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Newspaper
Butte Miner
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1877
Page
2
A fragmented compilation discusses the Nevada Fork Gravel Mining Company and roadwork near Forest City California, including tunnel plans and valued ore. It also reports a coroner’s inquest into a St Louis hotel fire, fifty two witnesses, and varying railroad notices from Northern Pacific officials.
An editorial discusses true fissure veins, the Rainbow mine, and shifting ore bodies. It warns against exaggerated reports triggering a rush, notes immigration and labor pressures, cites Daly and Alice King prospects, and cites Boucicault praising Consolidated Virginia and California stocks while urging cautious investment.
A London dispatch notes a renewed battle near Kent as Russians clash with Turks over the Danube. The piece argues arbitration could ease disputes between nations, while highlighting the Bullion Tax case and mining laws as central to American economic tensions. It also surveys Butte Montana copper mining output and the region’s geologic features, stressing mining risks and the need for lawful regulatory compliance.
The text notes silver and copper yields for Butte mines this year, silver around four million dollars and copper about one million, with ore containing twenty 85 percent ore. It laments ore transport costs of about four hundred dollars per ton and advocates new copper smelting works to improve profits and development.
The North-West Company at Philipsburg announces D. O. Thompson will head operations with mining experience. Hammond-Col L. W. O'Bannon departs east, Ringeling runs the office, Collins the mill, and I. J. Lewis of Jefferson county becomes mine superintendent. Work to resume soon.
The Kiessel & Co depot reports large freight movements with numerous consignments to Klein Schmidt Bros Us h for Helena and other destinations including W. Ui Weimar & Co Deer Lodge H Parkinson D C Pratt E G Maclay Kirau Patton & Lambrecht and George L Shoup. Additional consignments list for Morris Bros Major Davenport and many Helena firms with weights ranging from thousands of pounds to over 60 thousand.
In April Central Pacific received 140 full freight cars and 161 tons moved out in two days. Flour sells at 3.50 per hundred pounds, up 25 cents weekly. Forty eight cars arrived for the week ending April 2, with Kiessl and Co forwarding house noting growing shipments. A blast furnace from Liberty Iron Works Chicago arrived for Hecla Consolidated Mining Glendale MT, to be loaded by Jared Williams for transport north tomorrow.
In a Times letter, Thomas Carlyle cites rumors claiming Desrael plans to push Britain into war by sending a Baltic fleet or similar act. He warns the threat could force Russia and all Europe into conflict with England and urges avoiding Turkish partnership and pursuing India route.
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