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Newspaper
Butte Miner
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1877
Page
3
The Masquerade Ball last night drew many from Deer Lodge and area with about two hundred supper tickets sold at the Centennial Hotel. The Miller office also announces new printing capabilities including bill heads letters, bull invitations, programs and business cards with modern type and blank paper stock.
The Historical Society announces first volume of its reports from Motions is available for $3 postpaid. The handsome bound volume covers early Territory history and Northern Montana formation and related topics. Orders should be addressed to C Wells, Leena.
Reports from Butte detail mining progress and setbacks at multiple mines, including the Elonging system, Summit Club meeting in Roach & Co. office, and Calderon claims. The Dexter mill shipped about $7,000 last week with limited melting, while the Davis mill produced around $8,500 from low-grade ore. Col J. C. A. Thornton plans to move to town, and Henry Jonas will build a new Main Street structure as business booms.
Readable items describe an ore specimen yielding over 400 ounces of silver per ton from Little Hornailine with rich strata crossing, five men at the mine, and ore dressings hampered by a failed drying furnace. Markets face powder shortages and several mines suspend or slow operations while hotels plan capacity upgrades and the community notes Sioux Crow tensions and local crime.
A historical record lists numerous mining lodes with district sites, locator names, and note of several locations such as Brilliant, Stanislaus, Copernicus, Silver Shield, Gambler, Golconda, Argenta, Saukey, and more. Locators include McLaurin, Weil, Turner, Diedrich, Brown, Reins, Irvine, Warren, and others across 5 V district and Independence districts.
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