The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-05-03
The Views of a Salt Laker on the
Butte Mines.
Salt Lake Tribune. Esd.

SAT- Lake tribune. sd.
Mr.. George A. Black, having just returned
from aysit to Butte, Montana, was interview
ed by a Tribune reporter yesterday:
"What do you think of the country"
81 am more than pleased, and look upon
Butte as the biggest mining camp l ever saw.
They have more and better mines within the
same area than any other district ! ever visit
ed"
"What are the prospects of Butte becoming
a great city,
The prospects are beyond question. 1t is
now conceded to be the largest city in the
territory, with a good healthy increase of from
twenty-five to fifty per day. TIL population
at present is about 5000, and it wouldn't
surprise me if 1t were 10000 a year hence.
The buildings are Of the most permanent
character 1 ever saw in a mining camp. Near
ly all classes of business are well represented
having sales much larger than Salt Lake
houses. The city is by no means up to the
district. Buildings are going up in every
section of the city at a rapid rate. The one
thing that is needed is a hotel big enough to
accommodate the guests. A house of $50
rooms would pay well. There are a number
of small hotels which are constantly crowded.
The Butte boom is gradual and permanent"
''What are The facilities for getting there?''
Every good. The staging is now less than
seventy miles. In two weeks this will he de-
creased, to thirty five. The cost from here
to Butte is S42, and it takes less than forty
eight hours between the two points"
SIS living high?'
''No; much cheaper than | expected to find
it. Hotels charge 1920 per day. Boarding
IS per week at the hotels"
"Are there many Salt LakeIs ~tilere:'"
"Plenty, and all seem prosperous and con-
tented. Salt Lakers find themselves at home
because Salt Lakers and the Tribune have
done so much TOWARD building up the city
and developing the mines, which are simply
immense, both i'll quantity and quality, and
to estimate their value from the ore extracted
and developments made would be impossible
they are simply fabulous
"Wlich are the leading mines?"
"TlIe Alice, Lexington, Moulton, Stevens,
Bell, Clark FRACTION, AnSelmo, Silver Bow
company o iiiiitcb NuSAioif -tIly LII IldLy
others which | did not visit personally. The
works are numerous and show that the own
ers not only have faith III the mines. but are
willing to put up plenty Of money FIR devel-
opmeIt to the deep. The mines are well-de-
fined, more numerous ant Of yren', + width
than any camp | ever saw. There hasn't
: been a single fiilure where wolk has been
done to prove up the propr.iy TLr smoke
stacks of mills,> ~uclters and reduction works,
are so plenty as 10 make -" ca'np resemble
an eastern manufacturing cit'."
How is the Alice doins::r
IL look upon tn Alice Of itself As an i'm.
Inense property. hut l reoaId the Magma
Charta, viii w!!c!! it has becH consolidated
as the greater q. lie two. Wli. ore lrdies in
both mines are increasing in value is we'll as
i'll width. The Alice has the deepest SHAFT il
the district. Both mills were running tOlheil
full capacity and with splendid Success"
GLOW is the Moulton doins?"
! "The Moullou Company has the finest and
: most substantial! loisling works in The camp
: and are pushing their three-comDartmen
shaft with great VICAR. 1t is the mos enter
prising company i'll the district. The Moultor
has three distinct lodges, which in my opin
. ion. will come together at depth. Either one
of these lodges in Utah would be regarded / as
a big mine. The work in the shaft and in
all departments is on a par with the Com
stOck-in fact as good rs money and skill can
, make it,"