The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1867-04-20
MINING MATTERS.

t0teIecte are 70 lOOh up. n EFanQ |
enterprise is being undertaken in this place, |
which is looked upon by all, with great deal
of interest. King, Gillette & Co. of Helena, |
under the supervision of Captain 0'Brien are
about to commence bedrock fume
In Confederate gulch, starting short distance
below the mouth of Boulder, and running up
until they strike bedrock, and by the use of
hydraulics, run the whole of the dirt of the
gulch through their hume. 1t is the only
way the gulch could be worked successfully, |
| and il is hoped that il will prove remunerative
to the enterprising company. Hills Co.,
have been taking some rich pay dirt out of
their claim, at the mouth of Montana gulch.
taking out from $95 to $lSS to the pan. They
found one nugget weighing 1912.
Boulder, much abused Boulder it seems is
looking up again. nugget weighing 800
was taken out of the old discovery claim one
day last week and the boys have a fair prospect
of doing well, the coming summer. Williams
q Co. found some very rich paying ground in
their claims, right adjoining below discovery.
They are engaged in erecting derrick by which
to raise their dirt with horse, it is the first
thing of the kind in this section of country,
and, no doubt, will be a great Improvement
| on the more common way of grinding it out
with windlass. Abt & Co., next below, have
been sn good pay ever since last July, and
have fair prospect of making "down the
river " stake the coming summer. McCarty
T. Co., first claim above discovery, have not
as yet found anything big, but they feel con-
| nOeDI IOaJ C0elr RrOuDu EOOu. boulder Dar
is attracting considerable attention this spring
it is thought to be rich, and so far as a
dump can be had, the claims will be prospect
ed as soon as water comes.
JusrIcIA sends the following from Red
Mountain City, on the 18th "The warm
weather of the past week has made marked
change In the appearance of our hamlet.
! Everybody Is busy, including merchants, and
all wear smiling faces. Some eight or ten
companies are now washing pay "grity' and
/ as many more will be at work as soon as lum-
/ Der can be obtained for sluices. Armstrong
mills are the only kind in operation here, at
] present, consequently lumber is scarce and
very high. This drawback WILL however, be
obviated in short time, as Major Shoup in
! forms me that he will have his mill in COM
plete running order on the first of May As
/ far as have been enabled to learn, those COM
panies who have worked the past week have
fully realized their expectations, and con-
WINGED that their confidence has not been mis-
placed in selecting Highland district as the
Eldorado of their hopes. On Coolies galch,
n tributary of Highland. vast piles of dirt
await the coming of water, it being a dry
! gulch, water of consequence can be OBJ
tanned at present but there will be abun-
! dance In short time. Some new and rich
| Developments were made few days since
that created considerable excitement. The
bar upon which the town stands has always
been considered valuable, but nothing definite
| was known until the past week. 1t is beyond
doubt rich and extensive. Quartz prosPectors
are busily engaged our mountain sides,
seeking for ledges. Since my last, two val
liable discoveries have been made. One, near
the Nevins, discovered by Harvey & Co., is
we'll defined and very rich in free gold. We
have nine grocery stores two saloons FIVE
blacksmith shops; three butcher shops; two
bakerys; one book store; two clothing stores /;
two shoe shops; one hardware store three
livery stables, and brewery nearly compile
ted. One hotel in full blast, and two more
will be completed in few weeks"
Hot SPRINGS DIsTRICT.-Mr ID. H.
Hopkins, who made flying tip to the Hot Springs
district, few days since, furnishes the fellow
ing items in regard To that district The visit
| chiefly made az the mill and property of the Rag
land, Cope & Naptop Company, which has been
| the pioneer in developing this incredibly rich
| region. This (the Alpha company brought ont in
the summer of 65 fifteen stamp mill. of six hun
dred and fifty pounds each, with Chilian arastra
and amslgamatOr combined and forty-hOrse
/ power engine as the motive power. The mill
erected in November of that year in Canadian
gulch two aud half miles north of Sterling. This
mill with one and half cords Of wood, costing 81
per cord, has reducing capacity of ten tons per
day, saving ninety five per cent of the gold, aud
with double shoes will reduce twenty per day
with the same amount of fuel This latter method
/ however, which brings the crushing surface nearer
the screens, is only used on inferior ore, and does
not enable so close a saving of the gold. IL is
crushing rock from the full crevice Of the Gold
4 Hill lode, twenty tons per day. Mr.. Cope the
| managing Superintendent, is highly pleased with
the prospects of the Company, and it is due TO his
energy that they have now developed the follow
ing leads of the Company, which yield. by actual
test, the amount per ton annexed. PoDey Discov-
| ery-ehaf one hundred and thirty-fve feet; crew
ice three feet yield. SIS. Gold Hill-shaft sixty
! feet crevice, three feet yield, $40. Esop-shah
| thirty feet; crevice five feet yield, $50. Excel
feet; yield $50. Orientai-shaft sixty feet; crew
| ice. six inches; yield, $40 Oriental Extension
shaft twenty five feet crevice, three feet yield,
| $40. The Company own, altogether, twelve thou
| sand FIVE hundred fppt Of ed one
fourth to three miles from the MILL with abundance
| Of fine timber within one mile. Mr.. H. but adds
| his opinion TO that of many other competent men in
stating that Hot Springs district is of the very
best in Montana for the number and richness of it's
leads and the splendid facilities for working them
THE HIGHLAND QUARTz.-The quartz
in the neighborhood of Red Mountain City, High
land, Is attracting the attention of every by its
| superior richness and tremendous lodges. Until
late last fall this locality unProspected. and
| comparatively few Ioies have been yet recorded
| bur the bills will swarm with men as soon as the
! snow disappears sufficiently for prospecting.
Among those already developed, the Balsrat prob
ably ranks first. and is believed to be the best vein
in Montana The quartz is decomposed, yields by
| assay. as certified by NowlaD & Weary, 1T Helena,
Sl4l so per ton and has, at depth of fifty feet
twenty eight foot orevice. Several arastras will be
erected ON II g. an early & aay 'S ew h1ndred
! is very rich S25 per day having been made by
crushing with hand mortar. There is il
forty foot SHAFT showing four feet Of crevice. The
| Talco IS another fine ledge, lying three hundred
] feet north of the Ballarat The French lode is an
extension of the Talco. and has thirty foot shaft
| and four feet of crevice. On the Golconda a
tunnel now ia two hundred feet aud near the lead
will tap it hundred aud twenty five feet from
| the surface. The DelmOnico is extension of the
Ballarat. 1t has ihy foot shaft it, promising
| fully we'll as the BallarsL The Bendigo is an
extension of the Nevins. West of the town is the
\ Red Mountain silver lode. IL has six foot crevice
and is believed to be very rich. These are the
principal leads yet deve loped in that vicinity ard
they give assurance of 7ieh returns. Nessrs. Wat
son & CO. will have the Bailarat dis
1 coNerY shortly. aud nndersiand that Mr Iruin