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The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-25
BIG MONEY IN THE TAILINGS
And Some Butte Men Are Getting It
out-Nearly $4,000 in Two
Months

The mines owned by the Hecla Mining
company in Beaverhead county have
yielded total of 2O9, 623 tons of ore. Be.
tween 1881 and 1900 the total earnings
of the company We're SO. 1885, 48 and the
expenses of operation $S,123,071, leaving
net balance of $2,066,5 ST.. OF the latter
sum $2.027,5OO was divided among the
stockholders and $39,O77 left in the treas
ury
The company has just paid total Of
s., 22O 900 in dividends. 1t once operated
a smelter at Glendale, but found it
cheaper to ship its ore to Omaha for
treatment. The tailings of the old plant
are being worked by D. T. Haslatt and
others of this city, who are making
money out Of them. Last year the
lessees of the dump paid the company
$3.96S on 20 per cent, royalty and
worked only two months. They are now
putting in additional machinery at a
cost of $4,000 and expect to save at
least IS per cent. of the metal contents
of the tailings with it.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-25
TWO CARS OF CONCENTRATES
Find Their Way From Madison County
Mines to Utah-Whipperwill
to Resume

The mines around Sand Greek, Madi-
son county, are fast coming to the front
OF two the last issue of the Pony Senti-
mel says:
"The Garnet company will ship two
cars of rich concentrates today to Muir
ray, Utah. They run so per cent lead
one ounce in gold and five ounces in
silver. A bar of bullion worth $1,000
was shipped Monday
President F. c. Wood, of st. Louis,
made a hurried visit to the mine Monday
and is enthusiastic over the showing.
Nearly 80 men are employed.
1.-THE old Whippoorwill mine at Sand
Creek will soon emerge from it's state
of inactivity. F. H. Stock is superin-
tendent Tor the Minneapolis Montana
company which will operate it, and went
to Butte Wednesday to buy an engine
and boiler and two No. Knowles
pumps. A car of lumber has been or
dered and work will be pushed. They
have a 6O-foot shaft and will sink
another hundred feet.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-25
A Montanian's Luck.

Ben Hatfield, formerly a resident Of.
Pony, has secured control Of rich MINIS
near Wilkenburg, Ariz. He calls it the
Ore Grande. The property Is fairly we'll
developed. The present workings con :
sist Of a shaft 100 feet deep, at the bot
tom Of which is a crosscut 40 feet to
the west and 20 feet to the east. These
cuts, with the shaft included, give an
opening GA feet wide, all in ore. Drift.
ing has also been done north and south
Is feet each way, being in ore the same
as the crosscuts. At fair estimate the
ore In sight can be placed at 1900 tons.
with an average value Of $25 per ton,
total valuation Of 100000 This estimate
gives the value Of the strike at the most
conservative figures taken from pan
samples made both from the under
ground workings and grab samples take !
from the dump. No wallis have be N
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-25
A PARK COUNTY ENTERPRISE
The Robinson Company Developing It's
Mines Preparatory for
Business

The Livingston Enterprise says small
force of men in charge of James Hall
were put at work Monday by the Robin
son Mining company at Jardine in doing
development work on their property.
The mines win be cleaned up and put in
shape and the ore taken out placed in
the bins and everything gotten in readi-.
ness for the starting of their mill, which
will hereafter be run by water power.
This change will necessitate some delay,
as it is expected it will take aboue six
weeks to make the change. Alex. Liv-
ingston, who returned Thursday from
Butte, where he had been on business
in connection with the mine, stated that
the mill would be running by about the
middle of July, when it is expected this
property will make handsome showing
ard prove a paying investment for it's
owners.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-25
GREAT FALLS MEN IN LUCK
They Strike Body of Rich Ore in an
Idaho Property.


A recent issue of the Salmon City, Ida
no. Herald says that some Montana
men .have struck it rich on mining
claim near that city, The article is as
foilows: K
Word reached Salmon Sunday that
the long tunnel at the Goldstone has cut
the ledge, and that the ore boGy opens
up rich and strong. This is the tunnel
which has. enga ged the public attention
for the past six months, and it's success
full terminus is the cause of much salts
faction. The striE--Was made Saturday
night.
This is the mine which Sou-e ~Sras-
sold last fall to a. syndicate of Great
Falls people, of whom Richard Ries and
Jack "Turnblade, an experienced min
ing man, have given the work their undi-
vided personal superintendent, and
shown character for driving persever-
ance equaled by few men in such opera
tions Two months ago the miners
struck serpentine dyke which would
neither drill nor break to advantage.
Such encountrs were enough to break
miners heart, and for a season it was
impossible to make more than a foot
day.
This tunnel taps the ledge at a depth
of 600 feet, and opens up immense re-
$50 feet deep. in ore all the way, and the
new discovery gives them pay shoot
two feet wide. extending 400 feet over
head and about 300 feet in length. The
ore averages $45 in gold and about $3.50
in silver. Most of the gold Is saved on
che plates. A 10-stamp mill is on the
ground, which will soon be strated for
permanent run. The owners are to be
congratulated upon their new uncover
ings, which hold fortune in sight. The
report puts long shining feather in
Mr.. Turnblade's cap. and lifts him to a
front rank among mining managers"
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-25
THE NORTH BUTTE DISTRICT
Claims There Have Not Been Worked
Much For Several
Vars

John Cadigan has taken a lease on
the ~Ceaigan mine north of Walkerville,
but will confine his operations to that
portion of the vein which lies above
the water level.
The claims in that district, of which
there are a large number, have not
been worked very extensively since 1883.
The ore contains gold and silver and
some of 1T is very rich, but near the
surface. to which development work has
been confined, it is in pockets. North of
the Amy & Silversmith and Goldsmith
mines the deepest workings are only
about $50 feet These workings are on
the Blue-eyed Nellie. Outside of this
claim the shafts range from 25 to 800
feet. In some places water is found
within rs feet of the surface, which fact
is a detriment to prospectors who depend
upon their own resources in the develop
ment of claims.
Some time in the near future that sec
ton of the Butte district will doubtless
receive the attention of men who have
means with which to carry on opera
tions on an extensive scale. The theory
that below a certain depth all silver
gold bearing lodges hereabouts merge
into copper is growing stronger, and at
some period it will be tested in the
northern part of the district 1t may
come out all right and it may not.
When the Alice company ceased active
operations the main shaft of the Alice
mine was down 1880 feet and the ore Of
the vein has not turned into copper. The
H:lce IS portion of the great Rainbow
ledge, the groupings of wllfchacan be
traced for miles-east and wesf This
ledge seems to be the mother OF theSnu
merous silver and gold bearing veins
which begin where the copper zone south
of it is supposed to stap In It's mort
course. These veins are parallel and are
to be found within 200 feet OF each other
throughout the width of the entire dis,
trict north of the copper belt. s3sasz II
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-25

"Heredity is not everything" said the
fellows that We're born gentlemen whom,
you would never suspect of such q
thing" -Indianapolis Press.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-25
THE LOST LEAD"
RICH COPPER PROSPECT IN THE
GALLATIN MOUNTAINS.
LOST FOR A QUARTER CENTURY
Found in the Days When Gold Was
the Only Thing of Value-Now the
Grizzled Miner Turns to the Wealth
So Long Hidden anu Believes He
Has Large Fortune.

Bozeman, May PA grizzled miner
entered the county clerks office one day
this week and presented to one of the
deputies location notice, setting forth
In the usual legal formula the claim "a !,
TO metes and bounds and in respect to
a natural monument or object by which
the location could be found by any per-
son ordinarily acquainted with the coun-
try IN which the find is situated. The
curious name given the claim attract-a,
the attention of Deputy Clerk, o. p. Nor
gan, and upon inquiry as to the reason
Tor giving mine such a name, the pros
pector related the following story Of the
circumstances that impelled him to
choose that particular name for his
claim. -.'e~@
About twenty-four years ago. Thomas
Morton, was prospecting in the hills near
Spanish Greek, in .nis county, and one
day while roaming over the country in
search Of indications of mineral, he OBJ
served lot Of copper float. He was mot
looking for copper at the time, as that
mineral was not valued anywhere near
the figures it is quoted at today. In lieu
OF anything better, for the time being he
concluded to examine a little closer into
ing gold vein, which was what he want
ed at the time, and wanted bad. With
this idea in mind he did some digging
and found copper ore of excellent quality,
indeed the rock showed a great amount
Of native copper, but gold there was no
visible trace of.
Copper Was No Good Then.
The claim was Of no use to him as it
stood, but thinking that the future nigh,
have something in store for the metal Of
which there seemed an immense amount
to be had out of the sixteen foot vein,
he carefully shoveled the earth back and
obliterated all traces of his work with
pick and shovel.
Before covering up the lead. he had
picked out sack of quartz and this
he brought into Bozeman and left it
with the county clerk, who placed it in
the safe where it lay forgotten for a
number Of years.
One day while several Of the land
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-25
kAkI|Nf
F4vO VuuVlvO Luck

agents of the Northern Pacific Railway
company Weie in the eff e, the sack was
brought to light. Cursory inspection
showed That 1t contained ore, it was OPEN
ed and then there was considerable ex-
citement in the Office. "@~
The company men wanted to know
Whefe the stuff came from, and who
brought 1t in, butnothing could be given
them In the way Of information, save
that prospector had left it with a form
err clerk, neither of whom were til 81 in
the country, so far as known.
Inc agents tn 5ht we'll of the ap-
pearance of the ere. that they organized
a party ana for. several days searched
early and late tor the Lost Lead but
their search proved flut.eSs
Before leaving, they offered standing
reward for the man or men who would
pilot them to the spot from which the
Gre conta ned in the sack was TAKEN The
reward was never claimed, for the man
who knew where the lead was did not
care to divulge its location. In secret, he
determined that some tine he would re-
tut and nd out what was hidden in that
lal ticul4r vein. not dreaming that al
most a QUA. ter Of century would elapse
before he would be aLla to make that
dete minat'On coed.
In the years intervening he has follow
cd many avoeations in various parts Of
the state, and only recently he returned
to the ground he prospected many years
ago, annd was more than rejoiced that
the secret h d net been discovered by any
other in FL the long years it lay open to
be claimed by any man who happened
to stumble upon it.
Norton lost no time in doing the nee
essary work to enable him to file his Local
ton notice, and named the claim the
Lost Lead in cOmmemora tionn of the
search made for it, that proved Of no
benefit to the men who made it. From
now en- he will devote his time and
means to develop the property and make
of it one Of the leading mines, circum-
stances permitting, in the state.
The locat on is near the Lemon ranch on
Spanish Creek, a district Of Gallatin
county that has not heretofore been re-
garded as holding out the most shining
promises for mining region. The Span
ish Creek people will see lots Of strang-
ers out their way as soon as the story Of
the find becomes known. few being aware
Of it at the present time.
With copper prospects at both ends Of
the county, there should be some about
the center in order to keep things bal
anced, and for the good of the presidents
of this section it is to be hoped that the
finnd will prove all the man with un-
bounded faith in it's possibilities imagines
it.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-25

Lord Observation-Disclosures, what do YOU
think of De Wet?
Lord Kitchener-He is simply out Of
sight.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-25
Placer Mining in Orc Elmo.

/ John 1Ioyes is working his placer mines
lin Orc Elmo gulch. mile west of the Big
Butte, and Is not wasting his time.
Washing gold from the gravel of the
claims there is a regular summer di-
version with Mr.. Moves. The gravel is
not so rich as that of some of the claims
in Alder gulch in the old days, but it is
good enough to enable Mr.. Moves to
.credit himself with few thousand dol
lars extra at the end of each seasons
work. ~
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-25
GERMAN aULCH pLAcERs,

David N. Upton began operations on
his German Gulch placers about the
middle of the week and expects to make
a continuous run during the summer.
The gulch is located about seventeen
miles from Butte and has been a large
producer of the yellow metal. doc"
and Perry Beal have also commenced
work on their claims farther up the
gulch.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-25
MOUNTAINS SUCCESSFUL WOMAN
MINERS,

percentage will be struck at a greater
depth. The Mountain Chief and Black
well are close together the latter being
the east extension Of the former.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-16
Ju1enile Birthday Party.

The home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Stamford at No. GA Cherry street. was
the scene of much gaiety among the
little folks last Saturday afternoon, the
occasion being the birthday party of
their little daughter Hazel, who was six
years old.
After the many games Of the afternoon
which We're entered into with vim and
light heartedneEs only given to children.
they sat down to delicious lunch, and
the enjoyment OF the little ones as the
good things We're passed around was nice
to see. The following We're present:
Elinor Kennedy. Lucy Campbell, Rose
Campbell, Rowene Campbell, Olive
Campbell. Florence AleXson. Mae Shabel.
Hazel Powell. Edith Monson. Pearl
Shafer. Amelia Dahlberg. Violet Nelson,
Myrtle Dragstedt. Horton William. Hor-
ton Kennedy. Roy Nelson. Alice Drag
stedt. Lester Dragstedt, Carl Dragstedt.
Fred Graham. Harold Heagy, Clarence
Fredell, Charley Hayes.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-16
II Musical EJen,ne.

Miss Charlotte Best entertained her
pupils and number Of her friends last
Tuesday evening with music. The
hostess was late, and when she returned
to her home from a trip to the Young
Ladies' Institute her guests We're all as
sembled in the parlors. Miss Best Q <
planned that she had been detained by
the Young Ladies' Institute, and that
organization had decided to give her the
entire charge of the music in an opera
soon to be produced. When Miss Best
made this announcement her guests ap-
plauded heartily. and their cOngratula-
tions took the form of cheers. Durin,
the evening Mr.. kitto and his quartet e
visited the house, and from the outside
serenaded the company. They could not
be induced to enter. however. Those
who enjoyed the hospitality of Miss Best
We're Mrs. Smith and daughters, Mrs.
Healey, Mrs. Edwards, Mrs. Kern. Mrs.
Porter. Miss Brebner, Miss Johns,
Messrs. Boyle, Muller. North, Mayer,
Ludeke, Kruger and Wilson.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-16

007, Royal Neighbors of America. 4
large crowd was present and the game
was Played at twenty-n:ne tables. All
of the games We're very closely contested
and following were the prize winners:
Ladies first prize, Mrs. Lamb; second
p"i.e, Mrs. Cogiill; BOBBY prize, Mrs.
Holingsworth.
Gent eman's first prize. Mr.. Barney Nc
Grade; second prize Mr.. Wipe; BOBBY
pr,za. A. c. S.
After the prizes had been awarded, de-
liCious refreshments We're served and
dancing TO lowed until a late hour. The
party was in charge of the following Of
ficers:
Oracle. Mrs. Bangs; vice-oracle. Mrs
O'Neill: recorder, Mrs. Sumner; receiver,
Miss Caruthers; past oracle, Mrs. Butch
err: chancellor Mrs. Browne; inner sen
tinel. Mrs. Ries: outer sentinel. Mrs. Lor-
enz: managers Mrs. Biever, Mrs. Lowrie
and Mrs. Caruthers.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-16
G!ce Club Ball.

The concert and ball given on Thurs
day evening at Scandal hall by the Scan
dinavlan Glee Club was largely attended
and was a brilliant success in every mar.
t:cular.
The programme rendered could not
have been excelled. Some of Butte's
foremost musicians appeared, among
them being Mr. S. H. Treloar, leader of
the Boston & Montana band, and O.
Bergstrom, leader of the Bergstrom Or
ches;ra- At the conclusion of the musi-
cal programme dancing was INDUCED in
until midnight.
The Glee club is composed of some OF
the best voices in the city, and the Sc
ieetions which they rendered were pleas
ing. Following are the members: Direc-
tor. G. Dahlstrom; first tenors, E. p. VAL
leen, Mr.. Bjorklund and Aug. Bjorgum:
second tenors, A. F. Orner and S. Ku-
berod; first bass Anton Anderson and
Chris. saxhaug; second bass P. Bjorgum.
A. Anderson and NJ. Skaug.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-16
Od6ers-e EIofItnf.

William James Odgers and Miss Eliza
beth Mary Waiting We're united in mar
riage last Saturday evening by Rev.
John Hosking at the Trinity Methodist
Episcopal church in Centerville MS.
Sarah Waiting was the bridesmaid and
Thomas J. Hicks .officiated in the ca
pacity of best man. The church was
crowded with friends and relatives of
the contracting couple, and after the
ceremony a reception was held at the
residence of the brides parents on West
Center street, where delicious refresh
ments were served. Many beautiful
presents We're received by the yours
couple. The bride is niece of S. Rey-
nolds, ex-sheriff of Silver Bow county,
and is a musician of much talent and
local repute. The groom is Well known
and highly respected in Butte.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-16
Per5onoL.

IeTJOU0SJ.
Mrs. John Noyes has been confined to
her bed for several days by illness, but
is now convalescing
+; Mrs. William NJ. Tuohy has moved
over from Anaconda and is now resid-
ing in the Lane house.
, Mrs. ]. B. Supernant and daughter.
Miss Dorothy, have moved into the
Warren house on North Montana street.
DR.. l. d. Freund has been i'll during
the past week.
Mrs. Howard Zenor of Deer Lodge Is
the guest of Mrs. H. c. Moore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Warren return
ed from their trip to Spokane yesterday
John MacGinniss is entertaining his
mother and sister of Chicago at the
Butte hotel.
Mrs. J. X. Heslet has as guests the
Misses Whitney of Prescott, Canada.
They are sisters Of Mrs. Carlos War
field.
, DR.. and Mrs. O'Connor of New York
have come to Butte to live. They have
taken apartments at the Hazel, on
East Granite street.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Jones have re-
turned from a pleasure trip to Puget
sound.
Mrs. Barbour of Helena is the guest
of Mrs. C. w. Clark.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Clark have post
poned their trip east until after the
funeral of F. f. Corbett.
Daniel w. Raymond has been called
to Cincinnati by the death of his father.
He will make his home there.
S. S. Raymond of San Francisco spent
few days in Butte last week.
E. N. Wood, manager of the Hen
messy Mercantile company, has returned
from a four weeks trip to Los Angeles.
|. F. E. Cornish, editor of the Boulder
Age, was in the city during the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John b. Welcome came
in from Creeklyn last Tuesday and are
registered at the Butte.
William Gemmell returned last Tues
day from a trip to California.
Hon. ]. NJ. Conrow of Livingston was
a visitor to Butte during the early part
of the week.
Judge Henry NJ. Blake came over
from Helena last Thursday and regis
tered at the Butte.
I. ]. Walsh of Helena spent the great
er part of the week in Butte.
H. c.. Bellinger left for Spokane last
Tuesday.
w. NJ. Bickford left for St. Paul Tues
day night.
visiting in the east. was in Butte last
| Tuesday en- route home.
Miss Fife Donohue of Boulder is the
| guest of Miss Annie Foote in this city.
Mrs. Al Moran left for Crawford,
.Neb., last Monday.
| Mrs. George w. Pierce has returned
from three weeks visit to Boise, Ida.
Miss Stella Lowe left for Duluth,
| Mimi, last Sunday night
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-16
AN EXACT MAN.

A singular old man has died at Vienna
in his oventy-third year. He died with
tie reputation Of being the most exact
man on record. From his twenty seventh
year he kept accurate account Of all he
fought, and what he paid for it. In the
- years of his convivial life he consumed
.S,7S6 glasses of beer. He gave up drink
'rg in his fifty-fourth year, but he con-
tinued TO smoke constantly even during
his last sickness. raising the number of
iis cigars to 62S,713. or an average of
1867 a year. OF the whole number some
IS 500 We're given to him; he bought the
rest for 81 500, or about penny each.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-16
Birthday Surprise Party.

A birthday surprise party was given
Mrs. r. P. Birch at her home at the rear
of the opera house last Monday night
Although the affair was total surprise
to Mrs. Birch, she proved herself equal
to the occasion and entertained the large
number of friends like she had been
warned and prepared for them. Refresh
ments were served and a most enjoyable
evening was spent. Those present were:
Rev. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Minnick, Mr..
and Mrs. Brady, Mr.. and Mrs. J. Nc
Dermott, Mrs. Ed Stamford, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Moss, Mrs. Brown, Mr. and
Mrs. Birch, Mrs. Shaffer Mr.. Johnson
Mr. Brown, Miss Vida Wittner. Miss
Julia johnson, Miss Jessie Minnick, Miss
Mabel Harris. Games and music con-
sisting of piano solos by Jessie Minnick,
and mandolin and piano Duets by Mabel
Harris and Jessie Minnick.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-16
Wednesday Eucbre Club.

The Wednesday Afternoon Euchre club
held it's last meeting for the season at
the residence of Mrs. NJ. D. Pennington
at the Abattoir two miles east of the
city last Wednesday afternoon. The
ladies had a very enjoyable ride out and
back in Mr.. Trimmings tally-ho coach.
the goodly supply Of tin horn accompani-
ment adding much to the jollity of the
occasion.
The first prize, beautiful hand paint
ed PLAGUE of the Heidelberg castle, in
Germany, was won by Mrs. H. F. Neal.
The second prize. very pretty CANDLE
stick and shade, went to Mrs. Mclean.
and the consolation. a very pretty mus
tard pot, was awarded to Mrs. Hutchens,
Delicious refreshments We're served by
the hostess and the merry crowd climbed
to their high places on the coach for the
drive home.