Great Falls tribune. [volume], May 14, 1885, Image 1

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VOL L REA FLLS MOTAA TRRIOR, THURSAY, AY .14, 88 1N0.1
SREAT '1'FALL TIBUNE.
SUBSCSIPT.~N RATES.
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Etrictly in I dvance.
The ci culatioa tf th' Tarmius.in North.r~
Montmna is gnacan eo.l to ex ed t .it o: ny p -
p 'r pUohsIIcd in the rll.toly.
Add twsac1 cn-nfuni'ations tai e c
- T idUtsNE, GOs AT FALLs, Mo. 1
-OUR PRECIOUS lMETALSC
The Nt'ihart, Barker andl Mon
tan-t histritcisý 4&.-d_.
A Trenchant D's.,ription of th~
Principal Mines.
The Aeeessibsilitv of (Great Falls "
to the District.
Th"' Only Prvrtical Supnly Point
F or the Eldorad ! E
i,'
Ercetion o R ledii4tion Works!
Her- Assured.
I
In the rai-a of mouuttains called f
the Little Lelt mountains, which are
located in Meagher county, Montana
Territory, and are a spur of the main t
range, there are a few mining dis
tricts of great merit and promise.i
among the number being the Mon
tana, Barker, Belt Park and Snow
Creek districts.
MONTANA DISTRICT.;
This district has had a struggling I
life of about four years, the first dis-=
coveries and locations being made in
the year 1881 by Messrs. Neihart,
O'Brien, Harley, Carothers, Kane,
Lambert and others. Following these
there have been others made of as
great importance. The leads of this
camp are true fissures, the formation
being a porphoritic granite, the walls.
rmooth and regular and their course't
a trifle east of north and south. TheI.
mineral belt is from two to five miles
ide. None of the leads of the camp 1
ave been developed very extensivelyJ:
ie locators and owners not beingI'
le to do much more, have done each
ar's as~ssment work and as much 1
re as possible, but have held on,
ting patiently for the investment 1
ap:tal to develop and bring their
p to the front where it belongs. '
e leads were very promising on the
rface and each foot of develop
Sbeen very. encoura t
Sowners. With but~-e~re .
tre of the
n\ees of.
r:eent.
'0und. 't
25,000
her ore- as een a very
gh grade milling ore, assaying very
gh in silver and carrying scarcely
y lead. The principAl or best de
oped mines of the district are the
untain Chief, Queen of the Hil's
group, Montana Bell and group,
patrick, Fred Mann, Massachu
Oregon, Texas, South Carolinn
Sampson.
M.OTANA CEIEF,
his claim was located among the
t by Mess s. Kane, Carother and
mbert, and was held and developed
ithin until two years ago when it
bondeld to thn Hudson Mining
pany for $18,003, the bond expir
September 1, 1884. This compa
ook the property under the bond
have worked itecoitinuously ever
e in a very careful and economical
ner, and now heve it sufficiently
loped to warrant them in erect
melting works for the treatment
eir ore product. They are now
ling and preparing for their plant
h is on the road, part of it being
-in twenty miles of the camp.
have a large quantity of choice
a the dump, and their shaft, tun
and levels expose still greater
:titics which will be easily and
cheaply stoped down.
The ore of this mine is of the high
grade srnelting;lass, iveraging from
150 to 100 oances of silver per ton.
Some of the choicest specimens found
in the camp have been taken from
is mine, some assaying as high as
,003 ounces of silver per ton. The
ndson Mining company is an east
company with their head office in
ton, Mass., and some of the stock
ers are capitalists of that city.
operations in the camp are un
the persdnal direction of their
rintendent, Mr. C. E. Barker, who
robably employ a large force of
this season.
UEEN OF TEX HILLS AND GOU'P.
s group of mineslocated about
tmb time as the Montana Chief,
r. Neihart and others, and still
by them, consist sof the Queen
Hills, Homreitake and O'Brien
all on the same leai These
have been developed princiipal
unnel; one tunnel on the Queen
not leas han 3a0 feet lo«g and
tia ontinuous b0dy. of min
whole distance. the dame be
m 2 to 6 feet wide. - The face
tunnel shows a: .ein not less
feet -wide, cntaiiibig about 5
olid oare whieh assays well in
d is a choice smelting ore.
?clmes of wire silver ha-o
Gr34
been taken from this mine. I do not za
think .te ore of this mine avorages ro
less tan 5(0 ounces in silver per ton, be
and the location is such that it can be th
mined by tunnel on the lead at a very fo
reasonable figure. This is regarded fr
as one of the most valuable properties in
in the district, but as yet it has not fr
changed hands. of
MOXTANA BELLE AND GROUP. tl
This group of mines located on fo
.Baldy Mountain, all on the same ci
lead, consists of the Montana Belle, pi
St. Julien, Maud S., Minnehaha and m
Dickens claims, which are owned by tl
Chamberlain, Bell, (deceases) Mac- cl
Kintosh, Sanborn and Wells, who lo-j 1,
cat fth £i. iT~se bsinne, have a at
splendid record. The owners have to
worked them considrably, shipping T
the ore produced undar great disad- s
vantages to Omaha, which paid a I
handsome profit over all shipping and It
treatment expenses. These mines c{.
have paid for development and paid cl
tbe owners a good profit from the ci
gra:s ro)s down. They woro r<cent- at
ly bonded for $225,000 to the Red is
Mountain company. of which C. A. al
Broadwater of Helena, is a member.
The bond is reported to expire about
September 1st, of this year. This is a
very strong and reliable company, able cl
to develope these claims in good F<
shape. They are now working thirty d
men on them under the able manage- c
ment of John Longaid. who will un- tr
dbt as a
fast .o * n-i eo
tmplate iu j,
jprospating the r- C
Ssurted a tfinel on- fhe Dictens blcin 'si
to be 900 feet long and taps two of s:
the other claims also. This lead is Ic
about 5. feet wide. and is developed a:
by shafts on each claim, showing th' n
same char;lcter of ore trhe five b
claims. Thisce is sg, as
Ssai to 200 0
ith de- o
doubt
of the
to 8 feetof oo
ore. The Fritzpatrick is developed
by a long tunnel on the lead which
shows up a nice holy of high grade 4
milling ore. The facilities for work
irn; the mines of the district are good
on account of their location; they all
cross the gulch, afiording good site
for tunneling in on tho_]ad and the
mountains are of such height that the I
miners as a rule gain good depth in i
tunneling. And the facilities for 4
treating ore in this district are excel
lent, there being a plentiful supply of
wood, water and all necessary fluxes I
for smelting are convenient The
po: tofflice of the district is located
down in the gulch in a little town of
about 200 inhabitants, which is called
Neihart after one of the pioneers of
the camp. Neihart has tri-weekly
mail conmections with Fort Benton
and. Clendenin on the north and
White Sulphur Springs on the south,
and will undoubtly have mail connec
tion with Great Falls soon, as the na
tural outlet of the camp is down Belt
river-which stream the town is locat
ed on---to the Missouri river points,
Great Falls and Ft. Benton.
The distance from Neihart to
White Sulphur Springs, the county
seat, is about 50 miles, and is about
the same distance from Great Falls.
Benton, the head of navigation on the
Missouri, is 85 miles from the camp.
The road to White Sulphur Springs
is over a high divide and quite im
passable except during a few of the
summer months, while the road to
Great Falls and Benton is down the
river bottom and is always hard .nd
passable.
BARKER DISTRICT.
This district was the first galena
district of these mountains, being al
most two years older than the Mon
tana district and was worked quiteei
tensively by the Clendenin Mining
.and Smelting Co., and was a good,
lively camp until November of 1883,
when the failure of some of the com
pany's principal stockholders in the
I east brought on the closing down of
the company's works inr Barker, and
since then it has been idle the most
Sof the time. But this camp contains
_ some very good leads, among the
Snrniber being the Silver Bell, Fdttr
i Act May & Edna, Wright'& Edwards;,
BaIrker, Meeks, Keystone, Tiger and
T. W. The formation and course of
i leads here are the samensin Montana
s district, with the addition of some
limestone. The Silver Bell, Four Aee
Il and May: &Eda leads are inlime-j
ston3 and are blanket leads, the ,or
Sbeg in; c-iboaato and fa-nd in hij
zontal position and in chamlbors or
rooms of various sizes, some cham
bers being quits' iarg'. Outside of
these leads all others are in the other
formation and are true -fissure veins
from two to six feet wide, allcarry
ing from 20 to 40 ounces of silverand
from 15 to 50.per cent. lead. he o
of Barker distr:ct is more base than
that of Montana, but the carbonates
found in such large quantities and so
cheaply mined and treated pay good
profits. The high grade and possibly
milling ores of this camp come from
the Meeks, Tiger, Keystone antd-T. W.
claims, samples assaying as high as
150 to 5,000 ounces of silver per ton,
and the leads sanipling as high as 150
Ito 200 ounces of silver per ton.
Though this camp is idle now and a
smelting plant is here doing nothing.
I do not think it has seen itsbest day.
I It is bound to come up again, especi
I ally when the country is afforled
I cheaper transportation. Barker is lo
cated on the Dry Fork of Belt river
- at the mouth of Gold Run creek and
I is 13 miles from Neihart by trail and
about 25 miles by wagon road. The
name of its postofiice is Clendenin.
t BELT PARK A- ) SNOW CREEK DISTRICTS.
These districts should really be
cla::s-d in Montana district they are
i so short a distance from it. Belt Park
district is at the head of Carpenter
- creek, a distance from Montana dis
- I trict of about five miles and contains
some very-cisoie .ale.,a rid..meltinr
ore lead.d, sac as the U*ele G.erge,
Har hoTCro . A ' hinrll
a which eo,
Ssmo`h;,2ý o tgulr a n1 . 'hiav .h"
f same formation and course as the
s leads of Montana district. The leads
I1 are developed by a shaft or tunnel,
none less than 5( feet, and all show a
Sbody of ore from two to five feet wide,
assaying across the leads 25 to 50
) ounces of silver and 50 to 75 per cent.
of lead per ton.
There are pro:pccts of a small smelt- i
eOf o ý eias er for dc
some very c ice leads of gold and
I silver bearing quartz, which is free t]
milling. Among the leads of this a
camp are the I X. L ,O. K. and Green) 'I
- & Weatlier;ax, and there are several fl
1 others with equally ai good showing 1 b
I on the surface. - These leads are all ti
very promising for the work done and n
no doubt some bonanzas will be de
veloped out of tho number. Thu ore v
of this district is mostly a honey- f
r combed quartz, assaying all the way a
- from 50 to 1,030 ounces in silver per a
f ton and some canying as high as two f
ounces of gold, and it is all about i
free from lead. The leads are of good
I width, runainuy 1 to 4 feet and the for- J
f mation, course and dip are good..
1 As this vast wealth of minerals k
f should find a market e treated
where the best resu
Great Falls would
I others, the= prope
ated on an averg
miles from the
tricts yet discovered in
t tains, with which it can be easily
nected by rail. The water-power of e
Great Falls is practically unlimited, (
while near to it and on the line of the (
railroad to the mines lie inexhausti- Iz
ble supplies of coking coal; iron and I
lime. With extensive reduction and (
refining- works at theFalls and a rail- *
road to the mines, the Montana, Belt i
Park and Snow Cfeeek districts will i
become great feeders of the future z
Minneapolis of Montana. What -
e would be the object of. shipping 9aur
a ores to Salt Lake. -Omaha, .Chicago,
and N wark where e eysave cost of
lt ransportitiohn? .Wrks at the Falls
of the character stated, with railr d
communication opened to these pro- I
a ducti-ve camps, will place a market so
- near. our .dQr.,.that it;- will -stti 4
- late mining and place it within the I
~--ach on men of moderate means, as
well as . f, the rich, and the result
, will be that, emore mines will be
w, worked and gr:ii. 'r results be ob
e There is probably no industry iiT
Montana today whk pays the profit
on the amount of capital invested as
t the sheep :;buin ss. The outlay of
S money i, the start depends upon the
number of sheep purchased, as a mat
ter, of, oearse..but A-man with from
13~,000. ýiý,)i L ake a fairs
d in the business, and if endowed~
ordhitr commpr sense can .
a from 25 o 40 per cnt, yearli oe"l
le soes sfe inestV t
THE SAND COULEE COAL
Their Aren E1xe Kdin I1ll 0thtrs fe
in the Territoi'y. P
cJ
The Whole Field Underlaid With ge
Two Veins of Iron, a
Practidal Tests IProve its Excel- it(
lent Coking Qualities. It
Insil)erabIl ('onneltiou RBe nt
Them and Great F ir
The Coastrie ioli
The coal del t)
town o~f Great Fa d
by competent jud d in ty
area, as also in quality er fields dE
yet prospected or developed in the of
Territory. Tho boundaries of the fr
workable area have not at the present er
time been fully determined, but the re
constant location of new mines prove C,
the coal field to be of vastly greater t>
area than was originally supposed. ti
It is now known that the Mesozoic dc- cce
posits of this locality are the great b;
gsological feature of this section. 01
Without exception they excel all other gi
coal areas in the Territory by the ac- ti
cessability of the vein, the regularity fl
of the deposits, and the marked ab- w
sence of thick bands of shale inter- in
lineating the ceal so characteristic of
ISother places. This would signify an
littlosiiti 4a od y t jt
urinous y'sts aa] tE apper part o
the vein, an excellent article of steam h
coal in the center, with bituminous tE
coal again below.
The thickness of the vein has be
come known by numerous tunnels in :
various parts of the field, many of
them being miles apart, and the qual
ity has been tested with highly satis
factory results, by the conclusive evi
dence of practical use, and by the
Ssci
d The seioatific tests wereL determine 0
te the amount of moisture, iulphur, vol
is atilo matter, fixed carbIn and ash.
n The practical tests were fery success
l ful, showing there oxieted a thick i
g body of, coal adapted. fr the three o
11 first uses, and the whole vein for do- t
a mestic use. I
The scientific reports gave resulaits- c
which would have been f~emed satis- q
factory by some of the best coal fields b
of Pennsylvania, and displayed its r
admirable adaptability for the manu
f.cture of cat.; The coal field atthe i
present comprises three areas, viz: ,
Sand Coulee, Belt River and Smith h
River. -This is caused b, each placo l
being a nucleus for location of mines,
but all tfree places .possess the _ame
vein, the same characteristics of de
sits and are connected regularly to
outcrops of the vein being r
le the whole dis
own
explor
Coulee is neare
Great Falls, the- distan
:nearest mines to Black Eagle Fa
being about seven miles. The Sand
.3onlee mines have been well develop
ed the past season, andThe result has
been to -.show permanency of thick
=nea. of ein and a marked improve
Iment in the character of the coal.
The ultimate destinies of Great
Falls and the Sand Coulde.,c"oinines
are inseparably connected. The vast
water power of the former place is
shortly°, t ilized in the move
meat of countle.- tins of iachi.ery
required for the production of the va
rious manufactures-joTerritorial use,
Land-the purhaseeof which has hither- I
to been such a drain on the floating I
capital of: MIontana. This, together i
with the incoming of more than one
or, two trunk lines to the town, will
make a demand for three things, vizi i
cal, iron ad:: li e. Building stone 1
of unrivaled quality, and the best of
Katerial for brick already: exist at
. reat FIt l]s,qnd the three requisites
menitioned above i itall be found in
Sand Coulee within a - ort -distance
from fown. The grad or the whole
of the distance is so s tall and the
country solitte broEi y rairie&s
au biem built f uil t
it i seldomi indeed t iron
u :1 hug
tr Tt nco o
Birmingham and Sheffield, in Ala- th
baina, aii what wnas~hEesilt? In a it,
few yearsia tii dUwn 0f oer 20,000 peo- at
ple. In Sand Coulee the amount of th
coais pretty well understood by the so
general public; but possibly the iron
and lime are not. The whole coal field
is- underlaid with two veins of chalyb
ito, or argillaceous carbonate of iron. A
It consists of carbonate of iron w th
clays, and when broken has a grey,
stony look with little indication of the
iron it contains, except its weight.
This ironstone is in two bands or lay
overtopping and underlying a soft, S
yish shale. In England this kind w
ironstone is the principal source of i
~the'supply of pig iron. e(
I As regards the limestone, the quan- to
1 ty is unlimited, and is of the finest B
s description, being the sub-carbonifer- si
o ous limestone and remarkably free hi
from lead and other impure constitu- al
t ents so often present in mountainous sl
C regions. In several places in Sand tc
a Coulee the cliffs are precipitous and tc
r the limestone can be seen 30 to 70 feet A
thick at the base, superimposed by the st
- coal measures containing the iron rc
t bands and the coal in their regular d
i. order. The whole can be seen at a w
r glance--truly a marvelous combina- ti
tion! There is the iron, the lime totsl
Y flux it, and also the coal to melt it ol
with. -The belt, range of mountains o:
in the vicinity also have enormous de- ft
I posits of magnetic iron, easily avail- a
a able; and, as is well known, no ore is s]
Shas. not baen examined with that at
s tention which it will in the near future.
A glance at the map of Montana 1l
will at once show the central position -
n of Great Falls. Possessed of the d
Sgreatest known water power in the 0
i world, enormous supplies of the best
coal in the Territory within a few °
F miles, vast deposits of iron and lime 0
- yet untouched within the same radius, v
what results will this have in the 1i
future? The utilization of the w :.te
render necessary the construction of
e blast furnaces for the production Qf 3
1- iron from the ore; this, too, not de
pendent on procarious supplies of C
s- charcoal from mountain forests now
k being rapidly denuded, but being fed C
'o with an excellent quality of coke from t
o the Sand Coulee coal mines. This,
combined with the largo amount of
ts coke the railroads will necessarily re- i
- quire, will call into construction long ,
banks of cao-e ovens, employing many
ts men. The beneficial effect upon the
u- country at large can be imagined, as
it will give a"home market for ag.ri
iz: cultural products. These are a few
th hf the vast resultts which will take
Ti place.
SThe most prominent of the future b
industries, however, will be the reduc- u
tion of the various gold, silver, cop- r,
per and other ores of the largest l
iart of Montana. c
Experience has shown in this v
Territory that mines of low grade ore, a
transportation, do not pay, t
of railroads, give y
us of i
for ra.
vclopnment. o
sesses the same advanta.
Falls for the erection of.reduc
works on a large scale The power
for crushing the ores and fluxes are
alr(. dy there, requiring no outlay J
whatever for fuel for this purpose af- c
ter the water power is controlled. I
Fluxing materials in unlimited quan- t
tities near the townsito and coke of 1
an excellent quality for the blasts, I
giving a hotter fire, and lasting longer I
than charcoal. In the refining of the I
precious metals a saving from loss
by evaporation, caused by high alti
tude in other places, will be made,
Great Falls being only about 3,300
feet above sea level, thus 900 feet
lower than Helena and 2,400 lower
than Bute. The treatment of the
ores at home would save over 15 per
cent which now goes elsewhere for
reducing and refining.
These a-vantatges being present,
. and their valhibeingduly estimated,
it will be.coneeded that large central
works for the reduetiq and refining
of:metals at this point would be mor
conducive of advantage to the coniu
tempted. :ey t t eo
pletenese simia to the o $#
br in GermangyEUpo Z he
P M ý - 3=i .gyp Y.:- -;
themrn Mont.na would show an activ
ity in production, a richness of ore
and a variety of minerals the equal TI
the equal of which has never been
seen in the west.
O. C. Monasos.
A FLOWING WELL. W
le
A Vein of Water Struck at Twenty- t1
Five Feet Which Flows Over
the Surti'ee. A Stronger
Vein to be Prospected
For Iwir.eliately.
We are glad to note that Mr. 0. E. t
Spear is meeting with success in his Ic
1 work of drilling wells at this place. it
He was induced by Mr. Gibson to
come frTit- MinncapolisA--sirnk ar=
- te ian wells in this part of Montana. i
He was occupied about two weeks in
- sinking wells on the townsite for
household purposes; but a few days i
ago he moved his machinery to the t
slope at the southerly approach to the It
t town, and commenced work in earnest
I to obtain, if possible, a flowing well.
L At a depth of less than thirty feet he
struck a strong vein of water, which it
i rose immediately to the surface and
r discharged itself over the prairie, s,
whore it is now running. This is a
true flowing well, and though not of s
such capacity as Mr. Spear expects to n
t obtain, it demonstrates the existence a
of large veins of water near the sur- t
- face,-and on elevated lands. He will
- now move his machinery to another h
s spot on the table-lanl, and his friither i
. - bwith addi
b:ach
process
pure wa ali, can
be obtained anywhere on the, table- A
a lands. and if we can judge by Mr. t
SSjpear's success within the past few i.
e days, splendid flowing wells can be
o obtained in many places. By drlling c
t for water, all obstacles, such as bould- a
v ers and solid strata of rock, can be
e overcome. Flowing wells cannot a!
ways be expected in any country, but
e inder the drilling prozes3 wells of a
abundant and never fT
. Mr. Spear having had twenty-two
years' experience in the artesian well
business, should receive sufficient en
>f couragement to induce him to remain t
w in Montana and to ship the remainder
d o' his machinery from Minnesota to
n this country.
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Me:ntana Horse Industry. to
The horse industry of this territory ev
is yet in its infancy, but is rapidly
coming to the front, and in a few years
at most, Montana hors flesh will
prove a formidable rival to America's ci
favorite Kentucky horses. An ex
change says: "It required three or
four years to convince the cattle grow
ers of Montana that their beef rro- el
ducts could be marketed in the east, 01
but the indications are that horsemen ni
will not be slow in being'brought to
realize this fact. Tt has now, been
scarcely twelve months since the first
carload of horses went forward, yett
we fird that there has already been
mord-lorsos forwarded this way east
than there were cattle for the first two s
years. Already, it may be said, the
industry is fully establised and 'that n
re need in the fut be no more
owe aso o
self supporting, but has horses to sell. r
It is true we are still receiving large n
consignments of stallions and mares a
for breeding purposes and will con- a
tinuo to for some years yet to come,
but we are in position to grow work
horses cheaper than than any other a
r portion of America, and the superior- '
I ity of the animals grown over that of
other sections is a sure guarantee of b
a steady and reliable market. I
At the request of the Territorial
Board of Stock Coii.missioners Gov
ernor Carpente-has issued a quaran
tine proclamation,- requiring a quar.
tine of ninety days on live stock corn
ing into Montana from the following
SStates, namely: yrsachusett Cas i
netietat, New York, New JerseBy,
i Peinsylvania, Maryland, Delawar e,
District of Columbia,Y irginia, West5
VirginiaKe tcTenessee, Teda,
Ark ;s i noi and fro-m
I Indiin Trrity an& squiring e t
inspects oflr rivngfrm
all other t a erritories. 1
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GREAT FALLS TIRITUNE.
- ADVEBTISI1G RATES.
1 month. I 6 7. 10I 15. 25.
?minntal 7.1 8: 10.I 15.: 30. 55.
6 mon'.hs . t 10. 15.1 so 55. U0.
1 yar.... I 12. . 15. 25.. 50. lM . 3o o.u
Bi inees notices in reo dins matter, 21 cents
p -r l'ne.
rnsne s notice~s 15 cents per line for fsirt in
sert'o'-. and 10 c i ts r line for each subsequent
ie inettion of eamematt'r.
ABOUT MONTANA.
1The Diversified Resources of the Ter
ritory. The Misapprehension
as to the Clisuat3.
It is about sunny Montana that I
wish most particularly to write in this
letter. Verily, this is the paradire of
l- the sportsman, and the finest stock
country in the United States.
As to game, the noble elk, the grand
moose, deer of all varieties, mountain
sheep, and wild fowl are so plentiful
that some of the zest of "hunting" is
lost, as you can not well avoid finding
e. it. It is no misnomer to call Montana
10 the land of sunshine, In 188 the
r metemrological summaryofiEwe
Sor, etc., at Helena, for theyear, showR
in 129 clear days, 162 fair days, and 74
:r cloudy days. Raiifallj 11 inches;
ps mean temperature,42.7, The highest
le temperature was June 29th, 94 deg.;
1" lowest, January 19th, 34 below zero.
st There are but few cold days in
11. Montana. Occasionally blizzards
le come in January and February, last
'h ing three days, aihd then the Chinotk
id wind from the Pacific coast comes
esweeping through the passes and can
a yons of the Rocky Mountains, the
of snow disappearing like magic, leaving
to no trace of it in mud, as in the east,
Ce and restoring the air to an Italian
temperature.
ill There is a widespread misappre
er hension as to the climate of Montana,
er it being so far northwest that many
li- people look upon it as an Arctic re
I gion, not considering the comparative
low altitude of the Territory and its
position on the western divide of the
S Rocky Mountains, subject to the
an warm winds from the Pacific ocean.
le- And even with the thermometer twen
- ty below, the climate of Montana is
w immensely more comfortable and
be healthful than at zero anywhere cast
ng f the Rockies. The air is dry, pure
d- and laden with health.
be No malaria here. except that wh .a
a!- comes from poor whisky.
The average altitude of the valleys
and pliins of Monfi.ia is much lo
exico, , of 6,000, and
of Colorado, 7,000. The sni in
Montana is not more than one
as much-as in Utah or Colorado. Cat
tle in Montana are on all the ranges
during the winter without a particle
of shelter, and do well. Any Chicago
daily paper will show Montana cattle
to average more in weight and price
every business day in the year than
those from any other State or Terri
tory west of the Missouri ri' r. All
further argument as to Montana's
claim to be the best stock country in
the United States is unneeded.
She expects in the near-future to
rival and excel Kentucky as a nursery
of fine horses. Several of her thor
oughbreds have this year been win
ners in the east, even as far east as
Coney Island. Large investments in
blooded stock have been made by
brooders in the Territory the past
three or four years, and in all cases
the investment has been profitable.
Montana bunch grass I believe to be
superior to the blue grass of Ken
tucky, because, unlike that grass, it
cures on the stalk and is ni so coarse.
The atmosphere and sol cond
perfect wind and perfect
ranges, and left to roam
winter and summer. Many men, poor
a few years ago, are now milionaires,
and rank as cattle kings.
But they are .the last ones to say
anythihg in praise of this Territory
r as a cattle country.: They want it all
to themselves and don't welcor :'
"pilgria" from the east-- ex:
f bring large means.. Man ohere w:,
s1,00,oo00 orrow money at one -
one-half per cent per monbth for i
ve stmca inri; d reali large
pfjo over` that. -.. -
e laws of Montana are,
Sfunded on those of New Yo& a
are much better enf tharzinti
9 State. Lawlessness is the e 7L etia
in Montana instead of the ros in
Scondnted.
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