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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1908
Page
2
The article discusses a massive ore deposit likely to be mined and milled at low cost, potentially surpassing famed mines. It outlines plans to transport ore to a mill, use quarrying methods to cut costs, and scale to 1,000 tons daily, with cyanide recovery and high ore value estimates guiding the venture.
Production notes cover early placer and quartz mining in Washington and Blue Grass claims with gold ore at Excelsior Dakota Fraction Golden Leaf Wadams Lookout and other mines. The figures show large potential values from $15 to $80 million and various ore-sale estimates and per ton ranges.
Twenty one claims in the Bannack Consolidated Mining Company group, nineteen wholly owned with two options. Irregular line tracing marks the contact ore vein, spanning about 356.49 acres with a three mile continuous vein. The ore is believed to be free milling gold of commercial value, potentially millions of tons. About one to two million tons are currently exposed by tunnels and ready for mining and milling.
Helena March 2 The state department of health reports January births in Montana 466 new residents 254 boys 212 girls. Deaths total 466 with a net gain of 20 citizens. The annual death rate is 19.11 per thousand.
Rev F Starbird of East Raymond Maine touts Bucklen Arnica Salve for wounds and sores noting success in veterinary work. Potts Drug Store price 25c. Billings Feb 29 convention reports Montana as a fruit importing state with 700 carloads yearly. Joseph Walisch of Butte cites 30 percent as peaches cherries grapes bananas and urges hardy small fruit varieties.
Prominent architect Norman R. Coulter of Delbert Building San Francisco extols Electric Bitters as a universal tonic. He praises its prompt treatment of stomach liver and kidney issues and its systemic strengthening effects. The tonic is advertised as a top spring medicine and blood purifier sold by druggists.
Undertaker G. R. Safley returned to Bozeman from Josephine Montana with the body of Giuseppe Fauneli an Italian railroad worker who died from drinking a pint of whiskey to cure a cold. He died within hours of the dose.
An advertisement from City Drug Store in Helena promotes Foley s Honey and Tar as a remedy for obstinate coughs and colds claiming to prevent consumption and pneumonia. A state report from N Yoder lists department receipts totaling 9526.20 from multiple sources including domestic and foreign corporations and official licenses.
A drug ad warns of Brights disease and diabetes from minor kidney trouble and promotes Foley s Kidney Remedy. In Beardsley Arizona J Hill set a new sheep shearing record with 325 sheep in nine hours and a half, besting Dowdell who sheared 310.
Ray Winn formerly held the record after shearing 308 sheep in nine and a half hours at Miles City. Hill and Dowdell are long time Montana shearers who visit each season to shear.
Local ad touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a cure for deep seated coughs and colds, claiming it prevents pneumonia and consumption. urges refusing substitutes and lists City Drug Store as supplier.
Red Lodge March 5. At Bridger Methodist Church State Senator Samuel H. Glidden announced plans to pursue theology studies in the East and then return to Montana to serve as a gospel minister after two terms in Carbon County.
John Coleman was found guilty of first degree assault for a murderous attack on Deputy Sheriff Pat Callahan in a Taft justice court room and sentenced to ten years at hard labor in the state's prison.
Mrs J P White of Rushboro Pa credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving her life from lung trouble. She says it loosens a cough quickly and cures lung disease even when hopeless. Sold by Potts the druggist with guarantee, 50c and up. Trial bottle free.
In Helena on February 29 Judge Hunt delivered a federal court warning to saloon keepers to refrain from selling intoxicants to Indians. He sentenced John P. Johnson of Cut Bank to six months in jail.
A man named Johnson was found guilty on three counts for selling whiskey to Indians. He faces a county jail term and a $300 fine. Testimony linked him to drunken Indian violence on the Blackfeet reservation. In Billings a man, possibly Hetland, was shot and killed by bartender Samuel Nelms after an intruder broke into E L Green’s saloon. Nelms fired three times, fatally wounding the assailant.
When you have a cold the mucous membrane inflames and disease germs you breathe lodge and multiply especially the pneumonia germ. Foley's Honey and Tar soothes the air passages stops the cough and expels the cold from your system. Refuse substitutes. City Drug Store. 1m
Helena March 2 H R Cunningham state advisor in charge of the insurance department reports for the quarter ended Saturday receipts from fees and taxes total 41252.07. The amount has been deposited with State Treasurer Rice.
An advertising note certifies druggists will refund money if Foley's Honey and Tar fails to cure coughs or colds, claiming the medicine stops coughing and heals lungs. It warns against substitutes and notes a Louisiana yellow package. Plains report: Big Louie, Kalispell Indian chief, shot Feb 26 near Camas Prairie. killer Alexander Plouf killed by Little Rock.
An old promotional item touts The Lucky Quarter as the payout for a box of Dr King’s New Life Pills. It claims relief from headache biliousness constipation and malaria with a cheerful refund if disappointed, offered at Potts the Drugist.
Attorney General Galen holds that when men meet casually for a quiet game in the street or similar setting and agree to play in a designated place they are each guilty under the anti gambling law. The ruling responds to a Park county inquiry from County Attorney O M Harvey.
Potts the Druggist promotes Hyomei as a cure for catarrh with a money back guarantee. Quick relief includes cleared nasal passages and stopped throat discharges. The outfit costs $1.00 and promises satisfaction or refund. A Canyon Ditch Co reorganizes increasing shares from 100 to 200, boosting capital stock from $10,000 to $20,000.
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