The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-07-26

quite dry ana Tree from muu'
The sawmlllis unable to supply the
camp with the necessary amount of lum-
Der; causing some to wait before build
ing.
Dozens of men are here waiting to
build as soon as they can obtain the
building material.
Several Engineers have been stationed
here for the last week in the interest of
the G. N. Ry. and have now gone east to
report to headquarters. There is no
doubt but what the G. n. r. r. will
build branch in here, and build it soon.
They have made another rich strike in
the Josephine mine, and some of the ore
is on exhibit at A. M. Esler's Office.
They have been working on an upper
in the Bulls Head and expect to get to
the surface soon. This is for the pur-
pose of ventilating the mine. The rock
IN this mine is getting better right along.
Stock in all these properties is steadily
going up in the east, and the tine is not
far off when this camp will be known as
the greatest copper producer in the
world.
A dozen miners arrived last week on
the Kipp stage and were immediately
put to work in the Cracker mine.
| A. M Esler has had crew of II men
at work improving the wagon road up
Canyon creek, Mr.. Snyder being fore
man.
Mr.. Cassidy is stopping at Mr.. Steven
sons lower place, where he intends put
ting up about so tons of hay.
Mr.. Mcneil was recently offered $4,000
cash for his half interest in one of his
many quartz claims and refused The
offer Nc is looking for something big
ger.
Certain parties Oh the North side O
the river were offered $500 cash for {
twenty acre claim and also refused the
r offer. Property here is already going
up and the time is not far off when /
will be impossible to obtain propert.
here for any small sum.
Hay will be worth it's weight in gol'
1 here this winter and many of our peopl
. seem 70 have found it out, and are rust
= ling for all the hay they can lay thei
hands on. Several hundred tons can b
cut in this vicinity, but this will not sup
: ply the demand.
We are soon to have another butche
: shop, the present one not being able t
supply the necessary amount of beef.
o Beef brings lie per pound, eggs so
: per dozen, butter 50: per pound, mil
10c per quart, bread loaves for 25c AM
so on.
We now have three stages on the roat
e between this point and Blackfoot, an
, they are loaded down with passengel
, every trip. HFae fare from Blac!lfoo
here being $500.
800 feet of tunnel is to be run on th
= extension OF the Bulls Head right ava.
q Track and car are on the ground.
d Two men are working on the Ptarm
gan and Little Casino claims.
9r Geo. Stevenson has put couple
g. men to work on his Mammoth clail
. doing assessment work.
is A large amount of prospecting h
= been going on with startling result
One is beginning to believe that copp
' can be fonnd in almost any kind OF roc
: Rock of all descriptions earring copp
S can be found here. | have seen gr;
e. slate, here that was just as we'll mineri
,t lied as the best of gangue rock from Il
best leads in the district. A certa
mining expert told some OF the boys tn
es copper did rot exist in lime formatic
as and no one contradicted his statemel
g. Well, perhaps it was best, but then sor
;f of the boys are not 50 green.
II the G. +. & @. r, f. and the G.
R. r. start for this point as predicte
e there will be warm time seeing whi
5 road gess in first.
:? Rock from a .ertain lead here W
said to be rich in silver and lead by
- noted expert who recently visited t
- camp, but when the truth is known,
: carries very little of anything but ire
Mr.. Doody has discovered a graph
~ lead SOmawhere in this district and
~ some of the ore at Main on exhibition