Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1875-04-02

CENTRAL pAKX, n. T.,
!, March 80, 1876.

CElT1AL EAxx. u. L.,
/ March 80, 1875. !
Eplro1 or TIE sv.Hr CoUkiK1:
l have Just returned ~, Sixteso NH
Greek. where ! have spent several month
prospecting quarts lta 10 q district
have nothing particularly aattering Il
oner my friends, but think this will prov,
. rich and extensive mining camp wheE
developed. We have lprospected severa
leads. which seem permanent, and show
considerable ys3upble metal, all Of which
Improve - we aes down on them.
The Emma. Elk ard Homesteak seen
to be the iavorite leads Of the camp. They
show veins iiom three to seven feet wide
at depth Of twenty feet, and think il
We had he u rs OF working out tn
lore. that either Of them would ylelf
enough metal from the top down to mort
than psy al expenses o. working.
N. H. Murray is the most extensive
quartz owner in the district. and has done
more to develop the leads than any one
owning, interests In the camp. Leads
showing well in lead. copper and silver
are rasi'y found, and We would like tt
see thnse who are disposed to assist in de.
veloping the hidden resources Of the Ter.
rit0sy taxing morn interest in tnest
mines They are situate IN Gallatin coun
ty. and We feel that its citizens have
deep interest in, seeing tn ~ opened up
Should they prove rich, they will Yield .
large revenue and make good market
tor Galiatin coun ), a d think the pros
poets already found encouraging enough
70 direct attention aud capital to the
mines.
l find that the railroad subsidy ques-
ton is being strongly agitated again. l
suppose there is not citizen Of our Ter
Iritory but what is deeply impressed with
the necessity Ot q railroad to M,nt4na.
The slow and unfavOrabl4 means We have
lot importation Interpretation deade,s
every branch Of business W. hav. no
mark t fol our produce. The immense
Increase above demand Of the vast herds
OF stock In our con4fr, calls our atten-
ton to the necessity o. securing means OF
transportation to a ifflrent market. The
unbOunded mineral W. alth OF our Terri
DRY. which can never be developed until
We have q railroad, demanhs it. and the
prospect IF hu..ireds Of oul. citizens be-
coming discouraged At the gloomy pros
pec;s Of the iufarr and leavlnQ our rnu,,.
try. almost hepopula,ine it, urges strong
~ the Necessity Of allowing nothing
10 pass unnOitced that would hasten the
speedy arrival Of railroad into the heart
of our Territory. Z,
A':H yet [ cannot say that I will favor
e n'ing a subsidy to tnabl,. q cnmp.n,
10 build = road. Iorp,s-d this measure
two years ago because thouy hit it 4
sci, M gotten up in tn inter-s OF specu-
lafors. for the purpose OF -nricting a
company at the expense OF the people
ami am afrais: Of the same thing again
1t ~ easy 'Or spectators who sit back in
their cushioned chairs TO write good 1T
rers. 'eIiing the honest .abOrer 4 TO tolls
Tor his siaily bread how they can better
his coalition. II he will o " give them
portion of his hard-+arned p.onev to
'peratr upon. 1t Is very rssy for them TO
'ht " US by figures where we will b+ BIN.
fitted, and the first lesson they seem 10
earn is TO try to convince the people that
hey have no uhjyc other than the inter-
sis Of the public IN view. but past ex-
'riirnct teaches US that j: is much east.
Q yet INTO debt than to get out OF it, and
ne sad experience Of other SECTIONS OF
hr country may teach rs that il is often
-ai.. -. .s->--r1> >----s--.-s,~..--ssp eil1-t
elves tax thay'to ply /; OF when levied.
am opposed to the principle OF subsi- !,
ling. but under tn EXISTING unfortun-
te state Of aff,irs in Montana. il we could :
ave assura &c that the pu' lie interests .
ould Re b nefitted and not sacrificed al :
II feet OF some railroad company by
lch movement. It might be for the :,
EST | think hn WI ,nU MAS ru.,hf RI y