davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-11
THE PHENOMENAL INCREASE IN BOSTON
and MONTANA DURING THE PAST
DECADE.

If those who We're loaf1ng about Butte
little ways ahead they could now have
money to throw at the birds. With the
peep into the future, however. it would
have been necessary for them to have
had few hundred dollars in cash and
a fair degree of speculative sentiment
in their composition A combination of
the three things would have been the
foundation for the amassing of large
fortune without any other stock in
trade. A few persons in Butte at that
time possessed the requisite farsighted-
ness and speculative genius, but they
were short on cash, while others had the
cash and nothing else to go with it.
AT that period in Butte's history stock
In the Boston & Montana Mining COM
pany could have been bought for $12 and
$14 per share. Now it cannot be touched
for less than $3.50. Besides the difference
in value, the one who bought stock at
the low figure would have had the BEN
eft of his share in 81, 500, 900 of dividends
which the company has disbursed among
Its stockholders since that time.
Shortly after the Boston & Montana
succeeded to the interests of the old
Montana Copper company, which was
along about 1887, it took under its wing
w. A. Clark's Colusa smelter and mines,
consisting of the East and West Colusas
It is understood that these mines and
plant cost the company $780, only
drop in the bucket as compared with the
present value of the mines alone. Shortly
after it took hold Of the Colusas it began
to clean and catch up the old work.
ings. This was a job OF no small pro-
portions, for at one point between the
two claims the ground had caved to a
depth of 400 feet. While the work OF
catching up the ground was in progress
a crosscut was being driven from the
400-foot level into new country, where
it was suspected there might be a body
of mineral. At distance of about 80
feet the crosscut tapped vein of fine
copper ore 60 feet wide and from that.
day the success of the company was as
sured. No great fuss was made over the
strike, because there was an abundance
of ore in other parts of the property, but
it was of sufficient Importance to assure
any one that the stock, then selling at
a very low figure, would, in a few years,
leap beyond the reach of the ordinary
purse.
The Mountain View mine was another
early acquisition of the company. When
bought it was developed to depth OF
600 feet, the work having been done by
c. X. Larabee, the father Of Butte's
public library. Two large veins traverse
the claim. From the surface to a depth
of over 500 feet the ore is oxidized, but
below that it is the solid material. The
Mountain View is one of the best TIM
bered and safest mines in the west and
is large producer. If necessity de-
manded, it could be made to yield
a sufficient quantity of ore to keep the
smelter of the company supplied.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-11

the Homestake company
acquired many Of it's claims by pur-
chase, and some of them were cheap.
In a few instances it had trouble with
the owners of adjoining claims and it's
Paid fighters had to be called into requt-
sition. In the fall of 1879 these fighters
killed man named Frankenburg while
the latter was resisting their encroach-
ment. In the early sos Sam McMasters
died Of Justification of the spine and T.
]. Greer succeeded him as general mana
ger. Mr.. Greer is still holding the po-
sition and giving splendid satisfaction.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-11
Mines in the Bitter Root Sold,

The Stevensville Tribune says that L..
of New York visited some of the mining
properties in the Bitter Root last week
and were well pleased with the devel-
opment work on the claims in which
they are interested. These claims are
the Dick Bland, Dick Bland extension
and the Coulee, all near the Curlew
mines, which were bought by Mr.. Loomis
from A. M. Hightower, Vincent Burch,s
Chris Hightower and J. c. Burch for a
New York company about two weeks
ago, the purchase price being $102. 900.
Mr.. LOOMS has also bonded the Glad
stone gold mine, near Philipsburg, for
New York parties.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-11
A NEW DREDGING MACHINE
It Can Be Worked Either Above ne
Below Water-Has Been
Tested III

John P. Dyas of Choteau has perfected
a novel machine for use in prospecting
gravel deposits. The device consists OF
circular cutting disks SO arranged as to-
force the sand and gravel into pockets
or sacks which can be raised to the
surface.
The machine works we'll under water.
will work to depth of from 40 to so
feet and is intended for use in river beds
and gravel bars. The machine is so con-
structed as to cut its way into soft bed
rock and will thoroughly scrape hard
bed rock. The capacity Of the machine
depends upon the power used. Two men
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-11
HOPE FELL UNDER HAMMER.
Hon. H. L. Frank Bids In the Whole
Works at Sheriff's
Sale

The property owned by the Hope Min
ing company at Basin was sold at sher-
ifs sale last Saturday to satisfy an in
deb,edness of about $4,000 held over
ii by Hon. H. L. Frank of this city. It
was bid in by Mr.. Frank for the amount
of the claim.
The property consists of the Hope.
Darwin, Apache Chief. Eureka, Presi-
dent, Fraction, Hopeful, Avalanche.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-11

Tairplay, Atlantic, Nellie, Lotta,' Bel.
erat and Extension qual Il ,.a....s and
also the Glib lode claim and mill site.
About two weeks ago the machinery
was also sold, bringing about $780,
The Indebtedness on the property was
incurred through the advancement OF
the money by Mr.. Frank some time ago.
The future of the Hope is not known,
but it will probably remain inactive for
some time.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-11
MINES and MINING n The i %tt the e s tn:

used both fuse and battery in discharg-
ing, and have always found that the
amount of work done compared we'll
with that Of miners welded to the tamp-
ing theory. My experience with explo-
sives has been limited to that known as
giant powder. Nos. 1, 2, and 3, mainly
No. 2. I would like very much to hear
the views Of other miners in this mat
ter"
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-11

Madison County Times. II is rumored
that c. E. Damours made arrangements
while in Butte this week to take up tho
rond on the Kearsarge mine at Summit,
and that a mill to treat the ores will be
erected ON the property in the near
future The Eearsarse was a heavy pros
Queer in the early eos. AMI with modem
RIA chinery will undoubtedly take place
IN the front rank OF the producing mines
of the state.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-11

Shaft on the property is down 300 feet.
but there will be no cessation in the work
until the 700 mark has been touched. Ore
is being taken from the upper levels.
Heretofore the product Of the mine was
shipped to the East Helena smelter. bu.
as that plant is out of commission on
account of strike among the employees.
1t will probably be sent to the reduction
plants of this city.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-11
A GREATER DEPTH REoUI55D.
Ore Bodies In the Garnet District
Which Capital Alone Can
Reach =

If surface indications count for any,
thing and they usually do. the mining
district of Garnet, located about 100
miles northwest of Butte, ought to de-
velop into a great producer of ore. jtt
Information comes from that section
to the effect that no great depth has
yet been attained on any of the claims
there for the amount of capital back Of
the mining enterprises Is not not suff1-
cient in size to carry to successful
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-11

can do good work while one man alone
can do good prospecting.
Mr.. Dyas has tested the machine on
the beach north of Seattle and finds that
1T works WELL and he now contemplates
forming company to prospect and work
the bars along the Missouri river.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-11
Supplies for the General shafter.

c. w. Sherwood. one of the owners of
the General Shafter mine at the head of
Alder Gulch in Madison county. was III
the city yesterday after supplies for the
property. TIE General Shafter is one
of the best gold propositions in that Sec
ton. and it is thought that \
of the $S0,0o0,00o sluiced from the gulch
below came from it's veins.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-11

The Chilli Is Producing.
The Milwaukee and Montana Mining
company is developing the Chilli mine
at Sand Creek, Madison county. The
Gilpin observer., 1901-05-09
MARK .TWAIN's LETTER
TO THE BABY DAUGHTER OF
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND.
1t Saved to the Consular Service a Good
Onicer-There Is Need of Similar Let
ters Now-President Mckinley Finds 1t
Hard to Resist the Politicians and Re
moves AN Excellent Consul.

The President has again surrendered
to the otfice-seekers and has removed
George Sawter, consul at Glauchau,
Germany, to give place to e. A. Crevy
Of Bridgeport, Connecticut, n politi-
clan, for whom the senators and repre-
sentatives from his state desire to Sc
cure an office, says William Il. Curtis
in the Chicago Record Herald. There
are no charges against Mr. Sawter.
On the contrary, he is described by
Consul General Mason of Berlin as one
of the best men in the service.
President Mckinley is aware of that
fact, and in making the removal and
appointment considers only the claim
of the Connecticut senators for their
share of the patronage.
Early in the administration of Pres
dent Cleveland Consul General Mason
ut Frankfort, who is generally con-
sidered the best man in the service,
was notified that his resignation was
expected, and that Mr.. Rapp of lili-
nois was to be his successor. He was
packing up his goods when Mark
Twain happened around that way and
visited the consulate. Being in
formed of the situation the latter
wrote n letter to Ruth Cleveland, the
ing her that he could not interfere in
matters of patronage, as he was a
mugwump. but he considered it a
me that Il man of experience and
ability like Consul General Mason
should be turned out of office simply
because some Democrat who knew
nothing about its duties wanted the
place. He said that he was acquainted
with n great many consuls, and that
Captain Mason was the best he had
ever known, and if her father ever
consulted her about the consular SER
wise he suggested that she advise him
not to disturb good man merely to
give places for politicians.
About month later Mr.. Clemens re-
ceived little note in President Cleve-
lands handwriting. in which Miss
Ruth Cleveland presented her compli-
ments to Mark Twain. thanked him for
calling attention to the threatened re-
moval of Consul Mason. and said that
if he knew of any similar cases the
President would be glad to hear from
him. Consul General Mason is still in
the service. and has since been pro-
NOTED to Berlin.
Gilpin observer., 1901-05-09
NQmeS EndfnG IN ~"

Another Italian anarchist and would
be regicide, whose name ends in /!
If this suspected Romagnoli, now in
the tolls at Berlin, had succeeded in his
alleged purpose of assassinating the
kaiser, the prophecy of Victor Hugo
in his Cromwell" would have had one
more fulfillment:
"Philippi, Mancini. Torti. Mazarini!
Satan pour intriguer doit prendre un
nom en- l."
And, of course, the poets list has
wonderfully heightened since. To say
nothing of Orsini and his bomb, there
is Coli, who killed Canovas in 1897,
and Bresci, who slew King Humbert
last year-all names of the fatal ter
mination. But then. Italian names in
of geniuses and saints come easily TO
mind in such numbers as to confirm
the old saying that Italy produces the
best as well as the most vicious men
in the world. Nor are instances want
ing of assassins whose patronymics are
of right cultural German or sibilant
Russian. OF no Italian monarch could
1t have been written, as a witty lady
once wrote from st. Petersburg at the
time of the coronation of the Czar:
THE emperor entered the church pre-
father. surrounded by the assassins of
his father, and followed by his own"
Elk.
Gilpin observer., 1901-05-09

list; without telegraphs, telephone and
typewriters our modern business would
congest from its great volume and our
present prosperity would cease. In
short, without any one of large num-
ber of important industries, which are
the direct outcome of our patent sys-
TEN, created by wise patent laws, we
would be u very different nation.
To bring home to the average visitor
some of these facts, and also to im-
press him with the future great steps
that are sure to be taken by the modest
but truly great American inventor,
the patent office will exhibit tel-auto-
graph machines which will enable a
man to transmit his own handwriting
to distant points instead of having to
resort to telegraphic signals; photo-re-
producing machines which will enable
photographs to be automatically repro
duced at distant points; telephones
which talk by means of a beam of
light instead of by wires; typesetting
and automatic distributing machines;
Il process of making the paper on
which this is printed from logs of
wood: the making of canoes, trunks,
pipes, washers and joints from rags.
straw and other FIBER the treatment of
cotton cloth chemically so as to con-
vert it into n good substitute for silk,
and Il number of other striking i'm
provements. each a stone in the great
arch supporting our modern wealth and
comforts.
Gilpin observer., 1901-05-09
TeH-ToIe Letter Box.

One hundred new mail boxes with
automatic attachments, showing the
time of the last and of the next collec-
tion of mail will be installed in the
down town district in Chicago within
week.
BY device attached to the front Of
the box the mail carrier. in opening
and closing it, registers the time of the
next collection. Above the usual card
showing the collections for the day is
strip of glass beneath the words Next
Collection" When the carrier removes
the mail the figures and words showing
Gilpin observer., 1901-05-09
THE PATENT OFFICE.
1t Has a Unique Display at BufYalo


The committee from the patent of.
flee, consisting of Walter Chamberlain.
the assistant commissioner; Mr.. Shep-
herd, the chief clerk. and Mr.. Wither-
spoon, the chief examiner of metal
workings, which was appointed to pre-
pare an exhibit for the Pan-American
Exposition. has departed from the
usual custom in making novel and
attractive display of working ma
chimes from progressive inventors in
the different arts-some of the im-
provements which to-day are silently
contributing to their modern COM
forts. Few people realize that, al
though the steps taken by each inven-
tor may be small. yet in the aggregate
they are multitudinous. and before one
is aware of it an entire industry has
been created, giving employment to
hundreds of thousands of men and
women, and helping to give the work
ingman of to-day luxuries the wealthy
could not have enjoyed before the in
ventor stepped in. Examples might be
cited in the telegraph. the telephone,
the bicycle, the sewing machine, the
harvester. the trolley car, the modern
great daily newspaper and host of
others. In fact, our very existence de-
pends upon these inventions, as may
be realized when it is stated that
without harvesting machinery every
man. woman and child in the United
States could not gather the wheat
crop alone, to say nothing of thrashing
and getting it to market: without re-
frigerated food our cities could not ex-
Gilpin observer., 1901-05-09
90 Fisbt the Trust Octopus.

There is no reason to doubt that
the movement toward the formation
of a vast labor union committed to
the policy Of National ownership, to
resist attacks by combination of capi-
tai, of which the Billion Dollar Steel
Trust is the most conspicuous ex-
ample, is inspired by the growing un-
easiness among the wage workers of
the country as the ultimate object of
project emanates from Pittsburg,
where the immediate effects of the
operation of the Morgan syndicate are
likely to be earliest apparent. Thou
sands of steel workers arc employed
in the great Carnegie establishments
and associated activities, which are
designed to form the nucleus of the
giant combination, and every one of
these has an acute interest in deal
that threatens revolution in sphere of
industry upon which they and their
families depend for subsistence. This
great body of workmen has its
branches in every section of the coun-
try over which the Steel Trust pro-
poses to extend it's control, and it is
nothing more than the natural in
stinct of self-protection that has caus-
ed the leaders of a movement intend
ed in its incipiency merely to amalgG-
mate the allied metal trades, to sug-
gest an extension of its purposes and
influences. A consolidation of all
labor unions in the United States into
one great coherent body, whose defin-
ite object, maintained with intelli-
gence, judgment and resolution,
should be the opposing of dangerous
encroachments by trusts and monopo-
lies upon inherent rights would
doubtless prove barrier over which
the octopus that has been paralyzing
individual enterprise might vainly
strive to extend it's all-comprehending
arms.
Gilpin observer., 1901-05-09
CHIEF O'NEILL.

Superintendent had to appear on public
occasions as one of the high officers Of
the city could make a creditable ap-
pearance. Captain O'Neill is not only
the best educated man on the force, but
also has good reputation as a police
man, having come up from the position
of patrolman. He was born in Ire
land in 1S49. He Joined the force in
1878. His private library is one of the
most extensive in Chicago. His home
on Drexel Boulevard has long enjoyed
the reputation of being the rendezvous
for book worms and men of letters
generally.
Gilpin observer., 1901-05-09
The CbineSe Regency.

n is a characteristic trick of the EN-
press Dowager of China to nominate
regency for the purpose of preventing
the return of the emperor to power.
Her vindictiveness is such that IL re-
forms must come she would not have
them come through the agency OF her
unfortunate nephew, even were he still
competent to direct the affairs of gov
ernment She was done with him, as
she thought. in 1898. never intended
that he should reign again, and ar
ranged for the perpetuation of her own
rule by naming very youthful minor
to the succession. There is no doubt
that, according to the original plan,
the emperor was to have been mur-
dered, and his life has been an impen-
etrable mystery ever since. He is said
to have been shattered in mind and
body, but such is the secrecy that sur
rounds him that his very existence Is
little better than a speculation. OF his
influence upon the court there is not
now a trace.
There is, however. n reformatory In
fluence which must affect the regents,
even though they are the dowager's ap-
pointees, and that is the might of Rus
sja and the Allies. The most bgoted
reactionary would hesitate to provoke
hostilities again at this time, and.
Furthermore. It would appear from all
the available information concerning
the board that 1t is not wholly COM
rose4 OF bigots.
Gilpin observer., 1901-05-09
Succeeds Dr.. EdsUards.

David ID. Thompson has been elect
ed editor of the Northwestern Christ
ian Advocate by the book committee
of the Methodist Episcopal church to
succeed Rev. DR.. Arthur Edwards, de-
ceased. The action is decidedly pro-
gressive. and was not accomplished
without a struggle. Precedent was
against the successful candidate, for
he is layman, and hitherto only rev.
erends and doctors of divinity have
been selected to sit in the editorial
Gilpin observer., 1901-05-09
Scholar and Police Chief.

1t is new experience in American
life to see well known scholar who is
at the same time an experienced guard
ian of the peace appointed to the office
of chief of police in a city like Chicago.
Yet that is what has been done in the
appointment to the chieftaincy of Capt
Frank O'Neill by Mayor Harrison. The
idea was to name a man who would be
a Minister of Police" who would be
able not only to control and direct the
Gilpin observer., 1901-05-09
Do Your Fee. Ache and Burn,

Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot
Ease, powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and
Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores, Csc. sample sent FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted. Leroy, NY.
Gilpin observer., 1901-05-09

Good Health comes to those who
take the great herb blood purifier. Gar
field Tea; it cleanses the system and
cures digestive disorders. All the drug
gists sell it.
Gilpin observer., 1901-05-09
AUTOMATIC LETTER BOX.

the time of the next collection, and also
the time the collection will be due at
the postoflice appear. The public VIII
be able to tell at glance when the
mail will be taken up again, and by
reference to the usual schedule card
can also ascertain when the carrier last
made his rounds. In the down town
district the attachment will register
twenty-s times during the day. On
Sunday, when only few collections
are made. the automatic attachment
will not be in use. and the collections
will be made according to the usual
card.
Gilpin observer., 1901-05-09

An Associated Press dispatch says that
the late snowstorm in Pittsburg "contin-
ued with great force till afternoon. doing
thousands of dollars worth of damage"
1t must take an immense amount of dam
age to be worth thousand dollars.
Gilpin observer., 1901-05-09

Somewhat Ancient Teacher - What
tense do | use when / saw Il am beau
tiful?" Chorus of Pupils-The past tense.
of course!
Gilpin observer., 1901-05-09

The worlds organization for the eN-
termination of rats will doubtless be
equipped with women's auxiliary for
the determination of mice.
Gilpin observer., 1901-05-09

A southerner has n contrivance that
will start n fire by clockwork. This is
a moral invention, as it will Top off a
large amount of profanity on the part of
the head of the house.
Gilpin observer., 1901-05-09

Beat the carpet gently. papa.
Do not strike it quite so hard;
For you know we can't replace 1t
Short of so cents u yard.
Gilpin observer., 1901-05-09
SWEET CIDER

At any time by the glass or barrel. CT.
der receipt free. Send your address and
this advertisement to Cleveland Cider
Company. Madison. Lake County. Ohio.
Gilpin observer., 1901-05-09

Always use Russ Bleaching Blue. the
famous bag blue. one package equals two
of any other bag blue
Gilpin observer., 1901-05-09

an sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago-Mrs. THos. ROBBINS,
Maple Street. Norwich, N. ", Feb. II, 1900.
Gilpin observer., 1901-05-09

81 wonder ii it's true the smokers in
colleges are the most backward in their
studies. u 1t Is It's only prcof mat
of education than in other fields"
Gilpin observer., 1901-05-09

Fruit IL . necessary article of diet. Its
prime essences are In Primlsy's California
Fruit Gum.
Gilpin observer., 1901-05-09

1t isn't the sole circumstance but 1t
greatly affects persons standing in the
world II he's well heeled.
Gilpin observer., 1901-05-09

When man can make ready for a
journey in five minutes he probably has
a wife and daughter rushing around get
ting his things together.
Gilpin observer., 1901-05-09

cents and the other cents, what time
would 1t be? That's easy. 1t would be a
quarter n two
Gilpin observer., 1901-05-09
The Steam Locomotive Doomed.

1t is claimed that within n few years
the electric motor will completely sup
plant the steam locomotive, and trains
miles an hour. To travellers this will
prove a great blessing, but no more so
than Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, has
proved a blessing to those who wish to
regain their health quickly. The Bitters
cure dyspepsia, indigestion, biliousness,
malaria, fever and ague. also improves
the appetite and purifies the blood.
Gilpin observer., 1901-05-09

Hamlin's Bleod and Liver Pills cure
constipation and all the ills due to It;
26c 1t your druggists.
Gilpin observer., 1901-05-09

It's a wise joker that knows when tc
quit.
Gilpin observer., 1901-05-09

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrur.
For children teething softens the gums reduces in
nammaton, allays pain cures wind collie Csc bottle