The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-03-24
THE NEWS FROM NE|HART.
Determined Effort to Have a Quartz
Mill Built There-BOnus
Offered.
Three Trains Il Week Will Now
BE Run from Neihart
to This City.

Especial Correspondence of The TRIBUNE
NEIHARr, March Isl. c. Kenmouth
returned to camp this week on a visit to
his family.
w. H. Aldredge of Great Falls was in
town the first of the week.
b. B. Wells has been on the sick list
for several days.
Mrs. Arthur Fowle entertained a
number of her friends at a whist party
on Wednesday evening.
Bishop Brewer Of Helena was here for
several days this week conducting ser
vices in the Episcopal church. The rite
of confirmation was very impressivoly
performed at the Sunday morning ser
vice. This growing congregation is now
taking steps to begin the erection of a
new house of worship and has bought a
beautifully located lot for the purpose.
Yesterday being st. Patrick's Day,
every loyal son of Erin appeared upon
the streets with streamers of gre-n rib
bon flying from his buttonhole. In the
evening a grand ball was given by the
Irish-American club which was largely
attended and continued until an early
hour of the morning.
G. p. Downing of Great Falls, superin-
tendent of the Queen of the Hills Min
ing company, was in town the first of
the week looking after the interests of
his company.
Fifteen cars Of ore have been sent out
this week, the Moulton shipping seven.
the Queen of the Hills six, the Gait one
and the Ingersoll one,
William Mueller has returned from an
extended trip to st. Paul, Chicago and
New York.
The date for the city election has been
fixed for April 10, at which time a mayor
and three aldermen will be chosen to
serve for n year.
The little son of Emil Anderson found
a dynamite cap a few days ago and, not
knowing what it was, set fire to 1t with
a match. The explosion of the cap so
mangled his left hand as to render nee.
essary the removal of the thumb and
first and second fingers of his left hand,
The Neibart Gun club are arranging
for the building of a club house on their
practice grounds here and are also think.
ing of erecting one at Highwood lakes
for the use of the members while or
their hunting expeditions.
G.. II. JenKe, the new division super
intepdpnt of the Great Nortncrn K. X.
zane in this week from Great Fails OF
his special car. While here he made
the pleasing announcement that here
after we are to have three trains a weel
instead of two as at present. This is al
improvement in u train and mail ser
vice which has been long needed an
the intelligence of the change was hal
ed with delight by every citizen in tn
camp.
One of the richest strikes in the his
tory of the camp was made IN the Broao
water this week. The ore deposit
over six feet in width and is a solid mas
of high-grade galena, containing a larg
amount of ruby and native silver, with
considerable amount of black %sulphuret
The entire ledge contains pyrites OF COZ
ner which, in this camp, is a good ind
cation that the ore is of very high grad
This is supposed to be the beginning
the Bell chute, the shaft of which
about $50 feet distant, and if further e:
ploration confirms the correctness
this supposition the Broadwater posse
SEES one of the largest bodies of higl
grade ore IN the state.
The new machinery of the Gait WI
put in nlotion on Sunday morning al
everything was found to work satisfa
+ rialy. Your correspondent was show
through the mine this week by SuI
McAssey and Duncan Mcdonald, al
what he saw confirms him in the bell
that he made no mistake when he pr
dicted a few weeks ago that this mil
would soon become N OF the large
ore. producers in the camp Ire III
chinery recently put IN consists OF
t~wenty-horse power engine, a slXty-hor
power boiler, a pump with a capacity
100 gallons per minute, and holstlT
apparatus sufficient for sinking sever
hundred feet. The ore is all high graz
and the quantity seems to be practical
unlimited.
A quartz mill has been needed a lol
time in this camp, and at last publ
sentiment on the subject has bee
aroused to such an extent that our eli
zens are now taking active steps 10 s
cure tho erection of one. From u
energy and determination displayed /
our leading citizens it seems to he I
longer doubtful that their efforts will
attended with success. A mass meetif
was held in Crawford's hall on Tuesdi
evening to discuss the proposition and
has been determined to donate a m