Show cratous Cc CrR inions TOUS scientific PHENOMENA As A s mr david cowan assayer of this city was running burmin C lines 01 0 a ne neighboring river he fie discover di scover ed ti anat lt the brass compass strew ed cd on oil the top of his hia jacobs staff was moving to tile right at the th rate of fifteen degress per minute giobert ile hereford reford and the chain I 1 of this sin nien men were witnesses witness ea gular and unprecedented motion this occurred for the space of about six chains on the ice and no where else the next day d ay the same phenomena occurred though thourl with something 0 less force at the same place and there only tho the needle was not at atall all affected A lateral force of one pound is required to move the compass round mr cowan believes in the exis tance of some great deposit 0 of mineral in the locality and means mean I 1 to explore it four men vouch forstthe truth of the story montana post |