Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-12-28
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| mountain sheep which weighed 200
pounds and had fine pair of horns.
Herald.
On one of the coolest mornings of
the week before last, the dwelling of
Ebb Rose on Sheep creek, fourteen
miles west OF Dupuyer, was burned,
together with all effects, the family
barely escaping with their lives. A
little girl OF David Lutz, brother-in-
law, was severely burned. Mr.. Lutz
managed to cover the women and
children with hay and kept them from
freezing. One of the women ran bare
footed and in her night clothes one
and a quarter miles to a neighbor's
and gave the alarm. Miraculously
none of the family were frozen, though
the thermometer registered more than
20 below.
Judge Knowles in the United States
court overruled the motion to quash
ex-president ofthe Merchants National
bank OF Great Falls, The motion in
one case was based on the fact that
each indictment charged two offenses.
The judge said that both charges were
practically one. In the other case it
was claimed that the certificates of
stock alleged to have been embezzled,
was not the property OF the bank.
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erty OF the bank and as such was sub
ject to embezzlement. The indict-
ments having been held to he regular,
Hanks was arraigned to plead on
Dec. 27th.
The Castner coal fields at Belt have
been purchased by Jas. Shields of
Anaconda, who is brother-in-law of
Marcus DAILY, and the purchaser an
nounces that while the greater por-
tion OF the product will be shipped to
the Anaconda smelter, the trade will
also be supplied. AS the Anaconda
Mining company has been receiving
under contract sixty carloads of coal
day from the Union Pacific mines at
Rock Springs, Wyo., for the past few
years, it is evident that if the fields at
Belt be called upon to supply this
amount, a prosperous future for the
camp is assured. 1t is understood
that tests of coal made about two
years ago by the Anaconda company,
proved to the satisfaction of Mr.. Daily
that the coal found at Belt is superior
to any yet found in Montana for
smelling purposes.
An important piece of work is soon
to begin on the big silver properties at
, Granite. The Granite Mountain and
Bimetallic companies will, jointly,
!, drive a tunnel one and one-half miles
long. This will tap the Granite vein
at a depth of about 400 feet and
the Bimetallic vein at about LOO
feet. Ths estimated cost of this
work will be between $3.50, 1000 and
S4OO,O0O 1t is expected to have the
. big bore through in eighteen months
This will be fast time but work will be
, carried on through more than one
opening. Levels will be run from the
present workings of the two mines
and the shafts will be developed tc
the same depth as the tunnel. 1t j.
proposed by this tunnel to keep tn,
properties drained of water and tt
lessen the expense of pumping. 1t il
}. claimed the annual cost of keepin,
the pumps in operation is $175,OOO
Another new enterprise decided upol
y is the building of a suitable mill 70
d working the tailings on hand. 1t
Z estimated the Granite. company ha
a about 200, 900 tons of tailings.