The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-03-02
A SPLENDID GIMP
NUGGETS OF NEWS FROM
RICHMOND FLAT.
The Monitor Mine Has Thousands in
Sight-JmprOv emeMtS or the Reve-
nue. Fine Il Pankey May Operate
At Red BluH-<Ocial and Personal

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Correspondence ]-William Allen of
Meadow Creek has secured lease on
the Pearl mine. He has two men at
work pushing the shaft down to the
vein which he expects to cut this week.
He will then run levels On the vein and
see how extensive the ore bodies are.
Hoger, Kirby & Co. have their whim
in position on the Flat lode and are
extracting some very rich ore. They
expect the vein will widden out when
they run levels.
It is reported that the cross cut at
| the Monitor mine has reached the one
hundred foot mark with no sign of the
vein. But they are liable to cut the
vein with one blast any time. We are
Of the opinion that somebody has made
large sized blunder in calculating
the distance from the shaft to the vein
all the same. Quartz sharps claim
that the Monitor mine has between
seventy-tive and One-hundred thousand
dollars worth of ore in sighnt which Is
probably near the truth.
The old reliable Revenue mine still
pungles the ore as usual. Four or five
six horse teams are kept busy hauling
ore to the mill which runs day and
night. The roads have been in hor-
rible condition for the past ten days
from the mine to the mill which has
caused much profanity among the
drivers. If old Satan was in the vicinity
he could not find fault with the teams
ters' easy training as to clss words.
Mr.. Dunham informed me that he
would put new hoist on this property
in the near future as the old hoist is too
light for the work it has to perform.
Miner & Co. are sinking shaft on
the Grass Widow with hatterin sue
cess. The ore is not so high grade but
there appears to be lots of it so that is
one consolation for these light work
ing prOspectOrs.
1t is announced that Messrs. Fine 4
Pankey will operate the Red Bluff
mine this summer. We opine that it
will prove a grand success.
P. J. McCaery of Red Bluff is feel
ing like French dancing master.
Pat informs me that he has struck it
away up. 1t seems Pat was running a
level on the Pay Rack mine and en-
countered a cross lead which he says
is two feet and half wide and samples
one-hundred fifty dollars per ton. No
wonder Pat carries broad smile on
his face. We would too if dame for
tune would hit us that way.
Edward johnson, the mill man at
Sterling, says he will have the mill
crushing ore by March 18th. The
whistle will then toot for the first time
since 1866
Chas Stewart & Co.. lesees OF the
Galena mine at Sterling, are extract
ing good ore. They will soon make a
shipment to Butte.
1t is announced that the wet goods
store will resume business on Gray
Back hill about the LIST of April.
Henry and Allen, mining men from
Goose Creek, looked over the Flat,
Monday.
1t is reported that Butte parties will
start store at Sterling in the near
future.
In order to pass away these long
evenings and improve their spelling
residents of Sterling have organized a
spelling school which meets at p. V.
Jackson's Office every two weeks to
practice. Your correspondent, by
special invitation, dropped in to see
how the members could spell and was
surprised to see how large. difficult
jaw breaking words were lnasticated.
But when the president requested your
correspondent to try his hand at the
word ''weeyil" he failed, and took to
the hills for meditation, after expos
ing his ignorance.
Edward johnson & Co., who have a
bond on the Rose Bud mine, will soon
put force of men at work on the
property.
The firm of Miner s. Calvert has