The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-01-05
COUNTY hFFAIRS.
AS TOLD BY MADISONIAN
NEWS GATHERERS
Newsy Letters From Various Sec
tiOns of the COunty-SOcial Gossip,
Personal Mention and Pen Pictures
of the DOings of a Prosperous and
Happy People.

OF the DOlnES OF prosperous anu
Happy People.
Pony. Dec. 3d. Special Cores
pondence The MAD1sONIAN CORE
spondent has gathered some details in
regard to the operations of the Garnet
Gold Mining Company:
This company have seventeen claims
about three miles from town, and have
done a great amount of development
work on these properties during the
last five years, the greatest part of the
work, however, having been done on
the Galena mine. which the company
purchased of Messrs. Mckittrich &
Mood for $500 cash. They have a
steam drill and all the necessary fix
lures and tools for rapid work, and on
this mine they now have over half
mile of shafts and tunnels, mostly in
ore.
During part of the first season they
! shipped 49, 900 worth of ore, but since
that have been opening up the ore bod
les and have now several thousand tons
on the dump and in sight in the mine.
They intend to put up a concentrator
at the mine early in the spring, and
probably also the necessary works for
treating the concentrates on the
ground AS there is sufficient water for
a so or 60 horse power within 900 feet
of the lower tunnel, the ore can easily
be run through shute from the mine
to the concentration
Mr.. c.. H. Woods, the superintendent
of the Garnet company, deserves much
credit for the manne, in which he has
handled this mine. unlike many who
have erected their mills before devel-
oping their mines. Mr.. w. has thor
oughly proven the Galena to be valu-
able mine before concluding to put
work upon it for treating the ore.
News has just reached here that the
Parrot Smelter Co., of Butte, has COM
pleted the purchase of 1000 acres OF
ground and the necessary water-rlghts
near the Point-of Rocks on the Jetfer-
son, and will soon have men at work
breaking ground preparatory to the
erection of large smelter. This means
much for Madison County, for no doubt
railroads will soon be pushed from the
smelter into her mining camps, where
large quantities of base ore awaits
cheap transportation.
On Christmas eve there was Il combi'
nation of lyceum, Christmas tree and
hilarity in Pony. The committee Of
arrangements consisted of the Misses
Anna Woodward, Alma Horner, Carrie
Smith, and Messrs. Alex. Anderson ano
Chas Lewis.
The music by Nina Wampler on the
piano and Prof. Gordon and Chas. Nor
ris on the violins was very fine, ano
when the beautiful melody Of Home
Sweet Home" was rendered, the listen
ers were glad they We're not at theil
own sweet homes at the time.
The vocal music during the evening
by our home talent was splendid. ant
Mr.. Harry Duncan's solo was not 81
low but that it was q way up per
fOrmance
The holiday poem, written by Mrs
NJ. C. Woodward was pleasing com
position and exceedingly we'll read b.
Rev. J. G. Marquis.
The play entitled ''Crowning tn
r Holidays'- in which the actors az
: peared in their nice and appropriat
costumes-was very interesting one
I. The tableaux of "Jacobs dream
. was very beautiful and elicted muc
y applause.
While in the Isdell Mercantile Co
!. store few days before Christmas tn
question was asked: "How in the nam
:, of Sam Hill do you expect to sell-thes
r Clevelandized times all these larg
l. counters full of Xmas things?" One
firm exclaimed, "Wait till Christm,
eve-then you'll see."
OF course many Of them went in
the surrounding country in the mea