The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-09-19
A HELENA MAN
On the Present Condition and Prospects
of Butte City.

James Blake Of Helena, one OF the most
| successful business men OF the Territory,
who has just been paying this city a bust
ness visit, said to q MINER reporter last
Sunday:
1--WE used to think there was no place in
| the Territory like Helena, but now, when
our people come over here, they get back
| town. and I must admit that, in a great
many things, you Butte people have got
| the best of us. 1t is a mistaken idea, that
some people have got, that the Helena peo-
| pie are Jealous of Butte city. No, sir, we
| are proud of Butte city. 1t is undoubtedly
the l~iveliest and most prosperous town in
| the great Northwest"
what do you think OF our mines?' was
asked.
"Well," said Mr.. Blake, "that's where 1
am at home. l have been directly and in
| directly connected with mining for upwards
| of thirty years, and I must say that the
| mines OF this district beat anything l ever
saw. Since 1 have been in Butte l visited
| the Alice, Moulton and Magma Charta
| mines, n I must confess that / was not
prepared for what l "a in them. The ore
| bodies that lay exposed in those mines are
| simply wonderful. They are immense. w.
| child in Butte City would be an old person
before the
ORE BODIES AT PRESENT
in this camp would be worked out. Per-
| haps Mr.. Clark was a little ~extravagant in
| this remark, but my candid opinion is that
| there is enough ore in sight in the three
| mines l visited to run the mills OF their re-
| s~pective companies for at least twenty
Years, and twenty years from now
I think Butte city will be far
| more prosperous than tina it is at the
| present time. Ny belief is based on my own
| experience as a miner. coupled with the e1-
pressed opinions OF Messrs. Hall, CLARK
\ DAILY and other prominent miners and bust
ness men," .
Mr.. Blake owns forty acres OF land IN this
county, lying between the lower Main street
| MIA ming mill and the Parrot smelter, and
| f6O acres between the Parrot smelter and
| the race track. He has been offered large
sums OF money for these properties, but Is
holding them for higher prices.
MINING AT LEN
Wien questioned in regard to the present
condition of mining in and around Helena,
Mr.. Blake said: 'The present outlook is
verv encouraging. From severa! mining
camps in the immediate vicinity OF helena
very f1attering reports are cono'n ta Ig
Hale. The Helena druggist, has been pros
: Meeting some mines for a long time, ana re-
cent developments at that place are OF a
most encouraging nature: Several other
places are also Looking t 5StJsr tb bea mining saus
Situation is such that it will enable Helena
to hold it's own as the CENTRAL business spot
OF the Territory.
ORTA STRIKE.
ga few weeks ago 1 commenced to sln1 !
q we'll in the rear OF a slaughter mouse =
avn on the outskirts OF Helena, and when
1 1" about thirty feet the workmen caIne
across = ledge that a1 ;osstea Pi It ss a ~s min m
' ond am still sinking on the ledge:
any, and Competent miners think very well Of
the prospect ros+ordav morn.
ing, and before h LEAVING g ,nsura'T spot in his
would rt f a,H BStte City and it's citizens: He
says says he was never treated re- ted better letter and an a' sh ''t
than he was during his Visit ,sa;n mere ip the the near
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