The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-20
OUR CAMP.
Butte the Grandest Mining
Camp in America.
THE
What They Have Done for This Sec.
ton --- The Present and
Future Outlook.

We were yesterday shown a letter which
was received by a resident of this CITY q
few days ago, from a gentleman in Spring.
field, Ohio, which a that a well-known
mining man Of Springfield desires to pur.
chase some mining property and that he
has about $4,000 to expend in that
direction. The person who writes the letter
is careful to state that his friend is adverse
to going into any 'stocki jobbing'' or wild
cat" schemes, and desires only to expend
his money in a perfectly legitimate manner.
We know of no better field for our Ohio
friend to visit than Silver Bow county.
"Stock-jobbing' or wildcat schemes are
unknown in this county, and we have no
use for any mining men who desire to en-
gage in anything but legitimate mining.
There is hardly a mining property in this
district but that has paid handsomely for
the money that has been expended upon it,
and upon every mountain and hill and in
every valley can be found small mining
claims that can be made to pay large
profits for a small outlay of capital. The
many large dividend-paying mines Of this
camp, proves Onclusively that this is the
MOST WONDERFUL MINING DISTRICT
in America. From it's very commencement
Butte City has been a wonderful camp. 1t
has raised simply by it's own merit. The
non-productiveness of the many camps
that existed previous to the discovery of
Butte, led Many capitalists to view it with
suspicion, and it's merits were never under
stood or appreciated by the Eastern or
Western public. While the yields OF the
mines of Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, Utah
and New Mexico have been bulletined daily,
no effort has been made in that direction
plodded on their way in a regular old-fash-
Toned New England manner, while the men
who have mining property in the district
have been rapidly growing rich. The result
is that comparatively a small amount OF
money has been expended in the district in
the purchase of mines by foreign capital
lists, and as many of the original locators
of prospects have not had the necessary
means to develop them.
THE NUMBER OF PAYING MINES
is far below that which the indications
would warrant, for east, west, north and
south Of Butte City within a radius OF ten
miles, are scores OF mines that have ore OF a
good quality in sight and that need only a
small amount of money expended upon
them to make them as valuable as are the
IAlECC,S OIuOds IAluSOLuCJ l. L NAOuAOo1S
Lexington, and the scores of other magnifi- /
cent mines in this camp. The miners of
Butte City have a grand way Of opening up
this district. When it is found necessary |
by the managers of any OF our mines to dis /
charge a number of their miners, the men,
instead of packing their blankets and
trunks and going away in search OF newer |
fields, simply pack their prospecting outfit
and go out into the hills and valleys ada |
cent and commence work ION their own
hook" The result is, that go where one |
may in the vicinity of this city he can see
the prospectOr's cabin, the newly-made To- |
cation, and, What is better in almost every |
case,
THE HEALTHY LOOKING ORE JUMP.
This state OF affairs has such an encour-
aging effect on other men that there is
hardly a miner in the city to day, but that |
would rather take the chances of a pros |
pector in Silver Bow county, than he |
would go to any other camp in this and
other Territories and States, and work
for the regular standard of wages. Wehave
always a good word for the prospecting
miner, for to his indomitable pluck and
perseverance are we indebted for the present
prosperous condition Of this, the grandest
and best paying mining district in the world.
We say to the gentleman from Ohio, send
along your mining friend, and if there is any
enterprise in him, he will not fail to pitch
his tent in this camp, for although there
are mining locations made every day, yet
there is room for any man who has any
energy and a small OF coin, n he
will find Butte city and the surrounding
country, for the mining man to exceed any
thing that he has ever seen or heard bout