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The Butte inter mountain., 1901-09-28
STORY OF KENDALL
ORIGINAL LOCATORs CONSIDERED
IT A HILL OF SAND.
IT IS NOW A GREAT PROPERTY
the Price and It Was Called
Surprised When His Terms
Were Accepted.

I'm the summer of 1889 George Mason,
a prospector, who had pitched his tent
by every stream in the Black Hills in the
early days OF that historic region and
whose Wanderings finally landed him in
that Isolated group of hills known as
the North Moccasin mountains, located
a quartz claim on the south side Of Last
Chance gulch, on the eastern slope of
the latter range. and evidently thinking
that the name would have no subsequent
influence on the value of the property.
he called his discovery the Google Eye"
quartz mining lode, says the Great Falls
Tribune. At that time old prospectors
who sought gold bearing ores We're look
ing for that character of ore known as
free milling, or else they We're in quest
Of refractory ores whose auriferous val
ues We're sufficiently high to make their
shipment to reduction works profitable.
So when George Mason had dug and
delved at odd times for nearly four years
on the Google Eye and had found neither
of these classes of ores, he became con-
WINGED that it was good piece of ground
to get rid of, and he quit claimed all of
his rights, titles and interests in the
claim to Ira Knapp and his partner,
Hopkins, who is usually called by
title of Hoppe" These two men held
possession Of the Google Eye until the
death of Knapp, when his share became
the property of his two sons. Under
these different ownerships no great
amount of work was ever accomplished
on the claim and little it was thought
that within the confines of the ground
embraced by the Google Eye" there eX-
listed part of one of the greatest bodies
Of gold bearing ore in the world.
About ten years after George Mason
etaked his location and burdened it with
the peculiar name, w. C. Waldorf and
w. c.. Draer staked the claim adjoining
it on the southeast and because of the
arenaceous nature of the surface forn1a-
tions they save it the name of the Big
Sandy" This location was made in June.
1899, but was never perfected by the
original locators because they thought 1t
looked too much like a common, every
day sand hill to ever become a wealth.
producing mine, and fearing that they
might lose cast among their fellow pros
-pectors if they retained possession of so
unpromising property, they began look
kng about for a victim upon whom they
might unload their incubus. Thinking
it something of a joke on the recipient,
they presented the claim as gift to
Charles D. Allen, who was not then
supposed to possess very extensive
knowledge of prospecting and ore de-
posts ana to carry into completion the
bit of metaliferous waggery. they wrote
Aliens To- alton notice for him, advised
him where to work and assisted him in
every way they could to encourage him
in the development of what they be-
lieved to be promising location for a
sandstone quarry.
Allen seemed to be affected with the
same mania which possessed all other
The Butte inter mountain., 1901-09-28

The ore now actually exposed will sun
| ply 50O-ton plant for at least six years
The output of the Kendell company
In 1902 will rank with that Of the fore
most gold producing mines In the coun-
try and If the new plant has arrived at
completion by January list, there Is no
doubt but that 1t will produce during
the year fully one million dollars and if
no obstacles arise to prevent the steady
operation of the mill at least 175,OOO
tons of ore will be crushed.
The great values Of the Kendall ores
are not high and although it is claimed
tha they are becoming richer with
depth it is not likely that an extraction
of more than Sc per ton is obtained
from them. but with the low cost of
both the mining and milling ores con-
tanning these values yield handsome
profit. The cost Of extracting and re-
ducing the ores at present is about $1.35
per ton. but when the new mill begin
working this cost will be greatly re-
duced, as both the mining and milling
will be done on a much mere extensive
scale and every device to reduce the
cost OF production VIII be employed.
1t is probable that with the new mill
in operation the cost of extraction and
reduction will not exceed 81 per ton.
A fact in regard to the sale of the
mine by Mr.. Kendall to Finch & Camp
bell is overlooked In this article Whcu
Mr.. Nell asked Mr.. Kendall hts price.
the latter had no intention Of selling
and named $450,OO0 for the purpose Of
soaring away purchaser He was the
most surprised man in Fergus county
when figure which he thought excess
sive was accepted.
The Butte inter mountain., 1901-09-28
AMONG NEIHART PROSPECTS
A Five-inch Streak of 100000
Ounce Ore Encountered in the
Ripp1e Claim

The Neihart correspondent of the
Great Falls Tribune says that Steve
Pierce and Hans Westgard have struck
lead in the Ripple. 1t assaysf over 1000
ounces. The lead is about five inches
wide.
There were $50 tons of silver ore left
Niehart on Saturday for the Helena
smelter. There are great many mines
in operation in this camp now. Most
of the old and abandoned claims have
been restaked and are being worked to
some extent. Neihart we'll merits the
title-the great silver camp.
The men who are working the Silver
Belt mine claim that the prospects are
very bright. They have raised and
struck a new shoot. The vein struck is
about one foot wide and assays over 100
ounces in silver.
The Butte inter mountain., 1901-09-28
TEN-STAMP MILL AT De BORGIA
The Deer Creek Mining Company Has
Placed It on Its Gold
PropertY,

Charles Dodge. the electrician. is up
from DeBorgia for a short stap. says
the Missoulian. Mr.. Dodge has been In
the mining section near DeBorgia. in
stalling electrical machinery, and re-
ports bright prospects of properties
where he has been employed. The most
extensive work now being done in the
district is by TIL Deer Creek Mining Co.
This company. Of which David Cromle
Is the general superintendent, has in
stalled a steam ten-stamp mill at its
workings seven miles from DeBorgia
station. With the arrival of necessary
The Butte inter mountain., 1901-09-28
IN GARNET DISTRICT
TWO OF THE LARGE MINES THERE
ARE CLOSED DOWN.
PUMPS PULLED FROM BOTH
Reasons for the Suspension Not Made
Entirely Clear@The Mussigbrod
Mines and Mill Are in
Operation.

The once prosperous little towns OF
Garnet and COlomo, which nestle almost
side by side among the trees of the
northern part of Granite county, are not
very prosperous just now, if reports
from that section have not been juggled
few years ago, not more than three,
both We're enjoying that freedom of life
which can be found only in towns where
the pay shoots are rich and numerous
and the facilities for extracting the ore
and getting it to market are unsur-
passed, but today things are said to be
different. Colomo is practically shut up
but some business is being done in Gar
net. 'rhe Mussigbrod mill and mines are
in operation, but outside of this enter
prise there is said to DE very little doing
The great Nancy Hanks mine, OH which
Samuel Richey, the owner, gave a bond
about two years ago and on which much
development work has been done, is
closed down, the pumps having been
pulled from the workings several weeks
ago. The water is now we'll up in the
shaft The Shamrock, on which there
is shaft 400 feet deep. is another once
productive property from which the
pumps have been lifted and the work.
ings permitted to fill with water There
is one good thing about both the Nancy
Hanks and Shamrock, however-they
did not ''break" the men who put money
into them, for while the golden ducats
We're going down the shafts and perch =.
ing upon their collars. a stream of rich,
god-bearing ore was coming up. In
fact more gold was hoisted than lowered.
There are still many persons prospect
ing in that district and some arc doing
quite WELL but the closing Of some of
the larger properties on which depth had
been attained has had a tendency to
shake confidence in the permanency of
the ore bodies. AS near as can be
learned, the reason for the suspension
of operations on the Nancy Hanks and
Shamrock is the failure of the operators
to find the ore bodies below of sufficient
extent and richness to justify the con-
tinuance of explorations.
The Butte inter mountain., 1901-09-28

supplies work Of handling the gold ore
will be commenced to the full capacity
OF the plant. Tests of the ore that have
been made Show up favorably, and with
an extensive body Of ore in sight the
prospects for the mine seem the bright
est. Ore Is now being taken from a
crosscut off at 5O0-foot tunnel.
The Butte inter mountain., 1901-09-28

Snow Is to be found in abundance In
the mountains a few miles from the
Occur d. Alene branch railroad. For
several days past snow storms have
occurred. in many places the fall reach
ing five and six inches. all Of which re-
mains as though 1t had come for the
winter.
The Butte inter mountain., 1901-09-28

Montana Transfer company. successors
to Trull's transfer. Freight promptly
transferred from and to all depots.
Especially well equipped for handling
engines. boilers. safes. etc. Telephone
ss7. p. O. Boz 7s3. w. J. Christie.
manager.
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contributed s225,O0O, and the balance
has been contributed by the Royal Geo
graphical Society and by private indi-
viduals, chief Of whom are Mr. Alfred
Harmsworth and Mr.. L. w. Longstaff,
who each contributed Sl25,000.
The expedition hopes to so beyond the
spot discovered by Ross and TO solve
the great problem OF the huge Ice bar
rier. II aims to discover new lands and
TO render benefits TO those who navigate
south Of 40 degrees south latitude by
correcting the new erroneous magnetic
curves, also locate the drifting south
magnetic pole, and 10 advance the
knowledge Of southern meteorology.
Though the British are notably a ma
ton Of explorers, yet the Discovery is
the first ship ever built in England for
the express purpose of exploration,
She is the sixth of her name, and all
Of her predecessors have done yOeman
service in the fields Of exploration.
The Discovery was launched at Dun
dee on March q last by Lady Mark
ham. The new Discovery Is a remark
ably strong ship being built Of well
seasoned oak and green heart. She is
solid for nine feet from her stem.
which Is bound round with iron plates.
Her massive ribs almost touch one an
other, and her side are 2h feet IN thick
ness. To enable her TO make really
good and dependable magnetic survey,
not "A single scrap Of magnetic material
has been used for thirty feet, all around,
above and below. or fore and aft of the
magnetic observatory, which Is Ranked
by two laboratories for biological work
The ship is l72 feet long. 80 feet
broad, has a main draught Of l6 feet.
and a displacement of 1850 tons. She
IL specially fitted for dredging, trawllng
and taking deep sea temperatures. The
Admiralty are fitting her out with
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years, the German vessel is being pro-
vlsioned for a longer period. She VIII
proceed by Cape Town TO Kerguelen
Island where some members Of the eX-
petition viii be left FOR year TO car
ry on terrestrial, magnetic and meteor
illogical research, this being necessary
as basis for similar studies IN the zee
further south The main expedition VIII
leave the island for It's field OF research
during December, its main object being
to find a spot on the west side OF Nlc~
toria Land where suitable winter quar-
tiers may be established and scientific
experiments carried on. Meantime, IN
dividual members OF the expedition VIII
Journey further south toward the pole,
more particularly toward the magnetic
pole. After Wintering the main eXpedi-
ton will continue 10 journey westward
and attempt TO get south OF Kemp ana
Enderby islands then sail across the
Weddel Sea TO South Georgia, ana
eventually to Tristan da Cunha. where
the voyage will practically terminate
The third Antarctic expedition goes
from Sweden. and Is under the leader
ship OF Dr. Otto Nordenskjold, Of Up
sala University. He is Il nephew OF the
famous dlscoverer Of the Northwest
Passage, and has distinguished himself
by his expeditions 10 Terra del Fuego
Alaska and Greenland.
The vessel Of this Swedish expedition,
which has been equipped at Gothen-
berg, at cost OF $4,000 has a strange
history. She was built some years ago
at Sandefiord, the Norwegian Dundee,
In an attempt 10 revive the old sperm
whaling Industry In Antarctic seas
The scheme was a failure, and the ves-
sci succeeded in securing but one
whale. She was afterwards used as q
whaler off the Greenland coast, and
was then purchased by Professor Ma
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every conceivable kind Of instrument
required for navigation, surveying,
sounding and meteorological work, and
she is being provlsloned for three
years.
THE GERMAN EXPEDITION.
TO some extent the Discovery will
work In conjunction with the German
expedition, when has been equipped by
the German government at the sugges-
ton Of Count Posadowsky- Wehner,
minister OF the interior, This eXpe-
dition also expects 10 sail In the latter
part OF July or early In August A
special ship has been constructed at
Kiel for this German Antarctic eXpedi-
ton, which In external appearance
greatly resembles the Fran, though il
IL much larger. Her length Is l6S feet
and breadth &c feet. She is 2i5 feet
thick, draws 1874 feet of water and has
displacement n l,ijO tons. She has
roomy cabins al d good ventilation. and
will be lighted ~ electricity. Her en-
gines, which aye triple expansion, all
low speed Of seven knots. Part of her
outfit consists Of a captive balloon, and
she carries five ordinary boats and one
naphtha launch. The materials en-
ployed in her construction are oak, pitch
pine and greenheart, the latter being
used chiefly as sheating for protection
from the ice,
The expedition will be led by DR..
Erich Won Drygalski and the scientific
staff comprises Dr. Ernst Vanhoffen,
zo0lOglst and bOtanist; Dr. Hans Gaz-
ert, surgeon and bacterlologist; DR..
Emil Philippi, geolOgist and chemist:
Or. Friedrich Bidlingmarer, magneti-
clan and meteorological. The vessel win
be commanded by Captain Hans Rus
ser, OF the Hamburg American line.
Though nominally equipped for two
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penters and machinists. and maintain
ing an official stan here.
Gen. Samuel Pearson Of the Boer
army has been In this country since
November last working diligently 70
put an end to this mule supply The
English drove him here themselves.
They cut on n small party Of which he
was In command from the rest Of De-
vets forces and drove them across the
Portuguese border and the band scat
tering and reaching neutral ground by
individual flight. The general came
here 10 conduct a legal campaign
against his enemies. His suit In the
federal court AT New orleans 20 stop
the shipments. Judge Parlange decided,
was not a matter the court could pass
upon; II was for the cabinet 20 decide.
Cen fearson was unsuccessful IN MS
Efforts AZ Washington. But he II still al
work and Is about 10 reopen the case
al New Orleans on new grounds.
Two months before the hostilities be-
gan England had officers In Austria,
Portugal. Canada aud the United
States purchasing animals All these
stations were opened that no delay
should be suffered but the cost being
from 20 20 100 per cent higher In the
other countries and the quality much
inferior they were soon abandoned and
entire reliance placed upon the
States"
The first shipment sailed from South
Port dust above New 0rleans) OCTOBER
IL 1859, q month before war Wa o.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Indian brothers-in-law helped him win
his wealth and shared II. He took the
children to the States TO be educated.
saw the whole batch OF them az they
were starting for San Francisco, the
low browed, shrinking Indian wife try
ing 20 look like a white woman and
failing miserably, the wild little half
breed children lodging hither and
thither, the man standing by them like
a man, but looking worried and asham-
ed, not chum or friend among white
men who knew him. He said he would
put his children 10 school, then he
would return to Dawson and live with
his brown wife's people. II know" he
said that she would never be received
in society in the States"
IF that fellow with the min wife
comes I'm here on the trip down" said
the sturdy engineer, I'm turn the hot
water on him."
There. too. was that white man at the
Yukon trading post who had an Eskimo
wife. The wife wore yich silks, but she
was q drunkard and carried on wild
orgies with her Indian mates. The hus-
bands financial interests lay about the
post so that he could neither run away
from his wife nor his business. There
he staid, there he says, transformed
into man Of fierce temper, soured to
all races and, like others who have
done as he did, despised by his fellow
white men. / know not what II Is, but
there Is something implanted by nature
In the soul Of white person that re-
volts against "herdlng with narrow
foreheads." II must be natures safe
guard for the preservation Of the SUI
perior race.
There is yet another case, to my mind
the most melancholy OF all. At another
trading post Is a white man OF the high.
est education and culture. In a MT OF
desperate plque against society one day
he ran away to the northwest While
the fit was on he took an Eskimo wife
Perhaps he thought TO revenge himself
on society. when. poor wretch. he was
only revenging society on himself lie
behaves himself as a gentleman, he has
manners that would grace any court.
he has the singing voice Of an angel
he has ample means. but-he has also
the Indian wife and the half breed chill
dren. He can never return TO his own.
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pack. The members of this expedition
were the first human beings TO pass
through the Antarctic winter. Their
experiences and the results OF their la
bors have been graphically described
by the American member OF the ex-
petition. DIR. Frederick 4. Cook,
The main results of the expedition
were the discovery Of a new strait
nearly as large as the Strait Of Magel-
Ian, the discovery OF about five hum
dred miles of new coast, and OF a sub
marine plateau west of Graham Land
and a complete series Of meteorological
and magnetic observations throughout
one year.
The last Antarctic expedition was an
English one under the command OF
Brochgrevink With his ship, the
Southern Cross, he penetrated 10 lati-
tude rs degrees so minutes or TO within
nj miles OF the South Pole This is a
record which remains to be broken by
the expeditions now about to venture
forth. Borchgrevnk also located the
southern magnetic pole, and this will
be OF great value In helping scientists
to determine the nature Of magnetism.
The sending out Of three expeditions
during one year discloses an unprece-
dented interest and stimulus in ant
arctic work. Early In the sixteenth CEN
fury Magellan put line round about
the earth" from east to west. and 1t
looks as though the early years of the
Twentieth century would see an earth
encircling line run through the poles.
THE BRITISH EXPEDITION.
The British expedition will be the
first to get away, and will start in its
specially built ship the Discovery,
some time during this month. The COM
mander Of the expedition is Captain
Robert l.. Scott, II. ~. and Lieutenant
Albert b. Armitage Is second in com
mand. Three scientific specialists are
included In the pers0nnel-Pr0fessor
John Walter Gregory, professor of
geology In Melbourne university; Mr..
Hodgson, biologist. and Mr.. w. Shack
Teton, physicist Or. Rudolph Koet-
tlitz. who accompanied the Jackson
Harmsworth expedition, is the surgeon
and botanist, and will be assisted by
Or. Wilson, who is also the artist Of
the expedition
The expedition has financial back
ing Of s50OO00 to which the government
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Sy a stroke Of the pen declaring live
'eA contraband OF war this country
'ud have added. at a moderate esti-
=" year to the war In South
inca We have mounted and re.
Nun'sd the British cavalry, supplied
furnished and refurnished the mus
'~ move their artillery. and furnished
'eiurnished them with pack trains.
a's has been drained Of mules. and
u'as' Wyoming, Missouri, and the
va stock raising states Of the West
|" oeen 30 nearly depleted that the
sihmals Of 1899 bring 800 today.
~ 'nan half as many mules ana
~ as men have gone TO the Eng
1hy' One hundred and one thou
:" nave been shipped from this coun-
-, %ons And stlll a transport a
.ys. elth thousand or more head
~ ~ New Orleans.
llv, W far the largest expectation
or,s 70 s'oes for military purposes the
), s,l~ ever known. II has turned
',,i,,. w great commercial eye N all
|t,,,ss. VNed this country. but alsu
|los, general diplomatic notice
,s "a. Nv ihe gigantic purchases OF
ben, .ni,lons Of dollars have been
~ hs,. ''snef and lumber. IN equip
kEs,ss. stewards. hiring an arm,
Veterinary suysssnS oar
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Three Nations Preparing to Find the South Pole $HR

thorst, the famous Swedish Arctic eX-
plorer. who accompanied Baron Nor
denskjold on the Vegas famous jour-
ney round Europe and Asia,
Professor Nathofst also used the yes-
sci IN vain search for Andree After
ward she WAS employed In Greenland az
the expense OF the Danish government,
by Lieutenant Amdrup. pr Nordensk-
Jold then bought her from Denmark IL
is the latter's intention TO institute an
other search for Anuree, and then sail
southwark for the more difficult Ant
arctic regions.
Or. Nordensk iold proposes 10 sail TO
the Antarctic region VIA Terra del
Fuego some time In November next.
and thence he win go southwark IN jan
uary. At the beginning OF March, when
the days begin TO shorten in the Antarc-
tic region, he viii gradually retreat
northward and attempt a. reach a sta
ton where he and the scientific party,
with their hands will winter, while the
Antarctic proceeds on a voyage of re-
search I'm the ice free waters around
Terra del Fuego and the Falkland
Islands.
In the following spring the members
left on the Antarctic continent win be
taken away. and the vessel win sail for
home. Besides the leader, the expcdi-
ton Is composed of six savants, geolo-
gist, two biologists and two experts In
Autographed magnetic. mete0rologl-
cal sciences; a surgeon, fifteen hands.
the captain of the ship and four officers
complete the expedition.
The expedition viii act In harmony
with and be a support TO the British
and German ones. DR.. Nordenskjold
has for some years been engaged in
planning this Antarctic expedition, and
has naturally derived great benefit from
the experiences of his famous uncle in
this task
The feeling Of friendly rivalry and the
Willingness TO cooperate among these
three well equipped expeditions arguet
well for the interests Of science and OF
mankind at large. In order 10 wresp
from the Antarctic the secrets which
have been held so long a Gordon Of ves-
sells Is required, all cooperating and CO.
ordnating their observations, and therS
Is ample work for ALL
INTERESTING ANTARCTIC CUES
TlONS.
A number Of interesting questions, in
teresting not only to the scientist. but