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Newspaper
Butte Miner
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1876
Page
3
The notice explains delivery routes and methods for subscriptions. It notes carriers in Hutte aml Travona and Rolla Buteler Carrice will handle payments monthly. Readers too distant for carrier delivery should subscribe at the office for newspaper access.
The Salt Lake investors Walker Bros. purchased 100 feet on the Alice fode for 3000 dollars, 1050 feet on the Magna Charter lode for 4700 dollars, and 100 feet on the Alice lode for 5500 dollars, all on the Rainbow Lode ledge near Butte. The report notes their intent to develop, sink, and explore, with Mr. Daley overseeing Utah operations to supervise Butte works.
Fragmentary OCR shows Ui Republican County Lounge gathering with multiple attendees and delegates named. Mentions a convention at Deer Creek and several individuals including Jared Chase and Lynn Scott among participants.
From the Medisonim of the 28th ult a Beaverhead county note reports the Court House doors of iron arriving for vaults and other work. Shenon leases Dakota lode No 8 and begins development. Shenan Carhart and Jopkins mills operate successfully as brick makers finish first kiln for the new court house claiming the bricks are the Territory's best yet.
J Mitchell displays an improved ore concentrating machine in the Jennings building. He claims it outperforms rivals by handling low grade ore with a single pass and no extra labor, noting its patent and appeal to mine operators and mill owners in the city.
The column notes copper ore shipments worth thousands for Corinne and Meiers Foster Bay, a $6000 silver brick shipment from Dexter mill to Deer Lodge, and warns residents to stock wood before a hard winter. It reports Atonement Day observance, a new school district appointment, social dances, and local mining prospects and reduction works plans.
The report states a thief and message to Chas Welsh at Mrs Duce's request. Mr Osborne carried the gun per company rule and a post discharge examination found the hammer did not strike. The weapon was new with nine buckshots per barrel. one barrel fired. Mr Srastow of Wells Fargo directed nursing for the wounded and pledged careful attention.
The article notes rapid improvements in Butte with estimated town and vicinity investments near 80 000 to 90 000 within two months. It highlights new buildings, carpentry shops, and various work on awnings sidewalks and refitting structures. Ore sheds shaft houses and new dwellings rise on hills signaling a prosperous camp. Butte aims to rank among Montana's principal cities by 1877.
A letter from Sept 8 1876 describes Deadwood as a high stakes mining camp where many claims are taken and flung around. Crowds arrive by Cheyenne route, fear of lawlessness grows, murders occur, and prospects are mixed. Prices for board and goods are listed as travelers weigh options to stay or move on.
Several prominent residents and officials left Butte for the East last week. Granyilte Stuart plans to join the First National Bank in Helena, A. Clagett may seek Republican nomination, and W. A. Barnard travels to Philadelphia to study machinery for a quartz mill. Many strangers, including Legan, O Bannon, McBride, Daddow, Taylor, and Chapman, arrived or departed as plans for mining tours and sales unfold.
The Clarks Fork mines show strong gold yields with Emigrant claim leading. a 30 foot gravel bank ready for hydraulic operations and nearby water and dump works. Judge Dake reports development from Lower Willow Creek. Willow Creek five stamp mill yields $8000 on 70 tons. Ned lode ore proves rich. South Boulder reveals a vast new gold quartz vein suggesting a rich future attracting capital.
Five man party led by W W deLacy sails to Camp Creek Deer Lodge area to begin surveying six townships. D L McFarland plans twelve townships at Big Hole and Red Rock. Kellogg to survey thirteen townships on Muscleshell with his crew. Report from New North West dated September 20 notes ore market condition at Bast Lake City for week ending Bapt 23.
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