The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-03-09
- WHEELING. WEST VA. SATURDAY MORNING MARGH 3 1881
For ne Iufetii0encer

= gal XII lFortas LHtsRi9eIleer.
wheeling City ana Montana colo an,
silver Mining and TransportatIo.
Company sbaia se3od- 15ii : =;
To satisfy the many inquiries con
cerning the new Territory OF Montana
its resources, climate, Gold and Silve
lodes, improvements and its people, W,
compile few facts, CLEANED from re
| ports in our possession, made by Prof
Eaton, Chief Justice Hosmer, Mr.. Bur
lingham and. others, who have yisitet
Montana and other mining districts II
the West, being as it is to most OF oul
citizens an almost unlk uown world. =,
1t has been truly said that "West
ward the star. of empire takes its way,
Within the past five years, the NOM
tain businesses have unclaimed theij
bars to the undaunted energy of Amer
] ican enterprise, and new States are
springing into existance as If by tn,
touch of a magic wand, claiming {
name and place among the sisterhood
of this grand Republic. Chief Justice
doSmer says: l
mo man has seen America who has MOI
seen the Rocky Mountains. Our great
cities, vast commerce, extensive iagri.
culture our power in war; our greater
power IN npeace-wonder1ul as they ali
are, they are but part of America-the
picture is only perfect when we see Il
displayed upon the background of that
marvellous ridge which divides the
continent, stretches along its entire
length, and on both its declivities invites
the inhabitants Of either sea to search
for the Master Power that rules the
world. The traveller, in the Oriental
tale could not have been more sur
prised or delighted at the objects which
met his gaze in the valley OF diamonds.
than the traveller who for the first time
opens his eyes upon the scenery OF the
Rocky Mountains" - .-.- - :.
The precious metals this ttMaster
rover" called into existence Califor-
mia. Arizona, Nevada, Colorado. and
the Territories of Dacotah, Idaho. and
Montana, the last the best of All and
OF, which II is said, ait is emphaticaily
the land OF the mountain as its name
imports, its vast solitudes, its great
rivers with their marvellous rapids, its
mighty rocks and towering cliffs, was a
fit home for the Indian and the grizzly
till the magic power OF gold called into
existence a civilized race of energetic
men," "faEis. no ,E-5yf fa ,tII,.-IT i - -
Montana is situated north of 45 de-
grees latitude and west of lO4 lonRitude
from Greenwich gwith the British DOS
sessions on the north, Dacotah on the
east Dacotah and Idaho on the south,
and Idaho on the west, and is fourtimes
as large as the Empire State. li4a sos =,
The climate is severe in winter. lbnt
delightful in the summer. Winter
commences in October and ends in
April, but is remarkable for the ab-
seuce OF moisture in the atmOsphere
which deprives 1t of that chilly pene!
trating power often found on the plains,
ana IS generally uniform throughout
the season. The. soil is rich black
ioam OF great depth, and there are mil
lions OF acres equal il not superior to
the best bottom lands of Ohio, Indi-
ana or illinois. Its valleys, hills and
mountains, are covered with perennial
grass, as green and fresh in, winter as
in early summer, affording nourish-
ment in its effect on stock equal to that
OF corn, and is abundant for all time to
come.4 -.. .-.,s.- rr.r,f 5,--'-' I,..- -
Rich valleys are distributed through
out the entire territory. Large crops
of wheat, barley, oats and potatoes of
superior quality and yield are yearly
produced-last year crops of wheat
equaling that of any of the States All
the valleys! are watered by never-faiI-
ing rivers, which are bordered with
cotton wood of large size and 'luxuriant
foliage: and the adjacent mountains
Hard %yoodS arc not founi there hnt
there Is abundance OF timber for IIii
purposes, to supply. all demands for
years to come, Water power is at hand
on all the numerous streams. Falls
and rapids are found on most of the
rivers. 1t is said ltaeirush of the Gal
latiu, as 1t emeTges from the mountains,
is like young Niagara, and in the
stiffness OF the evening itsVoice is heard
with distinctness distance of ten miles,
resembling the inton4tions of a fearful
mountain Storm There. is nothing
more pure than its cf1rystalr waters. as
they break into rapids on the rifted
rocks. and it aboundE with delicious
trout. Several grist and saw mills are
in operations and may others will soon
be in operation Coal, iron, copper,
gypsum, fire-clay, moss agates and
r1bies have been discovered In various
parts of the Territory Petroleum
springs abound on the Big Horn River.
Furnaces are being erected to melt the
rich iron beds, and machine shops will
soon furnish the gold mills now trRns+
ported at heavy cost from the States,
and soon Montana may ship as mer-
chandise, nails, iron, copper, lead, and
other minerals, on her own iron rails.
But the main and great feature of Mon
tanais her gold and silver quartz lodes,
which are of great valueiand have been
found in various parts of the territory.
There are perhaps thousand lodes
on nfecord, a large proportion of which
would pay for development. These are
scattered through about thirty locali-
is nothing very peculiar in the mineral
districts OF Montana, gold quartz lodes
of about QualrichneSs are found ON the
submits of lofty ,mountains,3 in low
rolling hills, and in the valleys at their
base sometimes horizontal, or vertical,
or diagonal, or with a dip north or
south; nothing depending on these
characteristics ,sas that portion of the
territory where quartz veins are found
has been thoroughly broken in pieces
by volcanic acJion,9 and the creVices
have been filed while in mother
state with gold quartz or argentiierous
galena.u IN much of the gold quartz
the metal is visible in Considerable
quantities, and specimens are occa-
stonally, ,foundin which the pure metal
preponderates, this is so often the case
In some districts that ii would hardly
be fair to. pronounce il uncommon.
Many ofthe lodes of Hot Springs, Bald
Mountain, Mill Creek, Wisconsin, and
Ramshoru districts are full of gold!
Remarka BILE specimens have been taken
from this ore at the same time much
of the ore in which the mstal is SO
fine as to defy the power of the strong
est lens, on being assayed, proves equal
to the best of those in richness.i The
quartz rock that is found on the surface,
and to the depth of nearly two hundred
fleet, on those veins which have been
opened, Is generally free from sui
phides, and holds free gold, which is
relieved by pulverizing in quartz mills,
whose stamps are driven by steam OF
water power. In the veins of Deer
Lodge, sulphurets are common, but in
those of Madison, Hot Springs, ~ effer.
sbn1and lEdgertOu counties, the atmos-
phericu action has freed the ores from