The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1867-05-11
MINING MATTERS.

AFTER TWENTY MULIoN.-Mr. Nc
Gregor of the Boulder Ditch Company operating
in Confederate Gulch who has been ia California
and the East since last fall procuring material for
the completion Of their vast and auspicous enter
prise made call his arrival from the States.
This company, during las5 year, a. miners became
dissatisfied on account Of the dthcuitY of working
the mines in Montana Guich owing 10 their depth
aud the scarcity of water. bought up claim after
claim until they own nearly mile OF the Montana
Gulch property, and some 700 feet 10 Gold Hill.
To work these by bringing water from Boulder
Creek the only source ff,m which il could be Oh
tanned and making an immense curve around the
mountains up Confederate Gulch, back again along
the opposite range of hills and on their grounds
would require some nine miles of difchiug. To oh
viate this there was but one method, by bringing
the ditch 10 Confederate AZ feet above the level Of
the Culch, laying an immense pipe from the reser
vUif there down Into the guch and up the opposite
hills to a height Of 81 feet, aud forcing water by
hydraulic pressure through this into the ditch lead
ing to their ground, For this Mr. MctirsgOr has
purchased 100 ieet Of - inch iron tubing made of
from No. TO - boiler iron, and capable OF con-
veying 100 inches of water miners measure, un-
der 90 feet of pressIre. This tubing cost SD OOU IN
St Louis, and Is now on the way here Per steamer
Ben. johnson. Its strength may be estimated from
the fact that IL is constructed OF boiler iruu in 10
feet Joints that a portion Of the iron Is of inch
in thickness, and that II was tested IN California
under GOO feet of pressure, and in St Louis under
700 feet of pressure without injury. Besides this
they have 100 feet OF smaller iron pipe for tapping
the ditch for the hose and ground sluices II IS the
intention Of the company to put iu bed rock hume
and work oct the gulch 5 they go. The time
uuired to do this will be almost three years The
estimated cost of the ditch completed is bordering
on $50 600 and by the last Of July the company
expect tu be at work. Their ground is known 60
be immensely rich, aud company 10 Montana
working under more flatteriug auspices than
the energetic, and praise deserving Boulder Ditch
Company.
WORK ~ THE GULCI.-From the life
and animation visible ia Last Chance and Grizzly
guIohes we should Judge that mining operations
had fairly commenced The hume built across
Last Chance by MIR. Nivion will be the means OF
setting 20 work Eve or six sluces, which, for the
present will be employed in washing pay dirt
drifted out during The winter. A portion Of the
road running down Last Chance, at the lover emo
of town is completely blocked up with sets Of suce
boxes and water bitches; and there will soon have
to be general fitting Of those occupying cabins la
that vicinity, as work will be commenced on the
bar Immediately. Water is DOW in both the Haw
Yaw aud Helena bitches. aud but short time mnst
eapse before the visible effects of plenty of eircu
lating medium will be felt by all classes.
MINING.-But little was done in the
way of taking out money in Last Chance gulch du
ring the first week account of there being no
water in either the Helena OF Naw Naw ditchess
and what came down the main gulch was only suf-
fcient for few siuice heads. There will be water
IN both the above named bitches IN a day or two,
when every claim in the galch viii be enabled TO
run.
FROM NEW YORK AND CAVE CLUTCHES.
-RepOrts from these guches represent times as
getting quite lively. The claims are paying well,
many new ones being opened and everything gen
orally is assuming bnstling go-ahead look.
FLUME-Mr. JAS NJ. Vivion has con-
structed a hume across Last Chance gulch, in the
vicinity OF the discovery claim The hume is four
hundred leei 10 length aud il for the purpose OF
supplying water 70 the bar on the northeast side
yf the guich.
SILVER FROM ARGENTA-The Esler
AliDiug Company seut over on Sunday evening
lsslt lbs of silver. consigned to Nowlan & Weary.
1be blowers broke down during the cupellatiou,
but Sir. Deidshsemer brought the blacksmtbs bel
lows into play aud completed it. scarcity Of
coal has impeded operations, bat a supply will be
on hand in a short time.
CLEAN UP.-A clean up of two hun
dred aud two ounces made at Turuley's MILL
on last Friday, from Whitlatch Union ore