The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-08-21
anoe walk the thorouRhfares Of Helena.

0uCO walk the CQOfOuQQfafe0 OF E0l0u6,
even II he is worth only $500, coo.
Eastern people who have dallied with the
seductive mining shares and abandoned the
occupation with fingers badly burnt have
an impression that there is some mystery
about mining which requires knowledge
information is confined to the one fact that
they put up their money and by some hocus-
pocus it permanently disappeared from
view. leaving as residue only the bitter
memory of collapsed castle as gorgeous as
it was airy. Now to the experienced miner
gold and silver mining is an occupation as
legitimate as shoeing horses. A prospect is
offered to him for purchase, and If after
examination it seems likely to be product
i've he buys it for few hundred or few
thousand dollars and proceeds to develop
the ore bodies the same as is done with coal
mines in the east. There are thousands of
such that can be bought at prices extremely
reasonable, and remuneration at this Occur
patton, with good Judgment, is az sure in re-
suits as in any business that can be engaged
in.
While there are plenty Of good mines
operated under articles of Incorporation and
the stock in the market it may be assumed
that the burden of proof as to intrinsic
value should be strongly on the one offer
ing to sell. Persons possessed with an am
bition to operate mine should first a0-
quaint themselves with the business practi.
cally by sojourn for a sufficient period
in a mining country, after which it will be
easy to acquire properties intelligently and
at reasonable figures.
In manner readily understood. but
nevertheless very erroneous, the impression
has gone abroad that Montana may right
fully be classed as in the frigid zone. It is
difficult to remove belief once established,
except by personal experience, and to con-
vince an average eastern man that Mon
tana is not 30 cold as it is painted necessi-
Of tn tho
country in question. In point
of fact, while the mercury seems deter
mined once in q while to take header, the
winters of Montana are not longer nor mole
severe than those of middle Tennessee. In
dian-summer weather Of the Pleasantest
and after a short sixty days of dry cold. the
farmers start to sowing and seeding: Even
during the months of January and Febru-
airy, which are usually conceded to the ex-
elusive control of the ice king, the "chi-
n n s or 5sRn T n3s psyfs s
as soft as an April morning. This wind
creeps through the passes of the mountains
from off the warm Pacific ocean and whis-
pers message from the far orient. while
the denizens Of St. Paul and Chicago are
drawing INTO their lungs the frozen blasts OF
Manitoba.
If there were not in Montana a single
mine the state would yet in time reach it's
natural position as one of the most desira-
BILE countries in the union. It is said, and
no doubt truthfully, that Montana has
more acres Of good farming land than Hi
iron and coal than Pennsylvania. There is
along the valleys of the Milk, Teton, Marias
and other rivers in north Montana, mill
ions of acres of the finest land that the sun
ever shone upon.
Coupled with the matchless climate is the
yv,1r n$ a NH m r
for all that can be raised, at prices which
would make the eastern farmer become
once more enthusiastic over his occupation.
The Great Northern railroad connects
this country with st. Paul and Minneapolis
on the one hand and Helena and Butte City
as the present western termini.
When man dies in Montana it may gen.
orally be accepted as conclusive that the
| result was due to causes within the control
| of the decedent, and devotion to the wine
that is red usually cuts quite figure in
the taking off. 1t seems as though the air
is 80 exhilarating that to breathe 1t and yet
to die is impossible.
| The elements of reiuvenation in the at
mosphere are SO abundant and SO effective
that sickness and death seem by natural
means to be banished from contemplation
by the human mind.
Numerous instances have demonstrated
that any case of consumption which car
possibly be cured would reach that desira-
bic contamination if the patient but de-
voted himself to an outdoor employment II
} this climate. One consideration worthy Of
J comment is that in Montana nearly al
! kinds of employment tend in that direc
ton.
The dryness of the atmosphere precludes
the possibility of catching cold, and on.
J may with impunity sustain exposure which
; would have fatal termination in NOR,
humid country.