Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-29
THE BOULDER VALLEY.
What IN Enthusiast Has 70 Say Of the
/. Prospects Of Thriving Basin City.

trails and nearly cleared the hillsides O
snow in this vicinity OF picturesque Basir
lGty-the future metropolis, her busy anc
big-hearted people claim, of Jefferson
County. As a consequence the little noun
tain town is merry with songs and the hum
OF it's several industries.
! Developing the rich and promising pros
poets that lie around ''thick as autumna]
leaves in Valambrosa's g role' is, of course,
the chief industry, giving employment to
hosts of the "horny handed sons" Of whom
Bob Ingersoll so eloquently told in his
"Plumed Knight" speech at Cincinatti
twelve years ago; and the sighs of the winds
that breathe spring time upon these noun
tains and wales is chorused by the ring of
drill and hammer whose bass notes are
often now the deep tone of giant powder
blasts.
But it is not only mining that gives Basin
and it's vicinity a claim to early progress
and wealth. As companion industries there
are merchandising, trades of va.ious sorts,
hotels, billiard parlors, two literary So
cieties, day school in course OF construc-
tion, fair temple for the worship of God.
These last, so the Roman Tacitus tells US,
imperial city, and they forecast the future
OF our little baby town.
The completion OF the Boulder Valley
and Butte Railroad through the lovely
canyon has g iven great impetus to trade,
travel and earnest mineral work here. It
is singular to those who so long lived in
these portions of Montana shut out from
all the contagion and turmoil OF the rude
world, to see the rushing, fire breathing
horse, with his willing train of following
cars, race across their plains and among
their grim hills, bearing strangers from far
away places, and delivering your bright
sense and stories of the great worlds do
ings. Yet tits true and one, perhaps the
chief, of the many good consequences OF the !
steam-cars' coming, is the drawing together |
of the people and letting them know each |
other better.
Among the many mines that give evidence |
Of fortune for their owners at an early day |
may be named the Evening Star, Briscoe & |
20. owners; Boulder Chief, VIM. Morrow |
owner; Silver Butte, Harris & Doherty |
owners; the Hope, O'Donnell owner; the
5peculator, ODonnell, Smith, Gamer &
Miller proprietors. VIM. Thompson, the
Butte lumber dealer, owns the great mine
;he Thompson. There are also Dandy
tut, a most promising copper, silver and
cad mine, owned by J. J. Thompson, 8. F.
Shaw and J. P. Hinselwood-a trio of civil
Engineers, who, while laying out the track
or railroads all around this grand Terri
n prospective here. A tunnel big enough
% march small militia company through
8 being pushed into the great
ill where the Argonaut is located, and it's
ides, under the light of dozen candles,
airly blaze with "the precious" These
re but q small fraction OF the many here
bouts.
Among the numerous firms in Basin
roper, is a branch house of your popular
Smith e. Gamer. The firm here
} Smith, Gamer & Co. The 60" is no
ess parsonage than Archie O'Neill. who
,as formerly with the Butte house, and
rho will be especially recollected as one OF
he parties who had that famous Chicken
anch" near Socorro, N. NJ, of which The
liner has already told. Archie is fat and
Apply, now that sp1ing-time is coming; he
eads The MINER daily and has faith in
,asin. His pretty home is presided over
y his fair helpmate, and life seems con-
inued pleasure to them both.
Numbers of Butte people are here and
x-County Commissioner Smith in town.
nd, as usual, he was full of life, hope and
usiness. - IL
Society gossips tell about q prospective
marriage in high life, but your correspond
ut don't know. Il
Our population was increased by one-a
en-pounder-last night. Mother doing
airly we'll and the baby don't cry while
J ohm rocks the CRADLE"
The President of the Y. M. G. A. requests
hat the statement made by some trans
lent visitor lately in a Helena papers. re-
ecting upon the good order OF this town,
a whole cloth story without a particle OF
Let for a foundation. He further declares (
hat the books OF the association over :
hich he presides will show upon them the I
ames OF large majority OF the citizens of
his town.
L. G. Mcfarland, the Green Mountain l
oy who is so well and favorably known +.
hroughot this entire section, and who has
truck more stakes in railroad surveys
nd pierced more maiden hearts than any
weller in the valley OF the Boulder, has a
rand scheme which will lay Colonel Sellers
xpectations in the shade. He won't let !
he world know it yet, but when he springs
upon the country, not least among his
ossessions will be found as fair bride as
yer rode DER prairie land or added grace
nd beauty to social throng. No cards.
/ about ten days. As you know, {
i. Wells, the Deputy Clerk OF that Court, i
ill now hold his commission from q new E
nief, Thos. Kearl, (?) the late clerk having
cen relieved by a son or relative OF the
residing Judge. No matter, Apis good
low, no difference if he is lieutenant for A /
r B. and an efficient officer too. Sheriff Z
Dan" McNiell, a rattling good officer and
prince among gentlemen, is kept as busy
altering together jurors and witnesses as
as the nroYerbial hen in search OF June