The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-30
IN BIG TIMBER.
A Letter From One of the Boys In the
Fight at Santiago.

n Letter From One OF The Boys In the
Fight at Santiago.
Special Correspondence OF the STANDARD.
Big Timber, July 27.-Following is a
letter received by Hon. r. O. Fallang
of Melville. Mont. from his son, Hag-
bert. who is a private in the Sd U. s
infantry, which took part in the fight
before Santiago de Cuba. The letter -
written on a supply blank of the rail-
road department OF the Jura Iron
company.
Santiago de Cuba. July 4. 1Sss.-This
In TO let you know what / am doing.
We commenced fighting on the LIST OF
July and fought TIL IL o'clock at night
on the I'd. | have not been hurt yet.
but many of my friends are killed or
wounded. ] had many narrow escapes
from shells and bullets. some OF them
getting very close. II is the most ter
rible sight ina ginable. | have seen
enough of war already. This Is the
Fourth OF July and everything is quiet,
as the flag of truce has been flying
since yesterday so that the ~Spaniards
can bury their dead. i saw all OF 500
dead Spanlards after a charge when
they tried to drive US from our pits
and trenches. At present we are camp
ed on a cid hill In the rear OF the fir
ing line. but expect to night again after
~ o'clock to-day unless they surren-
der. We Just slaughter them. though
we have I 200 yards 10 shoot. I shall
tell you more after the war is over.
We have captured three towns and are
now going after Santiago. which /
hin We will have tomorrow. Greet
all the friends at home for me and tell
them that | am we'll and have shot II
Spaniards that ! know Of"
There was a little mild enthusiasm In
Big Timber last Wednesday when Will
liam Nelson. who has a ranch on the
Boulder river, anne into town and an
nounced that he has struck a six-foot
vein of Goa on his ranch. Mr.. Nelson
has been working on the mine for some
time n had run a 2O0-foot tunnel. fol-
lowing a vein from a foot to a foot and
a half i'm thickness. He brought In a
few loads last winter and those who
used II say IL is coal OF excellent quail
ity. A short time q Mr.. Nelson de-
cided 10 cross-cut a few feet from the
mouth of the tunnel and the strike ~
Wednesday is the result. Several Big
Timber parties have seen the strike
and the the o conservative estl-
mates place IL at sir feet I'm thickness.
Mr.. Nelson naturally feels very good
over his find. and his satisfaction Is
shared by the people of Big Timber.
who in their minds eye see the long
tdAAtpda UP iii pDulltT 10
the National park. Cooke City, Con-
tact. Independence and the coa fields
as a result. Contracts have been let
for hauling the output of the mine 4
Big Timber. where IL will be stored and
used to supply the home market for the
present.
The Big Timber wool market has
beeen very quiet this season, notwith-
standing that the prices are very good
and the clip quite up to the average In
quality. There have been few sales
since Monday. the owe seeming de-
TO hold for the higher prices
which they think the tone of the East
ern market Justihes. Most of them are
in such shape financially that they can
10 be independent. and IL is like
ly that the movement of wool will con-
tlnue slow unless the market advances.
There are about $500. 900 pounds 81
wool in the warehouse and about
/. 900. 900 pounds nave been hauled and
shipped. There u a good deal Of the
to come in yet from the outlying |
and it is likely that when d:
all gets here the total amount shipped
from this point will be quite up TO the
Of former years.
A meeting Of wo~ol-growers and busl-
ness men was held here a few evenings