The daily miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1879-1885, 1882-01-01
MADISON COUNTY IN GENERAL
AND PONY IN PARTICULAR.
Rich Mines, Brilliant Prospects and
Sensible Suggestions.
BY WILL o. KRIcK.

At the close Of the palnly days Of Alder
when from the mighty millions she
descended to the tame tllOusan,ls-and
when the gulch fell into the hands Of IL
few tiume companies. many Of the resi-
dents Of
OLD MADISON
found their placcr-mining occupation
gone and they began to look about for
other fields OF labor. Some Of them en-
gagged in agricultural pursuits in the
fine valleys for which this county il ia
nous, while others did flee to the noun
tains In search of quartz. The majority
Of them were successful in their search,
dug, most generally, very small holes Oh
their finds, and recorded many IA hum
dred feet claim for themselves and
friends, and thcn-restcd. Inlortun-
ately for the quartz interests OF Madison
county and Montana generally they
were not compelled to represent their
property and while they were resting
some Of them managed to sell thcir al
most imaginary quartz to eastern capi-
tAlists who mostly sent out utterly UNI
their affairs. Then, with the bump of
caution much c"nlpre>scl; with great
expectations bMse'i on the fabric OF II
vision, and much to the temporary
prosperity OF employees AMI to the flu
ture Cletrin,cnt of Montana. they put the
cart before the horse. built their mills,
and then whistlci fnr,,lartZ. Good ore
was obtained 10y then, in some instances
from the small holes before mentioned ;
hut when the otf->iooting chltcs which
were little understood in early days.
were passed through and all seemed
barren below; when thousands OF dol
Il. Il. ,.l :.,
Of mills, etc; when the eastern cXrllcu-
dividends were being made to rcplcnish
them, then alarmed capital commenced
to cry, hold, cnough!" and to this
day many Of its mines lie un.icvclopc,l,
and costly mills stand idle as mOnil-
mcnts Of folly and short-sightc,lncss.
The above, III connection with the old
lWefOOt claim, misrepresentation law
fine law for county recorders and lazy
claimants-resulted ,lisastro,,sly to the
quartz interests, and for IA long time the
disease known as quartz on the brain"
was the exception rather than the rule.
Finally the necessity for new law be-
yer tongues" and wise heads of some of
the territorial delegates in Congress the
present onc-nllowimg l5OO feet on the
lode and requiring m annual cXpendi-
turc of 500 on the lode was passed,
Then gentlemen in the states with their
pockets full OF Montana quartz ccrtit-
Gates, began using them for cigur-liglt-
ers, for their great possessions were soon
gobbled up in the eager grasp of l:5tnD
feet relocators. This forced Representa-
ton and additional allowance OF feet
soon began to unearth the hidden wealth
and to-day the quartz interests Of Madi-
sOn county, of Montana. and indeed of
most Of the Rocky Mountain region
stands paramount to any other; and also
beyond Il doubt the present law il the
main spoke Of the wheel of fortune
that il revolving Butte until she will
eventually become the greatest mining
centre In the world, but as Butte has an
ADLER champion, the MINER, to speak
her praises, l will come nearer home.
You will doubtless have correspond
ents In the different parts of Madison
who will gather statistics in their separ-
ate localities for your Holiday number.
and who will each respectively mrticu-
larize about the S:!.225 400 s,llc of the
Broadway mine ut Silver Star, to Lon
don company, etc., etc.; the rich silver
mines across the river at Georgia g,llch:
the butterfly" on the Tobacco Root
Range, near Salisbury, which assays
$780,, 100 in gold and 20 ounces in silver
per ton; the Wisconsin creek mines for
which they WILSON erect a smelter: the
encouraging development of the RAMS
horn and Blivcns gulch lodes: the large.
we'll improved farms of the Ruby Val
ley through which railroad is soon to
run to the geysers by way of Virginia
City; the number of patients that the
Fuller Springs have lifted from the mis-
cry of disease to the happiness of health: