, 1869-03-15
MON TANA.

Failed AEfGtDk0FH-a0t Cn0A4b OF
nontAna-1he sors Of men Needed
There InEtnsts Relations sf ChicA-
go and MonEanR.
From Our EpeciAl Correspondent
HEIxaA. Fob, ~. 1860.
letters from Montana are 20 common that |
unless ono could say something new 1t would |
seem to be but Of little use to write. Still. |
cxt ensiye}y COT nected IS Jour city is with this
Territory, even an old storT Is better than
none. The city Of Chicago has large aud |
direct stake in the success Of Montana, and |
It's citszers will have the most lntimat. busi- |
meas relations with her-and Us the facilities |
for travel ard Intercourse In
crease. will become more and more
interested with us In all our hop:s
aud ali our success. That the inture Of this
Territory will be a bright one, no man eau
doubt; that lss buslnts s. will eventually be
yerY much more an object than NOW, Is also
certain and that the Gig that secures the
leading Mont4pa business will be largely
benefited By Its success In obta!nlne 1t, Is
,,eyoud perndrenture. I am happy IN
believing that the people Of Chicago Sec this,
ard ase last taking steps to place the nselyes
right upon the record. Many ot them ore
iayesting in oar mines. sud tho feeling In
| favor OF mining Is Increasing from the fact
| that many mills that have heretofore
| been looked upon AZ failures arc now
| dolug we'll md making money. As
mining becomes, - II must and will, q rfsn-
lar business Instead OF 4 Wild speculation,
| failures viii not be common. Heretofore
| men hare looked upon money invested In
| mining operations ~ they would upon money
stakcd upon cad-li II Won, well; II It
did not, let It go, they would give no alien
the future 1t will become regular business
aud will receive tho attcation 1t SO richly
deserves,
Tho answer is easY-bccausc those lnveailng
and really knew nothing about ii
themselves, and were not careful In the least
| 10 ubtaln men TO conduct It who did. N1n.
ine isA butlness that above al Others re-
Qu1fes s1psstsRes. As well might msu. born
and raised In nj EDRli4h coal mine, attempt
1 the ptactsce or law, Is > mercantile clerk or
collegiate student undertake 10 manage
mining operations. Gold atd silver mining,
above al things. requires to be managed
with caro- and economy. Eeouony, nos IN
Tho ycry best, but ID lilo thousand and ono
little things that . practice! mt1es m :.
an inexperienced man must learn By snd aud
most expensive expsrience. Purchases OF
would not be taken In any other business
!. / matter, Mlls are bonght AID hurried on,
e here before the owners know In reality Il
they hnve any lode or not. Erected at double
build a mil', they know all about mining
when the mill is readT they for the first ttoat
begin to look for orc AID dcyclop their lode
and .e,y fl quently find they have nonc, OF
c, /! they have, tbAt they cannot stye thcl
gold IN Il: Al thi. sprass Ten s shec1 IT, ,Sn9
bought, II men would use the same care tha
they use In other business operations -selcc
agents that have experience as well as IL
tcRrity that don't wear too many kid glove
h lu1hcient time for results to appeas. thct
- would be but very few failures. That thct
is good and solid basis Tor our business
IN undonbted lact. AK any, merchant
Chicago or 81. louIs, and he will tell Son ths
be makes isSeF 9sa 1sn.s ~ s'ate W. Wa
teii you that il is slread
their bcst and most extensive market #
nachinc1y, and We are already beginnfng
,et owper and lmprovcrs Of our mines; th
s, rI mapy Of til. u will in the start lose money
40. have no doubt, unless the Investments 4
80 made with caution snd With the assistance
~ ~ tkilted labor. Carelessness Ia that Il . d
II It is The general idca that Montana is
-. 1a bleak, cold country. This Is great m!stai
pie ha,a a.s- ton- In III. latitude Ihore r
'uS needed an oyefcoat three days this wint,
~ ~ sud more than half the time the streets
49,, ~ Helena have heen muddy. While We ha
!. T been reading Of severe cald apd deep sut
~ in other places, VIC have rery little Snow
" W almost an Italian climate. The scarcity
rhc snow ,horever,ts no blessing to Is. It will
~ nee ded to keep up the water 10 the Misso
:. 80 next summer, and NC are hoping yet to
= IL large body Of u [al!-
- I. - and now, BY the way, let nc (bowlng a
as apoloulzing for the liberty, Of conrse) ma
on 3 suggestion to SOU. Directly In crested
pas ; Sunu 1870 - ~ o,,t ~ ,rfrfr, rnrLt + r
~ ~ bc good pInu ior sou to devote cert
sae space In your paper to that subject. I
rnakc 10 that cxt ent q specially Of mining
telI,aclce : All would be benefited by
,,.s and many here and elsewhere would Il
pleasure IN keeping you informed Of thc lie
that Ing facts and in making such column In
csIlng to all, whether they werc pt
uiarily interested or not In the su.1
lha& business, twenty ysats ago almost
Is carried Tn over an extent Of country Ia,
than wes the whole se..led paEt at the un
., States for'y years ago. Il Ia increasing ,
by year In almost Arithmetlcal progress.
and few families Ia the East but /
rt,at.ves engaged in 1t, aud wun'd loo
mnipg news with the same interest t
'H"s With friends at sea would examlus the
2; ping reports. IL ng next wnl endsays
him give you some trustworthy lnfornatit
our mining interests as they stand q; pre-!
n We have room Tor aLy quantity OF men
who will work with hand or head, bs
nice. rcse-kccntcd ones, for Hearen's sake
ia Yours, WIS