The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-11-07
COUNTY NEWS.
a BREEZY LETTER FROM
WASHINGTON BAR.
Well and Promise Much for the Future
-Iaurin Lacouics-in the Centennial
Valley.

Correspondence. IL notice in late issues
OF Nouf paper an unusual reticence in all
your correspondents. perhaps owing to
the busy season Of the year.. or the unu-
suai interest in politics. which prevails
just at present. but thank the good
Lord, that agony will be over in a few
days; the child will be born next Tues
day and his name will be Bill. | forget
his other name. 1t is hopcd something
else than politics will appear occasionly
in the newspapers.
Crops are generally threshcd. and the
sturdy ranchman is preparing to hole
up for the winter. The hopeful miner
is -tfll d%elving IN the hills. respecting
his ship to come in soon. Prospects
being quietly developed are too numer-
GUS for individual mention. The Reve-
nue. and Monitor at Richmond Flat. are
rl1uing f1ll blast, with the usual out
nlf oi hulIioH from the Revenue. and 1
or > etr~ Of ore each month from the
Monitor. The best evidence that both
aro paying is tie co~nstancy with which
they ruin.
The Little Kid" at the head Of north
>isaJow Creek. * RAINING day aud
might on good ore. They treat II or 20
ton. daily. and save Il high per cent of
Jlrir ,u}phide ore. but have more diff
icu!ty with handling their best class of
ore. which carries a large per cent of
lead calOonate-, and is difficult to save
ON the nlatcS. or concentrate.
ON the east side Of Old Badly. at the
head Of Washington gulch. some prom
i9iug prospects have been showing mp
past the fall. The Cascade, owned and
worked by Geo. a. Carty, showsa vein
SO feet wide. Of SO or 80 ore. This is
d fine concentrating proposition. and a
water power Of 300 or 400 feet fall along
side Of the mine. Another GOOD strike
of the past summer is the High Bluff"
owned by Peel & Levy. they have from
- to rs inches Of very high grade ore.
Enochs x Downing have in their Mo-
INV i-Ct', al CNltIlSIoII vi IIlc IAItUlc
Kid. a very tlattering prospect. Their
ore viii run from $50 to $40, but will
leave but little for the owners if shipped
to Il smelter. They expect to put up an
Il rastra next spring and work their own
ore.
budd y tapples have some fine ore in
their Mastodon. but are not working at
present. SO also has Norman Butler in
his North Slope mine nearby.
Now 10 some down in the foot hills.
We have in Henry Lawrence the most
1t prospect the Bi-Metallicl about a year
ago. and started to work single handed
and alone, and now has over POO feet of
tunnels run, and cuts and shafts to make
l0G feet more. He has out - to 100
tons Of ore OF good grade. if it could be
worked near the mine. but as we have
no custom works within 20 miles. only
the higher grade Of ore can be handled
at present. We have had Butte and
Tacoma parties in the camp, who speak
highly of the prospects.
Hedge x Brothers have everything
in readiness for the winters work on
their Wellington mine. which is a fiat
tering prospect. and being low down in
the foothills, is accessible at any season
of the year, therefore a good PROPOSE
ton.
No deaths. births on marriages to re-
port. but plenty of the latter in contem-
plation. how soon they will m%aterialiZe
your scribe sayeth not.
There is Il strong feeling hereabouts
in favor of Judge Showers. irrespective
Of party. which the vote of next Tues
day will no doubt show. but we can nc
doubt await the result. TREBOR.