The Anaconda standard., 1898-02-02
HE WAS HERE IN 1874
DR.. r.McGillycuddyIs a Man of Parts
and Thrilling Experiences.
HE FOUGHT THE INDIANS
He Also Helped Establish the Interna-
tional Boundary-Now He's Pumping
knowledge Into the Inmates of
a South Dakota College.

DIR. V. T. McGillycuddy, dean of the
state School of Mines of South Dakola'
located at Rapid City, in the Black HIS
was Butte's distinguished visitor yester-
day. Dir. McGillycuddy Is away on
leave Of absence, which Will extend 70
July to enable him To make tour OF
the Pacific coast states, and he stopped
off here 10 see the city and pay visit
to old friends. DR.. McGillycuddy II a
man of much distinction and has had
some rare experiences during the quar-
ter of a century he mas spent III ths
West He helped establish the 4sth
parallel the international boundary hhe
between the United States and CANADA,
was a surgeon in the regular army for
three years during some of the worst
OF the Indian wars was agent OF the
Red Cloud Indian agency a NUMBER ol
| years, and is now college proieSsoi.
! lie was hown about the city during tle
/ day by Charles w Goodale. ana among
/ other places visited the School OF Mines
j building of which he speaks very hish-
4 W. He viii leave for the West to-uas.
In conversation with Standard re-
porter last evening, Dr. McGliiycuuuS
4 spoke enthusiastically of Butte ana her
! institutions. particularly the Schooi OF
! Mines. OF which he predicts great things
| in the development OF the mineral re-
sources of Montana.
IL have not been here since 1874, Salo
he. .and you may believe the change is
/ 10 me marvellous. | was then topograph-
| ical engineer for the government III the
expedition which located the 49th par
4 allel from the summit of the ROCKY
| mountains to the Lake OF the WOODS.
| There was not much of Butte III those
| DAYS but YOU have built fine city, ana
all on the strength of your mineral re-
sources | visited your School of Mines
| building to-day, and / must say that
| most commendable enterprise Is SHOWN
| in the admirable construction ana ap-
pointments of a building To be USED Tor
that purpose. 1t is one of the best ever
saw and ii will be vast benefit TO Mon
tana in developing the mineral resources
of the state. There are great many
varieties of ore that are refractory ana
not amenable to the usual methods OF
treatment and public institution
equipped as this is is just the place TO
ascertain the proper treatment oil them.
You can assay a piece of ore ana fna
out what it is, but that does not deter
mine the way to get it out, ana TINS
Western country is strewn with mills
that have been erected as great expense
and which are now lying idle and useless
because they We're not adaptable TO the
ores to be treated in them. If the own
ers could have taken their ore 10 q
school of mines and find out just how
to treat it their money would have been
: saved in building the right kind of .
; mill Then. too, the young men or !.
mineral state are educated at home WIFI
/, regard to the ores they are going L
work i'm and enter into practical minlns
: With a full knowledge of how to COPE
7 successfully with every emergency.
2 don't care how experienced the min,
superintendent may he, If he acquire!
his knowledge by actual experience ant
+, has not had a technical education, III
will meet With ores that puzzle HIM
hsafh a.
/ and technical education would under
stand readily 1t is this fact that !
leading the big mining companies 10 EN-
ploy experts more and more all tn
time. If your legislature IS hpefa
enough with your school of mines
will become the most important OF you
state institutions.
s When DR.. McGillycuddy had com
i peted his work in connection with tn
: location of the International boundaf
: line in 1874, he was sent TO the Biac
Hills in 1876 as typographical enginee
of the expedition sent out by the gov
ernment to explore the hills when Sol
was discovered Ii was the report {
o this expedition which caused the STAN
pede to the Black Hills, and out OF tn
!: grew the Indian war engineered py Sil
= ting Bull, one result of which was IN
r Custer massacre. When his work fo
a the government was finished and Slttln
# Bull turned loose his warriors, DIR, Nj
Il Gillycuddy, who, in addition TO his otht
= qualifications, is a physician and SUI
+. geon, joined the United States army a
Il surgeon of the Second cavalry. undt
'e General Crook. and went through all tf
e trying experiences OF that campaign. II
n tells some thrilling and interestin
y stories of those days and has every scra
d of history In connection with them ;
is his tongues end. After three year
lie service, DR. McGillycuddy severed h
IS connection with the army and becan
ID Indian agent at the Red Cloud agenc
ID now the Pine Ridge. serving until 1SS
IS He then returned TO the Black Hills
+ live. and has been dean of the Soul
he Dakota School OF Mines for five years.
Is