Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1865-07-15
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SAINT LOUIS.

unprecelen,e emigration thi'her this
spring, to be sweie1 by the thousands Of
! officers and soldiers who have reo0lyel to
! make their new homes in that Territory.
|, is said that those discoveries were
made mostly under the auspices of wealthy
| capitalists Of New York, who sent thjther,
a. large expense, scientific corps under
the management OF Pref 4. X. Eaton,
| formerly Of the United States ASSAY Or
fee The design was 30 keep thu facts
secret until the hes. mining interest, and
property had been secured BY Them
Hence this spring, Prof. Eaton returned
with other scien tic men IN the same in
teres,, taking with them all the needed
machinery for the new process Of reduc
ing ores. Probably, from three - four
! thousand tons OF such machinery have
| been sen: forward this season aud eight or
ten thousand to.s of general merchandise.
We presume that at least fifty steamers
havs found more or less employment iu
! connection with that new trade many
going the whole distance TO Fort Benton.
A few days ago we mentioned the re
turn Of one, on which it is estimItod
quarter Of q million dollars in g)Il was
brough. down as freight and il the hands
Of passengers. General Dodge estimates
the number Of wagons crossing .he plalns
though not all destined for Montana, at
four thousand, yet others assert that full
that number j. destined for that territory
alone. The principal part Of that trade
! belongs loritinately TO s.. Louis. Ma
chinerg has been sent from Bostcn, New
York, Philadelphia, and pltts3urE, al Of
which could have been made equally wei!
here, and such distant transportation
saved. So i: is with RESPECT t o@.tHs o.
merchandise. Many traders from Mon.
tana have complained that they bad 70 -
East to make purschases, because the re-
qaisite stocks were not found here. One
reason fer this has been da9, perhaps, IT,
the attempted secrecy observed with re-
! spec. to the new discoveries there,
| There has not been. tJr sotne time, any
| doubt as to the richnc5s Of the C0!aralo
miuas, bu, the difficulty has been IL work
ing them prohtably, Their ores bsve
been. in miners phrase. ''rebel!to4s -
hard to reduce. That difficulty is now
| overcome 10 great extent. The Noun
tain mines, however, are q q somewhat
different quality, yielding higher assays,
and situated amid tho greatest abundance
| Of wood and water. The climate il pn.
surpassed in hea.thfulness, aud The valleys
are Of mild ten pesatare, Astounding in
cereals and vegetables Of all kinds. Cat.
lie Craze in them throughout the year
The new discoveries. referred 10 were
| in Pattlesnaks Hills, short di,ta1cc from
East Bannock, and are silver iodes, some
yielding as high as 5000 Per ton, Pre-,
ylous.y the only mines Of note known
there were Of goli--or Of gold au1 silver
| combined. The new silver mines are IN
| crevices varying from two 20 twelve feet,
and are nearly perpendicular, winding 81
you descend. They are in the side bills
and give Eve hundred fee. IN depth he.
fore reaching the water line The most
famous silver mines in tho Wash~ dis-
tric., Nevada. average less than one hun
ra3 l.if IL, Al
Reese river district generally average les.
than three hundred. The latter, however,
are in such narrow crerices IA 70 be work.
ed with great difficulty. Comparing the
Nevada silver mines with those Of Mon
tana, eminent. geologIsts, mettal.urgists
and miners have expressed the opinion
that the latter will yield from six 10 ten
time greater profit.
Tie new gold lodes al Beaver Head
as as&ayed at the United States Assay ct
fec in New York give, in some instances,
5000 per ton, and in one Sl4 600. New
7 ork capitalists have been eagerly ut work
to secure those mines, and ecoatro! az
many others there as possible.
St. Louis should have q controlling in.
fuence, at least in the trade by which thn.
Territory is to be supplied, if not in liz
mining interests. The capital Of New
York can outb:d us, perhaps in the mining
business there, but our superior advant-
ages in the way Of direct trade with that
Territory should identify us closly with
its general traffic. It is estimated that
The presen, population Is So 900, and that
it viii! be increased this year from Is, 900
to 10000 persons.
La former years the fur trade was a
large source of 81 Louis profits. There
is no good reason for our falling to com.
msnd the still larger and more profitable
trade with those mountain Territories and
the intermediate country---Kansas and
Nebraska. Great efforts will be made by
others 10 control the Montana trade, so az
to diver. i. across Iowa from Omaha an,;
Sioux City; but go long as we have the
Missouri River with which 10 compete we
need havs no fear il We will! only use the
proper enterprise,
ST. Louis is the commercial depot, natu-
ralIy M n-opo,ly fn- roi,raiD gnr.opa