Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-12-17

] Richest Deposit IN the hflOlCH World
Tremendous Excitement ia Montana.
Col. Inslee, Of st. Joseph, now in Mon
1 tana Territory, incioses the following ex-
I tract from the Virginia City Montana)
/ Post Of November fourth, relative To
some newly discovered mines, which
bids fair TO surpass in richness anything
heretofore known in the world Co.
Inslee writes that he has seen some spec =
mems of the quartz from these mines
which seemed to be "nearly solid gold. ,
Here is the extract from tle Post.
Upon the arrival Of the Helena stage,
last Friday morning, the people Of Vir-
ginia City were thrown into gold excit,-
ment, before which all other excitements
must pale. The facts, as we get them
from apparently well authenticated sour
ces, are briefly as follows:
Mr.. Brown, a German or Norwegian.
and one of the original discoveries Of the
celebrated Gould & Curry lode, of Ma
vada, and afterward OF Brown lode,
i'm Nelson Gulch, in this Territory,
was engaged in sinking a shaft on
the "Uncle Sam" lode, about the
head Of Dry Gulch, some four miles from
Helena. He had sunk near twenty feet.
when, the indications not suiting him, he
concluded TO change his course by drift
ing up hill from the bottom Of his shaft.
He had advanced in this direction about
ten feet, when he reached a gold deposit
which, in richness and extent, has, per-
haps, no parallel in the history Of gold
mining. Gold, in almost solid masses,
glittered before his bewildered vision.
For two weeks longer, unku lwn TO
Others, he tunnelled into the golden wall
Secreted about him, he had accumulated
several guuny sacks, literally filed with
the precious metal, when longer sccresy
became impTacJicable, from the very ex-
tent OF his unexpected wealth, ana Mr..
Brown proceeded torecOrd and secure his
property, when the public were informed
Of the great discovery. 1t is said that be
BOW keeps a strong guard, night and
day, over his seemingly imc0m Dutable
wealth, while he himself unassisted.
delves into the golden walls around him,
and continues multiplying his sacks sof
precious ore. One person who was ad-
mitted into Mr.. Browns drift states that
Il presented a scene Of wealth more akin
70 a picture of the imagination than ac-
tually. Gold gold! gold. met the view
on every side-ab0ve, below, and all
arOund-and reflected back its rich hues
in the glare Of the candle, as if this sub
terranean vault had been hewed out of a
solid ledge Of the yellow metal.
This gold is found in a well defined
ledge, fully five feet in width. The gold
vein is three feet wide-tnree-fourths of
the entire substance therein being pure
gold-the remainder mainly bismuth. |
On each side Of thisvein there is a casing 1
of one foot Of quartz, which will ASSAY /
from four hundred dollars to two thou /
sand dollars TO the ton. The very wall |
rock Is rich, Specimens can be seen at |
the city book store.
Whether this is, to use familiar mining
terms, blow out, " or pocket % we I
are not prepared to admit or deny. But
be 1t either, millions are Lying around
oose." . We can scarcely realize that this
5 distinct, continuous ledge, as, in that
'ase, so vast an amount Of gold would
fleet the standard of gold valuation
the commercial world. But
'ur informant, whom we know TO be
nan Of reliability, assures Us that a dis
met ledge has been traced full seventy (
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