| Show I DEATH OF C S BATTERMAN The Butte papers announce the death of Mr C S Batterman the superintendent su-perintendent of the Boston Montana MIning company of that city He was a distinguished mining expert miner metallurgist and mineralogist He was born In Placervllle Cal In 1S59 the year the Comstock lode was discoverrd graduated at Berkeley Cal engaged first In mining In Arizona then in Colo ado and for several years has been In Montana He was held as one of the foremost mining experts on the coast His father Gen Batterman removed early to Virginia City Nev and lived here until his death some twelve or fifteen years since The boy jr < w up I > n the old lode and got his mining inspiration in-spiration from the very fountain head He grew up In an atmosphere whore men talked of little and thought ot lit tie save mining ana where everything that required audacity and courage In the development of mines was tried lIe was a lad of 9 years when Crown Point stock In a few weeks Jumped from tS50 to 1500 a share and when 15 saw I Con CaL Virginia go from S3i to SDUO per share in five months He I I was of very brave and true stock and had a I father and mother that made It I Impossible Im-possible for him to be anything but a sterling man His death Is I a great loss |
