The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-25

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eings at the mouth OF Wisconsin creek
canyon the next day. He Immediately put
a force OF eight men at work getting out
rffIfe blocks and will be kept busy for the
next two or three weeks getting ready for
the first water. The company owns a large
Oea Of placer ground and has an electric
light plant. which enables them 20 work
their monitor at night as wen as during
the daytime. Last year they reached bed
rock after having put In one year OF dead
work. This season. " they have good
luck. they will make a cleanup that will
rival the Klondike.
Heavy teams are engaged in hauling
seven car loads Of machinery from White
hall to Alder gulch to be used In the con-
struction of placer machines by the COM
panies at work In that section.
Tom Graham and Baptiste Seyfried
were working In the diggings at Adobe
town a few lays ago driving piling. Ora
ham was holding the stick of timber. Sey-
fried was driving II down with n siedge.
They had driven a piling deep enough
and Graham told Seyfrisd of the fact. He
had his hand resting on top Of the post
just driven and was Just reaching for an
other one with his free hand. when Sey-
fried swung the 1s-pound sledge ovef his
head and came down the hand on the
post. MASKING the fingers, fearfuily. MT.
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doctor has hopes OF saving all Of the nm
gers. although the hurt Is a severe one.
Abe Thurgood of Laurin was I'm town
to-day making arrangements to build a
brick residence or Hamilton street.
Eugene Treacy. who has been Sheri-
dams tonsorial artist for sorne months
past. left on Tuesday for Wallace. Idaho.
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passed through town a few days ago on
his way to Whitehall to confer with rail-
way officials In regard to the extension of
the Gaylord & Ruby Valley railroad up
the Ruby valley. Mrs. Filing accompanied
him as far as salisbury. where she re-
manned. the guest Of Mrs. Closson.
C. X. Larabie of Brook Nook and DIR.
IL. A. Amsden of Ruby Dell. two of the
foremost breeders of fine carriage horses
I'm Montana. have made a shipment OF
fine horses from their ranches, the horses
having been started for the railroad on
the Goth of this month. There were two
car loads in the lot and they will he sen,
to Vermont. where they Will make n good
showing among the best In the land.
John Benze. a miner working alone on
the south drift OF the 300 at the Letter
mine nine miles above here. was instantly
killed by an explosion OF powder at 500
Friday evening. No one knows how the
accident occurred. The testimony before
the inquest. held by Justice OF the Peace
Conway, was that never more than five
pounds Of powder was kept In the maya
zine at that point, and that the body had
been undisturbed after death until the
arrival of the acting coroner. A jury con-
sisting of DR.. ]. II. Miller. Tom Shaw. y.
J. clifford. Charles III. Fenton. A. ]. Ken
nedy. Joseph Smith. accompanied by the
acting coroner. descended to the mine and
inspected the body and scene of the acci-
dent. The timbers were blown out OF
place and piled on each other, obstructing
the drift. Benze lay about 10 feet from the
station. blown out of all semblance to hui
manity. His head and arms were gone and
pieces of his skull were picked up 30 feet
away from where the body was found
After investigating the anair to the best
of their ability. the jury decided that the
dead man came to his death by an expio-
sion OF powder. the cause OF which was
unknown. They also found that the Letter
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Mining company was blameless I'm the
matter. The theory as to how Benze met
his death. among the miners. Is that he
secured his powder and was going back
to the fact OF the drift. carrying the pow
der and his candle In the same hand, the
| candle setting fire to the powder. He was
a German by birth. had been working at
the mine about a month. He leaves a wife
and two small children. His wife. who
was i'm Baker city. Ore. was notified OF
the occurrence and she came to Sheridan
at once. She will probably locate here.
The employees Of the mine. knowinc the
financial status of the family. raised 500
and presented II to the widow.