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Newspaper
Butte Miner
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1877
Page
3
Charles Murphy, a longtime resident and public-spirited businessman from Bannack to Decor Lodge county, died from injuries after a sawmill accident near Guile. The funeral drew hundreds, with a large procession from Butte and surrounding areas, and underscores the loss to the community.
The article reports Jacksons Wonderful Oil advertised as a cure and relieves earache and neuralgia while noting mining activity at Lexington and Parrott mines. It mentions ore shipments, road conditions, and a funeral for Charles Murphy with local attendance. It also covers milling issues at the Centennial mill and new ore findings at the mine.
The Butte Miner reports progress at several mines near Park City. Pedro company Carthwright & Co. and Convatus & Co. push operations. Unionville National Mining Co. mill runs smoothly. miners prepare for early ore rescue and new shafts. Silver Lake firms Sloss & Barker Bros. work Silver Moss and Rome leads. Pyrenees to resume milling by midmonth. snow, rough streets, and local chatter accompany a season of heavy mining and precious ore finds.
An order from the Postmaster General has increased mail service from semi weekly to six days a week between Silver Bow and Butte. The Gilmer & Salisbury stage line previously offered daily service only under a semi weekly contract. A curtailment of service is noted on the Butte Silver Bow and Salisbury route, Twin Bridges and Mouse Creek. Divine services will be held at Good Tem plars Hall Sunday evening by Rev W C Lecture. Capt R T Mason to speak on The Conquest of Mexico at Good Templars Hall Butte Wednesday January 17th at two oclock. Pickets 50 cents from C A B Halverson Foster & Rays store. Proceeds go to church. Mr Mason, a noted speaker, is expected to treat the theme with due consideration and draw a crowd.
A rich copper vein at the Behm mine in Mountain lode was found about fifty feet down the shaft. The three foot vein carries a high grade ore with a copper content near 75 percent. Two tons have been mined, and development continues with rising output. Local owners face challenges but optimism remains for further shale deposits and expansion.
A petition to the Postmaster General urges a daily mail route from Bozeman Montana to Deadwood Dakota via the Tongue River and Stilwater area to serve a large destitute region. Deadwood and other route points are expected to sign and support the plan. Also reports on New Year turkey shooting and local commerce notes.
The Lorington and Gride Micez mines in Montana feature a rare pay vein with a northnortheast to northwest course and about three feet wide. It yields diverse ores including galena, silver glance, copper glance, horn silver, and native silver, with pockets of rich ore such as 2,200 pounds of horn silver and other deposits like copper glance and rich galenas. The Lexington Company works a share of very rich silver glance as development continues.
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