St. Paul daily globe., 1892-11-20

small Strlp OF Tile park Has D66Il cut OH
on the north end which was of no earth
ly use, and the Yellowstone river was
thus made the geographical. as it is the
national, boundary line OF the park on
the north, while an additional ten miles 4
have been added to the eastern bound
ary line. This has been done, or will
be done. through the passage of bill
known as the Warren bill through the
senate, which is now the fourth bill OH
the calendar of the house, and which
will become law within few days OF
the opening of the next session of con-
gress. This will be followed by the adj
vent in Cooke of one road running from
Cinnatar, Mont, and another from the
southeast. being an extension OF the
Burlington system, which is now head
ing by that route to the National Park.
Since it has become certain that
Cooke is thus 10 have railroad cOnnec-
tiOn, not only with st. Paul and Minnie
apolis, through the Northwest. but also
through the Southwest, with Omaha
and Chicago, there has been a good deal
of inquiry concerning the place. 1t Is,
not much of a place just yet. except for
the ore that is dumped at the mouths-of
its mines and for the Xtent OF its un-
covered treasure. There are about
1000 people, young and old, located
thousands of others just as soon as the
railroads are completed. which will
render the shipment of silver and. lead
ore possible without too. great Sacrl-
flee: At present it costs S35 to carry by
team ton of ore from Cooke to Cinna-
bar a distance of sixty-fye miles, which,
might be carried the same distance by
rail for from 81 to S9 per ton. -1f
st. Paul Capitalists. ~
Numbers of the leading business men
and capitalists of st. Paul are interested
in.Cooke City. NJ. w Fitzgerald was seen
at his office in the Endfcott Arcade and
asked cOncerIng the new mining camp
which is now attracting so much atten-
ton. He was surrounded by all kinds
of ore. Solid blocks of rock. some of
them as yellow as the seductive metal it
self andIooking as if they could be easily
crushed into gold dust, others as hard
as flint, surrounded him on all sides.
Mr.. Fitzgerald, as is well known, was
for years one of our foremost leather
and harness merchants as a member of
the firm of Hardelibergh' 4 Co. lie has
outgrown the wisdom of the sage
old saw, There's nothing like
leather" and now seems to think that
the digging of gold and silver out
the bowels Of the earth is quite as prof
liable as his old occupation. or even as
the self-sacrifcing calling of carrying
the e. 0. p. Oh TO yictory-eSpeclally III
Ramsey county. 80. 44a
"What do | know about. C0oke|' said
MIR Fitzgerald. "Well, something. But
| am not going to tell you al know by
any means. have some money in there,
and [ expect to get it out in good shape
'.What are the principal properties
there?"
well, leaving my own pfoperties out
altogether, which / needn't say are the
greatest things on earth-being alto
gether unSelfSh about the matter
will give you the names OF a few OF
those which | have no interest i'll
whatever. but which impressed me
during three months visit last sum-
mer as having great futures before
them.
THE ores of Cooke City are, TO begin
with. in character what is known among
miners as lead Galena ores. carrying
gold, silver and lead. There are also
what is known as gold carbonates.
Chief among the gold carbonate mines
is the famous Alice E., upon which
there is mill now being built which
will be in operation Oh the 1st of jan
uary. This mill has capacity of $50
tons per day. The ores run by this mill
are treated by the cyanide process.
Among the many other prominent
mines upon which partial development
has been done, and from which much
valuable ore has been milled, may be
mentioned the Republic group, situ-
ated on Republic mountain; the Shoe
Fly, Morning Star Black Warrior, Bun
: ker Hill, situated on Miller mountain;
the Daisey, international, Homestake
and Snow Slide on Henderson mount
ain; the Elkhorn, which ranks among
!, the very best producers in the district,
located on Lulu mountain; the Mon
row, Saltwater and Keystone on Red
mountain, aud last and most important,
the mines located in the Granite range,
where the general formation is granite
and porphiry, and which is sure sign
to the miner that'his, labors are being
we'll rewarded.
''Of COURSE" said Mr.. Fitzgerald in
conclusion, II regard Cooke City as
phenomenal in its wealth of mineral,
but it is a mere drop i'll the vast ocean
of wealth which lies hidden in the
mountains of those Northwestern states.
am pretty good Republican and no
admirer of Mr.. Cleveland. But L give
him credit for too much good sense TO
believe for Observation-Disclosures
his silver letter-th he will do or sane
tion the doing of anything by his admin
iStration which might dam up even for
time the vast stream OF wealth which
is flowing daily into the lap of the ma
tion from the mountains of the new
Northwest"