, 1890-10-23
MINES OF MONTANA
How the Silver Bill Has
Doomed That Industry.
INCREASE OF Sill YER PRODUCTION
Carter Certain of Re-Election to
Congress About the Sem
atorial Canvass.
Especial service OF the REVIEWS Washington
Press Bureau

WAsHrsGTos, Oct. 20. e. o. Ieccb,
director of the mint, has Just returned
from n two weeks visit to Montana.
Speaking OF his visit, NJ. Leech said to.
day;
"Of the sixteen days that | have been
absent | have spent eight days and
nights on tho cars and travelled about
6,O0O miles, passing through the rich
and beautiful land of Minnesota, North
Dakota and Montana my destination
being Helena, Mont. | spent delight
ful week in Montana, using Helena as
my base and from there visiting tho diff
ierent mining sections of the state, so
rich in minerals. Owing to the increase
in price oi silver and lead. business is
very brisk at Butte and the stamps are
failing day and night, crushing oros con
tanning the precious metal. The day
was in Butte lead touched q cents n
pound, against an average price of 3st
last year This IL matter of vast Inn
portance to the people in that section.
"When | was last in Butte tho Alice
was closed up, owing to the low price
of silver, while to day 1t is in full blast,
unning day and night, turning out
!
tariff on lead ore have done lots OF
good for Montana.
aside from the personal interest and
pleasure which | have experienced in
visiting the properties, rs | have to
make q report annually to congress- on
the production Of the precious metals,
it was source of valuable information
to me as to the prospects of silver min
ing and the current production of our
mines. II showed that the silver prod
uct of the United States is increasing.
Certainly there Is great activity in all
the mining camps which I visited, and
when one considers that only u short
time ago they wero only getting 8
cents an ounce for silver and 80 cents
pound for lead while to-day silver
is worth $LlO an ounce and lead o
cents u pound 1t is not surprising that
there should be great activity in min
ing industries, and that the output
should be increasing.
"Mr. Carter, tho member of congress
from Montana, reached Helena ut noon
last Wednesday, and the day left tor
home. and was received at the depot
with brass band and "A big procession
and paraded through the streets of
Helena to his own door, receiving quite
an ovation from the citizens Of Helena.
The chances of his re-eIectlon to con-
gress are most excellent, and while Mr..
Dixon, the gentleman who Is running
against him, Is u citizen of Butte and
one of the most eminent lawyers in the
state, and is a. very formidable opponent,
have not a shadow of doubt of Mr..
Carter's re. election. His work for Mon
tana is fully appreciated in that state,
and on all sides hear nothing but COM
mendation ofhis course in congress"
A. Duddenhausen, for twelve years a
clerk in the office of the United States
treasurer's office, but now of Port
Townsend, Wash, is in the city. lie
thinks there is but one place superior to
the national capital, and that is Port
Townsend. In everything that goes to
make town thorough going success
no place is SO well supplied as Mr..
Duddeuhausen's legal residence.
while the wretohed inhabitants of
Portland" said he, annually swim
through four feet and two inches of rain
We VI iOMUs SNuICtly put our
umbrella for rainial of thirteen inches.
II we wanted or needed more moisture,
we could probably get II, but we have
every thing nicely arranged just now and
are satisfied"
"How is the senatorial fight getting
onP"
Warm. Senator Squire, of course
wants TO be elected, but his desire is no
more vigorous than that Of w. IL.
Calkins, and Mr. Calkins will move
everything possible to prevent Squire's
return"
"Why will he2"
MAINLY because he wants to come to
the senate himself. II is within the
hounds of possibility that each may dc.
feat the other, in which event u very
pretty fight will ense. There is no
lack of material for thf position. Al.
len Weir now secretary of state, would
be a willing man, and so would Repre-.
sentative John Wilson, Under ordinary
circums stances neither of them will sue.
coed. We shall he entitled to another
representative under the new apportion-
ment and it will go Weir Wilson will be
reelected by big majority"