The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-04-26
From 0un0ayb Daily.
or1R BOULDNR LDTTBR.
r.on County and Ito Organisa-
lion and Boundaries lss Past,
Present and Future Ooun-
ty Seats.
...tened 5poliation Of it, Terri
tory by Members Of the
Last Le0islature.

Jefferson county was organized by thu
80 legislature that assembled 1t Ban.
..t in 1865. 1t embraces all thu
. n within the following bounda,
s.s to-wit: recommending at the south.
..t corner of Lewis and Clarke county
:. the Missouri River, thence up said
w;..u,ri River to the mouth Of Jeffers
nm River, thence up said Jefferson
Diver to Parsons bridge, thence ives.
..r,v along Parsons toll road leading
fr.n said bridge to Butte City, to the
,o;nt where the said toll road crosses
r;sh Creek, thence up said Fish Greek
~ the base e. of the Rocky Mountains,
,hence northerly to the summit Of the
main Rocky Mountain range, thence
.lony said range to the bald montain at
,he head OF Ten Mile Greek, or to the
EASTERN boundary Of Lewis and Clarke
.o.,nty. thence easterly along said boun-
,l.ry line to the place of beginning"
There was evidently mistake made
here either in the original bill or in tie
REVISION. The county does not border
on ar even touch the eastern boundary
If Levi, and Clarke county.
The county seat was first established
II Jefferson City, but it did not remain
there Tonga stampede occurring soon
after % the placer mines Of the Prickly
Pear at Montana City, the miners car
r;ei il with them to the latter city.
This took it within three or four
miles Of the southern line of
Lewis and Clarke county, leaving
the residents of Fish Greek ami
Jefferson river from Is to 10 miles from
il. But Montana City, it seems, was
destined to lose the county archives, aud
from the same cause it had gained them.
The next stampede occurring within
the county was to the gold quartz mines
Of Heating and Blacker and to the pia-
Ger mines Of Radersburg, and thither
the archives were carried by the stail,-
peders in 1860, where they have re-
NAMED ever since. This latter move,
while it took the county seat little fur
Their ava, from the Lewis and Clarke
line, did not help the matter any, for
the new location was only about the
same distance from the eastern, or
Meagher county line.
The location Of the county scat at
Radensb,,rg, - far away from the popu-
lous PORTIONS of the county, has been
most unfortunate for the taxpayers.
Over two-thirds Of the population live
west Of u line drawn north and south
from the summit of the CrOw Greek
nnge, aud the important points Of Mon
,sna City, Clancy, Jefferson City,
Wickes, Gregory, Boulder, Basin, the
Park, White Tail and Fish Creek, are
from forty to seventy miles distant from
the c'nnty seat. Fully three-fourths Of
the county business and two thirds OF
the litigation before the courts originate
west Of the line drawn above. 1.-THE
items of mileage Of grand and petit
Jurors and witnesses in criminal cases,
and The transportation Of prisoner be
considered, it would be found to be no
inconsi,leraLle amount annually, and
has contributed very materially to the
present large debt Of the county.
The question Of removing the county
seat 10 more central point is being dis
e''ssed by the people Of the west side OF
the county. The people Of Jef1erson
City have I've. circulating petitions In
favor Of that place and it is claimed
they have been signed by majority OF
the voters, and the county commission
es will order vote to be taken Ut the
next general election between tina I
place and Radensbury. The town OF
Boulder is also pressing her claims Tor
the honor. She recently ISSUED y Call
"r u county convention to designate .
place to Ike voted for. The convention
met the Other day, more than one hal1
the precincts being fully represented
and decided in favor Of Boulder. Inc
action Of the convention ENCOURAGED
the Bm,lderites to persevere, ana tic
chances are that If the contest betwee"
the two points continues it will have "
similar termination to the f1ght o.
tween the Kilkenny cats, or IN otner
words leave the capital where II na'
been ftr the past thirteen years.
At the last session OF the Legislature
the county Of Silver Bow w's organ
lied, Ivy division of Deer Lodge co'h-
~. There was very spirited CONTEST
over the question, and it finally brought
on quiet talk about y revision OF coun-
~ lines. Butte City was to oe tho
county scat Of the new county, anu -
she was located within few nn'e' y.
the next line her delegates wou'o ''o'
object to extending the line east 20 as ="
embrace the rich mining d'str'c's "
Cataract and Boulder, and (not 20 n.aHe
crooked line) White Tail ana Frs.