The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-09
Mr.. ISOELL ON PONY
MAJOR SAYS THE MINING CAMP
IS ALL RIGHT.
Just AS GOOD AT HOME
Old Resident Declares Purchase Of
Boss Tweed and Clipper Properties
Is Giving Town a New
Impetus.

Major. y. j. Islell, Of Pony. is quite
enthusiastic over the impetus that has
been given his town through the FUR
chase there of mining property by men
who are supposed to represent the Anal
gamated company. The major. who
stopped here for a time today on his way
home from the pioneers meeting at Mis-
soula had this - say JUS before taking
his train this afternoon. ar2ut ;he bust
ness prospects al Pony.
L have been convinced tor years that
the gold properties at Pony We're just, as
good # MT better than those in the Ia.
north ,.nere PEOPLE have gone - develop
mines Ii has seemed st anee 70 me that
men would endure tna hardship incident
to going in:o a frozen country when they
could nave found just as Suod properties
right at home. The purchase of the
Boss Tweed and Clipper groups of miQes
by men who have wealth behind them
has given 4 new impetus 70 the mining
and gene.a business interests Of Pony.
The purchasers OF the mines men: Toned
Il putting up enc hundred stamp Gnn
and their min IS alone would be snJush
to materially help the town. But ii must
be understood that these mines are not
the only ones in the camp that are good
ones.
There are plenty of other properties
which ale showing up as Well as the
mines in question did when they had
been developed no more than the new4E
mines. Ii will be seen by this statemeAt
that it is not alone tie workthat Is be-
ing done by the, plrr >hasers of the we'll
n a ho1njnU q
camp. Other interests are being s.ilnu-
lated to act and there is a general dis
position to recognize the mineral wealth
of PONY that there has never been be-
fore.
Some lodging houses are going up IN
the town AMI. the village which has d
resident population Of about TOO has per-
haps tean h lpe1 out to the extent OF
nearly two hundred people since the par
chase of the Well developed mines. Real
estate men are coming into the place,
and, as might be expected. the number
of sal ons is increasing. I think that
in a year fran now the population of the
pla e will Re four times what it is now.
I'VE all have faith that the fact that
great wealth is behind the men who have
purchased the Boss Tweed and Clipper
properties is going 10 hep the town ma
terially. However. the ore is there anu
the camp is MT being made the center
of a wildcat boom. 1t is simply getting
what it should have had long ago. peo-
ple have been a littl, slow to recognize
the real value of the mines there. hut
! they have done SO ~ last. AS an eVf-
dence Of the way an old mining man
1 looks at the prospects Of the camp !
might mention that Cen. Warren OF
Butte is coming to Pony to locate
Thus closing. Major Isdell swung on
! to the train and was off for the town IN
which he has so much faith and where
+ he has extensive business interests him
self
/ To many r. sidents Of Butte the news
/ Major Islell gives out will be OF great
! personal interest. Some have already de-
! cided to cast their lot with Pony ana
! stand or fall with the camp and its fu-
ture. Judging from the expressions OF
Mr.. Isdell there is abundant reason to be
lieve that the town will boom.