The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-14
BASIN BUSY As A BEE
Mr.. Burgess Is Recognizing the
First Shot Mine.
THEIR NARROW ESCAPE
Four Miners Have q Mighty Close Call
in III Katie Shaft-Claud Weymire
Arrested for Stealing Horses.
News OF the Town.

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Basin. July l2-George Prince. II. e.
Prince. John Rodebaugh and Sam Nc
Donald. four miners working in the Katie
shaft. had a close call for their lives as
they were coming of shift at 1870 o'clock
last night. They were down 100 feet In
the shaft and had spit the fuse for a
round OF twelve charges In the shaft. All
got In the cage and gave the signal. but
for some unexplained cause the hoist
failed to work. They jumped from the
cage. and just had time TO take refuge
benin the imbers before the charges
commenced going On. All escaped SER
ious injury. III. r. Prince was marked
In several places on the face. but the In
juries were slight.
Claud weymire, a 17-year-old boy. was
| arrested In Butte Saturday afternoon by
Constable James Wall on a warrant
sworn out by Truma Hopkins. charging
him with stealing a team of horses. lie
had a preliminary examination before
Justice of the Peace p. J. Langan yester-
day afternoon. and was discharged.
Young weymire was employed by John
Smith. and was driving the team which
Smith claimed to own and has been using
for some time. Indignation Is strong
against Hopkins. who is looked upon as
having had the boy arrested through spite
work. There was no proof Of Hopkins
ownership OF the team. and nothing to
show that the boy had stolen the team,
as he was working for wages for the man
who had possession OF the team.
The sheriff has as yet been unabls TO
ind John Smith. the man wanted at Boul-
der for a murderous assault committed
,,.on ID L HastInUa AZ parntCe one night
last week. ]. Is thought that Smith 10
hiding In the mountains. and the view is
entertained that he will soon venture
down to town. when the arrest VIII be
made. Smith has been In many similar
scrapes. and always escaped the clutches
of the Law until he has become quite bold.
so IL Is not thought that he wi. long re-
main in hiding.
III. r. Burgess was In town recently pur-
chasing supplies for the First Shot mine,
which he is now working. This property
IL located on Rocker creek. three miles
above the Eva May. and is owned By
Charles Burton. Andrew N~orgood. sam
uel johnson and Samuel Erickson. Mr.
Burgess has . lease and bond on IL fol
SEQ. 600 to run for a period of eighteen
months from date of July /. 1885. The
property Is unquestionabiy a good one
and the amount and terms OF the leas'
and bono are considered both favorabl
and reasonable. Under the provisions O
the bond. work was commenced in tn
shaft last Tuesday. and will be vigorousl,
prosecuted until the mine Is thoroughi
prospected and developed. Pumping ma
chinery Is being put In. and the SHAFT wi
be sunk TO the 2oo-foot level at once. The,
viii rave less than 1000 gallons of waite
to handle per day. The shaft Is nov
down fifty feet. and there II a erosscut o
eighty feet. Some shipments of ore hav
already been made from the mine. whic
carried average value of sss In gold. !
ounces In silver and ~ per cent leac
There IL a good wagon road leading u
!, Cataract creek from Basin. and the min
is thus made directly tributary to thi
: place. Mr.. Burgess Is organizing IN
First Shot Mining company to handle IN
, property, and IL will be exclusively owne
and developed with Montana capital M
Burgess has the reputation of being
I thoroughly reliable and competent mimi
. man. and he thinks the mine VIII develo
into a high grade shipping proposition.