Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-22

Win chips, the lowest OF which repre-
sentS value of twelve and one.half
cents, and with these quarter, half dollar
and dollar chips the games 20 on. On
the floors above greater stakes are
played, and you do not find the better
classes on the ground floor. The gamb.
ling HOUSES are owned by men whose
credit is good, and there are number
OF sporting men In Montana today who.
II they lost $4,000 tonight upon their
tables, could go to any bank Of Butte or
Montana and borrow n like sum to begin
business with tomorrow.
cLun LiFE IN MONTANA.
| am surprised at the club life OF these
western cities. Helena has one of the
richest clubs in the world. Il is now
building club house which will com.
pare lavorably in its interior furnishings
with any in the east. | found very
comfortable club at Great Falls, and
Butte City has a club called the "Silyer
Bow Club" the members OF which re-
present as much money as any club In
the United States. These clubs are
magnihccntly furnished and you meet In
them the cream Of this western country.
lheif members are more cosmopolitan
than those Of any other clubs of the
world, for these Montana men come from
all over the world, and they are, as
rule, broad gagged men, full of energy
and pluck. The most OF them are col.
lege'bred and you will find as well dres.
sed and as well-read men here as in
New York. The majority Of them are
young men. They are men who have
made and are making money rapidly
and u is q rare day that you do not find
a hali dozen milliOnaircs In the Silver
BOW. The club has fine library. a
good billiard room and parlors and
reception room. II has a card room as
well, and around the tables OF this some
oil these plucky millionaircs and others
now and then take hand at poker. The
stakes are often large. and they tell
story here OF travelling drummer who |
came into the silver Bow Club one day
IN rather clustering way. He saw n
group OF men playing poker about one |
oi the tables. He considered himself a |
good poker player, and he thought he |
would like TO take a hand. think he |
was introduced to some of the party. |
among them was, as | understand IL, |
Marcus DAILY, Lee Mantle and NJ. {. |
. onneli, very rich man Of this region. |
AS ne greeted them theidrummer said, |
IS he rubbed his hands together: "Ah,
,entlemen, you ATE playing poker, see. |
play somewhat myself and venture
'ou would not object TO have me come
nio the game
"oh, no." replied one of the men.
you can play II you wish, but you had
letter get some chips"
IAN right" said the drummer. and
With this he pulled out some bills and
aid with buster; "Well, guess you
nay give me Sloo worth of chips" A
ly look passed around the table. The
1en were too polite to laugh, but one of
rem said alter half moment, ooh let
i'm come In, give him chip" and, to
ne surprise OF the drummer, he was
anded one chip for his 500. As he
Ioked from II to those ON the table.
thousands, he concluded
nat he'd better stay out OF the game,
nd he shrank percep,ibly aud apologized
nd retired.
FOUNDED ON GOLD DUST.
This city OF Helena contains about
1000 people and ii Is founded on cold
,lst. II has as fine buildings as YOU
III Ind IN any city of a hundred thous.
nd IN the east aud they are built along
&c edge Of the mountains lining each
de OF great gullies. The main street
Helena runs down ravine known as
e Last Chance Gulch,n and from
ider its paved sidewalk thirty million J
)llars worth Of gold was taken. The
,y is built on what was once the most
nous placer diggings Of the United
ates, and all about II YOU see the l
avel which had been thrown up and O
lshed out for gold. Even today Il Is =
II uncommon in building a house or I
lsiness block to find enough gold In b
c foundations to erect a great part of Z
c building, and not long ago a man s
nnd' thousand-dollar pocket while II
was excavating cellar. The coun- |
: about here for miles in every direc.
m contains gold, and some of the d
ost famous mines in the United States 4
c within short distance from Helena. u
w mines are being discovered every b
w and then and old ones are being N
worked with profit. | visited the u
vernment assay Office here this after. u
on and saw there a block Of gold
ont as big as a scent loaf of bread "a
iich Is worth $4,000. II had iust "a
me in from the Old Penobsflot mine,
lich has been lying idle for years, but ,
lich has been reopened and is now u
wing well. II is located about twenty Ol
les north OF Helena and was discoy- ~
ID by an old fellow by the name OF u
thaniel Vestal years ago. He sold il o'
$500, 600, took his money to Wall n
Get to teach the bulls and bears how u
speculate. OF course he failed. The n
ne was again sold later ON for IS. 600. W
the lead seemed to be played out IL
4 became the property OF a man ~
ned Longmaid. lie did nothing with 10
but his two sons urged him TO work "
lie would not do il and they bought ~
mine OF him. This was about four
nths ago and this week they have Ia
'ught in this s22ooo biscuit II Is the be
nc with other mines and though Mon. be
a turns out millions upon millions of pl
lars worth Of precious metals every nc
II the mountains are believed to be IN
OF undeveloped mines and prospec- pr
5 by the hundreds will start out this W.
ing.
FORTUNES IN NUGGETS. a.,
light here about Helena some Of the n
st famous placer mining Of the past err
done. Along about the close OF the III
many men made fortunes, and one i'm
get was taken out which was worth In,
and another, so | am told, was 90
III more than $4,000. One of the IN
ks here has half peck of gold mug. do
and collection OF them will be tio
from here to the Worlds Fair. The A..
Il mining now done in Montana is