The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1883-10-17

other well stocked general store that
seems to command a good trade.
Every man who has been in the dis
trict any length of time has number
of mineral claims and sees in them Il
future fortune. Men who are perhaps
puzzled at times to supply their i'm
mediate necessities are supremely
happy In the thought that they are to
be bonanza mine-Owners and are mil
lionaires in prospective. Many of
them are quite right; there are plenty
of mines in the camp at present un.
productive that will sometime yield
millions, and if their owners hold on
they will reap the reward of their pa
tient hopefulness. That nowhere
among the different natures and dispo-
sitions within the camp is there the
least dependency or expression of
doubt, but invariably an open, unwav.
erlng enthusiasm in relation to the fu.
ture of the district is as good an in.
dex as any other of the fact that
Clark's Fork is really a region of inf
mite mineral wealth.
The Great Republic is the most ex.
tensively developed mine in the dis
trict. Through the courtesy of Frank
Bennett, the superintendent, we wero
shown. through the mine and the
smelter. "A tunnel about eiyht feet
square has been driven in on the lode
and still shows solid ore on each of
the four walls. 800 tons of ore are
corded up on the dumpsaready for the
smelter. Thus far the developments
of the mine have shown nothing to
indicate any limit to it's production.
1t is indeed a mountain of ore and
practically inexhaustible. The smelter
is now ready for operation and at this
writing is probably turning out bull
lion. The machinery is at present un-
der the control of j. III. Anderson,
agent of the founders, Fraser, Chal.
mers & Co., of Chicago. Mr.. Ander.
son has been on the ground superin.
tending its erection since July last
and has received notification from his
company that he may be required to
remain there some months longer to
attend to similar work for Major Arm
strong, who is figuring with them for
the purchase of a smelter, to be
erected on his lately acquired property
in the district. Mr.. Anderson, though
he owns no property in the district.
has very high opinion of Clark's
Fork mines. He says that when he
was ordered here he came directly
from spending two years in work of
the same nature in the mineral regions
of New Mexico, Arizona and Colo
RADIO, and in all the country he visited
during that time he saw nothing that
presented such flatteriug prospects
and such an appearance of solid min.
eral wealth as does the Clark's Fork
districts. This opinion may be differ
emily considered by our readers, but
rs spoken to the writer it was an
earnest expression of belief, and we
are confident that Mr.. AndersOn's
practical mind was fully impressed
with the truth of what he said.
Though from his wide experience his
ideas may be entitled to more weight
than that of others, he is not the only
disinterested man who has a like opin.
ion, and it is a noteworthy fact that
no visitor to the camp fails to come
away a firm believer in the future of
Cooke City rs the greatest mining
camp of later years. "A second Lead
ville;" Bigger than Leadville,'' are
frequent phrases employed to convey
predictions regarding its destiny. The
mineral district commonly spoken of
under the general name Of Clark's
Fork is of vast extent. It has been
prospected over length Of nearly
fifteen miles, with varying breadth
of from one to three miles, with good
claims located all the way; and the
boundaries of the district are being
extended and rich discoveries con-
stantly being made on ground before
unprospected. That the extent Of
mineral bearing country is without
parallel in the history Of the west is