The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-02-16
MONTANA At THE FAIR.
Helena People Who Are There Tell
ing About the States MN
eral Resources.
Abont 100000 in Gold Nuggets
and Sapphires That At
tract Visitors
The finest Exhibit OF Copper That Hes
Evsr Been Mads-A Capitalized
Geld Etnd.

Among The arrivals here from Aon,ana s
Fr-ssoretaTy OF State aud Ex-Aetina Gov
srnor John S. Tooksr, OF Helena, says me
San Francisco Chronisle. Tosker vas ar-
pointed secretary Of Montana By President
Arthur eleven years ago. he had been
member Of Miohigan's state senate for Elk
vears ana vas the lone uan who stood By
palmsr for three months for United states
senator. votlng for him every day and
finally causing his election. Out OF shis
crsw his appointment 20 Montana lie ala
no, know. as be said yesterday. that be vas
40 &c, the appointment until 10 was pHblisly
announced.
Mr.. Tookar IL Q tall man. with iron-arAy
hair aud beard and sparkling brown eyes
lie and Conmissi0neT Merrill we're 70
eethsr yesterday a. the Palace aAd
shortly aftsTward Mr.. MAgrudsr, heavy
Montana mins-ownsT, Mr.. GouEleJ and
others OF the new mOuntain state came
svsr and Joined them. Mr.. TOokeF u now
clerk and recorder OF Lewis and Clarke
county, 10 which the town Of Helena Is
situated. Mr.. Merrill said that he believed
1000 people would arrive here between 'his
time aad April from hontans- Although
uanv Of she residents of his state we're hare
new be thought that thsy we're only the
advances guard Of those 10 follow.
The vicitors announced that about 40OOO
oarsts of sapphirss. rabies ani oPals from
Montana had arrived and would be opsnsS
on Saturday. The $40 900 or go, 900 worth
Of gold Nuggets which are sxpeeted have
moi re, arrived, bat they have been shipped.
al IA vas stated, and will be here also on
..B.sid:s this" said Mr.. Merrill there
will be abAut Il. 900 pounds OF copper from
Anaconda. / received word TO that enset
from Bate to-day. This will be the hnest
sxhibit Of copper which has ever been
Euown. IL will consist Of copper ore. matte,
and barA The Anaoonda works are tbs
finest In the world. There ta no other place
that has suoh hnO facilities for producing
copper ore. The machinery is the best AID
eosIliest invented.
.'speaking about the COLA Nuggets. can
tel vou somsthing that think will inter
est every body on the Paeiho coast. They
have been saved up since 1868, when We had
she furors in Alder gulch. ~ Last ChAHee
and elsewhere. One Of the nuggets 10 80
biE that 10 10 worth somSthinG over $500
MANY Of the others are Of cJrstalized gold
and vary large. You know there are only
two or three places whore cFystalized gold
has aver been found. The collection Is
something. as letter from Montana stated
to-day. 90 catch the eyes Of the ladies. but
for that matter 10 will catch the eyes Of
M. Merrill, who is one OF the owners Of
Aha Iiverpool silver mine, tsn miles from
Helena, told q strange story of the hndiaR
OF the eTystalized gold. which illustrates
the queer luck OF men engaged In miRinR
and how close q call be had in the finding
Of gold himself.
Il vas mining IN 50. Louis Ruloh." he
said. and had got down four feet Of tbs
seven required 10 reach the pocket, when
went away 70 another locality 70 work some
claims had there. The stage rumblod In
the NEXT night and a fsllev from the states
GOT OF, He didn't know a thing about
inning and had never seen q mine, but be
went out she next morning. bought pick
aud pan and shovel, and struck out for the
hills.
hole and without . word went TO Work.
Well be only dug three feet tll DO stEnek
racket afteFwAFd celebrated as the L mole
Sans pocket. from which he took 10000
worth OF gold. Mark you, be didn't get
more than a third OF quarter OF What the
erystalizsd gold was worth. De did not
know thai ID was worth three or four times
~ much a. oTdinaTY gold. he took 10 10
T. II. Klsinschmidt The latter. with his
srpafisncs, saw "a once what 10 was and
snapped II up. Iho rocket was in the
shape OF & pumpkin sseo. five feat long
three feet high and about SIX inches wide
in rs widest part Il was pretty full Of
gold and made a bonanza for Brown. He
took an early stage out for Omaha, bouGht
a livsfy stable and settled down. l heard
from him not long ago. he Was still in
Omaha and running his livery stable"
Mr.. Merrill and all the Montana people
are well pleased with the space accorded
them az the fair. ia the agricultural build
ING. They also say that their exhibit there
will be finer than IL was at Chicago. The
silve status OF Ada Rshan will probably
be brought here for thirty days. Besides
this there will he a large exhiDit Of grssss.
and grains.