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Newspaper

Daily Inter Mountain

Location

Butte, Montana, United States of America

Date

Feb 28, 1899

Page

8

Parrot Company Mines See Copper Ore Richness Reports

Mining news notes a claimed rich copper ore strike in the Belona shaft north crosscut at 600 and reports of richer ore on the shaft south side. Parrot stock trends downward while Butte & Boston climbs near 100. analysts doubt Parrot will match Butte & Boston's dividend prospects for years.

Belona Parriot Company Butte & Boston Boston Butte Boston Stock Exchange

Republic Camp mining town shows promise and growth

A. M. Grant head of the Colorado Iron Works local office returned from Spokane via Salt Lake City and reports Republic Camp has a promising mining future. The town, with a population around 5,000, is a hot topic in hotel lobbies and other gathering places as plans for growth progress into early spring.

A.M. Grant Colorado Iron Works Company Spokane Salt Lake City

Mines Rise On Basin District Activities

Bas n progress reports Mesers O Neal and Sargent securing a lease and bond on the Buster mine from American Mining Co and preparing to start operations. James Madden installs Tremain steam stamp mill from the Hope mill to treat Mantle mine ore, while David Rehill begins a new tunnel at Columbus mine with leads 10 to 16 feet wide and gold copper silver values evident, and Thomas H Sanders and the Orwell brothers take a lease at the High Ore mine.

Mesers, O'Neal and Sargent American Mining Company James Madden Mantle Old Hope Tave David Rehill Columbus Isaac Griffith Thomas H. Sanders Orwell Brothers

Copper option on Livingston claims near Wallace Idaho

From Wallace Butte parties have taken an option on copper claims owned by the Livingston brothers about two miles south from Wallace on Placer creek. The option amount is stated as 20000 dollars. The matter has been kept quiet with only fragmentary details available. Experts were...

Butte Livingston Brothers Wallace Idaho Placer Creek

Copper Belt Prospect Sparks Wallace Smelter Talk

At Wallace the option implies plans to build a copper ore smelter. A six foot ore chute shows a vast belt running from there toward Iron Mountain Montana with many yet untested prospects. The St Lawrence, Richmond and Monitor claims lead the belt, draining toward Coeur d Alene St Joe and St Regis, with further action awaited for potential regional development.

Wallace Iron Mountain Montana Jas St. Lawrence Richmond Monitor Coeur d'Alene St. Joe St. Regis

Mining ventures shift as Granite County mines reopen

In Granite County Philipsburg Mail reports W A Smith and John Easton begin work in the Mystery tunnel once part of Philipsburg Mining and Milling. They plan to ship ore to Butte smelters within a month, with ore showing 40 ounces of silver per ton and a broad belief in profitable future development.

Philipsburg Mail W. A. Smith John Easton Philipsburg Mining and Milling Company C. N. Freeman Easton Virginia City Butte Smith Philipsburg Levi Burr Hasmark Thom. J. Mitchell Mitchell Omaha and Jerry Connolly

Mining notes on Coeur d Alene power plant and stock sale

Mining notes report rs and Spo ning company in Thompson Falls to generate electric power for operating mining machinery in the Coeur d Alenes. The power plant will be on an island near Thompson Falls owned by Marcus Dal. The Mabel Gold Mining company of Republic has sold 100000 shares and will arrange to resume work at once.

Rs and Sponing Thomp- Coeur Drane Cay Fr Son Falls Coeur d’Alenes Thompson Falls Marcus Dal Mabel Gold Mining Company Republic

Man Seeks Tax Break After Map Selling Case

A young map seller sued for operating without a license pays a $12.50 quarterly license, then asks town council for relief. He claims he operated only a week, markets in forty-five towns, fears taxes would wipe out his map business, and says he included a picture with each sale to benefit local framers.

United States

Library Trustees Meet At Free Library

The trustees met last evening and granted Chatauqua club use of the art room for meetings. They discussed procuring a streamer bearing the word library but took no action. A number of bills were audited. Finest crown bridge work. Dr. Wix.

Free Library Chatauqua Club Wix

Kinks and grade work eyed for Montana division rails

The Montana division of the Oregon Short Line will receive major attention next year. Embankments between Pocatello and Dubois will be widened and heavily balasted. the Apex hill grade between Butte and Dillon will be cut down. Work aims to straighten heavy kinks, curves, and grades, mostly between Butte and Dillon, with President J J Hill visiting Butte tomorrow.

Montana Oregon Idaho Butte Dillon

Union Pacific eyes Southern California traffic via Utah line

The article notes Union Pacific aims to challenge Southern California traffic if it completes and controls the Utah route. It recounts a Draper incident where engine 503 suffered a boiler fire and died after a southbound run, pipes a telegraph report to Chief Dispatcher Larimer, and details a grand Pullman show train. It also describes a long excursion train from New York to Chicago, highlighting opulent cars, routes, and lavish interiors as it tours seventeen states.

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