Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1875-05-14
A GRAND ENTERPRISE
The Saint Louis and MOrgon
County Mining and Snelt-
ing Company.
fNt. Louis Journal

x fSt. Louis Journal
!. The public have heard good deal hate
liz the daily prints Of the St Louis q
Morgan County Mining and 6melti!
y Company. The meetings Of the compal
'e have teen regularly attended By the new
lelpaper reporters and the proceedings du
Z lchronicled. And yet there are very fe
n who really understand or appreciate u
?. immense work that this company is &
E. ganized to perform. 1t is comparative
D. new enterprise, yet it, progress from Il
. date Of ito inception up to The present lin
d has been marked with unprecedented %
cIcess, and the present prospects are th
gIthe company will ere long WELD pow
Q and influence In the business and con
= mercisl world that will give it place se
ond to none Of the enterprises Of simils
i character. The St. Louis and 1Orga
:. County Mining and Smelling Company
: q corporation organized for the purpose (
mining and smelling lead in all parts Q
the West. 1t has at present . capital Q
,Ithree hundred thousand dollars cash, q
stock having been disposed of. The of
GERS of the company are Major w. H
Wslson, president, q. Il. Gundlefngel
secretary, and Mr.. George N. Irwin, trea,
urer. A Journal reporter called thi
morning at the office of the company IN
der the Lindell Hotel The Office is
large, elegantly furnished room, with in
laid wood flccr, tinted walls and frescoe,
ceiling. Three sides of the room are hllet
IN with handsome black walnut minera
cas- es. upon the shelves Of which is de
posted probably the finest collection o.
mineral specimens in the West. Theclerks
and cashiers desks are separated from thu
main Office BY fancifully carved partition
and railing Of veneered French walnut
Beyond the business Office ID the presi
dents and directors private room. Here
|at almost all hours is to be found Major
Wilson, the president, general manager,
and moving spirit of the company. 1t is
to him that the great enterprise owes its
present wonderful success. He is one of
those keen, energetic, shrewd business men
who seem to he endowed naturally with
genius for just such mammoth under
takines as this present cooperative min
ing scheme. The Journal reporter was
to Major Wilson, and briefly
stated the object of his visit, which was|
10 ascertain and present to the public,
through the columns of the Joural, such
facts in relation to the st. Louis md Nor
gan County Mining and Smelling Com
pany as might be of interest to the public.
Major Wilson stated that the company
vas organized by him one year ago. He
lad long fostered the idea of establishlng|
lere in st. Louis . Mining Exchange,
bat is 10 say, an exchange where mining
tocks and mining interests could be quo
ed at first figures and where dealings in ,
he same could be satisfactorily made. ,
his present company had been organized .
,erely as stepping stone to the greater !
nterprise of q Mining Exchange. In =
with the present business, the
omanche Hill scheme was originated and
latured. The prospects of the Comauche .
ill Mining Company are to day probably y
le most flattering of any mining property \
the West. 1t owns and proposes to n
'erate what is acknowledged the mos: !,
ofitaLle silver mine in the rich territory. ',
Inn 8. Bates, one of the best practical n,
sayers and miners in the country, SAYS: 90
have examined the lode known a. the In
Extension Lode. II u the Ilo
ost extensive silver lode have everlSt
IN. The lodges appear TO be from 60 to &C
feet in width. In fact the whole noun wi
q appears to be one vast deposit of sill m,
quartz. and at the surface looks ten Ito
K better than the great silver ledge OF 20
vada, known as the Comstock, which so
&c / owned and mined upon several Al
lrs with satisfactory results" 81
This report Of Col. Bates was assurecly lilo
rt fatterlng. but to develop the Com. FRI
che Hill lode. money was needed, and|in,
procure money, energy and brain and TO-
lscle was needed. The st. Louis and
'rgan County Mining and Smelling 90.
re referred to. Would they undertake
secure subscription for the development cir
The Comanche lode! Certainly. They tn
90. The triumph was complete, and wi
Jay We find the Comanche Hill Mining acl
npaDy one Of the first corporations in rea
great mining territory of the West. |pa..
jor Wilson stated that his company was Go
present interested in various mining in Int
'sts in Missouri. Morgan county was thu
of the finest lead sections in the State. pli
light county was another. The repor- les
read letter, just received from the be
,pany's superintendent in Wright ho'
nty. in which that gentleman express q
imself as highly gratified with present. spc
Dpects and prophesies that in less than lar
months stock in the Wright county bet
es will be quoted above par. MAJOR |exl
son invites public scrutiny into the ces
i1 of the company. He Is confident ran
st. Louis will be greatly benefited sol
Inc establishing of Mining Exchapge |nev
}, and he 10 determined to carry this wo
|ect into execution. It would be well pee
our city if she had more just such IN. not
sting, generous. libersl-minded bust Tn
citizens - Major Wilson, instead Of |civi
barnacles and old foeies that for % IL.
. time have retarded her growth.