Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-11-23
Thriving Little Town in North Moe.
easins Is Rapidly Putting on APP
pearance Of a City.
MINING COMPANIES ARE BUSY
6arnes-king and Kendall Gold Min
ing Companies Making Extern
sive Improvements.


the brief period of its existence. Thi
town is Kendall, the big gold CAM
in the North Moccasin mountains
The history of this e~nterprisin,
town does not go back to any IA
distant date, but in the four shoi
years of its life 1t has done consid
cradle TO make the county of Fergus
known throughout the whole coun
try.
The town of Kendall is differen
from all other towns in Fergus coun
ty. Its location is one which, to the
person visiting it for the first time
is a source of wonder and amaze
ment. The town itself is built in {
sulch. The bottom of this gulcl
forms the main street of the towr
and the stores are on either side
Back from the street and the stores
the houses are placed on the risins
S'oohu nv onc WouueTS uOW tnel
can remain perched on the steep hin
sides on which they aie built. Ever,
available spot of ground that is leve'
IN any degree is utilized for the puI
pose of supporting a dwelling house
Many ambitious builders have beer
compelled to dig into the hillside tc
make level spots for their homes.
The people of Kendall are begin
ming to realize that this is not merely
a temporary camp, where the boon
will run itself out in a short time
and then there will be nothing more
to stay for, but that 1t is a permanent
town and a place where they can
make their homes. They realize that
those great mountains of ore vii
keep The mills running for years and
that so long as the mountains last
men will have employment in taking
out the yellow metal. With this view
the people are building substantial
houses and are taking pride in fix
ing up the places where they live.
From a camp of tents and log
houses this little metropolis of the
mountains has grown to a town with
It's principal streets lined with sub
stantial stone buildings and residen
ces of a character and design which
would be a credit TO a town of many
times its size. The principal one Of
Kendall's buildings is the new schoo
building, which was put up last sum
mer. 1t is a large two story frame
building of pleasing appearance ant
furnishes plenty OF o for all pull
poses of the school. The teachers in
charge of this school are of the best
and a great interest is taken in the
school work by the children, who &c
to Kendall from many miles around
to attend.
The Shaules hotel is another build
ing to which the inhabitants of this
progressive little town point with
pride. 1t Is a tw0-st0ry stone struc
ture and is a modern hostelry in ev
cry respect. Kendall also supports
two other hotels, the Stephens and
the Durnen. These are not quite Of
so imposing appearance as the Shau
les, but they do their share OF the
business and give the pest of accom-
modatiOns. In process of construction
Is the new stone store building, to be
occupied by N. Butler. This is a one
story building of the latest design
and will be fire proof throughout. Mr.
Butler will move his stock of goods
10 his new location very 500 The
new building is just across the street
from the one which he now occupies
Aside from these places of business
the little city supports two genera
stores, ]. M. Parents and T. r. Mat
locks; two meat markets, run by Jos
eph Lebert and H C. Wareham; tai
lor shops. restaurants and many 9th
er branches of business. In talking
with various business men 1t was evi
dent from the way they expressed
themselves that business al goot
and the condition of the town as
whole was a prosperous one. Many
men are given employment at goot
wages at the mines and a large
amount of this money is spent in tl,t
business houses of Kendall. Among
the people who are building new
houses are N. Butler, w. f. Busy. L
Bertrand, Allen Carmichael. ]. ]. Muir
ply, w. Mccormick, j. w. Steele
John Graham, T. G. Hayden ant
Henry Parent. George Cornell, Of
this city. has just completed a new
store building.
The industry that has made Ken
dali and is now supporting the town
is the gold mining business. The
town can well take pride in tn,
knowledge that ii contains two Of thu
richest and most permanent golC
mines in the country. The Barnes
King Mining company and the Ken
dali Gold Mining company are secon'
to none in the world. At the Barnes
King mine many improvements hav'
been made this summer. New shaft
have been sunk, new tunnels put ii
and the whole mine has been retim
Dered and made better than 1t eve
was before. Aside from this. AM
more important than all else, new
bodies of ore are constantly bein;
opened up and the prospects are o
the brightest for this great gold pro
ducing plant. Work is now beini
done IN putting in a new water SUP
ply tank for the purpose Of supply
ing water TO the mine and mill. A
il is now the water is supplied b.
direct pumping and this causes
great waste of power, as well as be
ing a constant wear on the pumpinI
machinery. The new plan is to pu
In a reservoir on the hill above tn
mill and thus have a supply Away
OH hand, even in case the puml
should break down or other acciden
occur. The pressure will be high an,
good results are looked for from tn
new arrangement. The water for us
at the Barnes-King is brought Their
through 5000 feet Of pipe from Do
creek and 1t can readily be seen tina
this is something Of an undertaken
in itself.
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