Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-01
During Last Year Amount to
a Large Sum.
SOME BIG TRANSACTIONS
Much Property in the City Proper Was
Transferred Mining Claims
Sold of Late.

According to statistics there We're $50
deeds filed for record in the office or
County Clerk and Recorder NJ. Martin
during the year 1898. The amounts ranged
all the way from 81 up to $50, 900, but none
of them was as much as a certain deed
filed the year before, which was for $780,
900. the sale of the Snow Shoe and Black
Bear placer claims from Lorenz Zembsch
to the Black Bear Placer Mining company
which occurred August 2, 1897. Among
the large sales made last year was con-
siderable Anaconda property which sold
at a good figure. The race track property
west of town was all sold to Marcus DAILY
on May 20 by r. B. Brownlee, Robert B.
Chambers, w. l.. Hoge, F. E. Sergeant,
William M. Thornton ct uX ct al, n
William M. Thornton, trustee, who We're
paid $31, 637. 06 each for their interest ac-
cording to the deeds on record, making
a total of 1896, 500. SO. The Orphan Boy
quartz lode at Georgetown was conveyed
on March 9 from Charles Carlson to L. U.
Loomis for $25, 900 and on the same date
the same property was transferred from
L. U. LOOMS to James M. Glenn for $16,-
666. The largest sale recorded during 1898
was certain farming and grazing lands
neal Garrison from H. B. Davis ct al, to
Davis, Williams & Co., for $50, 900. This
sale was made February Il. During the
same month Morgan Evan sold to Rob-
inson White lots 5 and !, block Z, Ana
conda, for $12, 900. February 26 James B.
McHale sold the Anaconda Copper Min
ing company lots 3 and 4, block %, East
ern addition, for $55, 900. January II F. M.
Durfee sold to the Carbonate Extension
Mining company the Snow Drift, Car
Donate Extension and Carbonate Boy
quartz claims for $4,000. June 4 James w.
Forbis, administrator of the estate of
Robert McMinn, sold to w. A. Clark a
one-third interest in the American Bar
placer; one-third interest in American
Bar water right and half interest in the
Pennsylvania quartz lode for 1000.
Claus Oldhauser sold to T. O'Leary on
April s the White. Gray, Red and Black
owl and Santa Claus lodes for IS, 900.
The kaoslin placer claim was sold April
Is by Joseph O'Neill to the Switzer Brick
and Terra Gotta company for S., 900. The
Luxembourg mill and mill site was sold
by James Ramsdell to James M. Glenn
May 16 for 81, 900. The remainder of the
sales were Anaconda city property as
follows:
Joseph Pickel to Minnie Jebo, lot II,
block SO, $3,o75.
A.. L. Stone to Marcus Daily, lot 2, block
ia, "a, 900.
c. ]. Kelly to George c. Cummock, lot
8, block q, s4,310.
]. D. O'Brien to ]. P. Stage, south half
lot 7, block "a, SO, 300.
Frank Strickfadden to Thomas A. Par
wer, west half lot 2, block So, $12, 900.
S. A. Kennicott to R. de B. Smith, lots
10, IA and Is, block %, s15, 900.
A. M. Walker to r. de B.. Smith. lots
/, 2 and 3, block 38, 81, $50.
F. E. Peters and husband to r. de B.
Smith, lot 6, block 50, SO, 900.
Marcus Daily to R. de 3. Smith, lots 13,
IA and Is, block 80, Sc, $50.
James B. Gnose to A. M. Walker, west
23 feet lot 8 and east half lot 4, block 35,
SIS, 900.
F. C. Wills, same as above, to A. NJ
Walker, SIS, 900.
James C. Twohy to James Johnson, lot
6, block 81, S., 500.
]. V. Petritz and Joseph Steiger sold sc
shares each of the Anaconda Brewing
stock.
T. c. Davidson to M. Donahue, the
southeast quarter and the north half of
section 7, township 4 north, range 10 west;
also a certain right of way along the
Montana Railway company road east of
Anaconda for sos, 625.
Charles Dalton ct ux, ct al, sold to the
Bright Gold Mining company certain
placer grounds in Washington gulch for
$40. 900.
During the year there were As United
States patent deeds filed. In all the deeds
filed hundreds of thousands of dollars
were represented, the exact amounts not
hainp calculated.