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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1900
Page
8
The speaker asserts enduring true economy with high quality at genuine low prices, signaling real value. Emphasizes affordability without sacrificing standards, appealing to budget conscious shoppers seeking dependable goods.
Hearing on Heinze petition to survey underground workings of Anaconda and St Lawrence mines continued in Judge Clancy's court. Witnesses described maps and plots, with contention over whether the Fairmount claim lies encroached. Attorneys sparred over the maps and the scope of inspection as the day stretched with technical mining details and objections.
E. H. Nash, an engineer of the silver smelter, owns a ranch four and one half miles north of town and west of the Montana Central railway. He reports a worker digging a well on the property found something valuable but cannot determine if it is ore or gold.
The land formation resembles Pennsylvania oil regions. Nash hired a driller who bored 410 feet then quit, taking equipment and leaving no water found. Borings were cleaned and samples tested, sparking claims over ownership and potential court action. Neighbors consider drilling to uncover resources as curiosity grows.
Minor offenders occupied Judge Sullivan this morning. T. E. Dennis pleaded guilty to dumping garbage inside city limits and operating a scavenger business without a license, fined 1 dollar and 10 dollars respectively. Ed. Leach pled guilty after 24 hours, Walsh fined 10 dollars for a mild disturbance, Edgar Dowton fined 24 hours for leaving a horse unhitched. John Doe pled not guilty to kicking the door of a Japanese restaurant and will be tried Tuesday. I Addler, for conducting a second hand business without a license, pled not guilty and will be tried Friday.
Albert E. Beek, accused of forging promissory notes and a mortgage, was brought back from St. Paul by the sheriff to face several charges. He was arraigned before Justice Nichols and granted twenty four hours to enter a plea. After time was approved, Beek spoke with his attorney, Mr Parr, in the jailors office.
J. B. Steiger, newly returned from South Africa, visits Butte and speaks on the Transvaal conflict. He claims the war stems not from English objections to political conditions but from Chamberlain and Rhodes seeking control of Transvaal, which would have yielded about $100,000,000 this year were war avoided.
A compiled roster shows names and places ranging from McDermott to Winter with addresses and affiliations across New York Omaha St Paul Duluth Helena and other locales. The note includes a tailor shop at 11L.O South Main Street offering repair steam cleaning and easy prices.
The Boston Financial News argues that the bear case for copper is weak as prices stay high. It notes some holders have paid outright and banks are clearing collateral, while new properties show mixed promise and long-term value depends on mining developments. The piece suggests copper stocks may stabilize and advance with healthier conditions.
The article notes fewer copper stocks and many valueless industrial and railroad securities. It argues time and developments will set proper price relations. The tape remains active, and Peale favorable mining property developments in Boston have not stayed unnoticed.
The copper mining market hardly moved with selective buying in low priced shares. Traders expect potential gains within a week or so as activity remains confined to a few individuals. Borton & Montana rose slightly while Butte & Boston dipped a point and Calumet & Hecla fell five points from Saturday's close. Parrot edged up a fraction and Utah dropped half a point. Tam pStack climbed seven points as closing quotations settled.
Libby mining man J T Hillis reports inspection of Howe Sound copper properties operated by Adams and Walters. Three million tons ore in sight, averaging seven percent copper, with 20 to 40 foot wide vein. Development via tunnel, aerial tram to start by July, concentrator and smelter planned in Vancouver or Victoria. stock cited at 250000 dollars.
Monroe & Co at 42 East Broadway urges customers to secure coal early before a cold wave. They tout Kemmerer as daily growing in popularity in Butte for its lasting quality and reliability. Phone 538.
The Northern Pacific operates the Pullman Standard sleeping cars from Anaconda to St Paul and St Louis. Two sleeping cars are on the night train out of Anaconda and Butte, one via Billings and the other from Butte to St Louis, with no change required between these points.
The Boston and Montana Consolidated Copper and Silver Mining Company offers 2500 dollars for information leading to the detection and conviction of any person or corporation trespassing to extract ores from underground workings beneath the Pennsylvania Lode Claim Lot No 172 in Silver Bow county Montana. Agent signatory C S Batterman Assistant Superintendent.
A fragmented OCR item mentions Davenport naven and Baw Le linked to a patched electrical note about a 621 roadway. The readable portions hint at an infrastructure context but remain incomplete, with no clear event date or full identities.
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