The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-03-23
THE PONY COUNTRY
DOlNGS IN THE MINES AND
PERSONALITIES.
Jacob HOusel's ~ stem-A Scheme to
Force Free COinage-Weary Willie
Wagxles at n Hard Times BALM e.
ch. nical Troubles Of the Poetry N a
chine.

district, further up the hill than the
Filing & Morris group, is also opening
up finely, which is proven by the en-
couraging development of the Boze-
man, Proctor Knot, Wolf Tone and
other mines.
The Proctor Knot is 1lO feet in
depth, and the last assay from it went
1910 in gold and 80 ounces in silver.
When the snow leaves, which it is now
doing rapidly, hosting works will be
erected on the mine. The Wolf Tone
mine, near the above named lode, at
the bottom of the. 'shaft-nOw 1O5 feet
deep-shOws crevice feet wide,
which samples from 500 to 1925 per
ton in gold. It is owned by H. L.Frank
and Miles Cavanaugh of Butte.
Reynolds & Hatfield have just ship
ped car load of ore from the Old Joe
mine, which means money in their
pockets, for the antiquated Joseph al
ways yields way up quartz.
Laupher & Wilxie also lately ship
ped d car load of ore from the Boze-
man and have now another one nearly
ready for shipment
1t is rumored that they have ''struck
it big" in the White Pine lode.
This mine has been worked, on and off,
for many years and has yielded large
amount of gold, some of the ore having
run 5000 per ton in Filing & Morris
mill here.
In an interview with Jacob Housed
he said his ''Trade Dollar" lode, be-
tween Norwegian and the Mound, is
% feet in width, has two shafts on IT.,
one of them 32 feet deep and that it
samples $16 in gold, 6 ounces silver and
Is per. cent. lead per ton. He has a
good placer mine on Norwegian, which
he works in the following original
manner: 81 take the gold out as need
it. If happen to get out more than
want, place it back in my gravel
bank, which never suspends payment
till stop work, and where there is no
absconding cashier to pack the gold off
to Canada" If every gold miner
would adopt Mr.. HIS plan government
would, as a necessity, soon have to give
us free silver coinage.
Mrs. Adkins and Edna arrived home
from the capital on Tuesday. Mr.. Is
dell is expected on to-day's coach.
Miss anna Bogart, a cousin of Jay
Joyner, of this valley, came on from
New York couple of weeks ago, and
expects to make Montana her future
home. Soon after her arrival pleas
ant party was given, in her honor, by
Mr.. JOyner, to number of his friends.
w. G. McLaskle and family spent a
few days last week at the hot springs,
up south Willow creek. They stopped
at the Walters House while there.
Will Beckwith, who has been pound
ing the drill on Mineral hill part OF
winter, is now on his ranch near Pony,
He intends to put in several acres o1
potatoes and a large acreage Of alfalfa
this season. Will Parker, who has
Just returned from Helena, is with
him.
Chas. Luper came down the street
last Tuesday with such halo of hap
piness surrounding him that it almost
blinded the fellow who asked, "What's
the matter, Charley" He said, sits a
boy"
On next Friday evening "hard
times" ball will be given at Harrison
where tattered clothes-a la Weary
Waggles and Mrs. Dusty Rhodes-will
be at premium. AS the present ad
ministration has been fruitful in the
production of costumes, appropriate fol
such an occasion, everybody will
doubtless, besthere in full dress.
The Pony Literary came to an un
timely end few weeks ago. All re
gret its discontinuence, for our loca
musical talent, which took part in thu
entertainment, was among the best il
the state; while the dramatic rendi
tions, recitations, dialogues, tableauxs
ETC., were excellent, and were not onl,
a benifit, in an educational point o