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Show BUTLER, NEV. Butler, Nev., July 15. - Editor Intermountain Catholic: The opening of spring saw the usual influx of many hardy miners and adventurous ad-venturous prospestors wending their way, with blankets on their back, into this mining camp, which bids fair to outrival all mining excitements in Nevada Ne-vada for the last quarter of a century. Our population, thinned out by winter's win-ter's death epidemic, has no increased till our reckoning nearly reaches the 3,000 mark. For this large population we claim the right of a daily mail, which our senators claim shall be soon given by the postal department. Some of our mines are working to their full capacity, and rich paying ore is extracted from the lower levels. The Ray mine, employing 375 men, has developed de-veloped rich strikes in the 230-foot level The Tonopah stock, which sold last winter for $4, could not be purchased now for $15 a share. Shareholders are confident that in the near future a dividend divi-dend will set it booming. Our great drawback at present Is scarcity of freighters. Between the camp and railroad rail-road teams are strung hauling freight in both directions, but not half enough to meet the demands made. A number of leasers are working on the Gold mountain lodes, with good prospect of realizing something handsome on tneir and enterprise. The Montana-Tonopah was recently incorporated with a capital cap-ital stock of $50,000. Building material Is scarce and many desiring to .build are prevented till the arrival of several cars of lumber now awaiting freighters at the Candelaria depot. Father Butler is happy at hav- ".ing his church completed before the lumber famine came. He saved time and money by beginning in time. The : church is out of debt and is one of the most substantial buildings in the place. Services twice on Sunday are largely attended. The Intermountain Catholic is anxiously anx-iously looked for every week, and read with pleasure by a great many. As the summer months glide by we hope to send you all the live news of the camp. PROSPECTOR. |
