The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-02-09
T,iEYSAWBUTTE'SSI GHT
CeleStialS Of High Rank Look Over the
Silver City.
They Are Hmmti.DsueDy Eusertsis~sl len Mills
and Mines and Pick lp - ssooss
lbeal oG News to Take
with Themn.

Sls. AL Correspondence of the STANDARD.
BUTTE, Feb. s.-Thc tram from the
south last evening brought tn tins city
two distinguished citizens of China The
gentlemen are Ching Ling kwau. "a noble
man az the Flowcry kingdom. and Tong
Sing Kou. u graduate of Yale college.
The gentlemen have attracted no little at
tention i'm town to-day. Mr.. Kwan * re-
ptt,,i To- hc worth from .tsD to $5,uG,-
up, and il a man of noble mieu and strik-
ing appearance. Mr.. Kou speaks Eng
lisii as nuently a. any one i'm Butte. has
an int"liigcnt appearance. and a CONVEX
ssstion of "a few minutes shows him tai hc
well educated. He acts as private ~s.crc-
tary for Mr.. Ewan.
tbu arriving at tho depot the gentlemen
of Chiua engaged a carriage for the Nc
Dcrmott house. where they wer,. assigned
t. as tine rooms as are AT disposal of
the proprietor. MIR. kou, the Yale gr..du-
ate, appeared i'm "a neat Prince Albert
suit MIR. Kuan appeared i'm rich
silks OF native manufacture.
Mr.. Kuan brought letters of Introduction
for w. NJ. Jack. superintendent Gaylord
Of the Parrot srnelt.r. and Superintendent
Ben Tibbey of the Parrot mine. These
gentlemen paid their r.spsct tn the for
eign guests AT the hotel this morning. and
this afternoon the party visited the Par
rot property. Carriages were taken tn the
Parrot mime and the
guests shown every portion Of il. Grra,
The Alice property vas ALSO visited ana
doubtless several other mining properties
will he visited before the visit il con-
clu,ied.
IL has become known that Mr.. kwan ~
the proprietor of am Immense silver mine
i'm China that can hc traced - miles. His
object il too look over mining properties
and learn how mines are worked in the
Erca,es, mining camp on Earth, MT.
and everything in regard tn the mills at
Butt. is explained 10y the superinsen,icnts
who have been introduced. andinterpreted
The Chinese gentlemen came from Cal
i%fornia. having. a special ear from san
francisco tn Salt Lake. From Salt Lake
tn Butte they travelled i'm "a palace car.
Two smart commercial travellers were ia
ping such remarks as Me Iidee in palace
cIah, alice Same like Mclean man.
After "A good deal of this the Vale China
man, in "a most geutlcmauiy manner and
with perfect English. said: "E>cusc me.
gentlemen, hut fortunately we are able Ia
converse in the English language, and IL
IL unnecessary I" trnuhl. you tn speak Z"
ts in Chinese" The d~rIItnuncrS did not
breathe again until they struck Butte
smoke.
-! hav" been kept 81 busy since. We
came here inspecting the mining proper
tics IF this wonderful city" said Mr.. Eo,i
To ~ reporter. THAT | have had
hut little time to read the newspapers hut
l have seen the STANpNRD and cnjoyc.
reading il. ! am greatly impressed with
what ] have seen in the mines of Butte
We nav. been treated with the utnios,
courtesy by the large mine-owners at,s
supc~rfntendents here: and though our sta.
!. has been short. yet we have seen In,ict
: that was entirely new tn III and that viii
prove valuable upon our return TAI China
Dur object i'm visiting Butte was. niors
than anything else. 10 inspect tn" class al
heavy mining machinery i'm us" in thu
large mines. Our government intend de
vcloping sornc al the many valuable
, mines Of China and we arr. DESTROYS al
gathering all the data possible. We mus
uur report tn the government. China tai
some of the richest mines ON earth, bu
: they have hitherto been allowed to re.
!. main urns1xI.Ax Az. have. snas. min
|. of free milling ore. the vein of which
extends along the surface Of the earth
OF within u few feet of IL AT most for "
miles. This vein is wide and reInarkabl,
rich. assaying several hundred dollars Z.
the ton. Perhaps many at your hest min
y ing men i'm Montana will In, disposed &
discrs,dit this statement. hut IL il abs.
lutcly trtIc nevertheless. When one
yohr mind grasps th. magnitude of IN,
!. YOU will have. a slight conception a
! China's wealth. I assure you thcr
' il no country on earth yet ~,
s sSs min. snai % wealth OF "" Ehi"a. nn
v while o,lr country IL to-day misjudlRsd AM
looked upon by the English sisakin
people. Of America and EuroI,, as "a IoN
. erty-stricken region. tbs. time il not ia
= ncnt amongst the nations of earth I,
: riches. We have the gifts III naturs. l
, abundance all we require il development
There il the finest coal mine ON earth !
u ia. kon Long district of China. FroI
= this mine. the millions of people in Chin
may obtain their fuel for centuries. Butt
: il the greatest mining camp on earti
they tell me. and ] am free To believe i
:, China in five years"
u The gentlemen left on the evening trai
for Ogden. They will visit the mines e
California and sail for China in about tw