The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-08-07
WONDERFUL CITY.
The Wonderful Energy. Life and
Prosperity Of the Silver City
There 10 no Place In Amer
lea Equal to Butte.

rs follows:
BUTTE City. Mont. July 81.
In all my travels I'm this and other coun-
tries, during which I have visited many
scores Of cities, I rave not hitherto found
O town 30 thorough and uniformly pros-
porous ~ Butte. Everybody here seems
TO be busy and everybody successful.
Everything is rushing, thriving, active.
Whether running q peanut stand or o dry
goods store the man who attends TO his
business is making q fortune rapidly.
The secret Of all this prosperity lies In
the immense amount of money circulate
ing here. Butte Is the greatest mining
camp In the world to-day, and the amount
distributed here in wages In over three
quarters Of q million dollars every month.
This il the solid basis Of Butte's prosper
ity. Where is there a city Of her size that
comes near this?
Ten years ago Butte was little more than
an aggregation Of miners shanties hud-
died together on the side of q hill. Every
body was ready to pull up stakes and quit
when the mines rave out or the water
level was reached. No valuable improve
ments were thought of, and anyone put
ting up n permanent building would have
been regarded as out of his senses. But
the mines did not give out as expected.
As they were developed they were found
to prove richer, new methods Of working
were invented, and as the greatness and
permanence Of the mines gradually be-
came recognized, the city began to grow.
Order was evolved M of chaos, streets
were laid out, buildings OF a permanent
character erected. The town grew rap
idly, and o few years more saw fine busi-
ness blocks being erected. a system OF
water-works, sewerage, $4,000 court
house, then came electric lights. cable,
electric, and motor cars. To-day Butte
ranks as n Of the great cities Of the
Northwest, with a thriving population Of
$4,000, well provided with churches. schools
and all the conveniences of a modern
city.
The greatness Of Butte is hardly yet
recognized, even by her own citizens. II
Is no longer a mere ''mininR camp"
True. Il is to-day the greatest mining camp
In the world, over 1900 mines are within
its limits, and over s22.OO0,00O were taken
out of them last year.. But il is much
more than this, il is great city. a me
tropolis, the center OF a great mining dis
trict, q city with a grand future based
upon the richest and most permanent re-
sources, inexhaustible stores Of silver and
copper. -
To-day the town is in u state Of transi.
ton. Fine business blocks ore going up
alongside old wooden shanties, and The
contrast between the old town and the
new is very marked. Real estate has be-
gun to appreciate rapidly and improve
ments are I'm progress all Dyer the town
that will entirely change Its appearance
in a few months. This is partly owing to
~, aluo, ..w as. ~ shn ssslao an aul s..x
of which were In dispute. This has all
| been settled now and titles are as sound
az i'm any city in the country.
As yet Il is strictly a business town aud
SO engrossed In business are the citizens
that they have not yet paid any attention
to beautifying their town. There is n sad
need OF shade trees, parks, fountains and
sidewalks. These will all come i'm time,
| but the truth is, everybody have been NO
had time to attend To these matters. i re.
member once when driving on An Irish
country road we passed by n LAM agent.
His class were just then regarded with
very u~nfrlendly feeling in that part OF the
country, and q number had been killed.
Upon asking our driver how this one had
escaped being shot he replied: "Ah, sir,
you know what's everybody's business ID
nobody's business"
But Butte 10 now recognizing that she is
destined to be more than n mining camp
and steps are being taken 10 extend her
water and sewerage SYSTEMS. grade and
regulate her streets, and improve the APP
pearance of the city.
The town 10 located on the southern
slope Of q hill, affording excellent drain
age, but rather severe upon pedestrians.
II 10 surrounded with mountains on all
sides, n its elevation $500 feet above
sea level renders Il extremely healthy.
The corporate limits are only N mile
square, and Il would be difficult 70 find
another GAO acres containing 30 much
tivity and life. Most Of she people are. OF
course, engaged in mining, FOR the town
Is the center Of the great mining industry
Of the state. The city really extends far
beyond the limits, being thickly built up
90 the lines of the cable and motor sys-
TENS, and at least 3, ZOO people live In the
vicinity. The railroad facilities are ample
the Great Northern. Northern Pacific and
Union Pacific systems have made this q
railroad center, and indicate il as the
future wholesale and distributing point Of
The state. The Northwestern aud Rocl
Island companies are preparing TO built
here also.
The amount of business lone here 1,
very large i'm the aggregate and Is grow
ing rapidly, as the mines are xtende
and new mines opened up. But what
strikes one forcibly Is b amazing pros
perity everywhere, the lavish expenditure
Of money, resulting in b rapid accumu
lation of fortunes by business men. The
current rate of interest Is la2 per rent
per month on the best security. Rent,
are very high, but there il hardly n hous,
or store for rent i'm the town, and he de
mand keeps increasing.
There are grand opportunities in Butts
in any line. and no one who attends 10 hi
business can fail TO prosper. Any maj
coming here with enough 10 start hin
will succeed. The opportunities for CAPT
tai are many. Real estate is low, and !
improved with good business blocks the
investment would yield a very high return
There il m fine o~peuin0 here for N frs