Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1892-02-06
Vigorous Efforts.

, The vigorous efforts being made
by residents of Cooke City to further
legislation that will permit railroad
construction to that extensive min.
eral district and permit it's vast de
posits to contribute to the wealth
of the country should find hearty
} encouragement from every residen,
of the state interested in the de-
velopment of Montana's mineral re-
sources. The plucky mine owners
, of that district have endorsed the
bill introduced by Senator Sanders
, providing for segregating a small
portion of the National Reserve;
and single handed have raised the
necessary funds and selected one OF
their number, MIR. A. p. Vinnedge,
to make the pilgrimage to Wash
ington to furnish information re-
garding the camp and the necessity
for securing the desired route for
railroad construction. In this
movement they should receive the
support of every mine owner in the
state, and if nothing more substan-
tial in the way of assistance can be
offered, monster petitions should be
forwarded from mining centers and
cities throughout the state. The
rank injustice of longer permitting
the National Park to remain an
effective bar to the developement Of
the New World district is so appar-
ent, and the small portion demand
ed to be returned SO insignificant
and devoid of interest to tourists,
that we believe congress cannot
longer refuse the concession asked
if Senator Sanders and the miners
of Cooke are properly sustained by
public sentiment of the people
throughout the state The pros
posed measure, which IS being urged
by Senator Sanders, is one that
should meet with 10 opposition
even from he sentimentalists of the
east, who oppose right Of way prop
ositions on the ground that railroads
within the park would tend to des-
ecrate the national pleasure ground.
It is conceded that the natural
water grade of the Yellowstone
river and Soda Butte creek furnish
the only feasible route over which
a railroad may be constructed to
the mines of the New World dis
trict, the camp being shut in from
every other direction by lofty and
rugged mountain ranges. TO Sc
cure this route without invading
the sacred confines Of the park it is
proposed to- change the northern
park boundary to conform to the
course of the streams mentioned
above, which would necessitate the
segregation of small portion of
the park, wholly undesirable as
national pleasure ground and but of
meagre utility as district for water
storage for mountain streams. For
this small loss in territory the gov
ernment would be recouped ten
fold by the proposed addition to the
park contemplated by the timber
reservations withdrawn from set
tlement by presidential proclama-
ton, and at the same time nat
ural boundary would exist where
now only an imaginary line defines
the northern extremity of the Park.
It is this reasonable concession that
is demanded in the interest of the
mine owners and prospectors, who
have devoted years Of toll and ex-
pended in the interest of the mine
owners and prospectors, who have
devoted years of toll and expended
large sums OF money in the belief
that the government would not de-
prive them of the just reward to
which they are entitled, and we be-
lieve that with united action at
this time the desired result can be
obtained.
The Bi- Metallic.
Philipsburg Mail.
It is now evident that the Ri
Metallic mill will be shut down
entirely until the new reel shaft