The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1896-05-29
CURRENT TOPICS.


MATTERS OF MOMENT IN ALL PARTS
OF THE COUNTRY.
the Papers Are Saying All Over the
state-News Items and Passing Gossip
Here and There.
There are 1900 men on the pay rolls at Ana
conda.
Placer mining has actively opened at the head
of Horse Prairie
A large force is at work in the Silver White
mica mines in Idaho
The completion of the Montana railroad will
open up a large mining area.
1t is expected that a large force Of men will be
soon set at work on the Copperopolis mines.
A man named Cooper struck a good copper
vein while excavating for an clubhouse at Butte.
During the past four months 81 ,452 tons Of cop
per have been exported from the United States.
The mining laws of the state in book form have
been published and may be obtained for 80 cents
The Boston and Montana Mining company
have 81 0OO,OO due from guaranteed sales OF cop
per.
The mining class of the Columbian school of
mines are expected to visit Butte sometime in
June.
= plant is to be added to the works at Anaconda
for the purpose Of making suphuric acid from
smelter smoke.
The mill of the Western Mine Enterprise COM
pany at Bannack will resume as soon as necessary
repairs are made.
Parties have jumped the Little Dandy mine at
York, and the contest growing out OF the case is
expected to develop d big suit.
justice of the peace in Alaska recently charged
Il man six ounces of gold dust as a fee for per-
forming the ceremony Of marriage.
The deliveries OF copper in England and France
during the first quarter of this year exceeded those
of the corresponding period Of last year by l2l26
tons.
The Anaconda company is now producing al
most as much copper as the whole state Of Mich
lgan more than Spain and more than Chilli
Inter Mountain
Silver is gaining strength in the Democratic
party and Cleveland does not seem to like it. He
will have to take his medicine, nevertheless
Dillon Examiner.
Under the management Of Superintendent
5chwezter the Paupers Dream company has put
i'll what is said to be the cheapest gold milling
plant in the world.
The LIE Roi Mining and Smelling company de-
cared a dividend lately of 10 cents, amounting to
S5o,oo0. About s150oOO have been paid in div-
dends since last October.
The Iron Mountain mine, since January last,
shareholders dividends nj
cent on a total OF $500,O00. The company has
$4,000 III the treasury standard.
There is a bill pending in Coneress providing
for the purchase of the western third of the
Blackfeet Indian reservation in northwestern
Montana II is 4 rich mineral region.
A Professor Kimbal has invented a magnetic
appliance for detecting ore bodies beneath the
surface OF the ground. He performed some won
ders at Cripple Greek and is now operating in
Nevada.
THE NEW NORTHWEST Is doing yeoman duty for
Governor Richards. This week it comes to the
defense Of Governor Richards In the matter of
pardons The governor needs no odefense on that
score, which the Recorder explained long ago
Anaconda Recorder.
healthy lamb with seven legs has been born
in Choteau county. The River Press says "a
sheep which produces three shoulders and four
legs of mutton to the carcass has been the ambi-
tion of lockmasters ever since Abel put In his
time herding on Lonesome Prairie. y
Undoubtedly there is going to be this year
better market for mining properties advanced In
development than at any time for the past several
years. All the indications point that way, and ac-
.tual evidence of money seeking Investment in APP
proved gold and silver mines is furnished from
the east and abrOad.-Helena Herald
The representatives from the silver states who
opposed the Dingley bill have no cause to feel that
their conduct did not meet with the appreciation
of the people of their respective states. Mantle,
Carter and Hartman have been endorsed by the
Montana republican convention, and Teller re-
tceives the commendation Of the republicans OF
sColorado.-Great Falls Leader.
Doc. Hersey is now Sitting astride the editorial
tripod of THE NEW NORTHWEST at Deer Lodge
Doc. is well posted on Montana matters gifted
writer and a born newspaper man. This being
the case, the Deer Lodgers can confidently expect
that The NEW NORTHWEST will be heard from
beyond the confines of the town In which 1t Is
pubished-BozemanC Chronicle.