The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-23
From the Daily Of Tues1ay.
TONE T
It's Beautiful Location and Pleas
ant SURROUNDINGS.
The Trout Creek or Tone Clty
Trail to the Mines.
The Very Latest from the Occur
d'Alenes. .

| oPVSA"A Correspondent Va u -
TONE CITY, January 10, 1884.
I expect there are a great man,
Butteites who would like TO lear'
something about the new town, Ton
City, formerly called Trout Creel
station, and the trail leading from
to the new gold fields. The town /
beautifully located a short distanc
from He'll Gate river and on the lin
| of the Northern Pacific. 1t is sur
rounded by the finest of timber ant
every opening produces vegetable
which cannot be excelled In size ant
richness by any other country in tn
West. Near at hand is a magniicen'
mineral belt Astounding in quartz
much of which assays way up in tn,
hundreds.
TOWN LOTS
are going of like hot cakes and the
indications are that Tone City will,
in the near future, rank with the
most aourishiCg in this section of the
country. Among the property hold
ers are Messrs. Butler, Owsley, J. C,
Baker and Wade and Storer of your
city. The latter gentleman will es.
tabllsh a livery, feed and sale stable
here at which fine turnout', baled
hay, grain, etc. may be procured at
reasonable rates, and at all times
TONE CITY TRAIL,
known as Trout Creek trail, is being
travelled every day by dozens of
men. A man needs no sn0wshoes to
@ over 1t. Horses are used on 1t for
about Is miles, and / expect will De
able to go thr ugh to Eagle City by
the time this letter reaches you, as
the snow is being beaten down and
hardening very fast. The distance
to the mines by this trail is IS or SO
miles. 1 saw a saw mill man from
who recently walked over
in twelve hours and twenty min
utes. He is very highly pleased
with the trail, and will ship a saw
mill over 1t to the new mines at once.
NJ .ssrs. Tone & Hamilton will com.
building a wagon road at
once on the line Of the trail from
CITY to Eagle City. There Ia
nothing to hinder one being built be-
:wepn the two points. The ground
q so favorable that a railroad cnuli
he constructed over it. It is
he nearest. dryest and the Onlv ALL
.he-yea, -ronnd route to the new dig
The only stream to crosse on
he whole line If the trail is Trout
Creek which. being a small stream,
. f"rdable during the spring months.
The other routes leading to ,
he mines are blocked with !
now, and are almost impossible
T. any season Of the year, h, des
eing four times az far. There ia
ut, in nv Judgment. a nearer and
etter route than the one I have
Messrs. Tone & Hamil-
m will make it a PLEASANT drive tn
he new mines in a short time. They
r enterp:ising men a., d make a suc-
pss IF everything they tackle. The
itv is named after Mr.. Tone, of this
AT THE MINES
lmher Is said tn be worth frni.l 124 to
1 cents rer foot. In Ea le Citv
ia very high. Meals one
and hoard two dollars and up
ards per day, more upwards than
nvthing else. But it Will be hut a
'Ort time before living will be
,eaner. "a supplies are arriving at
mines in small quantities every
av New strikes are frequently re-
and those coming from there
1t will he a second California
placer mining. Every preparation
being made at Tone City to accom-
|odate the spring rush. Will keep
III advised of events as they tran
lire here. *x*