The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-30
SLATE CREEK MINES
An Interview With Col. Thomas W.
Hart Of Montana.
HE OFFERS GOOD ADVICE
n IL Also said That Wheat Is Sell
ing at a Small Figure in Sprague'
But Spokane Buyers can't
Get All They Want.

menced against the city o. SheANAAiN -
the johnson County savings Bank OF
Iowa City, Iowa, upon street grace
warrants aggregating sS,eSS. IL Is CON
tended that the council imperiis the
citv,s credit in requiring its attorney to
take advantage OF all technical defen-
ses such as the statute Of limitations
reminding one Of an insolvent person
irving to defeat an honest DEBT.
proceedings have been commenced
NV the Hypotheek bank 70 foreclose a
mortgage against the Holland block
Of this city. which was given TO Sc
cure notes in the sum OF SSS,O0o.
"Ubeat has reached 10 cents in this
city and buyers are willing 10 take all
they can get at that figure. says the
Snrague. Wash. correspondent OF the
Spokesman Review. M. p. Meagher,
manager of one Of the largest ware
houses in the city. states thar but ut
tie wheat is being brought IN ana that
probably the farmers are holdlhE Tor
still higher price. II Is uinIcuIl 10
estimate the amount OF wheat remain
ing in Lincoln county. but conserVa>
tive buyer states that many thousand
bushels are being held by the more
prosperous farmers. and that when
wheat touches 50 cents II VIII be turn
ed loose on the market.
III. w. Bonnie. manager OF the
snrague roller mills. is taking what
wheat is offered at 40 cents. but is ship
ming no -four as the price has not kept
mace with the advance in wheat The
mill at present has several thousand
tons of flour on hand and viii continue
manufacturing IL during the summer.
shipping it as soon as the price makes
IL profitable
The OUTPUT OF wheat at present IL
very small. and Notwithstanding the
report from Sprague, many claim that
little remains undisposed Of. Tacoma
and Spokane dealers are securing the
country in search Of all they can get
hold Of with limited success.
A deal has been closed with George
Persinger T. L. Preston, VI. Callaghan
and the Blaine Mining company where
by some of the best nickle leads in the
Jeavenworth mining district, Wash,
will be developed, followed by the con-
struction OF a smelter. II they prove 70
TO be what they look. The claims
which the Blaine Mining company has
a bond on in this deal are the Red
Butte No. /, Red Butte No. and Red
Butte No. g. all situated on Ingalls,
creek, 10 miles from the town of LeaV-
enworth. Wash. Those composing the
Blaine Mining company are reported
10 be wealthy mining men. many OF
whom have interests in the Bank OF
British Columbia. Mr.. Glen and Mr..
Callaghan procured a quantity Of ore
from the mines for sampling purposes.
Some of II will be sent TO Swansea,
Wales. and some will go 10 other we'll
known smelling firms. When IL has
been ascertained by thorough samp-
ling that the claims are what they
seem to be. a larger force OF men will
be put TO work. and IL is the inten>
~ "a nFF1vsQ ny - Oh al
cars Of ore as a farther verification
that the ores are all right. Then. IL
the results are satisfactory, the con-
struction Of a smelter will be COM
menced and pushed 10 rapid compile
ton.
Col W. Thomas Hart. on his way to
the Slate Creek mining district, came
from Montana accompanied by ]. r..
Toole of Anaconda The Spokesman
Review says that Colonel Hart is an
exceedingly modest, unassuming man,
as he even requested their reporter not
10 mention anything Of his presence
in the city. After an alleged inter-
view between their reporter and Colo
mel Hart, in which the colonel was
asked miscellaneous questions as 10
what is going TO be done in the Slate
Creek mines, and 10 which questions
his replies were such as would cause
the one Informed to wonder il he real
ly possessed any more knowledge
about the matter than when he began
MS almost exhaustless heterogeneous,
the Spokesman-Review gives the fol-
lowing as the coloners statement in
conclusions:
Really, I think IL Is best that the
papers say as little as possible until
IL is determined what II amounts TO
You can readily see the awkward DO
sltlon would be placed in in an in
terVlew III / say the camp doesn't
amount 10 anything, people will think
II Is good thing. and that l am try
ing TO corral IL all for myself. II /
represent IL as a good camp. and peo-
pie go In there on my say SO. and the
camp turns out 10 be Of no account.
there you are again. l have ALWAYS
olscouraged people from going in there
because knew there was nothing for
them 10 do when they got there, as
there was no work for them. and the
STOW was too deep for prospecting
Men would push in over the trail we
were building at the imminent peril OF
their lives, and when we put up notices
warning them OF danger ahead on &C
count OF blasting and the condition Of
the trail, they only pressed the harder
because they thought there must be
something good in there that we were
trying 10 deprive them OF
we nave completed the trail and
the men have been discharged. Per-
maps a third Of them have been set 10
work developing the claims. we shall
commune this development all summer
We nave NOT yet done enough to real
~ tell what we have there. We are
going ahead in an honest EFFORT 70 end
out. The outlook is favorable. and the
true merits Of the camp viii be known
In time. The premature publication
OF hattering reports Of new camps he
fore their true merit is known always
Goes harm: Ihey often cause a STAN
peue; anu IN me end prove a detriment
dustry." 4is -"
The kalispell, Mont. correspondent
OF the Spokesman Review eay5. TN.
Thompson brothers and II. b. I'VE and