310
1 HE WEST SHORE.
in their turn, give support to tlm town. In 188H the
mines directly tributary to Dillon produced .10,000; in
1SK, $100,000; ami for tlm present year tlio yield is esti-nind-d
n follows:
Artfr-nla, fimrliwn milr fnim llllm $HnHI
Hint' Wit . fiiflilwn roil rmm llilltm Num
lit Id M'miilJtix. furtr mili fn.m Dillitn
Itatiniw'k. Ottfly nnl. fnim IMIutt 3I.UH
Ml llnrn, hllj milra Inim Dillon
T'ltnl fa i,uii
Thin doe not include tlm immense milling operations
of tlm Hecla CoiiHolidntod Mining Coin puny tit (ilendnlo,
thirty-six liiil distant, which nro described in another
paragraph. Though thin company's operations have
Imilt up 11 separate commercial Miint nt Glendale, they
nevertheless mid considerably to tho pttwperily of Dillon.
Other iiiineriilH than tlm precious inetiilH are found in
paying quantities, in tlm region tributary to tho town.
On Kirch Crek, only fifteen miles northwest, nro found
large, quiintitiiM of inagnetic iron ore of n fine quality.
Tlm wiiit'lliT nt Glcwlnlo uhch 0110 cur load of thin ore
daily for flux, mid two car-loads per day are whipped to
thn largo smelters nt Kntchum, Idaho, iiIho considerable
quantities to Oinuho. Another resource is coal, n fino
quality of which is found on Homo Prairie. It Iiiih hoon
iim-d for find in Dillon mid given good satisfaction. As
yet no ooal miiiu Iiiih boon ileveIoied. Limestone in an
other itiin of natural wealth which in found in iimiiy
pniU of th(uiity in grout quantity. Ono kiln is in
operation mid HiipplicH nil thn limn needed for houiv
CollHIIIUptioll.
JtoMerhond (Anility has doubled its taxable property
in two years. IU assessment lint now exeoeda $1,000,000,
nearly ono-hnlf of which is levied within n nidiiiH of
twenty miU of Dillon. Thin wealth is by no means
poiillnisl to thn mining industry, for tho stock interests
nro very considerable. Thorn nro in tho county 75,000
shix-p, '-tl,(HK horses mid 1.10,1X10 cattle. Henverh'nad
Valley, llig lloln Kiver Vnlley, thn largest in the county,
nn.l other strips of vnlley land offer splendid opHrtunU
ti.u for stock raising, tlm adjacent hilH supplying nn
almost lituitl.xu rnngn for grazing. Considerable agri-
c. ilture in cnrri.xl on in thn valley, chielly confined U)
hay, oat and other product required for coiiHuniption
in tlm hoinn nmrkeU Thn present yenr 10,000 000
M.uudii of ini tii were rniwsl and will find ready market in
Uutm and other mining oampn, where much Wf and
mutton are nlao aont Tlm winter climntn is very favor
11I.I0 for thn sUk industry, aa well an r lering this
region ngnxxibln an a p0e of reaidonoo. Mr H F
White, dishier of thn First National Hank and Secretary
mid Treasurer of tho Kehrc,., Ferris A Whiln Company
who Irna nM.id.xl here for flv years, and in therefore the
"oldest whnb.Uiit," Ut.'a that hn has ,1(.Vor h.xmi three
MiTMiiv days of sleighing in that time, ho brief a UV
.U- tno .now make when it Talk chU, ar
d. Tnv,xl of food on tho ra.ig.xs nor do tney kuiT.t from
long mid wnw wind tkmiw, or "hlirdH wlirh
swoop ovnr Urn ojmn j.lnina t uf tl, lky Mountuina.
U.i.d..rt ,.f tu UU whid, havn Ux.,, brieUy
hUM Wb. dir,HtlyUith0tt.u,iuHioi, that Diilou u.Jt
increase rapidly in wealth, business and population, a
conclusion which the history of ninny "Western cities
similarly Bitunted amply confirms. Mining, agriculture
ami grazing will increase steadily year by year, add'ng
constantly to the growth of their commercial centre. So
great will lo tho chango that the street scene presented
on nnothor page will be unrecogniznble in a few yours,
lirick blocks will stand whore cheap woodon structures
are now soon, and two and three story buildings will
crowd these pioneers from their places. This work of
improvement is constantly going on, and ere long will
work a complete transformation.
Tho next town of importance in Beaverhead County
is Olondale. Here are located tho works of the Hocla
Consolidated Mining Company, tho largest mining enter
prise iu the county, furnishing employment to 3f0 n;en.
Tho head ollice of the company is nt Indiannpolis, Ind.
Tho ofiicers are John Thomas, President; John C. Mc
Cutcheon, Secretary, and John (J. Wright, Treasurer.
At Olondale II. Kuippnnborg is the General Manager of
all tho works, and George B. Conway is Cashier. The
nearest railroad and telegraph station is Melrosp, on the
Utah A Northoin, five miles east. At Glendalo is the
smelter; nt Greenwood, seven miles further west, is the
concentrator, and tho mine is at Hecla, ton milns west of,
Glondiilo. With theso the manager's office is connectod
by tolephonn, whilo a private telegrnph line runs to Mel
rose. Tho iron mines are ten miles noitheast of Mel
rose. Tho mines at Hecla wore located in 187G, a id e e
purchased by this company the following year. Sii.ce
ISN1 they Imvo been under the successful manage mont
of Mr. Knipponborg. In 1884 the output was 850,0O0,
and $19.1,000 in dividends were paid to stockholders.
The first eight months of the present yenr the yield hns
lieon ()00,000 and tho dividends $135,000, indi. Bting a
total product for 1885 of $1,000,000. The ore is hauled
from the mine to the concentrator at Gieenwood, a d's
tanco of three miles, along a covered tramway. Th
concentrator was erected in 1882 at an expense of $75,C00.
The smelting works at Glendale cost $100,000. Bullion
is hauled from the Bmoltar to Melrose by ten-mule teams,
a dozon of thoso sometimes leaving in one day. It is
then shipped by tho U. & N. and U. P. roads to the
Omaha and Grant Smelting and Refining Company at
Omaha. The concentrator and smelter have each a capa
city of 1.10 tons of ore per day.
The town of Glendale has about 600 inhabitants. It
is built in a narrow gulch, at the head of which the
smelter is located, and the only street'occommodates
itself to the windings of the gulch. The rite is not one
that would naturally be chosen for a town, but was
selected IxH-ause it was tho most eligible in the immiMi
te vicinity of the works. Nevertheless there are a nura
lier of very sulmtantinl brick buildings, and several stores
carrying glHxl 8uR.ks of merchandise. The bank of N.
Armstrong & Co. rp,K,rta g()(Xi butjine88 Ag iong M tue
mines and smelters are kept running, and tint will prob
ably be for ,lmny yoari QIM1(liJ wiu Mtiiim
to bo a good butanes point