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Newspaper
Butte Miner
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1877
Page
3
The Mixon office announces ready commercial printing services including letters, borders, invitations, posters, and calling cards with guaranteed quality. Meanwhile copper mining activity continues with small force and variable ore output at Parrott lead, Vosnainsky Mountain lead, and Bebm mines amid low prices and reduced concentrator performance.
Reports detail a saw mill and jointer yard setup near the Ute range summit between 16 and 20 miles from Butte, with Roach and Lavelle managing the Divide Creek project and Philipsburg to house a boiler and engine. The operation aims to supply timber to nearby camps and Deweys Plat, reduce scarcity, and support Park logging traffic. Separately, Chas Miller was assaulted on Main Street. two suspects, Chas Jurgins and Al Votaw, were captured by Under-Sheriff Ronan, while Milt Wolf escaped. The case awaits a hearing.
The Burlington mill reports high bullion recovery 85 to 90 percent due to Burlington ore. Many claims are active with outside parties limited. Mountain Bay ore feeds Centennial mill with recent bullion shipments of 5,550 dollars from the Dexter mill. A new fireproof building is planned by Wetzel and Nicholson. The Monroe Silver Mill operates well under Manager Logan, but ore shortage tightens quarters. A new business venture may bring a grocery store to town, and a social ball at Loeber's Hall drew a large crowd with a generous repast.
The county reports $80,000 debt at $0.20 sale, now valued at $47,174.07. Revenue last year covered expenses, reduced debt by $4,444.10, with property up by $204,162 to $1,611,458. Tax rates unchanged, bullion valued at $200,000 yet legally unsettled. Chinaman poll tax noted at $2 each could yield $3,800, but only $2,734 collected.
Deer Lodge delegates Capt. Jus TL Mills and Rev. M N Gil attended with Messrs. Alexander Kemp F Bowler and Capt Owens from Missoula and others arriving to tout town prospects. Report notes many more arrivals but names were not captured.
The act directs that all money from town lot sales go to the county treasury for the common schools of the district, to be used as provided. County treasurers transfer funds to the school fund and trustees use warrants to build and furnish schoolhouses, with elections to authorize broader use. Approved February 15, 1877 and certified March 18 by J. E. Catnawar.
John IL Green & Co announces a new passenger and express line from Helena to the Rumley mine via Mortaha City Clancy Jefferson City Nowlan's Smelter Gregory Mine and beyond. The Helena office operates with prompt service, ample horses, and intends to extend to Butte soon, weather permitting daylight travel between Helena and Butte. Also notes marriages in New York City on March 21 1877 and local business updates including the Luxembourg gold lead development and high grade ore assays.
The article notes Eddy Hammond & Co. advancing with cellar work for a new store, with stone on the ground for the superstructure. It also records local items including a Presbyterian minister engagement, a Auburn Theological Seminary graduate heading to Missoula, and county fiscal notes alongside a Rocky Mountain Club season closure.
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