and soon the welcome sound OF
chuck pie greeted our ears. We were not
long in gratifying our veracious appetite
while Speedy Foot was engaged in the same
occupation. From here we followed the
wanderings of Iron creek and soen found
A. q. Hopkins and Ira Knapp working on
their placer claim. They ha We been running
cuts and making reservoirs but have not
cleaned up any ground as yet, but are ex-
pecting to make a good clean up in a couple
OF weeks ii the water holds out. We now
directed our course toward Limestone
creek and were not long in finding our old
friend, Geo. Mcclure, busily engaged in
ground sluicing with "a fair head OF water
Here We were invited to remain over night
and again showing our weakness, accepted
Mr.. Mcclure showed US the Columbia. it is
not correct to say prospect for this is un.
doubtedly "A mine aud one that will shortly
surpass anything in Fergus county and be
equaled by few in Montana as u producer
OF precious metals. There is over one hun
dred tons of ore on the dump while the
II. 80. a. .-.ul g.. st. - 4. .x.l
defined wall and n cross cut of % feet, al
in ore. The opposite wall has not yet beer
reached so it is impossible to- state the
width of the vein. This claim, which has
also an abundance of timber on it, is not
III the market, as Mac is going to sink Zoe
feet and then cross cut to ascertain the
width of the lead. He is working his place,
ground when he has water and his quartz
when water is short. The morning of the
18th we bid our hospitable host goodbye
and turned our course toward the J. T.,
" here We found the Harmon Bros. and Doc.
Vincent and Joe Norman engaged in devel.
oping this property. They have three
shafts. one 10 feet, one % feet and one 90
feet, beside an so foot tunnel. On my ar
rival they had just fired a couple Of shots
and upon investigating we foundt that they
had broken through the lime and struck a
seam of sand carbonate about 2 feet
through and we were Thoroughly convinced
that this mine can be rated as one of the
best ore producers OF that section. From
there we went to the mine owned by Turn
| bla de and Langdoc, where we found "a sixty
10 OF shaft with plenty Of ore on the dump,
but there being no one interested in the
property at present we were unable to hear
the value of any assays or the future pros
poets. The next we encountered was the
Gogle Eye owned by Col. George Mason.
where we found II very uniform body of
ore, though the depth of the shaft we were
unable to obtain as the Col. was at another
claim at the head of Iron creek. We also
found "A fine forest OF timber and were sat
isfied that the North Moccasin will at no
distant day be among the flourishing min
ing camps. 1t is hardly necessary to add
that we were not representing capital but
were simply gratifying our own curiosity,
and as our leisure is limited we were
compelled to retrace our steps toward Mai
den, where we arrived in due time.