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WHERE
COPPER
IS A
RED REALITY
Ralph Meeker
COPPER" is not entirely a fig
ment Invented for Wall street
financiering,, as many might
suppose. It is backed, for instance, by
a mile square of copper known as
Butte City, Mont., one of the three
great copper mining centers of the
world, one other being by Lake Su
perior and the third in Arizona. It is
the most wonderful of mining camps.
The town, a mile higher than the New-
York Flatiron building, lies in a moun
tain basin scooped from the lofty slopes
of the Rockies. The basin is a. vast
reservoir of copper and silver veins.
Since four Nevada prospectors "struck
It rich" there forty years ago half a
billion of dollars' worth of mineral
gold, silver and copper — have been
taken from the mines. Here Marcus
Daly, Senator W, A. Clark, August
Heinze, John D. .Rockefeller, Henry A.
Rogers and other Standard Oil inter
ests have made fortunes. But more
wonderful than all this wealth and the
falrylike stories of the mining Aladdins
is the town of Butte itself, its society
and prodigal disregard of everything
except the "stuff" that's in a man. Its
50,000 population represents every race
ond country. It has, so the Butte peo
ple say, the ablest up-to-date men and
handsomest brainy women In the world.
In other words, Butte ia run by
"record breakers" In mining, finance,
sport and social conquests. Here
Standard Oil. victorious elsewhere, was
defeated by a Butte mine owner. The
city is run wide open, with glittering
Monte Carlos on every hand. Churches,
schools and philanthropic institutions
are generously supported, and every;
tiling clever nnd up to <late is
given a wide open chance to play its
hand to the limit. Every man there
is a plunger.
Sacks of Golden Slugs
It is said that not one of the thirteen
thousand miners In Butte earns less
than J3.GO a day. All upend their earn
ings recklessly. Drill drivers In flannel
shirts bet stacks of ullver and gold
slugs. When friends disagree us to
the price of a newly discovered claim
they flip a twenty dollar gold piece Into
the air and decide a ten thousand dollar
difference on the turn of a coin. Then
the man -who looses writes a fifty
thousand dollar check for the mine in
lead pencil, takes another drink and
the Incident closes.
In that basin of wealth gold and
magic seem to float In the air. In one
year Bfitte's mineral output was flfty
live millions, nearly three times the en
tire mineral product of the state of
California. A single ' company— the
Anaconda— put out $23,000,000 in one
year and its 6000 men received $600,000
In wages a month. So It ia easy to
understand why men of nerve and
women of accomplishments have come
to Butie from Paris and London, from
Soulh Africa and Australia, from St.
Petersburg and' New York to breathe,
tb.6 life nnd splendor of that tomweut-
Ing city perched on a shelf of the Rocky
Mountains, ■ under the deep skies of
Montana.
It is said that there are more college
graduates working under ground at
Butte than in any other group of mines
in the world. One of these, Mr. James
B. White, of Kentucky, went through
a scientific course, took up practical as
saying and mining engineering, and
then engaged himself with the Ana
conda company as a geological expert.
After eight years with the late Marcus
Daly in that vast corporation, he joined
Mr. Heinze's organization as consulting
mining engineer. Mr. White Is now
visiting New York city and gives many
very interesting facts about Butte.
"Its prospects" he said "are brighter
than ever. Development work has
proved that the copper belt extends half
a mile further north and west than the
most experienced miner ever dreamed.
Solid Copper Everywhere
"Butte is now known to rest upon a
solid mass of copper veins a mile
square. Veins that were thought value
less are now held at millions. The
Speculator is an instance. The Lexing
ton, which was closed for twelve years,
is being operated by Helnze, and plenty
of ore has been discovered. The Cora
mine, which Daly could have had for
$60,000 Is now valued at $3,000,000. The
recent opening of old abandoned silver
mines is giving the camp new life.
"Butte is probably the most up-to
date of cities, and In closer touch with
New York and the great Interests of the
country than any other town In the
west. There you will find the Herajd
with the leading papers of London
and Paris on file. The people are wide
awake and can size a man up at a
glance. Real men are accepted at full
par value in the mines and in the best
society. Young men from Harvard and
Columbia at work in mines or smelters
are welcomed everywhere. .You see
them with battered hands and powder
stained faces at receptions and soirees,
ranking with the highest. The young
college man, but an hour before In
overalls, plays Chopin and Schumann
at the grand piano.
"The ladles of Butte are cultivated,
refined, big-hearted women, who are
not ashamed of Improving their minds
and working with their hands and they
give a hearty welcome to guests from
mines and assay offices. They under
stand the art of entertainment. They
make the stranger forget that he Is a
guest, and before the close of the even-
Ing he feel* that he hits found friends
indeed.
Dutte's Popular Mayor
The mayor of. Butte Is Patrick Mul
ling. Years ago he ran a boarding houan
In the ramp. Once the mines »hut
down, gome of his boarder* got out of
money. lie rose up In the dining room
LOS ANGELES HERALD SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT.
one morning at breakfast and made a
speech.
"B'ys," said ho, "they've shut down
the mines and some of ye sthuck to Pat
whin ye had the stuff and now Pat will
athlck to ye. I've got two carloads of
potatoes and one carload of hams In the
cellar. As long as there's a spud and
a bit o' meat left ye can eat with me.
Pay whin ye git the coin."
So when Pat's party were afraid of
losing the election they put up for
mayor. He won hands down.
Soon after taking his oath of ofllce It
was the duty of the mayor to welcome
President Roosevelt, who visited Butte.
The mayor put on his dress suit. At
the banquet as noon as the guests sat
down the mayor arose, rapped on the
table and said: — "Gentlemen, I will
Introduce to ye a man who needs no
Introduction. He's the hero, of Santi
ago. Boys (to tho waiters),' bring on
the grub."
The history of Butte la the history of
its three great mining men— Daly, Clark
and Helnze.
These are the character of the men: —
Daly was generouß; Clark is careful;
Helnze gambles to see which way he
should gamble.
Born in Ireland, Marcus Daly when
fifteen came to America, working flrßt
at Brooklyn as a dock hand. Later he
went to California, where he did placer
mining. Huggln and Tevls, mining men
of Frisco, sent him to Utah. Here he
met the Walker brothers, who had him
K'j to Butte In 18T6 to Inspect the old
Alice mine. Daly weht Into Butte
carrying a blanket on hla back; he died
worth $15,000,000.
They say that after Belling his share
In the Alice, Daly went In with Haggin
and Tevls and bought the Anaconda.
The CalifmiilaiiH sent an expert to look
at the mine. Tina man said It waa
worthless and started back to San
Francisco to make his report, .Duly
was out of money, but he himself and
a few faithful men kept digging.' They
struck rich ore. Daly borrowed money
and. got a horse. He sent a messenger
to Frisco with new ore samples. "Ride
this horse until he drops then get
another." said Daly. "Beat that d
expert to California." Daly's man got
there first. Haggin and Tevls put in
more money. Thus, they say, was
started the Anaconda mine, which the
Daly company sold In 1899 to the Amal
gamated Copper company, In which
Rockefeller and Rogers hold large in
terests for $33,000,000.
Daly's money came to him easy; it
went in the same way. He was broad
gauged.
Daly's Palace Hotel
Anaconda, where he built liis smelter,
needed a hotel; Daly built a line one
and lost on It $50,000 a year. He wanted
a good newspaper In the town; he
started the Standard, which went $300,
000 In the hole the first four years, lie
took to horses; on the Bitter Root stock
farm. In Montana, he spent $1,000,000 a
year. On this ranch— one of the most
beautiful In the world— he raised the
famous racers Ogden, Hamburg and
Tammany. Giving away fine horses
was one of his fads. Should a friend
take a fancy to a horse, Daly would
say:— "Take him; he Is yours." ;}_■
THE STAR IN THE WEST
Arthur Colton In the Atlantic
The world has loat Its old content;
With girded lulns and nervous hands
'I'llH UK** It'll tlH "II | lll'l" B t lM.t*|i COIIHIIUII iII
King uver plains and tablelands
Of this wide watered continent.
Who calla the poor In apirlt blest T
The rich In spirit win their own.
Hark to the war's shrill bugle* blown!
Look to the rippling banner thrown
Outstreamlug In th« weatl
"Clark," said I to an old Montana
miner, "must be n bright man to have
come out here with nothing and cleaned
up a hundred million.'!
"Nothlnjr so very bright about it,"
answered my frined. "He was here; It
was here; they got together. Somebody
had to do it."
"Do you know the senator?" I asked.
"JCnow him?" AVell, I guess yes. I
panned' In the same placer diggings
with him down here in Jeff Davis
gulch, close to Dillon. He was born In
Pennsylvania and teach'ed school in
Missouri. He comes out to Colorady
and then up here to Mantany In '63. He
held on to the first thousand he got and
went down to Salt Lake and bought
stuff and freighted It In and sold it to
the boys. Then he got a little log store,
then a banjc, then he got a lot of copper
claims, and now, If It hadn't a' been
for Mnrcuß Daly, he'd have the whole
country."
Clark made use of his chance. He
was In the richest mining camp in the
world. Ah can be done In many places
today-reven Butte — for small amounts
he got Interest in claims. He went to
Columbia University and studied metal
lurgy, -lie examined mint's for himself;
he did hin own assaying. Others could
have done what Clark did, but Clark
did it. *.*.;.:
Who tJiv» llin mock Inherit lura?
The earth la their* whoau hand* are strong.
Work for the night cornea, art la long.
Onward llm keeu, stern (aces throng,
Uutfk-i'yml, Intent, sincere.
Our life lias loat Its ancient real, '
'I'liu pale liiuti flower of i>vao« that grow*
Hy cottage wall and garden close.
Httr In In* «a»t. ah, whither goe*
Tula atar that leads u« we*t? .
Clark is one rich man who knows
what he Is worth. He pays strict at
tention to every detail of his business.
He Is one of ' the busiest, men in
Amarica. He owns many mines out
side of Butte. Of .the United Verde at
Jerome, Ariz., the richest of copper
mines, he Is the sole owner. He has
sugar beet farms in California, coffee
plantations in Mexico, lumber camps,
coal mlne.l, stock ranches. . business
property, and just recently has built
a railroad from halt Lake City to Los
Angeles. Aside from this he has found
time to study French and German and
to collect fine paintings.
Heinze ia a wizard. He is the bright
es.t man Butte has produced. In the
last few years he has made millions.
He struck Butte at the age of twenty,
In "89. He was first an engineer In the
Boston' and Montana mine, controlled
by Lewtsohn brothers of New York. It
Is said that they turned Helnze off.
He organized a company to smelt ores
for Independent mines. He made
money out of, this. -Then he filed
claims right In the midst, of; the big
working mines. A law of Montana al
lows the one who owns the apex of a
vein to have the ore wherever It may
drift; Helnze knew . tha-. ground. He
got a valuable apex and brought suit
for a property worked by others. He
won. This brought on between Helnze
and Rockefeller the great right which
la not yet finished. : . , , : : . ' *
WINTER VS. SPRING POET
Joseph Jefferson, on his retiring from
the stage, remained In' New York for a
few days on his way to Florida to spend
the winter. A friend who met him at
the time aßked the great comedian why
he did not stay In New York, where the
climate was Irigivoratlng, instead of
flying tp the more or less sultry heat of
the south.
"Well," said Mr» Jefferson, I. with a
twinkle, "I've tried both, and I would
rather find myself knee deep In Jun« |n
Florida than ankle deep in January In
New York." , .■ • ' ,<" ■ ■, • '
Passion fqr^'^if
Hair Dyeing
THAT the high note In hair dyeing
has rrcetnly been struck seems t«
be substantiated by the numbers
of. women who cross tl^ ocean or the*
channel respectively to Paris. a/id oft#n
with the main object In view of having!
their tresses becomingly tinted., Por'^jt
Is In Paris',' the M«eca' of prolonging
beauty and charm, that nftlr.dyel'ng
has entered the ' realm of art. No
longer, nays the Frenchwoman, n»ed
hair thus treated be detectable arid "So"*! •
over Its wenrer the sickly, unholy as* '
pect of days gone by. Indeed, ,as the
advanced knowledge of hair dyeing.is .
lined, It .becomes jnore a: process, of
lililliiK from public gMJi'e the hair's de
sire to turn gray, than a means; of
changing its original .color. Thln-lntter
act. happily. Is no longer regarded as
being in good form, while gr^y, hairs
perhaps more than ever are looked
upon as Indicative of age. Despite ,
the truism that harsh .-features, .are
softened by them Aid that they occa^
slonally crown young hends, they csn
not, It seems, shnke themselves loose
from hoary associations., Always. It
comes as a shock to find the first gray '"
hair In the head. • «' .
English women are credited, with
being more keen about preventing .the
hair's turning than those of any other
nation. It must also bo wild, however,
that the French follow them closely
and Americans . are strongly pushing
for the lead. This state of things, no
cioubt, has come about through the Im
proved dyes which are now used and
In the better knowledge of how to ap
ply them. No longer need dyeing the
hair be Injurious: rather It is claimed
to be beneficial, causing Its growth to
be Invigorated and Its .luster/, to
brighten. And this secret of improve
ment, with many other good things,
has come from the Orient. A few
French people have laid hold of henna,
the famous eastern herb, and cleverly
adapted It to modern' needs. Since,
moreover, . they i are not spreading
broadcast the secret they have evolVefl,
It becomes nccesßary for English arid
American women to go to their fair
city for its benefits. " ■■ , t
"That henna, a vegetable dye, is not
Injurious to the hair's steady growth
may well be argued from the centuries
through which Oriental women ' have
regarded it as their especial benefac-.
tress. They have fairly saturated, their
heads with It, deeming the bright, red
to which It then turned their hair to.be
entirely bewftchlng. In Algiers' i. also
the women of high exclusiveness use it
to dye the'enttrre left hand and, the
finger nails of the right. But henna
as now used by the French has lost, its
smack of barbarism. It Is well diluted.
Under their application it stains the
hair not necessarily red, but. an exqui
site golden brown, or, when .desired,
keeps 'Up its jet-black brilliancy,,. Cu
riously enough, the reddish brown- col
ored hair for which . this process was 1
first introduced is said to be distinctly
out of fashion. Neverless, the dye has
been well adajited to the stronger bru
nette tones which now are triumphant
ly In vogue. . , . . • •
It is not an Inexpensive undertaking,
this keeping of the hair from turning
gray. If well done and by a reliable
French coiffeuse, it Is estimated to cost
about $80 a year., Indeed, before one of
these individuals will receive a patron
150 francs, or the equivalent of $30,
must be paid. , A first treatment then,
is in order.' On the heart of the seeker
after youth's coloring must clearly be ;
written, ' Courage. Also It were; well
should she close her eyes from behold-,
ing herself during its achievement.
After she is shown Into a dimly Illu
mined little room ' and her hair_ un- j
coiled, it is closely examined under a
magnifying glass and its condition and
needs pronounced upon. ; Two, . three,
even four experts may have a voice cmc in
this decision. The French people,; it
would seem, seldom care to do thing*
singly. Then when all Is decided an
other Individual enters the room. .. JHe
Is dressed In white and appears not: un
like a' chef. He carries. with him a pot
of stuff which is warm from the fire
and looks very, much like melted choco
late. This he applies to madam's head
with a camel's hair brush. At Intervals
of from fifteen to twenty minutes the
process is repeated, until with 'the last
coating' not a vestige of hair Is visible,
but In its stead a thick, elaylike forma- .
tlon covers the head. A comical' pic*
ture then Is madam and well in need
of increasing faith. 1 _ ,", - . •,'
After a while, however, the /washing
begins, when every bit of the stuff that
has been allowed to harden on the hair
Is softened and taken" off, - Quite an
other set of attendants perform this
act by alternately emptying over /the
head great pitchers of lukewarm wafer.
As the water flows into the tub over
which madam leans it has an' oily,
greenish look, and its effect usually
Is" far • from steadying to ' the nerves.
Nevertheless at the 'end of about three
hours, when the hair Is again dried and
colffed. madam usually beholds herself
with delight. Exactly the tint she de
sires has 'been gained, as though she
had had cloth Uyed to mutch a sample;
This naturally requires great expert
ness In the handling of the paste in the
beginning, and an 'exact knowledge of
how lons It is beat to leave each 'coat-
Ing on the head. . On leaving the ha'lr
dresser's madam , Is assured that her
hair will be' impervious to change for'
at least six months)— that ia, if she will
watch It closely and on the first sight
of gray touch it up slightly from t ha
bottle of stuff which she . la recom
mended to buy for 60 francs.
-..i.i •«♦■ i i :» .■ •' . '■■
in London, according to the latest
statistics, there ta only. one telephone,
for every sixty families. In New York I
there Is. one for. twelve, In Boston one.
for six and in Ban Franclaco one i for .
