The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-19
ROAD BUILDING SCHEMES
10 Open Up Two Promising
Mining Districts.
OF BENEFIT TO THE CITY
The Trout Creek Placer Fields and the
Region Back Of Sa1tese-The Board
of Trade Will Consider
the Propositions.


'Missoula board of trade that is called
for Friday evening at the court house
will be an important one. The prin-
cipal question that is to be discussed is
the matter of road building into two
OF the promising mining districts west
of here. One of these is the Trout
creek road that has already been men
toned in the Standard. This road is
necessary for the transportation of
heavy machinery that is to be placed
in position seven miles up the creek.
The Trout creek placer fields are well
known in this section. Much gold has
been taken from them and there is
lot of ground yet to be worked. The
construction of drain bitches that will
make it possible to reach bedrock has
been found to be too slow and too ex-
pensive, and it has been determined
to put in big pumping plant that will
make it possible to work all the ground
pany that has taken hold of the prop
osition has unlimited capital and is
ready to go ahead with the work of
installing the plant at once.
One of the conditions upon which the
property was sold was that a road
should be built that would enable the
company to transport its machinery.
1t Is to assist in the fulfilment of this
condition that the board of trade is
asked to lend a hand. The opening of
this placer ground will mean the en-
ployment of a large force Of -men and
the supplies for the camp will all come
from this city. 1t is a proposition that
Missoula cannot well afford to over
look, especially as the amount that
she is asked to contribute lis small
Every merchant in the city will be
benefited by the development of the
Trout creek district and every mer-
chant should assist in this work. The
executive. committee of the board of
trade has Investigated the matter care
fully and has unqualitiedly Endorsed the
plan. Every investment that Missoula
has made in road building has been
of great benefit to the city Every
dollar that has been invested in this
way has brought $40 to the city in
trade. The present proposition is
plain one and it is thought that there
will be no difficulty in getting the bust
ness men to take hold Of it, 1T is hop
ed that there will be a large attend
ance at the meeting Friday night, as it
is to the advantage of the entire city
to see that this matter is properly
pushed through.
AS oehIl Ioau pan lIldl Is 10 Jt
suggested and discussed is one that
will open the new mining district back
of Saltese. There are some very prom
Using mines in that region, but at pres
ent there is no Way=sof getting out to
the railway with the Gre One of the
mines has 100000 worth of ore on it's
dump, but it cannot be shipped on ac-
count of the lack of road facilities
which makes the transportation of the
ore to the railway impossible. The
owners of these mines are nearly all
poor men. There has been an effort
made by some Washington and Idaho
capitalists to get control of the prop
critics, but the propositions that they
have made are SO unfavorable to the
interests Of the men who have deve-
oped the properties that they are un-
willing to accept them. Missoula is
now asked to raise $1,000 If possible to-
ward the construction of this road,
which will cost $4,000 completed If
the city does this all of the business of
the new camp will come here. 1t is
too important a proposition to be over
looked. Several Missoula merchants
and business men have investigated the
matter thoroughly and are enthusiasts
tic over the prospects of the new camp.
There is no doubt that there are pro-
ductive mines there and that the open
ing of the camp to the railway will
hasten the development of these prop
critics.
One business man in speaking of this
matter to a Standard reporter to-day,
said: sit is the most promising field
that I know of. The merchants of Mis-
soula have here an opportunity to
largely increase their business and the
opportunity is too good a one to be
overlooked. | hope that the board of
trade Will take hold of the matter in