The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-06-17
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BUTTS OPPORTUNITY

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AttAo Donvee Mining and InduGGxi.
a 1xposttioa.
The 1(INER hao alreody taken oe6o
slon to eall the particular atesntioo q
mining men, meschants and businesl
men generally Of thb city to the grea1
importance q their proper representa-
ton at the Deavse Mining and Inaus.
trial Expositjon.
IL can b aid truthfally, and b
proven BY facts and figures. that Butte
has never yet had such . grand ovpor
tunity for calling the attention Of East
ern and foreign capital to her mineral
resources and that she will never have
such suother. 1t IL also to b observed
that any action towards. representing
Montana on this occasion will probably
be left entirely to Butte. It 10 peculiar.
~ an exposition Of the mining resources
and development Of the country. Butte
IL in the eyes Of the world, q well - in
reality, tie chief exponent Of these in
terests in the Northwest and especially
in Montana. II Butte is not properly
represented the Exposition Is . failure
50 far - Montana IL concerned, and this
being the case, we need not expect Hell
ena, or that portion Of the Territory
which Is tributary to Helena, to bestir
itself actively in this matter. The Gov
errors Of Idaho and Utah have been Of
licially invited by the Governor Ct Col
orado to appoint Territorial Commits
sioners from their respective Territories
to take charge Of their proper repre-
sentation at Denver in August.
II tho Governor Of Montana
has received any such mes
sage, or II the has taken any action
on It, the people Of Butte have not been
80 Informed. They can not afford to
wait for action from the East side In this
matter. Butte must see to the appoint
ment ofits own Commissioners Governor
Murray has, in response to the request
Of the Governor Of Colombo, appointed
professor Clayton a. Utah's Ccmmis-
sioner to the exposition, who has select
ed A. Zeehandelaar As his assistant. It
is thought that the sum Of $3,OOO will
cover the expense OF properly represent
ing Utah 1t this great exhibition Of the
products of the country, and it
should not be q difficult matter to raise
y greater amount for Montana. Salt
Lake City has already moved in the
matter Of securing funds for this purpose,
let Butte follow her example. All the
railroads in Utah and the Union Pacific
have agreed to give free transportation
for the commissioners and their neces-
,ary agents and mineral samples. The
address for the commissioner for Idaho
IS model and may be taken home, with
appropriate changes, by every mine
owner and ranchman in Summit Valley
district and indeed in the Territory. 1t
$ as follows:
DEAR SIR beg leave to call your
attention 90 the within address Of Gov
'rnor Neil, and to impress. upon you the |
to all the material interests
# the Territory, Of making . creditable |
display Of Idaho products atthe Denver
Exposition, which opens August LIST |
md closes September 3Oth next.
As the mining interests Of the Pacific !
States aud Territories will be the most !
prominent feature Of the Exhibition, 1 |
'cnture to appeal to every mine owner
y mine superintendent in the Territory
Q take q personal interest in preparing
suitable and proper display, 50 that
'ur exhibit may show Idaho to be Sec
md to none in its wealth or the precious
metals.
Our agricultural interests should also
e represented, and the farmers of the
Territory are appealed to for such an cx-
libit as will be creditable to them, and
- will also show our Territory to he as
for the products Of its soil as it
) for its mineral wealth.
The time to prepare the exhibit of the
is short, and in order to give
in'e to arrange all articles forwarded in
proper manner in the Exposition
they should By forwarded so
IS to reach Denver not later than July
nth.
PERSONALS.