The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1935-07-12

Two men,, whose titanic battles
made mining history and at times
shook the state of Montana to its
foundations in the early days of the
symbolically, long after their mortal
remains have been returned to Moth
er Earth, than they ever were in life.
These two lifelong antagonists, Mar
Gus DAILY and w. A. Clark, are still
on opposite sides for they are facing
each other from the opposite sides
of the office CT President Francis A.
Thomson of Montana School of
Mines at Butte. Over the doorway
of the presidents office is a fine pic
ture of Marcus DAILY. the noted min
ing man whose genius built much of
western Montana; on the opposite
side of the office is a heroic bronze
bust of Senator Clark, who rose from
a humble beginning to be n of the
nations richest men.
DAILY appears to be looking down
from his point of vantage upon his
old-time antagonist with a merry
twinkle in his keen Celtic eye. Clark's
Thoughtful gaze is bent upon the presl-
dents deSk-the same desk thai was
used by DR.. Nathan Leonard. the first
president of the School of Mines at the
time when the mining wal between
Clark and DAILY was at its height.
Clark and Daily are two of the four
men whose activities left an lndellble
impression m Butte and Montana. The
other two were F.. A. Heinze and Judge
A. j. Davis, Clark helped materially to
keep Butte alive during the silver era
of the district. He built mills. shelters,
street railways, and water works. DAILY
brought copper into prominence and
was one of the prominent men in the
organization that became the great An
aconda Copper Mining company. Judge
Davis brought about the consolidation
of mining properties and effective big
scale operation through corporations.
Heinze caused mining geology to make
such strides that it is now spoken OF as
being almost an exact science with
relation to the discovery of ore bodies.
Days picture returned to the city
of its origin after a period OF 81 years
during which time it had hung in the
mine office of the Hecla Mining COM
pany in Idaho. 1t was presented to
President Thomson by j. F. McCarthy:
president of the Hecla company. II IS
apparently a copy from a fine steel n
craving. Rush White, well known
geologist and mining engineer, was in
strumental in having the picture re-
turned to Butte.
The Clark bust. which is said to be
made in part from Montana copper,
and the marble pedestal upon which
it stands, were gifts to the Montana
mining school from the estate OF w. A.
Clark III, three years ago. They, were
included with a collection OF mineral
specimens, said to be the finest private
collection in existence, which are now
on display in the college museum.
DR.. Leonard's desk and chair a
been sleeping in the School OF Mines
attic for years when President Thomso1
came to the college in 1928. He caused
them to be resurrected and returned to
the presidents office replacing the
fancy desk and chair which were pro-
ducts OF a more modern era.
This desk and chair" Dr.. Thomson
says as he gazes affectionately at the
relics of another day, reflect the a
acter of the founder of u schools
curriculum. They are sound, sturdy,
and reliable. How well he built can
be seen from the fact that a few years
ago mining engineers and authorities
began to speak of the Montana college
as the 'Freiberg of America Recently