The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-13
MANY TONS OF COAL
In the Trail Creek District There Is
Much Development Work.
TWO MEN GOING TO BUTTE
Oallatin County Has Been Their
Home for Many Years. and They
Have Done Good Work In
This Section.
Special Correspondence of the Standard.

Special Correspondence OF the Standard.
Bozeman. Mont. Nov ION. NJ.
Black and william NJ Nevirt, two of
Bozeman's citizens. will leave for Butte
on Tuesday morning. These gentlemen
have been Identified with Gallatin and
Park counties for many years are
heavily interested In business enterpris-
es in each and 1t is with much regret
that Bozeman sees these old residents
of Gallatin county leave. Their inter
ests In Bohemian are many, among
their first ventures here having been
the Bozeman Electric Light Co.'S plant
which they owned from 1887 ito 1898.
In 1887 the electric light plant, then an
experiment. was enlarged and a canal
four miles long was constructed bring
ing out the enterprise to successful
termination. when in 1898 Messrs. Black
and hewitt sold the plant to the
Northwest Guarantee & Loan company
and others
Since 1898 they have devoted their
time to mining having mines at Cooke
City and being heavily interested In
the Trail Creek coal properties seven
teen miles east OF Bozeman. 1t is their
desire to connect their coal mines on
Trail creek by rail with the Northern
Pacific railroad which is eight miles
north of their mines and thereby gain
an outlet ITO the markets of Montana.
In fact these gentlemen stated TO the
Standard reporter that VI would not
be long before their coal mines in Park
county would be in close competition
with the mines of Montana and Wyom-
ing.
There are a number of small mines
in operation on Trail creek, the coal
being hauled to mountain side on the
Northern Pacific in wagons, and the
quality of the coal Is therefore well
known in this section. The farmers
of Ga1latin county haul nearly all the
coal they use from these mines al
though they are much farther away
than the Gallatin county properties
and tests of this coal by smelter men
az Buute have brought out the highest
praise in it's favor.
There has been very extensive devel-
opment work done on Trail creek. a
number of tunnels being In 400, 600 and
I. 900 feet. the principal properties from
which coal is now being taken being
those OF s. II. Adams, Magnuson
Brothers and Jack Stevenson. Among
the largest and best developed proper
ties, however, are those in which
Messrs Black and hewitt are interest
ed and a railroad to their properties
would mean the development of the
whole district, which would then take
Its place as one OF the largest produc-
ing coal fields of Montana as well as
first in the quality of the coal Upon
Messrs. Black & Nevitt's mines alone
there is estimated to be two million
tons of coal above water level. all OF
which would be handled by gravity as
the veins are slopes OF 80 to 40 degrees
The veins thus lie similar TO the Tim
berline and Chestnut coal in this coun-
ty. and the Trail creek coal has been
upon the local market ever since the
discovery of the Timberline and Chest
nut coal, but owing to its distance from
a railroad could not be placed in com
petition with other coal In Butte and
Helena. There is a great future fol-
Trail Creek. and as Bozeman would be
the natural business center for a camp
at that place. the citizens of this com.
munity are deeply interested in all that
is occurring there.
Something like 10 mines are well de.
veloped besides many promising pros
! poets, while every year adds to tho
number and TO the value OF the Older
mines. The coal opened up and above
| water level. now In sight. is millions oil
| tons besides the unknown depth OF the
veins below water level. the coal as an
alyzed shows $3.50 OF absolute heating
/ effect. the pure carbon. and IL does moi
seem reasonable to suppose that thii
wonderful coal field can be kept from
/ the markets of the state much longer