The Mineral argus., 1883-08-09
MAIDEN.
THE RICHEST MINING CAMP
IN BASTERN MONTANA
IT'S PAST HISTORY-PRESENl l
CONDITION AND FUTURE
PROSPECTS.
1ocAr1oN AID pEscmPTIoN

astern Montana, is situated III l@l''uuS pr
= degrees and as minutes, longitude pr
II degrees west Of Wapington' and G., ca
.levated 1000 feet above the level OF W
he sea 1t is in the heart OF the 70
Warm Springs Mining District, cover 81
mo a radius Of ten miles square, and put o .
SIX miles west from Cone Butte district =
l,ocated as it is, in a beautiful, fertile e
valley and surrounded by the Judith a
mountaiins-proven to contain all the
nrecious and base metals known TO the .
world-it is bound, at no distant day. ,
90 become the best camp in Eastern
Montana. not only as a supplying point
for the great mining industries that sur
round il. and were the duect cause oil
its beaing, but from the. frt that as hne
Grazing and agri, lltural district as
can he seen in the territory, or IN TACT
) in the northwest, surround and adjoins
the town on all sides
The Judith Basin, a tract OF country
sixty miles square-acknowledged to De
Che finest grazing and agricultural por-
t;on Of the territory, is directly tribu-
t,rv TO Maiden, and the valleys IN the
Ird;tb mountains. being supplied with
plentiful supply OF fine spring water
are all frst-class agricultural lands a
wool Of whic a rns -fa 'anch
rsn can show 6ne 10 udiH
= csreals and v yetabldF -an p pre
auced anywhere.
The country is tntn " nee lioi i
alkaI. and the water Z Oh mouhla
snr;ng water noted TO t5 purity, an
10, I, ali Of the streams Is me not oV
lcir two feet in Width ca be iound 4
beautiful brook tout INT dehshtS u
heart Of the anglel IL.
Mt. Several Of the llrgest nd "eaithi'
- stock companies IN the .erIi1"Iy I'D I'd
chosen this section as their ldeal
~ neTfection as a stock 1untry' amo
I'm, are. Stewart. Al Ierson x l
located three miles ei oi the Po
Who have $4,000 heaF !. Ferg
S\elqht miles northeast oil ''""'
.ooo head Of shcsn 200 -',0
horses and 4 chQlrr "a,
blo0ded stock ~
~. Z. SpEnes creek, eieft'
hs 5000 heal hr ~
a the post with b.e. .+-' 10 -
) Co, on NcDorfh .rees se
niles 10 the south. have a nero Q.
ICE. fine blooded horses, he Moh'
- sheen Co, whose ranch Ju'' eas
the Snowy range, twenty 'Ne n'-'es !, !
}. town have a flock @. over s,212 , Il
mostly Merino; Forma'l. on A'Do
eek has a herd OF 7.ooo head;
r.p's renee. on Flat Willow, ha, 500 Il
Tbese are but A few oH the saIse
s.n be- OF stockmen. th- renla'''ue
wtion.we will mention ga.T-a''.''
- large gadfns, profucgs nne
N, ta5les and laIg- ylt. 81 '' 'S Sc
'f'''''' .verv side, and held 2. MS
y wheat and otk-r cereals are no u"
mon sight in the Judith country.
I'm 10 the present time TINS p
EN. Montana. and particularly thls :
-- tb;s county. has not only oeeA
, t'S i ~ hnt almost entirely ignor
the territorial press in general: y:
&, solution j, simple. Nearly OF gu,
>" ibe territorial papers have va
mines Al or near thtir own. 400
M -.,i,i;sh the f7sts in regard
Warm Springs district would oe
-.a5 nom their own mouths.
oTS the future. as we propose 10 ]
news Of interest in regard TO an %
districts IN the territory OF -sise :,l
we ,r,,st that this district WI
its just dues.
EARly tINns ANp ioSAl'o'
STOCK. The FIRST discovery of mineT'
.s.n,cd made by Jos Audcrfog ana
Tones. in Msy, 1851 In Jun
, brands partv was Joined b. {. & Sh
+ 4. McPar Ian and ot'er disc
Crow" followed in rspid successor
ew." paying qua~ was ais1 n, - :,
Alpine guile seVefaa 30 . s'A''
located Jun IN, 900.
Far Springs gulo ncS' D"