Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-02-25

stolen away. And his departure is re.
GREETED by none.
Miss Gertrude Shipman, the estimable
young lady who is teaching our school, has
entirely recovered from a slight attack o.
the grip, and has again assumed her re
sponsibilities as teacher.
The dance given at the international no
tel by W. f. Johnson, on the 22nd inst.
was the eraudest affair of the season and
everybody who attended was we'll pleased
and seemed to enjoy themselves. The sur
rounding country was well represented.
Mr.. p. Landusky, of the Little Rockies
came in last Friday. He brought a fine lot
OF ore which made the average p~rospector
of this camp weep with regret. He reports
sixty-two claims located and recorded in
his district since last December, and the
outlook for that district is very encourag.
ing for the coming season.
Maiden is now the proud possesSor OF
eleven marriageable young ladies, and al
ready cupid is shooting his darts promis-
cuously among them, and il would not be
surprising if some of them should prove
fatal. Our enterprising merchants have
made provision for any emergency that
may occur and are now ADVERTISING com
plete stock of pe~rambulators, nursery bot
ties, teething rings, etc.
The prospectors in this camp have not
been idle during the winter, but nave taken
advantage OF the splendid weather. and i'm
proved every opportunity to develop their
claims. Mr.. w. III. Burgess has shown up
a fine body of ore in the She; j. Lawson
has been steadily at work on the Orphan
Boy, which is one OF the promising pros
poets OF the camp. The Nellie Bly,, owned
by Newt. Cowan and George Stevens. has
been developed by II seventy foot tunnel
and a twenty foot shaft and shows a fine
body OF free milling ore. The Black Dia-
mond, owned by Dougherty q Taylor, has
"a fine body of free milling ore in sight.
The evening Star, owned by Kingsley and
Bloxum, has shown "A line body of head.
Frank Sage. Tom Kerr and u. NJ. Cham
bers are working on Crystal mountain with
fair prospects. Denner, Potts and Cum
ningham are working the Big Four with
good results. While Bowman, Chapman
anu hnurFsOn are WOTkiiis the south slili
of the Montana under a sub lease and have
IA large body of grade ore that they will
ship in the spring if the smelter mt this
place does not resume operations soon.
The Cave Group Mining 70. are making
every effort within their power to start
their smelter and mine by the first Of April.
1t is not presumed that the Spotted Horse
will do much the coming season. They
may possibly work twenty-five or thirty
men and as heretofore with as much detri-
ment To the camp as possible. Il. w. Me
Adow, having realized something over a
million dollars out of this mine, has failed
to encourage the prospects in any particn-
lar and has closed every avenue of COM
merce so far as it lay in his power, so the
people of this vicinity have lost all hope of
Maiden's future in so far as it depends on
the famous Spotted Horse, but with the
present indications we are sure that prac-
teal men and men with capital and exper-
fence will in the near future become inter
ested in our metallic productions and up
hold their judgment by placing their capt.
tai where they will reap "A bonntiful har-
vest.