The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-05-28
with Che assured success of the great

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coal mines near this city, making an ex-
cellent quality of coke the public pulse
will bound with new vigor and the con-
fidence in the future prosperity and sta
bility of Bozeman be more firmly i'm
planted in the breats of our citizens. 1t
takes no prophet nor one possessed with
more than ordinary business foresight,
to see in the near future great industry
in our midst which will send the life
blood through all the avenues of trade.
The elements of prosperity were already
here for thriving and prosperous COM
munity, but now dolbly enhanced by
this addition to our resources. These
mines all lie contiguous to Bozeman, the
majority of them not being more than
eight miles from the city and SO situated
that the revenue derived from their work.
ing must be tributary to it, and for the
most part owned by citizens of Bozeman,
of the great number of mines already
discovered we cannot estimate at this
time how many of them will produce
coal which will coke, but enough is
known to demonstrated the fact that
some of the largest and most extensive
of them, will and it is presumed that they
all will, as they are of similar character.
We have it on good authority that the
Union Pacific people will at once COM
mence the erection of more ovens and
that in order to make the product avail
able for market, that the Utah Northern
will be built together as speedily as pos
s,ble, although business is dull and to
some the outlook is not promising for
several months we have every reason to
believe that the worst is over and that
while there will be no boom, there will
be steady increase in the volume of bus
mess. So far immigration has not been
as great as was anticipated, but it may
be accounted for, from the fact that the
extensive, and We may say exaggerated
advertisement of the CGur dAlene
mines, of Oregon, Idaho and Washing
ton Territories, has started an immense
emigration to that country, which will IN
turn react against it and Montana will
be benefited by it. The only drawback
to it, will be that they will return empty
handed, but as class, they are the kind
who will work. The best kind of immi-
grafton is that which is steady and not
SO large in volume, as to overdo and
overtax the capacity Of the country to
provide for in the avenues opened up in
the different brant hes of trade and other
pursuits. On the whole we cannot but
look on the future with great hope and
encouragement and have no patience
with those who are inclined, at any tenn
porary depression to cry out that the
bottom has fallen out of the country
We are just beginning to have bottom
We are just beginning to occupy posi-
ton of prominence. We are just begin
ming to feel the impulse of industries
other than mining, and even that is in
| its infancy. Some say the country has
been thoroughly prospected and its min
eral resources known already. In that
they are mistaken. In our minds eye
| now we recall districts not many miles
from here, which have scarcely felt the
touch of the miners pick and then only
in prospecting way. No capital has
been put in them at all, although there
are hundreds of mines which show goot
prospects. Think over these things, i
you are respondent and you will brace