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RARRBR MIXES.It will lie seen ay the interesting «l*t-patch from Darter, which |»ub)lsh •kIbv, tluit the b.g strike In the May * Rdna mine has created quite « boom In mining property Tin* finding of the hirge body ef ore Is due to good mining I’bc miners sought with true engineering -kill lor the or* body and found ll-when they tad p-n.*trst*d tlie rock SCO feet. Of course they were eticourgod by the development* lu tbe Inclined ebuft which MiSCbwed large n.iuutUies uf ure nntl enabled the miner* lu put 2,000 tons of ore . on the dump,1 Our correspondent makes meutlon ofIt EDUCED Fit EIGHT KATES.Iwork ou otburHitch a* the Pare ' gou and Ida May. The owners of such mines do well to develop them while wuliiog for the railroad. In aome miner (ft* In Leadville; ore is fouod readily white in others tunnels of 800 feet or uiore are needed. Safety lie* in steady work. Re confident that yon have a good mine; then go uhesd. The miner who tnskee |r n practice to work one mine properly will do letter than he who docs moderate work or. eac h mine lu a group Ho not buy to masy mines. A muu may be “mine poor as well as laud pow. We recall ft company that Invested iu mines so heavily that no;apital wag left to work any of them. If the company bad worked any one mine it might have mode profic* enough to buy nil the others J«ter on and work th°m too.RuccetB should inspire caution. A lending authority on mines, who has been among turning men In Utah, Nevada and Montana, observed lately to n* that seldom does i person ucyuite great mines twice. He attributed this to Jack of oautluu and orer confidence in luck. Fortunes have been made to uiioes by wliot thu world calls luck, but no man : can afford to neglect sound buslnm | principle* nor engineering skill in all that i concerns mines. Even after he hua (found ore in abundance, the miner must • exercise keen judgment n the details re I luting to Its reduction. Many mines have j not paid until a prudent manager has ' provided Frue Vainers or machinery oi like character, which saved gold that was going to waste In Montana the conditions were never better for successful mining Montana mines enjoy a good reputation because of the largo dividends some have paid and the sound basis on which tlicir financial affair* have been conducted. “Wildcat mining has not flourished In Montana nor bn* it bec-u nwd bj Mnntanians to flood New York with watered stock that pior-ed valueless in the end. In addition to this good reputatios, Montana bus mining eugiueBre, metallurgist*, »ud skilled workmen, who ure s le to develop minus on the largest scale and by the be-t methods. Moreover Montana has in the water power scUrett FkIIs and the neighboring nnal fields ample mean*, for reducing at home :uw rich or low grade ores,A* tmght be supposect, the r.-p«rt that tbe Great Northern and VunderbUt syt-tern were to be merged, hasfprncd out to be unfouuded. The Great Northern * strong ?iiougli to keep aloof from nil alliances or unions of that kind. Just now it Is sinking sweeping reductions iu freight rites, having reduced the raV from New York to Superior ami S’-Paul to ho cenm for goods of tlm iln class, riiia reduction gives Great. Fall* aud nil Montana the benefits to whic'j our merchants by reason of their location are entitled. For ye am, Chicago compel oil the railroads and steamboat* tn charge on much from New York to Si. Paul by way of KuJFulo am) Superior or Duluth, as by way of Chicago. Now tbs Great Northern syetem baa its own steamboats aid . railroad of it* own from Su. porior » St. Paul. TbiB railroad con-nects w th the main system about half way bttween Superior and St. Paul, remleriag It convenient tn gend goods U Montam without passing through St. Pnol. Thu reducuon in freight- will b-neflt our homo trade. It will put our manufacturers on the same footing u tho*o iu Chicago. It will give Montana merchaata the advantage* which shouk accrue from tbo short haul by way of Superior, enabling them to buy dlrec: from New York or New England factories Irstend of weimd-hand in Chicago Corresponding benefits may be expected fmm ou: ability to Bhlp over Ui» route Montana products such •*, bullion and wool to .lie business centers of the east Tne (Irr-ut Northern is essentially * northwestern line uad the welfare of Montam. requires that It should continue It pursues a broad, liberal policy. It does not discriminate aginat Chicago, but it g.vCfc the traders of Montana the reduced rutOB to which they nr* entitled. It Will be !1 great day iir Washington wheuitB track l» extended to the Sound ftud other steamers acting in concert with a shall complete the commercial chain by bilking SeatGo with Asiatic »nd Australian pons.It wu9 never oasier flt;tr Montana nrnch-men to raise vegetables and flowers. Siwds are cheap. Ample directions are given ib free catalogue* and in the farm Journals. All thntretuuius ia sound judgmm* Id preparimt the greumland care In soedlug and cultivation. The soil and sun will do the rest. Montana pays thonsaudsof dollars yearly ror vegetables that might thus be easily raised at home.Win* hy chance, the administration dous any good, it i* credited to the republican party. When the admiotatra-tion works against silver, the party trie* to repudiate It* conduct. Bather inconsistent!’MohA New York coaonercialavert.v re-Don't Keel Well,And yet you «* not sick enough l0consuit a dodor, or yon refrain from ro doing for fear you will alarm yourmdf andfriendft *r will rellofa,:
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Butte Semi Weekly Miner

Butte, Montana, US

Wed, May 07, 1890

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