Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-04-17
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Mr.. Archer of the firm of Nolan &
Archer of Flatwillow was in Lewistown
Monday.
j. Z. Sites has arrived at the Yogc
sapphire mines and will take charge OF
mining operations there this summer.
DR.. Long, the popular dentist, has
returned from a very successful tour OF
the county and may be found at his
Office opposite the Day house.
The Rev. Pfaus started for Chinook
yesterday in order to be there in time
to attend the Presbytery of Great Falls,
which convenes at that place on the 18th
of April.
The Elliston mining district is com.
ing to the front as a copper producer,
many shipments having been made from
there to the reduction works at Butte,
and the prospects of the camp are i'm.
proving greatly.
f. Warren made a trip to his ranch
last week and says that a very heavy
snowfall was experienced in the vicin-
ity of Antelope and Buffalo creek and
the range outlook is good in that sec.
ton of the country.
Mrs. Pauline Reuter-, who is an ear.
nest worker on the temperance ques-
ton, has written to Clerk and Recorder
Kelly for the purpose of ascertaining
the names of towns in Fergus county in
which saloons are not tolerated.
John Simpson made a trip to the Moe
casin mountains on Monday and reports
many Improvements in the vicinity OF
the Kendall mines. The Kendall town.
site has been laid out and several build
ings are in the course of construction.
A rich strike has been made in the
West Fisher river district, which is
causing quite a boom in that locality.
The ore is of a free milling character
and is rich in gold, fine specimens OF
which have been ~exhibitedin Kalispell.
Reports have come from San Francisco
to the effect that Senator w. A. Clark
and Miss Hattie Rose Laube are to be
married. Miss Laube is well known as
a public lecturer, having stumped sew
eral states in 1896 for Mckinley and
Hobart.
Harry Lemon, the lineman for the
Lewistown Telephone Co., made a trip
to the Whisky Gulch mines last Sunday
for the purpose of placing two instru.
ments in order TO establish telephone
connections between the pump house
and the mill.
According to deeds filed in the office
of the county clerk and recorder of
Butte, a new mining concern has been
organized by +. A. Heinze which will
be known as the Nipper Mining Com.
pany. Purchases amounting to $500, OOO
have already been made.
1t has been suggested in railway cir.
cles that an electric line be built from
White sulphur Springs to Great Falls,
a distance of 100 miles. This would
open up a good country, and n which
abounds in water power that could be
utilized for electric purposes.
According to reports Senator Clark
has secured the Brooke property in the
new Helena copper district, on a two
year $4,000 bond. The senator has
lots of faith in that district and will no
doubt work hisnewly acquired property
in an extensive manner this season
DIR. L. ii. Stoll of Penn yam, n. Y, a
graduate Of the Hahnemann Medical
College Of Chicago, arrived in Lewis
town last Saturday and intends to To-
cate in this city. DIR. Stoll has had
charge of a large general practice in
Chicago for the past three years. lie
will take possession of DIR. Stones form.
er Office in the ea of the Lewistown
drug store.
The Diamond X concentration at Nei.
hart went into partial operation las,
week and is treating about l25 tons Of
ore per day. When the plant is in full
operation it will handle fully 800 tons
a day. The ore is conveyed from the
Broadwater mine by the new Bleicher,
wire tramway, 3,4OO feet long, in buck,
cts which carry half a ton each and has
a capacity of 80 tons an hour, though IL
is not y,t working to its full capacity.
A similar tramway l,40o feet long has
been built from the Moulton mine, also
at Neihart, but is not in operation.
The ore now being milled all comes
from the dumps or from the great stock
of ore which has been already mined
and filed into the slopes.