Telegram-herald., 1890-09-06
FIRST IN THE WORLD
Butte, Mont, the Greatest Mining
Camp on the Globe.
The COUNTY SEAT OF SILVER BON
Twelve Axo liz Was = snail Placer
Mining NiuASe-BtE FORTUNES, his
Wage. Bic AeReg All Ar0aAd-
outPat iu iss9. s<S,eo9sooo.
SPECIAL corrsspoaaeass TslsssAs -Hssatp.


Butte. MontsnA, the gfeatest under
built city II the world. with more feet
Of timber IN is mines gunder the
groundl than in the city, ON top Of the
ground.
Butte, some twelve years ago, Was
but small plaoer-mning village,
clinging 10 the mountain side. facing
toward the south. Ii has now risen 70
the rank OF the first mining camp IN the
world. Butte Is the county seat OF Sii-
Yer Bow county, and situated Just west
of the Continental Divide on the slopes
OF the Rocky mountains. IL Is at pres
ent known as the most popuious city
in the new aud rich State of Montana;
numbering about thirty thousands
per their COMMUNICATING numerous
suburban mining camps. The people
OF Butte are active, enterprislng and
prosperous. Many have become very
wealthy. The growth of this young
city has been very rapid since II started,
and especially SO during the past lew
years. II now promises to be even
more rapid IN the future.
The total output of the Butte
mines has been rapidly inereas-
ing for several years, until for the year
1889. it reached the enormous sum OF
S23 900 900, and the amount which Is
expected to be reached is between S24,-
600 900 and S26, 900. 900, perhaps over;
an amount almost inconceiva bic IN
quantity, and amply sufficient to give
Butte the distinction of being the most
prosperous and productive clty-of It's
size-in the United States, having per
capita production of something over
$500 during the year 1889 for each IN
! habitant.
The city is bee hive of industry.
Some 5000, 900 per month is paid out TO
| the workmen in its mines and smelters
alone. Add TO that the amounts paid
10 hands by merchants and other en-
terprlses (Which we were not able TO OBJ
| tain) and our readers can make all
| average estimate.
There is no night IN Butte. Twenty
four hours, and every one OF them
day. Work goes ON continually day
and night the year round, and over
one hundred and fifty smoke-stacks
belonging to its smelters, can easily be
counted from one point. We had not
the time to count from othdr points;
too many things of interest 70 be seen.
New mines are being continually dis
covered and opened up, 50 there Is
scarcely any limittO continued develop
ment of Butte's mineral treasures.
The city is we'll built for one so young
and there are many imposing business
blocks and some fine RESIDENCES belong
ling 10 Its mining milllonaWes. one
thing carries us back TO Grand kaplds,
and that is the unevenly graded streets
and worn-Out wooden sidewalks. But
we scarcely have a right TO expect
better, the city being so far out West
are substantially new, about one-hfth
the age of our own Valley City.
Butte has its dummy and cable street
car lines, It's electric lights, over and
= under ground; the city IS rs light dur
ing the night as it is during d0y, 50 fal
as artificial light can approach the
natural light OF day. MeIl work eighl
hours on and eight off. Business houses
1 are open, everything Is wofldly gayety
} While the streets are apparently az
lively in the night rs Ia day, there j
. perfect order and peace, and we ar,
} lust as secure on the streets Of Butte a
= we ever were on the streets of Crane
: Rapids.
r 1hcaters. operas and concerts are il
/ 4 Aof ffo ~
= beer gardens. These establishment
are cond acted on a very elaborate scale
I ! fine land and orchestral music ny botf
g | women and men may be heard IN an
] | of them. Theatrical performances
D operatic aud concert singers. such a
2 our citizens listen to ct Powers or Red
d mond's. may be seen or heard in thes
glittering wine and beer palaces. Hun
dreds OF men may bg seen seated at tn
tables. drinking their beer while listen
T. ing to music end singing They pa
- to % cents glass, according 10 SIZE
= vine y said TO b. much higher Tn
doors are nearly always open, hut ]
:. they are shut one can see through ia
, large plate windows, there heing n
r screens 10 separate the inside from ia
a outside. As stated before, evorythm
g has 90 DO Is 20 60 about las own bus
mess and he will not Re molested.
g We exnocted % find mon with broad
v brimmed hats, hlghIegged boots wit
= helts around their waists fiitd VT
n rovolvers. cartridges and hovie-knlvc
n bat seeing IS better than hcarinl
! or reading secondhand exaggerate
= stories.
e Workincmen are we'll pad here. n
T one RECEIVING less than - - for dav
, work and uuward. according % ah.iit
and k'nd 81 work done. Good board
not much higher than at ogr own horn
Clothing - somewhat higher, say irof
10 to 20 por cent. fuf people can aiIof
q r. nav more because thev receive nor
q TIigh wages tend toward Ifers 'itv. an
4. it's our belief fhat { p eher salsYi
were uatt to works gnen. we wonid r
= rasrc better pf.ces Tor 0uF g8ads. aa
q al wonff have better tues 81
z sslar-es woalt necessarily h8re -
'e urs forr-fv hch ene manufaet8r'
could NOT afford 81 pay more than
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rasf h D more - pro8nce. vhiis
rrsghfer who pad lsN wac world
ahe - r.~of5 ece cheaper ard ~ or
~ frn market ard unaef sell be cef
a. rettor 81 zh wages give sat sfsctc
rs whne g mases rseule q
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q fan Ia the hand nE n faoneT. er.
faerrh fte pr asrE rfees p
f.-a~ er1 ~ haVe no n8re ri
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