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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1903
Page
9
Henry Addeims of Butte recalls transporting a Helena to Salt Lake City gold shipment in 1866 valued at about 600000 dollars. He notes daily stage shipments of 100000 to 200000 dollars, saying placers were as rich then as those in Alaska.
An elder miner recounts Montana gold rushes from the 1860s and 1870s, detailing Alder gulch yields, Last Chance wealth, and Washington gulch in Powell county. He notes dredging advances, a $5,000 gold button from the Legal Tender mine at Argenta, and early mail routes that connected Helena to Salt Lake.
M. L. Hewitt, manager of Cataract Mining property, claims the company will erect a smelter with a daily capacity of tons and has awarded the contract to Colorado Iron Works of Denver. The Basin Progress notes extensive development over two years on the Bullion ore body, with a 2200 foot upper tunnel and plans to extend to 5000 feet, revealing a large ore body and over 4000 tons shipped.
Smelter returns show an average value of 19 ounces of silver, $7.60 in gold and 2.29 per cent copper. Several Butte men are interested in the Cataract group, among them A F E Striggs, who supervised development at the Emma mine in the city.
Colorado Springs circuit court recently held promoter Edsall Key & Co liable for losses from stock purchases urged by their representation. J D Ferre of Ottumwa asked $6,000 after alleging Doctor Jackpot shares fell in value due to a market letter stating $300,000 treasury. Ferre admitted no direct purchase from defendants. court overruled their demurrer.
Thomas A. Edison has devised a device that uses an air current to blow sand and gravel away from gold, enabling extraction where water is scarce. A patent is expected soon, with tests planned on the Otero land grant in New Mexico amid an area claimed to hold substantial gold value.
A Northern Pacific railroad man reports more southern cattle arriving in Billings and heading to eastern and western Montana. Texan stock moves are arriving despite high prices, with Burlington lines preparing for heavy business as several trains are rerouted to Dawson county and shipments go to the northwest.
Special dispatch reports in Fort Benton on May 24 that two to three inches of precipitation including snow have fallen since Sunday, and 190 hours of moist weather has affected the area. Cattle stockmen complain the cold weather harms conditions and few sheepmen have visited to discuss the impact.
Fragmentary text shows times 30 am 20 pm 0 pm 55 pp mm with no clear event or subjects identified. Unable to determine person place organization or specific details.
The region records general rainfall with only modest river rise of about one foot. Lamb losses estimated at 10 to 15 percent while old sheep losses are uncertain. Moore's ranch near the Highwood mountains reports 40 lambs lost Sunday night, the heaviest tally so far.
Lincoln Nebraska May 24 Free silver loses an advocate as Dr FE Benjamin Andrews chancellor of the University of Nebraska says in a ethics class address that he no longer believes in free silver. He notes a European geologist's prophecy of gold exhaustion was false and gold output has risen, causing prices to rise rather than fall.
Classified items describe two upper level offices on North Main Butte with free baths sample rooms and hotel management by W W Tretter. Also listed are furniture for a five room flat, legal divorce services, a monthly regulator product, and several local assay offices with contact details in Butte Montana.
Special Dispatch reports the Eagle lodge of Billings intends to take one floor of the George building on Twenty fourth street for lodge rooms and banquet spaces. Poor weather slowed progress but completion is expected soon.
For sale in Butte Dakota area listing a home with easy payments. No full details available from the fragment.
Partial schedule mentions 7 pm, 40 pm, 2:00 pm and 2:10 pm with unclear references to Nina and AES WAEEE.
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