St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-07
WITH THE TRAVELLERS.

Thomas Couch, of Great Falls, Mont,
one of the heaviest miners and ranchers
of that state, is guest of the Ryan, en-
route to the worlds fair with his son,
Thomas Couch Jr. Mr.. Couch is the
superintendent of the Boston and Mon
tana Consolidated Copper aud Silver
Mining company. which has forty pro-
life copper mines at Butte. The
smelters of the company are at Great
Falls.
mo, sir, copper mining has not yet
suffered materially from the movement
against silver" said Mr.. Couch last
evening in reply tosa query. 1--WE are
now employing from 500 to 600 men at
our smelters and nearly 700 men at the
mines, and pushing our work hard as
ever in the existence of the company.
Copper has, of course, suffered to some
extent. like all business over the coun-
try, from the stringent times: but there
is still enough profit in our product to
keep US agoing.
what have | to say on the silver
question? Nothing; l prefer to make
no remarks oil the subject. l will say
though that more interest is taken in
gold mining and prospecting than for
years. and, perhaps, ever in the history
of the region"
Mr.. Couch also has a large cattle
ranch, also large horse ranch near
Great Falls. He says the horse bust
ness is not so profitable as it was before
the cities began using electricity for
power. However, it still pays to raise
horses.
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F. G. Cruger, of Anaconda, Mont,
secretary and treasurer of the Butte.
Anaconda IL Pacific railroad, is a guest
of the Windsor. Mr. Crnger says that
his road is not completed, but that work
is progressing rapidly upon it.
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j. III. Murphy, prominent miner of
Helena, and member of the legislature,
and George b. Childs, cashier of the
Second National Bank of Helena,
stopped at the Ryan last night, and left
this morning for the worlds fair. The
Second National and the Helena Ma
tional banks have just been consoli-
dated, was the information given by Mr..
ChlldS. Mr.. Murphy is Democrat, and
Mr.. Childs is a Republican, but both
agreed i'll the assertion that three-ouar-
tiers of the people of Montana are in
favor of having an extra session of the
legislature to elect a United States
senator, and that the people care
little whether the man elected is
Democrat or Republican, 50 that he is
free silver man. Mr. ChildS is the
secretary of the Montana club, and Mr..
Murphy is also member. AS members
of this club they were guests of the
Minnesota club yesterday afternoon.
Both men say that the movement against
silver has been great stimulus to gold
mining and hunting in their state. Mr..
Murphy says he is engaged in shipping
great quantities of ore from his NINE,
and that his shipments yield from 10 to
80 per cent of gold, the rest being silver
and copper. He SAYS that many of the
abandoned gold properties about Hell
ena are yielding probably under their
revival.
Smith F. Turner, of Washington,
agent of the fast mail service, Is a 1.-THE
Ryan. He is engaged in looking over
the service in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
He says that he finds the service run
ming very smoothly.
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At the Ryan, II. Murphy. George
w. Child, Helena; j. Roberts, North
Wales, Eng; Henry P. Dalton, Oak
w. LIZ liz IL. VhOOlS, Dan
Francisco; q. X. Gilbert, Glencoe
Gowan Ferguson, W. Meade Fletcher,
r. E. Gray. Great Falls. Mont: D..
| Rinaldo, San Jose; S. Rinaldo. San
! Francisco; Thomas Couch and son.
| Great Falls, Mont; j. w. Kelly and
wife. Mrs. j. Pine, Everett, Wash.
| Ben c. Keator. Moline, Ill.
At the Metropoltan-Mr and Mrs.
! G. A Draw, Clarinda, To-: Mr.. and Mrs.
| Charles, Yellowstone Park; Mr.. and
| Mrs. Haynes, Seattle; MIR. and Mrs.
! II. n. Gilbert, Syracuse. Il. Y: w. n.
| Baker. Urbona, 10; l.. r. Warner, Mil
waukee; t. f. Hoffman. Milwaukee
! Julius Leppert, Waseca; w. S. DarI.
! ing, New York; Mrs. Senator, Austin,
! MINI.
At the Merchants'-Hon. c. A. Gil.
man. ID. Mccormick, Rush City; C. E.
Daniels. Watertpwn. S. D.; II. Spencer,
| Mankato; 0. q. Sanders. Elbow Lake
j. r. Canty, Morris: F. McDonough,
| Eau Claire; John Conlan. OwatOna: Or.
! q. 5. Chigren. s.. Peter; d. e. Nor
gan. Devils Lake; n. j. Schafer, Owa.
! tonna: Hon. E. W. Dnrant and wife,
! Saltwater; \. b. Cole, Fergus Falls.
/ At the CiarenduR w T. Boland. Su.
/ perior; F. y. Temple. Blue Earth: w
&. Thoins, Mankaio; j. Is. Ruddy,
! jamestown. n. u.
! j. Il. Mccormick, secretary of Den
mis- Ryan. and d. L. Bell left for Chi
cago last evening to spend week al
the fair,