Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-08-21

JOSEPH WRIGHT. Editor.
FRIDAY, AUGUST q, 1874
IHE FIRST HOPE OF THE I'M
MEDIATE FUTURE.
The importance to Eastern Montan:
OF the Sixteen mile silver veins, pre-
summing their early develOpmcnta fore
gone conclusion, cannot Ie over-csti
mated. We may with approximate
accuracy estimate the:...benefts b,
considering the results Of develop
ment in some Of the interior districts
Of Nevada. Take, for instance, Ely
(Pioche) district, i'll the extreme South
eastern part Of that State. The open.
ing and successful working Of one
great vein alone in that camp-the
Raymond and Ely-resulted in build.
ing up q city of 5000 inhabitants in
the hcart OF u desert, and as far from
railroad connections as We are today,
within one year from the time the
mine was opened. And the iinpor-
lance Of the district extended with its
development, so that within three
years from the first shipment Of bullion
P;oche boasted a population of 5000,
and the roads were liped with freight
trains bringing in supplies from both
the Central Pacific and Union Pacific.
The first two years the ore was hauled
twenty miles from the mines to the
1nills-that being the shortest dis
lance at which a necessary supply of
water could be obtained; but after
hauling it in wagons that long the
Raymond and Ely Company found
themselves amply able, without ask
ing a pcnny's subscription from the
other companies, to build and stock
railroad from tho mines to the mills,
the rails, locomotives, and other pom.
derous material, being hauled in
freight wagons over the deserts dis
TANGO of more than three hundred
miles. And now the Furnishing, dos-
ert.born city of Phoebe is the objective
point of two lines of railway-onc from
the Central Pacific and the other an
extension of the Utah Southcrn-both
of which are being pushed ahead with
all energy. The history Of the devel-
opment of the other interior silver
camps Of Nevada is similar to that Of
Ely district. And in a few years the
great ComstOck lode developments
have resulted in building up one of
he wealthiest and most enterprising Of
'ur inland cities, and mining engineers
assure us those great deposits GRO a,.l,
now becoming fairly opened for sue
cessfal working. These facts Of re-
cent history show what the opening
IF silver mines will do for the districts
u which they are situated. Gold
mining, either in placers or lodges, is
and ephemcral in com
parison.
In the face of all these facts, then,
are We not justified in our hopes Of the
benefits to Eastern Montana which
vii! result from tho opening Of the
veins Of Sixteen-mile dis
trict1 That they are great, permanent
lodges can scarcely be doubted. Out
side the Comstock lode, no vein of Ne
cada, We have it from good authority,
'ould boast, when first developed, as
indications as does the
Homestake lode of Sixteen-mile dis.
trict. Then the accessibility Of the
Sixteen-mile mines give them every
over the interior mines of
Nevada. We believe ores can be
aid down in Omaha or Saint Louis
rom the former at fifteen dollars a
ION. The distance from these mines
70 Carol is given at 10 miles, all Of
which is dOwn-hill road-all the heavy
ranges being this side of the mines.
Down going trains having only ores to
4. END on for freight, their prim-
ny object being to bring in mer.
freighters would be found.
q soon as a competitive feeling
'ecame excited, to contract to Law
sixteen mile ores down at Carol
t very low figures; and from
hat point boat owners, also having
70 down freight except ores, would
Undertake to lay them down at Omaha
: st. Louis for a mere song" Viz.
aslly, the Sixteen.mile mines are even
'ow ct tho door Of Eastern capitals
vet which We believe will be demon.
trated within the next year.
But Sixteen mile ores would, or will.
= exported but short time. AS
oon - the owners get full-handed
nough in the way Of means, they
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