The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-03-16
will commence taking out ore soon.

will commence taking out ore soon.
The old ''Rising SUM- is now owned
by VIM. Fisher and Jacob Housed, and
has a shaft 1S5 feet in depth. Years
ago goOdly amount of ore from it
yielded $50 per ton in the Hyde mill at
Sterling. The ore left on the dump
samples $l6 per ton. The mine is now
filled with water and pumping ma
chinery will be needed to work it sue
cessfully. Butte parties have bond
on it till May 1st.
Chas. Derr commenced an open cut
for bedrock, last summer, up in the
hills on Norwegian Gulch. He has at
tanned depth of 80 feet with very en-
couraging prospects, and in the spring
will continue the good work.
The above are all gold propositions
with the exception of the silver and
copper mentioned-and still more are
being opened up in the same district
by such energetic prospectors as Mes
srs. Wallace, Perrine, DOney, Barnes,
Sparrell, Steward and others, in re-
gard to which the details were not
learned.
E. Johnson will soon have his mill
running, at Sterling, crushing ore at
S3 per ton, and it will, doubtless, be
kept very busy. 1t is rumored that Mr..
johnson and others from Tacoma have
taken up the bond on Reel & Norris
"Convoy" and also on Bowker & Moore
Bros. mine.
A few nights ago Mrs Mcdonnell
gave party to some of her friends, at
her residence in Pony. The rooms
We're tastefully decorated with flowers:
whist and other card games were in
dulged in; ice-cream, cakes, etc, were
served in abundance, and, thanks to
the tact and hospitality OF the hostess
all enjoyed themselves highly.
On the 23ult., Mrs. Eli Adkins went
to Helena to join her little daughter,
Edna, and her parents, Hon. N. J.
Tssdell and wife, and will remain with
them until the session closes She was
accompanied jy Miss Ethel Crisman.
Besides her other school, Miss Wood
ward teaches Sunday school at p. V.
Jacksons, at Sterling. Her pupils are
progressing finely in their studies.
Miss Janet Davis left here on the
25th ult. for your city, where she has
accepted position in the school.
After Judge Showers told James
Boyd and Charles DOrr that old Madi-
son was too law-abiding at present to
need their services as jurors, they
started home without even taking time
to paint the town red, and arrived
here safely.
George Barker recently returned
from an extended visit among his rel
atives in III.
J. J. Boyer stopped at p. V. Jack
sons on his way home to Willow creek
from Virginia City and had pleasant
visit with the interesting family
which, in connection with that splend-
i'd turkey dinner he partook of with a
number of their friends, was certainly
an oasis on the dreary trip.
Horatio Hanson, having received a
message that his aged mother was ly-
ing seriously i'll at her home in White
water, Mich, hastily left for that
place on Thursday, last.
w. McKaskle is again around, hav-
ing recovered from the injuries he re-
ceived from fall on the ice few days
ago.
Chas. Morris during his leisure mo-
ments in the assay Office manufactures
some unique and tasty scarf-pins from
Montana silver. That they are much
admired is shown by the fact that a
number of the boys best girls wear
them on state occasions,
Marshall & Mack, who put up hay
on shares for T. B. Hunt last summer,
are now with the latter baling hay for
the Butte market.