The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1869-11-19
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There are hundsds Ut claims sbove tho level Ut the
present ditehes-lar above. These win quadsuplc ths
yield On the complet!ou Il r. .--.as %.r.. ., -.-
THE HUMPHREY Drrcu, z.r..
now being brilt BY the Humphrey brothesA This h
Of the gigantic works Of the day. There II moth
inx like II In America. And Il viii Be built indo-
table en.y aud pMck in the heats Of the build
ere. Butte the Pacific SLOPE secds water; Boulder
Basin, ON the Atlantic Slope has It. To carry It from
the one 70 the other 4 ditch % ailss long. witA
TUNNEL TWENTY 1orn ucxDREp FEET LONG. fanousu
TaE MAIN DIVIDE OF TINE n0cKT MOUNT AINs, y MEG
Es.ARY, y UNDERTAKEN, AND y ALHoso coxSLETsO
II viii carry 3O inches ct watr high on the Silver
Bow region. and give employment tSAo0 nsa. The
Humphrey brothsn deserve c:edis-aaoss than that,
fortunes. III. r ami ea..M- .r.r.#~zFss ss. aG
THE QcA3Tz. .. l.......
Butte u proud of iis pllccrs, but "goes IT. last
chip on it, quarts leads. There arc about 1000
quarts leads located and recorded IN the vicinity.
Their trend Il nearly duo east and vest their parallel
ism remarkable, and their richness unqucstiooed.
Their measrc dcvelopmcut the ownoss Of them being
mainly placer owners, who usually hold quartz unde-
yeloped until the latter II exhau.tedcan alone &C.
couuor the leads Of this vicinity not having attracted
opefatosa Quarts 10 the mother o piscera The
onves Bow placen very c1tsnives theeonl:uratioo
and altitude q the Cold producing couney thsse e
unusual II not without parallel the particlcs of gold
very different from ordinary wash gold and it, Quality
ineesior. Noticing this we asked % Old sesident-
"Upoa what theory DO pea account Tor this :" - +
81 hold that II Il iced 0a. This whole system Of
quartz aud plaeers IL the site Of system Of lofty
mountains much older than the present Rocky Noun
tain Range. Il was network q quarts leads.
Through tbs agencies Of Nature. the mountains hsvs
worn down. and the lodss with them. Through the
processes Of deuudston, gold became dsiuteratsd
from The gsngue quartz, and. being impeishable,
rsassine."L - ih3 f"tf"s @@tt NJ A5saat+ &@t.
.Bus there b serious fault II yoar theory. Ton
Isads ars oliver; how could they dspost gold IN Jon,
plaoczs and retain silver in ~ veins :" 3 III ,rr.
"Not fault, cir! The most Of silver loads ore gold
bearing on the surface and down 100 and sooetiDes
4 CO fs.&. lginss In Nsxioo which iwsp wosksd 100
yean for gold, age now worked COr oliver. Noatsxu-
IA Is the conquest hsd unhoapded treasures Of god
ansi bss ttie oliver sines tSe lesh esntay the sams
mines iavs bsss worked aaa yissd diver. A 0ptaEsd
Isu q Pen, In IT, sasiy ssntssisA paja mason ID
sola eqsal a Afssca nilltDs dollan; now 1sn pse
daoss silves II North Casolina. y 1sao vein w
epsnsd and worked three ysas tor gold and sinos 10
4 sayss. The ConsGoek wls located . . gold 6dse
uines In Caisonis and Noatans have changed IN ~
valus Of prods By the Increasing a silvss
y tAey ~ developed. ne oaasafnk quarts sbos,
Dstts ~ wssn Aown deposiesa IesgsA - - sllvs,
4 lo6ss - ceaAS ~ wssk~ara., al .ti ~hf f,4H
.-And goa sceoa,s for ~ ssaliey = nm dsst b
~ sans pepesse q yos7's, Ia. ae.,., ...r.,. Z
.cstainly: the large sod nsessts Soand b plaessl
DO .ot % exist IN The quarts. Lesa ~ rsA. Cola
- casnical cAaass b ths snbseasess Nh whieh Y
= assosiased Sosns agsrap1s - ~ DHssesss. -
dseisg saensta Silver NJ alley WITH = thsosgA -
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