The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-29
JUST SEE 1T GROW
The New Town Of Quigley Beats the
Record for Booming.
GREAT DEMAND FOR LUMBER
Buildings Go Up In Half Day and
Are Stocked With Goods
Before Night-lt Is
No Fake.

MissouIa, April 2s.-Like the trans
formation that takes place on stage
while the scene shutters are at work
between two acts, making a garden
where there was a desert but mo-
ment before and a busy street where
there has been a forest, the beautiful
valley on r 3ck creek. where the new
town of Quigley has been located has
been changed from a quiet ranch to a
bustling, rushing mining camp, with
all of the characteristics or SUCH a
place. 1t is but three weeks since the
only buildings on the little mountain
locked plain were two in NUMBERING
log cabin that had been the home or
the ranchman who located the land
and the Office building of the Golden
Scepter Mining company. Now there
are $50 men at work and there were
last night when a Standard reporter
left the town. so houses. There may be
so now, however, so rapidly do the car
penters work there. The rate at which
the new buildings go up Is only limited
by the supply of lumber and In few
days this will be great enough to keep
all of the carpenters busy, as the john
son saw mill will be in operation by
that time.
1t is an interesting sight to watch the
growth OF the town. One does not
have to wait for a week to note a
change. In two hours he may see a
building rise and in another half day
he may see IL stocked and the owner
doing business. The changes are so
rapid that they are bewildering and
stranger is liable to lose his way even
in the small limits of the new town.
He may locate the landmarks and walk
away. only to find, when he returns.
that there have been new houses built
while he has been gone. Everywhere
about the town there is stir and
hustle that tells of hard work and
plenty of Il. In the bold lodges east OF
the town, men are at work getting out
rock for building purposes and the
heavy reports OF the blasts wake the
echoes in the hills that have heretofore
responded only to the call of the cow
boy and teamster. In the town the
clang of hammer and the buzz of saws.
the shouts of teamsters and the crackle
of the flames in the clearing fires make
din that no one expects TO hear in
this mountain valley. II is this way
every day in the week. There Is no
stop for Sunday and the work goes
on as long as there is light to work
by.
The change that three weeks have
wrought in this place are almost In
credible. To see the town now is to
believe that there is no doubt of the
intention of the company that Is doing
the work to make a permanent town.
There have been scare stories In cir
culation to the effect that the whole
thing Is a fake, but there Is too much
money being spent there for any such
thing to be true. The work that the
company is doing is of permanent
and substantial nature and is being
put In to stay. The foundations for
the mill at the town of Quigley are
now being laid and the site graded for
what Is to be the best plant OF Its kind
in the West. The site that has been
chosen for the mill is an admirable
one. Nature has done almost all OF the
work of grading and all that remains
to DE done is to take advantage of the
opportunity. That is being done as
fast as a score of teams and a hum
dred men can do II. The gravel of the
high bluff is melting away as II mon
ster steam shovel were at work and
the rattle and stones is like a continu-
Gus hail storm. In another week there
will be an outfit at work grading the
roadbed for the new electric line that
is to connect the mines, seven miles
above, with the mill. The rails are now
on hand and there will be no delay In
the completion of this road. The first
of the machinery for the mill is now
on the road from the manufacturers
and will be delivered before another
week. Manager Babcock expects to
have the plant ready for operation this
fall. 1t does not seem possible, but he
is working on a scale that will accom-
plish almost anything within the
bounds of reason. II will be a wonder
full plant when Il is complete and will
be the most extensive application of
electricity TO mining purposes in the
state except in the big copper refin-
cries. The mines, the mill and the
connecting road will all be operated by
electricity and IL will be a most inter
esting place when IL is all done.
The Johnson saw mill is now located
a little above the town. having been
moved from it's first site. There are
rs men at work at this mill and IL will
be worked to its fullest capacity to
supply the demand for lumber. There
is a good supply of excellent logs al
hand and the mill Will have good OPP
portunity TO make a record. Mr.. John
son is also doing considerable freight
ing and has a large number of teams
at work on the road as well as in the
camp.
Ali day. from early morning till late
In the evening. the line of freigh,
Bonita TO the new camp. The wagons
are loaded with all classes of freight
merchandise. lumber, household goods
grain, machinery and all Of the neces.
stiles OF a new camp. At almost any
hour OF the day one may see load
leaving the trail at the mouth of Rock
creek TO make the ascent to the camp
where all hope TO find work and q
home. There is not much work yet FOL
any but common laborers. but in a few
weeks there will be a demand for me-
chanics. There are. OF course, some
disappointed ones who have gone in ex
pecting 10 find work at once, but These
are not reasonable. as IL is not possible
for the management to give men work
when there is no machinery on the
ground. Laborers. however. have ar
opportunity for work at present As
soon as the work on the mill begins
others can find employment Carpen
ters have had all they could do for tht
past three weeks and the demand fol
this class OF labor will continue fol-
some time.
The location OF the new town is ar