The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1867-09-14
MINING MATTERS.
ALDER GULcH.


DEAR LOCAL: Now that the smoke and din
of political conflict has subsided and the con
tending hosts have Loyalty acquiesced In the
result of their ballot warfare, and that the
rival champions may be seen hob-nohbing
around through the streets of the metropolis
of Montana as if the time had come when the
lion and the lamb would lie down together,
take a refreshing snooze and arise recuperated
from the effects of any bibulous freaks those
notables may have INDUCED in, Local shall
have few mining items from "ye honest
miner, "who is vouchsafed time to scribble, from
the fact of his accidentally performing n sur
gical operation on one of his pedal appen-
dages with a very unprofessional instrument,
commonly called pick. Notwithstanding
this, he felt able to mount cayuse and ride
down Alder gulch, taking notes as he went
along, San faith he wants ye prent EN-, I" for
he has an irrepressable desire to appear In
print, being of opinion that it is the first step
towards becoming member of the Montana
Legislature. Now for items.
The Montana Fluming Company, operating
about three miles below junction city have
ten men employed. They have 1000 feet of
Gnme constructed, three feet high and three
feet wide. They Will strike bedrock in 400
feet more, when they expect to take out about
$500 day. Ye honest miner Is under obli-
cations to the gentlemanly proprietors-Mr.
c. NJ. Sweet and Mr.. Van Brocklin, for show
Ing him around the premises.
The Mapleton quartz mill on Granite gulch
is now idle, awaiting the construction of ma
chinery for the saving of silver. The lead, at
depth of sixty-fye feet, becoming rich in
that metal.
Next, in Alder gulch, is the hume Of Oscar
Seadman; it is thirty inches wide and three feet
high. They have only commenced the con-
sUruction of their hume and expect to have 1T
built next spring, so to be able to take ad-
vantage of the spring freshets. Ben. Williams
d Co., have In successful operation neat
hume, about 200 feet long, which brings
them within two feet of bedrock. 1t is un-
derstood they are doing very well. The next
object of interest that attracts the attention
of ye miner, is fume beginning on German
Bar, and extending up the gulch distance OF
$500 feet, reaching Nugget Bar. Most of
the fume is laid through ground at a depth of
eighteen feet. This immense construction is
named the Union Flume, and is o. ned by v.
w. Davis & Co., and w H. Patton a Co. These
energetic gentlemen commenced this stupen-
dous enterprise on the first day of May last,
and completed their work on the last day OF
August, and now have pit stripped to pay
gravel, fifty feet wide by $50 feet long, at a
cost of eight cents per yard, when the same
amount of work under the old system, would
| have cost seventy cents per yard, which speaks
encouIagingly for this mode Of mining. The
California Company have a good hume about
| l.200 feet long, leading to then ground on
| the famous Words Bar. When water becomes
plenty they will be enabled to sluice OF a
| large amount of ground from which they will
reap rich reward for their energy and prese-
verance. Blake It Co., are progressing rapidly
with their hume, and have made several good
'clean ups" IE HONEST MINER