The canadian magazine of politics, science, art and literature, November 1910-April 1911 . the Simil-kameen, and located, in the sameyear, what is now the Kingston. Thisis also a very rich claim to-day, butCoulthard hadnt much faith in it,and, failing to do any assessmentwork, it lapsed. Four years later two Swedes, grub-staked by W. Yolen Williams, wellknown for his connection with theGranby Mines at Phoenix, located twoclaims which were subsequently ac-quired by the Daly interests. Thesame year Wollaston and Anandelstaked the Nickel Plate, Sunny , Bulldog and Copperfield, theore
The canadian magazine of politics, science, art and literature, November 1910-April 1911 . the Simil-kameen, and located, in the sameyear, what is now the Kingston. Thisis also a very rich claim to-day, butCoulthard hadnt much faith in it,and, failing to do any assessmentwork, it lapsed. Four years later two Swedes, grub-staked by W. Yolen Williams, wellknown for his connection with theGranby Mines at Phoenix, located twoclaims which were subsequently ac-quired by the Daly interests. Thesame year Wollaston and Anandelstaked the Nickel Plate, Sunny , Bulldog and Copperfield, theore from which attracted Eodgers. This leads us to consider why theAmerican mining engineer was seek-ing property in British Columbiawhen he could have been devoting hisattention to unscratched fields in hisown land. And that brings us to theClark and Daly feud, one of the mostremarkable in history. That fierceand bitter fight left its traces on thepolitical histoiy of the United Statesfor it determined congressmen, sena-tors and electoral votes. For twentyyears the history of Montana was. THE LATE MARCUS DALY, A MONTANA MILLIONAIRE. WHO SUPPLIED THE MONEV TO DEVELOP THE NICKEL PLATE MINE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA largely the history of this Clark andDaly feud. Its effects were felt inthe business and politics of neailyevery county and city in the State, infact the scars of the strife markedMontana from Fort Assiniboine toFort Missoula, like some dark andflinty stratum in the Eockies. Hundreds of reasons have beengiven as the cause of the Clark-Dalywarfare. Some have said the twomen disputed over a have asserted that they squab-bled over art, Clark being a collectorof paintings, like Sir William VanHome, while Daly had no knowledgeof the fine points of a canvas. As a matter of fact, the basis ofthe trouble was the great Anacondamine, the wonder of Montana. WhileClark was in Europe, spending partof the profits he had made in con-junction with Daly on more or lessvaluabl
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