The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1898-01-14
MOOSE LIKE NEWS NOTES.

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Every man is busy in the camp
doing something.
Mr. Howells teams came in to camp
today with more machinery for the
Gold Hill
Charles Hedstrom is doing the black
smith work for the Gold Hill Mining
and Milling company.
Messrs. Dallis and Milburn have
gone up to the copper district to look
after their interests there.
We only have four ladies in camp
Mrs. Hopkins, Mrs. Highland. Mrs.
ConrOy and Miss Dona Gill.
The men from Hopkins camp seren-
ing. They had ii splendid time.
Martin, Johnson, also another for
tunate copper prOspector, has gone to
Anaconda for a rest and recreation.
All the mine managers are out of
camp-in Chicago, Philipsburg. and
other places. The camp keeps on push
ing ahead all the same.
Frank Stedmar, the millwright of
Philipsburg, is doiug the Gold Hill
Mining and Milling company mill
work up in A No. l shape
Mel Sheehan is foreman for HOPKINS
and Dana He is from the Gold Coin
and is a thorough miner and has
thorough miners workin-, for him.
Mr., R. f. Troy, of the Gold Hill, is
back from Chicago and is busy get
ting the mill in shape to turn out some
of those "eggs," as Hedstrom says
Messrs. Stevens Darling, Lacy and
Earnest are pushing their tunnel on
the Sinate mine i'll theIcopper district.
This mine is mountain OF copper.
Bill Dorrity and Jack Short are
pushing their tunnel every day on
the property formerly owred by Messrs
| Darling, Smead and Ed and John Mil
burn.
The prospectors of Moose Lake are
busy jumping claims and mailing up
noices. The only mystery to us is how
are they going to do all their assess
lnent work.
Dave Conklin and his partners are
doing development work on their
claims and intend to work all wintor
Keep the good work going Oh and
soon we will have camp.
Andy V. Mcdonald has come back
from the burg and gone to work
again. The machinery is fast being
placed in the Gold Hill. and soon we
will hear the stamps dropping.
Mel Lanahan. the prospector and all
round miner, is foreman for the Gold
Hill Mining and Milling company.
Mr.. Lanahan has the second best cop
per prospect in the copper district
south of Moose Lake He is well
posted about this part of the country.
Frank Smith, formerly partner of
Hopkins and Dana, has gone to Chi
cago on legal business. His smiling
face won the peolpe Of Moose Lake.
We were sorry when he left here. He
intends coming out to Moose Lake on
his return from Chicago, and he may
do some business here again.
Moose Lake is noted for bachelor
dances. Saturday evening, Jan. S,
there was one given at Hopkins bunk
gram was quadrille (stag dance).
Terry. the amalgamator, got lost in
the shuttle Next was schottische
All joined in Tommy McGrath was
called for. He gave us a hornpipe,
followed song by Tim Lee. He is an
a song and dance by Messrs. Coyle and
Kern. Coyle is an impersonator and
Kern is natural comedian. Their
Then followed lunch by Mrs. Hop
Quadrille by two ladies and six men.
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the two lady spectators They contrib
uted by dancing two quadriiles. The
men women got mixed up in the quad
rifles; there was lots of fun to see
them going wrong Terry gave us a
superb song. When he got to the part
where the word "wanted" came in he
broke down-said he wanted drink
Mr. Rodgers volunteered several songs
during the evening and they were well
rendered. Seniority is not singer.
but he gave the boys his mite in the
way Of stories. There are more good
singers in Moose Lake for the number
of people than l ever saw in one little
camp. One young man fell by the
wayside and had to 90 to bed some
thing wrong with his head. Tim Han
nifen is the orchestra for the camp.
He gave us sweet strains on that old
wood of his and you know Tim is hap
pv when he can play and see people
enjoying themselves. Kern's songs
and dances were the drawing cards of
the evening. We think when he chose
mining he missed his calling. Every
body seemed to want to entertain rs
and they did their best. All enioyed
themselves and we went home happy.
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