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Newspaper
Butte Miner
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1876
Page
2
Reports detail Secretary of War dispatches proposing cavalry regiments on the frontier and increased troops, Grant’s possible testimony on Treasury matters, and fiscal debates on silver versus gold. The piece also covers naval advances, emigration schemes, and fashioning new metal alloys amid global trade and political tensions.
The article tours Divide aka Wunderlichs to Vipond District 28 miles from Butte. It describes the Burdess House hotel and Wunderlich enterprises, Parker and Purvine in Divide, a working smelter, and Parvine Amalgamating Pan. It details Modoc City mills, Monroe Silver Mining Co plans, and new arcades, then progresses to Happy Camp and Quartz Hill with extensive vein networks.
The report lists mines and owners such as Tuséon Fuller Lewis Banner North Star Argyle Was heoge Nlor ace Grealey Monroe Silver Mining Company and Vipond camps with Spurr Collins Wunderlich, Knabe Co. and others. It notes free milling ore at Quartz Hill and Vipond ores with significant vein expanses. The terrain sits high above sea level with wide snow drifts and a difficult but advancing road.
The Washington special reports disclosures by Solicitor Wilson about the whisky ring probes and the President's stance. Republicans plan to chastise Wilson for implicating the President, while Wilson claims Bristow approves his disclosures and the President can clear himself. Wilson asserts the President was not supportive once Babcock entered the case.
The Standard's Vienna dispatch reports Russian officers among Turks prisoners who say they were recently released from the Russian army and that Russians lead chief commands. Servian plans shift with Prince Milan I to command the Western army in person and Servian forces mass in Moravia as powers may intervene in the Servo Turkish question on August 8.
A Vienna dispatch reports the Gresk government plans to protest to the great powers against Turkish troops and violence in Macedonia. Bashi Bazaaks and Circasians clashed after plundering villages, forty two deaths noted. Sultan’s death anticipated. Porte and ambassadors exchange notes with the Romanian envoy, while Cabinets seek to calm powers and avoid overreaction.
A Paris telegram reports a duel between De Moltke nephew of the German Field Marshal and Von Fissen, both imperial officers, in which a participant was mortally wounded. The message notes London coverage dated July 20.
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