The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-11-21
The Advent Of the Railroal TO Gar
Sister City to he Fittingly
Commemorate
With ~Ei0quencr, song and Joy VIII
the Mountain WelEia Kim
II l. Well.
Over 0na Hundred Nh nsand l}oil ~
Has EGeu depended in Bald
ings This Year.

The adventurous miners who struck
the first leads and stakcd out the first
mining claims in the locality now known
and designated as Neihart little drcamt
then that in Il few years the railroad. the
great symbol Of an advanced civilization,
would penetrate the heart OF the Belt
mountains and assist in building Il thrit-
ing mining camp. When }. l.. Ncinart
aud two companions, urged on by the
untiring zeal Of genuine prospcCtOrs
entered the gulch a decade ago
and made the first discoveries of
the mineral wealth Of Ncihart. they un-.
consciously laid the foundation for Il
great mining camp. They set at work
the forces which in time were destined
to create an empire within itself. a power
among the great mineral producing
belts of the west. They builded like
the biblical character upon the solid
rock not as applied to the nero iounda-
ton, but to the possibilities Of the pres
cnt and future, its productivcncss. its
boundlcss wealth Of the precious metals.
VIA Is CELEBRATED.
The people of Ncihart celebrate today
the advent of a railroad in their midst,
the driving of the last spike in the band
of steel that binds them forever with the
world of wheels and commerce. They
do well to celebrate the completion of
the road. If means 4 great deal for them.
1t means they have grown beyond the
obscurity Of a small struggling mining
camp dependent upon freight teams for
the necessities of life and as the medium
through which to transact business
and have reached the period when rapid
transportation is a prime necessity. It
places Ncihart OF Il plane with the other
prominent camps of the Rocky mount
aims, and in a position to receive the
benefits they derive from railroad com
m%unication. 1t had become a necessity
owing to the rapid growth of the camp
and the accompanying speedy develop
ment of the adjacent mines. The
Great Northern railway has spared
neither time nor money 10 complete the
Ncihart branch. Already the wisdom of
the company in building this line is dem
onstrated and no great amount of fore.
sight is requisite to figure the amount OF
good both the town and the railroad will
derive from its construction.
\ SOLID GRowTH
Ncihart has enjoyed anything but The
mushroom growth, the sudden springina
up SO common with mining camps
To, ,.,u.tl I,, I,,, ,,pnl,,,1 ,,,,
tanning little of til, modern boom
OF course during the last eight months
since it became ii settled fact that the
road would be built into the camp there
has been considerable activity in rcaI
estate and a great amount Of building
But it has beer a steady, healthy growth,
characteristic of Il town possessing nat
ural and of a class of people
who have unboundcd faith in the de.
~yclupment of the same. Protiting by
the history Of the rapid rise
in Butte property many Of
the far-seeing business men of Neihart
and of this city have realized handsome.
~ on investments made in town property
in the camp.
The pricu of real estate in Ncihart to-
day is not considered by competent
judges to be by any means eXorbitant
when consideration is made for the great
wealth of mineral contained in the leads
developed and undevelopcd. Another
yea bids fair to eclipse the record of 81
for building and mining development.
SOME OF MANY MINES.
There has been SO much written OF
late concerning the mines Of NciharI
that the TRIBUNE will make no effort tC
give a detailed description Of those well
known properties at this time. The eX.
: c~ursionists will find convcyanccs await
ing them at the depot for the benefit Of
: those who wish to visit the mines. II
!. might be in order to call the attention
of the visitors to the Improvements that
are being made IN some of the promi
ncnt mines. chiefly Queen Of the Hills
the Cornucopia, the Moulton, the
Florence, the Calf, the Ingersoll, the |
X. l.. and others.
The Queen will soon be equipped witt
Il plant operated entirely by electricity
an innovation in mining. That company
will also furnish electricity for lighting
the town and expect to have the system
in operation by the new year.
In the Moulton ii double compartment
shaft is being sunk to go down IA "cpti
of 800 feet. 1t will be finished in siyt,
days, when scouting to the lead vii
commence. That company expect t'
sink to the 40O-foot level at once after
the shaft now being being sunk is finish
ed.
The C%ornucopia is working IA large
force of men and has already displayeo
the evidences Of a great property
The Gait, j. X. L.. Monarch, Florence
DacOtah, st. James, Neihart Cumbcr
land and a host of other properties in.
Guiding the Broadwater and the Benton
groups have already been fully dcscrib
cd in these columns and space does not
permit "a repetition.
1t is no eXaggcration to place Nclhart
on a plane with the leading mining
camps Of the Rocky mountains. 1t has
leads ranking with the richest in this
state in mineral wealth, and by the mid,
die of next year will be shipping thous.
ands of tons of ore daily and consider,