The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-06-07
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Itha very eommoa thing ~ h1si'
mem and peolesBiooal men u. ~ "a
new aspirants that al legitimate Aeldl
for money-making ass overesowded.
: When they ny this thsyshave in view
| chiefly trade,-whieh eDAQsiees prac'
tically ill domestie psssuitn,-an the
nbsssl psofessions-hw, msdlsine, etc.
It is true there sye certain honorable
J and lucrative pursnifs which are neithel
commercial nor pGo1sssional and which
can never b snj1 - b ovsgegowded
among which my b named agricul-
ture and stock-11Asing. Yet al these
have been found insufficient 70 istisfy
the varying tastes u the lari6ly grow
ing and changing populatton Of the
States and Territories. Men, with and
without capital are constantly seeking
and finding honorable employment in
the systematic management Of matters
which were unknown from . bust
ness point of view few years
ago. Before the building Of
the great tsanscontinental railways
which pan through the magnificent
Prairies Of the west, grain growing on
ito present lsrge scale was unknown.
Now this pursuit alone engages the at
tention Of Thousands of men and en-
ploys milf M Of capital. From the
same cause new branches Of material
industry will be opened in the great
Northwest, new only % ihras they shall
b recognized - legitimate business
lielos for investment Of capital. OF these
mining is destined to become the most
important
The casual observer viii doubles re-
gard this - . most lame and unimport-
ant conclusion. He will cay mining IL
ssold - agriculture and 10 now and has
been for ages the calling Of many men.
While this is true It must be conceded
that 1t h only within . comparatively
short space Of time since It has
been recognized - . legi:i
mate material industry offering
to the public 1t large the same sure re-
turns for the investment Of money, skill
or labor - any Of the other recognised
material industries Or business pursuits
do. What are the facts in regard to the
natter3 In the oder and more settled
communities Of this and other countries
has been REGARDED, to certain
extent, - . happy-go-lucky and has-
ardos enterprise INDUCED In generally
BY adventurous men, who had neither
the capital, the brains nor the inclina-
ton for moro serious pursuits It was
considered that everything made from
Il was . end-so much clear gain which
W. not always regarded In the light ef
, return for purely legitimate basine0
A man went mining just
~ he went fishing, when he was either
unable or indisposed TO do anything
No and with quite - little certainty
u deriving any permanent prof.
4 from the employment. Be-
tides Il Wa known there
,ouh not b . Nef~e for every
miner, and that there were really only |
} few very rich mines which made i'm
mediate fortunes for those who dieoov-
ned them. And when discovered . |
ew wealthy men generally became |
heir owness, hence there W. nothing |
Ike general opening for enterprises
md for money which might b pat ct |
work to increase and to multiply in
mining - In . b,ssiaese.
This condition Of things may be con-
idercd - changed now. The compar-
lively low grade silver mines Of the
vest in general and Of Montana in par
ocular will do - much toward making
bic change permanent - any other
ause that may Be mentioned, and that
hey viii attract the attention Of capital
snnot 10 doubted. There arc here in
Suite . greater number Of COM
Inv grade ore mines
'hich by proper working would
ield sure and profitable return and
be capital invested IN them, than in
ny other mining district In the West.
. nosingls instance has expssiment:not
the contrary. We are
nor do We refer to the bon
mas which averags hundreds OF oun-
- in silver and dollars in gold. They
re sure to DO worked 1t all times, but
'e refer particularly to tho hundreds Of
lines In thls vicinity which are await
q the advent Of capital to make them
A business which will !
~ twenty-five or thirty per cent. on
Ne capital invested cannot long he over
'0ked and there IL nothing palmer &
1an the fact that Butte has within her
Immediate vicinity . large number oil
invoked mines that would Lay such .
er cent. II properly handled. 1t will ]
. something new II they are not soon
alton.