Great Falls tribune., 1889-08-31
)tlR BRIGHT FUTURE
, AsrERLY LETTER FROM HON.
PARIS GIBSON, THE FOUNDER
.. OF GREAT FALLS.
1mme, Sc Benefits VIII Accrue From the
Railroad to the belt Mountains
Mining Regions-Great Falls
Has IL Firm BASIS of
Wealth.

ulue Of the Belt mountains railroad to
Ereat Falls cannot be easily over-es
Ia. Probably no other single enterprise
tonld equal this in building up Great
NFalls and developing the resources of
BCascade county.
@ The opinion Of the ablest mining men
I'm this country is that the several mining
Histricts Of the Little Belt mountains con
$ttute the most extensive silver produc-
3 3ng section Of Montana. and that its lead
Sbroducing capacity IS greater than that of
yhe Cnur d'Alene mountains, Or Of any
RDther mineral subdivision Of Montana or
idaho.
III MONEY WILL POUR IN. c
III This great mining region, which has
hitherto been neglected for want Of trans
gbortation, will now become in its general
jh,ning interests second only to Butte,
And we may now look confidently for the
anvestment of millions Of money in tile
Immediate development Of it rich mining
districts.
II ExHAUsTLEss MINERAL TREASURES.
VI For the benefit of thosa not familiar
Il it'll this remarkable mining country, l
Would state so far as is known by actual
discoveries, these mining districts cover
In area Of not less than thirty miles by
xeventy- five miles, and that the principal
districts are Neihart, Barker, Dry Wolf,
Running Wolf and Yogo. The nearest
discoveries are about thirty-five miles
Ind the two largest districts Barker and
Eeihart- fifty-fiye miles from
Sareat Falls. The Belt branch Of the
Manitoba railway will connect Great
FALLS with all these subdivisions of the
1elt mountains, and as Great Falls, with
6s immense water power and inexhanst-
tble coal fields, is the natural smelling
|lpint Of Montana, the ore product Of
|these mountains will be largely, if not
Nholly, treated there. Itamounts to Il
Certainty that within two years from the
@mpletion Of this road the output Of the
lining districts tributary to it will
mount to several thousand tons per day.
10 you who live at Great Falls reallze
\ bat such mining industry means
III your town? Is it not apparent
ut Great Falls is situated to
c&mmand the trade Of the whole coun-
t8 tributary to this new railroad? IF
&pkane Falls has been built up by the
lining interests Of the Cnnr d'Alene
how much more will Great
Ills be developed and built up by the
Fsater mining interests Of the Belt
IRON WORKS WILL SPRING UP.
Nor is this all that the Belt mountains
Nilroad means for our town. The rapid
1fpgress now being made in cheapening
e cost of steel and iron points uherring
Ito the establishment of extensive iron
i iterests at this place at no distant day
he Belt railway passing through the
limestone and coal fields will connect
ekeat Falls with the most extensive iron
5$e region west of Lake Superior. This
~ is of the finest quality and is practi-
lily unlimited in quantity.
sBy the building Of this railroad, the
Numerical Importance Of Great Falls
Al be increased four fold, as there will
pn be from 5000 to 10000 people living
d employed in the several mining dis
cts tributary to it.
3 GREAT FALLS WILL. BENEFIT.
h,;ld;nn of tba Ro1+ ro;,ro,,d ;, a.ns
|l stv ,ooro f,,r aroat Fa,ls than manv II
~ oow .aol;,o 4 u;1l ;nsn;ro oonfidance
nong oa,,ita1ists aud investors in tha
||S sonr rcas "a ah;,;tv of n. +own and
= ros,,l+ n. ro,,;a oro,tb i al ossnred q
Il inp Tha firet innortant stan in thf
bvalonamon+ of Gra,t Fails was the
billino q +ho M.n;toba & Montana
||9 antral ,oi,,ooa - = +bo sooond ,yas INC
L ,,ildino of M c,o, hronch the oneninp
HI If M sond nonloa ooa, t;a1ds and tbf
\ 7uildinp of H. Montana silver smelling
4 orks ~ +h;,d ond nos+ IN nortant Star
~ tha b,,;,5;n - . ro;lrood n the Rel
,opntains ~ hr;no,nr the ora of tha,
B3ast mineral t,ald - tha Goa, and wate1
owo. y 49,. ra,,, Tho nav+ sta,
TIL be the ;mnroyement of the water now
II and the establishment of reduction ant
efning works second only to the peerless