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THE WEST SHORE.
March, 1883,
The Moulton mine it t fine property, prin
cipally controlled by local capitalist!, with W. A.
Clark, of Donnell, Clark & I-arsbie, ai president
of the company and J. K. Clatk as superintendent,
Their forty-stamp mill ranks with the Lexington
and Alice aa among the largest dry crushers in
the world. The mine is developed to the 500
font level, and produces 1 regular and satisfactory
output of ore.
The Lexington mine and mill form one of the
most notable properties of the carrp. The mine
was worked until Novemler, 1881, by A. J.
Davis, one of the pioneer miners of Summit val
ley, who, having become a millionaire through its
product, at that time sold a controlling interest to
a French company on the basis of a $4,000,000
capitalization. The Parisian company has since
erected the magnificent fifty-stamp quartz mill
shown in our illustrations, which ii now produc
ing an average bullion output of $100,000 per
month. The mine and mill arc under the im
mediate management of F. Medhurst, resident
director, and A. Wartrnweilcr, superintendent-
The Anaronda prorty was recently purchased
by a Kan Francisco company, at the head of
which is the well known firm of Hoggin A Tevis,
whii h has erected during the past winter immense
hoisting works (see illustration). The surface
workings have produced a high grade of argentif
erous ore, but the lower levels have dcvcloed a
rrmaikably rich copjxrr deposit, for the reduction
of which exlrnwve smelting works will be erected
the coming summer. The shaft house is said to
I furnished with Hie heaviest machinery, and is
the most completely equipped on the Pacific
Coat. The comiany also operates the St. Law
rence mine, adjoining on (he cast. Loth prop.
ertiea are under the direct ucrvision of Marcus
Daly.
TlIK S01.II1 HUM OF IIUTTK.
Solid, and Sands & lloyce, are synonymous in
Montana, and the new arrival here will, before
taking a thorough inventory of surrounding
be aomewhat at a lost to know what such an
extensive firm can 1 doing in Itutte, claiming
a population 01 only 7,000. A two or three davs'
slay here, t look at the rich minesAul immense
mills visit lo a few of the plain looking but
elegantly furnished houses, however, will soon
convir any one that only an extensive firm with
ample capital can hoi lo successfully cater to the
refined tastes of the inhabitants of Butte, the
modern Golcond. Portland with all its boasted
wealth and large establishments, has not a retail
House so complete in all its appointments as the
one here mentioned. Our illustration give a fair
idea of the exterior. The building extends tuck
irom Main street one hundred feet, where an n.
closed cnnsing over a narrow street or alley of
..y icx. conncciK the main salesroom with an
USxfJO icet, splendidly lighted by window. ..i
skylights, and at night by H,Ush electric light, f
7.400 enure power. n,c basement on Main
stn-rl. anil which nn VI'... 1. 1
" " iuway, owing to
. lower giaae 01 me street, forms the first floor,
.. ,.um,mi arKi iwenly-bve feel in length
This is unbred fw unbroken wckai-r. .,K. '
is but seldom enteral exer, by those ct.nnec.c-,1
-on uc nrm, in all the vast ,,.
rooms Urely an inch of unoccupied .pave can be
lKMUo filled by n.ercbaiW
of some wi In carpel, .lone, which embrace
everthing from ingrain to the finest Axminster
and Wilton, a $2C.,ooo stock is carried ', to this
nilu (imuii J' w
must be added a complete assortment ot lamDre-
quins, curtains, window shades and wall-papers,
... . - , , . 1 1
4 full stock ot gentlemen s cunning, unucii
and hats; and the specialty of the firm, dry goods
and articles for ladies wear. 1 his includes special
importations of French shoes, slippers and sandals ;
and a complete assortment of ready-made suits
and cloaks, up to the $150 evening dress or $500
seal skin cloak. A lady is in charge of this latter
department, to fit and make necessary alterations.
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A lew nours snopping ai aanus a. uuyce 9 win
suffice for a Iadv to obtain a complete trousseau.
from the wedding to the traveling and morning
Iress, all fitted and ready for use. With only
welve clerks under the personal supervision 0
Mr. J. R. Boyce, Jr., the retail sales of the firm
ran up into the hundreds ot thousands during
1882. The salesrooms have all the modern con
veniences and are in telephonic communication
with all the mills and mines in and about Butte,
and with the towns of Silver Bow, Deer Lodge
and Helena, a distance of sixty miles, at which
latter place the -associate house of Sands Bros, is
located.
To betler understand why solid, and Sands &
Hoyce, are synonymous, we need only mention
that although the Butte house has been estab
lished but a trifle less than three years, Sands
Bros, have been doing a lucrative merchandising
business in Montana for the past seventeen vears.
and are classed among the cattle kings of
Montana, having more than one-fourth of a mil
lion of dollars invested in raisine beef for eastern
markets. Mr. A. Sands, the senior partner of
the lirm, whose residence is at Denver. Colorado.
is president of ihe Denver Brewing Association,
commanding an almost unlimited capital, while J.
sands is the resident partner at New York, and
does all the purchasing for bolh the Helena and
Butte houses.
In the grocery line we find the firms of Lee V.
Foster & Co., J. D. Thomas, and Marchisseau 4
Valium, carrying very heavy stocks. All these
firms report large sales for 1882. The last men
tioned has been established in Montana since
1867.
The Butte Hardware Company, of which A.
J. Davis, Esq., U president, and P. A. Largey
superintendent, occupies a splendid brick build
mgon Main street, 32x100 feet, besides a ware
house 40x100 and another 45x75. They carry a
lock of stoves, hardware and queensware valued
?i 25,000. In their manufacturing department
twelve men are constantly kept busy,
James Rensh.w is . mechanical engineer, and
"yofmilland mining Lchine
He also represent, Frascr& Chalmers of Chicago
-of the largest manufactories of mining
In the clothing line Messrs. H. Jacobs & Co
:avemore(051yinournext)(doa
The principal jewery busintss .
'"sis-L-ysonATurck. Theyhaveanel " Ii
w business place on Main street ,J 7
of diamonds wh.ch
The eadmg holel is ,he Sl. Nicho
piupneiorj are
Messrs. Aylesworth & McFarland. whn ... ,
proprietors of the famed McBumey house at Tka
Lodge.
There are other very excellent busine
Butte City not here mentioned, but it U .I,-.
matter of impossibility to speak of all. The
will therefore suffice for the present as fa
sample of what can be found in the liveliest mb-
ing camp in the racihc Northwest.
JUSTICE AND THE LAND GRANTS,
Justict, a rabid anti-monopoly paper published
in New York, has issued a railroad map and a.
position of the land grant business, which it vny
appropriately designates "Supplement to .
tice." The map is covered with long dark beta
showing the location and extent of the various
grants, and carries the idea that about one quar.
ter of the land west of the Mississippi belongs to
the railroad companies, and this is just where it
ceases to be "Justice" and becomes a "Suppie
ment to Justice." Let us take the State of low.
Upon the map this is simply one black patch,
with four little streaks of white here and then
like rifts in a dark cloud. So apparently plastered
with grants is it, that the boundary lines overlap,
and in some instances cross each other trans
versely. It reminds us of Mark Twain's state
ment that the first legislature of Nevada granted
so many toll road franchises that the lerritorj
was too small to hold them and the ends hunt,
over like the ragged edge of a carpet. According
to the map, ninety-nine one-hundreths of Ion
were given to railroad companies. The facts are
that at different times when a territory and state,
Iowa was granted land within its limits to aid ia
the construction of railroads for its own develop
ment. The total number of acres thus patented
were 4,544,332, and the total area of the state is
35,228,800 acres, making the granted portion
about one-eighth. With this 2,250 miles of road
were built, being more than one-half the total
mileage in the State.
Railroads have been constructed later wilhoat
help from the state, but it was comparatively
easy to build after the country had been
opened up, settled and made prosperous by thest
pioneer lines. Thousands upon thousands ol
settlers were taken to Iowa, were sold land
small rates and on long time, and were fostered
and aided in every way by these companies, l
depended upon their success for maintenance"'
the roads. Iowa is now the most prosper
and wealthy agricultural state in the Union, ui
to no cause can she attribute the fact of her (test
prosperity, large population, freedom .from M
and commanding position, as much as to here
policy of aiding the railroads in their work i
development.
Againj let us look at the Northern P
Passing over the fact that although the gnu
but one-half as great in the states as in the !
ritories, the belt marked through Minnesota
Oregon is of the same width as in DakoU
Montana, we will simply consider the effect
the grant upon the country through which t
line passes. When construction was beff
1871, attention was turned toward the great "P"
ahont in Vui auh. .. Tmmlnrgtion Set Iff
S. VIVIIbU Up A 1 .
! the old pioneers who had been living in '
I derness for vears. reiniced in the prospect of I11
I connected with the world'i markets, to tW V