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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1897
Page
2
The Townsend Messenger page lists advertising rates at one dollar per inch per month and notes post office publication as second class matter. Cypricial Paper of Broadwater County is edited and published by H. Eaton.
A 1890s column notes Governor Smith designates May 1 as Arbor Day to promote tree and shrub planting on homes and public grounds. It urges a future where natural beauty ushers in rest for workers and reflection for thinkers, while critiquing tariff politics and imperial power.
Broadwater county Montana invites bids for care of the poor including weekly boarding and sick care but excluding medical services and burial, with bonds required. Also seeking lump sum bids to transcribe Jefferson county records for Broadwater with plats of Winston Hassel and Rodersburg, bids due May 10 1897.
Henry Miller Charles Rinda Thomas Crutchers and Carl Kleinschmidt of Seattle have filed a patent application under the mining laws for the United States covering 1286.6 linear feet of the Unitehy lode and 1500 lineal feet of the Alice B lode in the Crow Creek unorganized mining district Broadwater County. The survey dimensions, bearings, and parcel sizes are listed, with the action recorded by B. Cox,Register, Jefferson county.
Register Blakeley announces a land classification under the 1895 act for mineral lands along the Missouri river and nearby sections. The notice invites protests within sixty days, lists the exact parcels and boundaries, and marks the classification as final if no protests are filed.
Notice of application for patent by Henry G. McIntire for Zenith and Hult placer claims in Broadwater Jefferson county Montana. Describes survey numbers and corners, area 19.65 acres, location in unsurveyed township 7 N R W, starts at US monument, adjoining claims to north south and northeast. Adverse claimants must file within days from publication.
Notice is given that Carl Kleinschmidt Jr and associate filed for patent on the Mary CL lode survey 4792 in the Crow Creek mining district Broadwater County Montana. The claim covers 15.17 acres with a discovery shaft and specific boundary bearings. Publication in Townsend Messenger for ten weeks beginning April 22 1897.
U S Langrice Helena Montana April 16 1897. Notice that Thomas E Crutcher Charles V Kinda Henry Miller of Helena and Carl Kleinschmidt of Seattle have filed for a patent under mining laws for 12784 lineal feet of the Magpie lode lying 70 feet west and 528.4 feet east from the discovery shaft within Crow Creek mining district Broadwater county Montana. Survey 4789 in unorganized township 6 north range 1 east, recorded in Jefferson county, Boulder Montana. Description and boundaries given with measurements and acres 16.53. Notice posted April 7 1897. No adjoining claimants known. Publication directed in the Towntsend Meigek newspaper for ten weeks beginning April 22 1897.
Co owner J Dupuis informs John Hamm hin Qeirs executors and administrators that labor and improvements on the Gray Horse Quartz Lode Mining claim in Park district Jefferson county Montana have led to a required expenditure of one hundred dollars for the year 1897. If the co owner fails to contribute one third within ninety days after public notice, the interest will revert to the undersigned under the Revised Statutes. Dated Hassel Montana January 16 1897 with first publication January 21 1897.
On September 5 1895 the Board of Mineral Land Commissioners filed a report classifying land as non mineral for lots 4 5 and 6 section 3 township 2 north range 2 east Bozeman Land District Montana J N Anderson and E M Lamb protested on January 12 1897 seeking to challenge the report A hearing is set for May 7 1897 at 10 am before the Register and Receiver to gather testimony for the final decision CPP Blakeley Register John F Asbury Receiver April 4
April 20 1897 notice lists shareholders with amounts due from December 8 1596 for unpaid assessments. Names include Geo McKibbon Frank L Devit HC Aldis PT Kelly Wm E Lynch Helen Murphy Geo McKibbon A A Lathrop Henry Asmussen and others with varied sums shown.
Henry G. McIntire of Helena Montana has filed for a patent on 2710 feet of Peacock lode claim 0 surface area 4.0 acres plus Elk lode 0.90 acres and Cariboo lode 1743 acres in Park county Montana. The locations are recorded in Jefferson county Boulder pages 619 620 and 450 Book I and 621 Book 11 mining locations. Adjoining claims include Carbonate Elk Diamond Crown Hill and others. Anyone asserting adverse rights must file with the U S Land Office Helena within 60 days or be barred. Date of first publication March 25 1907.
Henry N Copp of Washington DC has revised Copp's Prospector with a fully rewritten mineralogical section by a Colorado mining engineer. The book covers mining laws locating surveys forms and practical guidance in prospecting and mineralogy. Priced at 50 cents and available at principal stores or from the author.
U S Land Office Helena Montana March 9 1997 notice that John B Wilson filed an application for patent under the mining law for the Duncan Menor Reno Bestia placer claim comprising 69 acres in Park County Montana within allurvey No 5070. The description lists original and amended locations with detailed bearing and distance data. The notice records the claim’s post date February 24 1867 and that the adjoining claim is St Louis Placer by Tierney McCague.
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