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Newspaper
Townsend Messenger
Location
Townsend, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1891
Page
2
The piece outlines sections of a Montana law on railroad fencing to prevent stock losses. It details owner rights to damages, notice and affidavit requirements, double damages if unpaid, and penalties for neglect by railroad workers. It also covers reporting killed stock and consequences for mutilation or mishandling of carcasses.
The board lists total railroad assessments across counties with Chateau, Dawson and Missoula leading. The state levy is two and a half mills, yielding 1891 revenue of 22024.24. Several county totals are given, including Chateau 1,044,009 and Missoula 1,020,000, with others named, totaling 8,158,110. Z T Burton says land along the Chateau canal line is being settled rapidly, enough water exists to irrigate 100,000 acres, and plans include breaking 10,000 more with a steam plow, plus building a flour mill on the Teton river to grind flour locally.
The piece surveys deep mining heat in Europe and Sperenberg depth records, explains volcanic energy as steam-created surface force, notes global volcanic soils aiding vineyards, and profiles J Switzer's brick plant near the Mullan tunnel. It reports Granite school election funding and Bodie district gold spring deposits, with questions about how gold forms in hot waters.
The Granite Mountain company plans major upgrades including a flat cable double reel hoist from Webster Camp Lane Akron Ohio with 28 by 72 cylinders. Foundations start in two weeks. When finished it will be the West’s most perfect hoisting plant. Work on the existing hoist continues in the interim. The Bald Butte mine near Marysville in Deer Lodge county hosts a new 20 stamp mill at the Gennesee mine on Dog creek. The mill, ready by September 20, is built for forty stamps and targets free milling gold ore from the 200 level. The mine reports rich ore above $50. A townsite has been surveyed and two families formed a camp.
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