The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-15
WAS SHOWN THE SIGHTS
Prince Albert Taken Through the
Mines.
EXPRESSED HIS SURPRISE
Said He Spent One OF the Most In
teresting Days in Butte OF Any
n His Trip Through the
United States.

Butte. with her great mining devel-
opment, has astonished a great many
distinguished visitors, but 1t is doubt
full If any notable who has ever been
shown the camp has ever experienced
so much surprise as did the royal Wis
itor, Prince Albert of Belgium, who
was shown the city yesterday. 1t was
the first time Prince Albert had eve-
been in a mine. and what he saw in
the Never Sweat and Anaconda mines
simply astounded him. The prince re-
marked to his escort that he had seen
many astonishing and interesting
sights during his journey through the
United States, but what he saw in
Butte was most wonderful of oil.
Prince Albert and his party were
taken in tow by Mr.. Donohue Of the
Anaconda company. Superintendent
McCabe of the B., A. & p. and Major
Dawson of the Great Northern yester-
day morning at 10 o'clock. They were
driven I'm carriages from the Great
Northern station, where royalty's train
was si~detracked, and driven up through
the city to the Never Sweat mine. On
the way the prince repeatedly x
pressed his surprise at the business
thrift of the city and the
maze of smokestacks thai line
h hill. Arrived at the Never
Sweat, the party was first shown the
great hoist. one of the largest In the
world. None Of the foreign visitors
had even seen anything like it Ind
frankly expressed their utter aston
shment They displayed the greatest
interest and asked the engineer to IL
lustrate the working of the hoist. how
he could tell when h cage reached
any certain level. etc. Their curiosity
was gratified and then the visitors
were taken to the change room, where
they all donned overails and jumpers
for the trip underground. Royalty
found a great deal of amusement in
the ridiculous appearance he and his
suite made in miners garb and then,
candles in hand, the party started for
the shaft. Mr.. Donohue was in charge
of he party and Foreman Lynch of
the Never Sweat acted as pilot. They
were lowered to the 1000 level and
taken through the long drift to the
Anaconda. The prince evinced the
greatest interest in everything and
was not satisfied till he had taken a
pick and broken off a piece of ore,
which he put in his pocket to take
home to Belgium as a souvenir of his
o experience. On reaching the
Anaconda the party was shown
AuiouSH SeNtTdi Oh the uTlICS ana tnen
brought to the surface of the Ana
conda shaft. The party was then driv-
en- about the city and at 2 o'clock de-
parted for Anaconda to visit the Smelt-
er City.
During the journey about the city
the prince talked with the escort of
the wonderful things he had seen in
this country. One of the chief things
that interested him was the railroads,
which he said were a century ahead of
European railroads. In speaking on
this subject he said: You people
know how to live as we in Europe
have not earned to yet. When we
journey by rail we must get out at a
station to eat at meal times, while here
you have everything to be had at the
Fifth avenue hotel while you travel at
the rate of so miles an hour. I have
Travelled over the railroads of Russia
with the car in his special train, but
his train does not afford any such lux
ury as your trains do"
The prince was equally as ELUSIVE
about everything he saw. He had
nothing to say about politics or the
war between the United States and
Spain, as he did not care to be quoted.
His special passed through Butte, re-
turning from Anaconda, en- route East,
at 1880 in the afternoon.