The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-07-20
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Iuss=uea - Butte is ene Of tbe principal
nrksex Of Nonaanaf o< tie sale Of cur Bone
prrczcras vhose export . prshioile0 oS
oe- distance fron ezxeA-n eoLsaners: AID II
v;-v oE tie far ihE til prosperity q NOE
tar. -ene-zIET Is intimately associated VIE.
.s4 A-seiv dependent Upon 'N pFosperH!
os :le principal mining camps Ct tie tsf''-
.oT. tie craesi:ioa # b1siaezS a. Butte
v.ssess-z ao-e thAa = As1Al .~5suia1znss- when
tasz-s is b-.k be:r LIZ good etc. OF II.
s.re.v si-es : Indirectly f-li Il e'ei! tie
Els .e.cse portions Of the teETiioE!: while
x-air- 3 s~.ag1.s.o1 in o2r a.:ning ialis-f.
socl5 specify ,-1-. Epsa every Z Of TIE
aLe.~ Iu1EsE-e ~hoe p~Eo.ecutio. IS ns" 80
universal, .s5ecsss.ul in Montana Tie iacs
IS z,Sxa-szs. AID zIEct IL Ignored. tat
s.fsisz IS tie sole bass If MOI s1as Pug
p%Iv. The .a.al % eTeB ssae-z. failure oi
Montana. ,nIEs> .ouid speedily eoever lie
,eri.sry into o1e re.s lzssu-= ground. 10 be
rua-.ed o,-r bT Lgess AID herds. whose
owners, entirely cut oa fam aU,:siug c..k-
ing IL. tai1-a:E approach. 20 Civilization.
zCaIi aEi themselves compelled 70 srsppse
with Difficulties. ard >Lccas; - ~rr.y4-.oAs z.
pre.en. unEnoEn even oil Tie ragged edge Of
ctr n.ess iistau. frontier. Fortunately there
Is 10 p.osrecs. either 3. hand Or remote. q
SUCH . fate @inG n store .o- - The mines
Of Montana especial: these of Bate. pre-
s-ls 2 continually improving asp-c.: and II
= r-r- rr1~r.-- A-,- sn eGzs a.
Butte. the recognized mining c-n.:a Of Mon
lana a decided improvement i'll feeling :s.o
Dc observed in business and mining circles.
ilnproy e1..en. which has iaSel place alto
ge.Ler within Ike past fear seexs. During
las. winter he coming sumner was looked
forward 10 as a season Of vas. and cxaager-
a.ed boom" which was somehow 20 he
brought about. Even cool headed business
men spoke Of the opening season almost as
if they expected tha. with The temporary de-
press On TO he expected in til. Sptin. Butte
would take On he form OF 4 cl.rysa!is from
" hich. with tie July sun. would appear 50
: .geous a creation that even lis oid=s. resi-
j IS could scarcely recognize i: a. tie Butte
thew had helped 10 build. But the '.booinr
failed TO arrive As advertised. Certain large
mining transactions, for ont time Oh the
taps. were allowed 10 tall through and til.
consequent reaction brought Oh q period of
dullness. Of greater depression. even. than
that Of nidw:nter. This period OF depression
has lately been succeeded By a very marked
revival: a revival which has not
been produced oy al: fictitious boom, Blu,
which has for its foundation the best and
most substantial causes Of substantial and
permanent business prosperity. We shall
not undertake to enumerate all the causes
contributing to this most welcome result. but
We may mention the following: The gigantic
Improvements undertaken by the Alice Min.
ing Co. in the building Of a G0-s.amp mill,
and the opening Of the Magma Chartz Gan ex-
tension Of the Alice, located on the same
lode) the compromise of the legal colDplica-
lions in which the ownership Of the Original
mine was lately involved the consolidation
Of the Late Acquisition and Stuart claims,
with a view to their immediate development;
the great strike lately made On the Bell : and
the thorough and systematic manner in which
the Montana Copper Company is preparing
for embarkin. on a large scale in the business
Of smelling at Meaderville, next door to
Butte. Those developments contain within
them the promise a, an early day Of steady
employment for large numbers Of men at
regular wages and good pay. The good
effects of the encouraging prospec. have been
strengthened and intensified BY the
mcnt. tardily made, that the railroad is to be
pushed forward Immediately to Butte. The
consequence Of those various agencies is that
prices are 'tifiening, real estate approaching
in value, business revivins and everybody
hopeful Of the days to come. Our distant
readers. who may be searching for indications
from which to predict the immediate future
OF the territory. arc informed that at Butte,
the chief signal station OF Nontana's financial
condition, the mining barometer indicates a
long spell Of fair weather.
RELICS OF THE MEEkER MASSACRE.