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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1899
Page
8
A Home Market style real estate ad urges buyers to purchase 30x100 foot Empire Addition plots for $10. It touts Butte as a healthy, prosperous city and frames the sale as low-cost housing, contrasting farms and copper mines with the aim to help individuals own homes quickly on small margins.
Fragmentary rental items show a 4 room modern brick flat and a furnished cabin along with a 4 room house in South Route area. Cleaning up details unclear but indicates available units and prices around ten dollars. The text cites multiple property types and locations in a terse classified style.
Mining notes report the Republie mine sale to Toronto capitalists confirmed amid strong demand for stock at 1 per share. Anaconda output declined from 11,000,000 pounds in December to 400,000 in January due to injunctions on Never Sweat ledge. other copper producers posted January outputs: Heston Montana 5,000,000. Montana Ore Purchasing 1,600,000. Parrot 900,000. Colorado 750,000 pounds.
WG reports in Neihart this week to inspect progress at the Queen mine where 28 to 20 men were employed and five or six ore cars shipped monthly. Owners seek economical treatment for low grade ore and test shipments to determine the best concentration process.
A recent strike near Lump guich in the Sailor district by Martin McKenzie, Nelson and others reveals four to six inches of high grade ore in a short cross-cut tunnel. The tunnel faces near the surface, extending roughly 200 feet into the hill, suggesting a possible extension of the Little Alma lode.
From Pony to Silver Star and Nobleville camps, activity grows as miners work the Broadway Silver Star claim and nearby properties. J & Cisler report rich ore at Silver Chief near Brandon, while Nobleville hosts multiple leases on Company and Cliff leads. Tunnel work at Fairweather in Mill Creek continues, aiming to strike a rich lead below a surface slide.
Regular shifts resume at Granite mine and more miners join daily as ore is hoisted from Bimetallic and Granite mines. The tramway supplies the Bimetal mill with ore while Royal Gold mine may soon join leading local producers as Neal and Manley report success finding the historic ore body in the lower levels. Hundreds of tons of high grade ore await milling.
J C McLeod, Philipsburg merchant, continues mine development in Harvey Creek with over $15,000 spent in recent years. Copper ore is reportedly found on the main stock of Boulder east of Princeton, with samples confirming value and shipping plans under way. The region shows excitement as locations multiply. Washoe Mining faces delays tapping Silver Lake due to tunnel challenges and cost factors.
The prospectus is ready for printing and will be issued Wednesday in New York. It outlines a capital of 1 000 000 with 6500 000 issued and underwritten at 101 and 4 commission. Rothschild of Germany underwrites one third Morgan Co of London underwrites one third and American houses underwrite one third. Seven copper companies are named as acquired, two foreign. no purchases will occur unless they show 7 percent net profits.
Coroner Phil Jullien’s inquest into Albert Norton’s death, ruled a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Witnesses described Norton and his wife hosting Mr. and Mrs. Best, a dinner, a brief argument, then Norton shot himself as Best assisted with his overcoat. Norton had recently lost his job but was financially secure and in good spirits.
Frank Murray, described as a tough character, was arrested by Officer Sullivan after being seen in the act of rifling a drunken man’s pockets in the basement of the Pincus Block. A purse with money was found on Murray, and witnesses say Boyd spent the night in nearby Galena street saloons. Murray claimed he was aiding Boyd to prevent a robbery. Witness Martin Noonan was held on bond issues.
At Lynndale a call to Chas Langlois at his stable offers transport on a big sleigh for 7 dollars, a band wagon at 8 dollars, with a free supper 75e. Dancing every Sunday with stage leaves at 2 p m Sundays. Through sleeper from Butte to St. Louis via the Burlington route.
On Monday March 20 Miss L. E. McClaran invites the public to view her spring millinery stock at 61 East Broadway Butte. Also noted are ads for Burlington Route train service to Omaha and furniture for sale in a new room flat plus a 3 room brick house and lot for $900 by Johnson Reid & Kennedy at 34 Owsley block.
Blackfoot reports death of Del Hunsberger at 57 from rheumatism after moving to Montana in 1860 and running the Grand Union hotel in Port Benton. George S. Geddes freed after a Supreme Court order for a new trial. Thomas Welch also ordered for new trial. Pioneer Y died in Boulder of apoplexy. McSorley’s career spanned storekeeping, county treasurer, postmaster, clerk, and district court deputy. Copper strike rumors near Swift Current spark excitement and stampede fears. Probate sales in Livingston: Reding and Gassert estates involve Clarendon hotel interests for $7,000. Drago estate transfers quartz lodes for $241.60.
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