The Philipsburg mail., 1899-03-17
GRAN|TEC0UNTY RICHES
A PhIpsburger Talks About Our Vast Min
eraI Resources.
GOOD MINES ALL AROUND US
He Dwells Strongly Upon Honest Econ
omical Development and Deprecates
stock Jobbery and Freeze-out
AS Applied to Mining.

In discussing the mining situation
in Granite county with we'll known
old time Philipsburg citizen one even
ing last week, The Philipsburg Mail
representative was given few point
ers and ideas which are certainly
worthy of reproduction i'll these
columns.
The gentleman above referred to
started off with the statement that
Granite county was probably the best
mineral county in the United States,
and he questioned the fact as to there
being piece of territory of equal ex-
tent in the whole world that exceeded
it in mineral resources and posslbili-
ties. He went on to enumerate the
various districts of the county-Fllnt
Creek, Boulder, Gold Creek, Harvey
Creek, Moose Lake, Red Lion, Garnet,
Black Pine, Rock Creek, and many
others-and remarked that there was
not single one of them that had been
even partially prospected; some had
barely been scratched over. Never
the less there was not one of them but
! what gave promise of being a good
and profitable producer Of the precious
metals. The time would come when
many an idle prospect would be devel-
oped into paying mine, and the min
eral resources of this rich section
would attract the attention of the
world.
Dwelling upon the lack of interest
and confidence displayed IN the min
eral resources Of the county by many
of our own people, the gentleman said
this was due to great extent, III his
opinion, to the effect resulting from
the large number Of wildcat and un-
successful mining interpretations and
stock deals with which the county had
been encountered in past years. Some
of these failures had been due to mis-
management; others to dishonest stock
iobbery, scheming, freezing out, etc.
In some cases the mines were all righ
if honestly. intelligently and enonom
ically operated OF course there may
have been cases where the mineral was
not in the property, but III his judS
ment the number CT instances wherein
this fact had been positively demon
strated We're very few indeed. Usu
ally the failure had occurred long be
fore the value of the mine had beel
determined, and almost invariably tn,
cause can be enumerated from among
the following, or combination OF al
of them: Mismanagement, freeze on
or stock jobbery. Sometimes lack o
capital may have been the primar,
cause, but even this reason has usual,
= been supplemented by one or more 0
1.-The other causes named above. III
thought in time a change would com
whereby the county would be yer,
{ much the gamer.
He dwelt upon the number of goo'
= prospects and mines which are at ou
1 very doors, and yet the people hardl.
t realize the fact. The Cuno property
: owned and operated by Mr.. G.. B
t Ballard and others, as well as tn
t Hynes & Lynch properties, in whicl
S the recent strike had been made
: would if located in any other section
S of the country, set the communlt
: ablaze with excitement, if it did ~
t the entira country. They were tn
: nucleuses of big mines, yet hardly any
e body realized it or paid any attentio
s to the fact. If they were located j.
Y Cripple Creek. Republic or Butfal
e Hump. their praises and riches woul
Dc ItSOuuucu tllIOuSuOuI LHc WOllu
e and people would be breaking thei
a necks to get into the country in whic
e they were located, and contiguous an
z neighboring claims would be sough
S for, prospected and perhaps develope
{. into mines even richer and better tina
V the original discoveries
: Here, however, hardly ripple {
:. excitement is occasioned, though mo!
e