The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-03

| 1OrnldnS, started IN 10 develop the
property with Marcus Daily as their
manager. To the original works,
which cost 81, 100000 have since seen
added still larger plant with q ca
pacity of 1000 tons a day. An engine
of 1000 horse power, the largest west
of the Missouri, supplements the water
power. Eleven hundred men at the
works and 1900 at the mine are car
ried on the Anaconda pay rolls, which
disburse 100000 month at Anaconda,
! and 100000 at Butte. a well-built city
of 1000 inhabitants has its being as a
result of the Anaconda works. and it
boasts of the finest hotel between Min
neapolis and Tacoma. 1t is we'll named
THE Smelter City" The Anaconda's
freight bill is $4,000 a month. It's an
nual consumption of coal is $4,000 tons
and of wood $4,000 cords. Haggin and
! his associat ties have spent over $40 000,
/ 900 on their plant. When all this is
! considered, one is not surprised to
learn at the mine. which is on one of
the highest elevations of Butte, that
| there is ore enough blocked out to sup
| ply the smelters for five years without
| any more development work, and that
! this ore lies in bodies from so to 100
! feet in width and will assay 10 per
cent. copper. An investment of $20,
100000 is a big thing, but 100000 net
profit a month, or $6,000,000 a year, is
a bigger thing.
Life in Butte has its romance now
and then, and the story Of Angus Nc
Queen proves it. Fifteen years ago he
was plodding along in small Canadian
village, feeling constantly that in the
wide world outside there was a field
wherein he could accomplish greater
things. He tied his bundles together
and left the home of his childhood.
This was not all. He had fallen in love
with a pretty, modest little girl, and
they were engaged to be married. but
with no time set for the wedding, for
| Angus insisted that he could not think
of taking any girl from her home I'M
til he had home to offer her in re-
| turn And thus were affairs between
them when he shook the dust Of
Canada off his feet and came to the
United States. The young man drifted
out into Montana. There was plenty
of work for willing handa and Angus
was no sluggard; he worked hard, he
worked early and late, but luck did not
attend him. Eight years of the same
dreary routine went by and during
that time Angus went back to his old
home twice. On both occasions he had
long talks with the girl who was
patiently waiting for him, and feeling
at each visit more and more despond-
was wasting her life for a fancy; told
her in so many words that he did not
! believe he ever would be rich enough
| so he dare marry; but the girl was
Drawer than he, and would not be re-
| linquished.
Six years ago Angus reached the end
4 of his lane and found the turn. He
struck pay dirt one day, and in few
weeks realized that he was worth
something like $4,000. He did not tele-
! graph the good news home; he did not
! take the first train home; he did not
I even write to the dear ones there of his
good fortune. Prosperity had not
/ faxed him in the least, but it caused
1 him to set a mark he should strive to
reach, and when that should be at
/ tanned he determined to go home, and
+ if his promised wife was still true he
would marry her and make her happy.
The months rolled by and Angus Nc
! Queen had got a foothold in Butte
Here he got track Of mine located in
} the centre of the town that to him
seemed able to realize all his hopes if
he could secure it He easily learned
the owners name, but his whereabouts
! was another matter. With the same
persistence, however, that had charac-
+, terized his whole life, he began to
! search for him. Fortune having once
smiled upon him, now seemed lavish Of
1 her favors, and he found his man. He
did not attempt any double-dealing.
He told the owner many things about
Butte that he did not know, and Of
fered him $4,000 each for his holding.
The proposition was accepted, the
papers made out and Angus became
the proprietor of mine that in less
than three months proved TO be in
truth what in fancy he had dreamed
j Then began his little scheme for
+ romance. The excuse he sought for
going suddenly home came upon hlm
in a most unpleasant manner: he re-
ceived a dispatch that his mother was
very i'll. At a moments notice he
started for Canada, and there, happily,
found his mother recovered. He also
found his girl waiting for him still
Again he went through the arguments
he had used before, but the girl said no;
she did not care for money, and she
said she would not be a drag upon him.
She had confidence in his ability to
earn enough to live on, and that was all
she asked. Angus was overjoyed, but
depressed all emotion. He merely said:
well, get ready and we will get mar
ried and go back west together" This
they did; a quiet wedding took place
and two weeks later they were sertled
in a pleasant home here in Butte. The
faithful Canadian lass had in the end
not only found husband, but a rich
one too. A pretty story. but with a
shrug of the shoulders you ask: Is it
true? Well, if you do not believe it