The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1872-06-22

s0sO~81OuS TINS oeCtlO0 Call Nor IN III 8lOO
ness, Will give : ball and supper, 10 which
no special invitations will be issued, bu
every one will be welcomed and entertained
a. only 4ise Jordan knows how to do 1t
Col q. ". Morse runs the butcher shoE
here, and He1fner & Co. ut the mouth Of
the sG'e an supply the boys with aoadul'ered
After IN excellent breakfast ut ''Aunt
6usans." Van and your solicitor resumed
tneir tramp, first paying visit to
JONES = NIDDAUaH's BEDROCK PLUME,
Below town. Commenced In 1855, this i'm
mense Undertaking has been prosecuted
with On energy and perseverance, unexcelled.
RAISING through portion of the gulch har.
ren OF gold for one-third Of mile, their
courage never failed these enterprising men,
ana when reaching the fiat below town, at
(aoout half = mile) they are about realizing
what for six years they have been striving
10 strike--good pay. From about two
quarts OF dirt washed on shovel in our
presence, between eight and ten cents wa
obtained. 1t 10 reasonable to suppose that
the pay they now have runs up the fat, and
will amply reward w. w. Jones, Jas. MIDI
daugh. J. B. Town and Hugh Gavin for
their years of toll and perseverance,.
THE MINERS OF YREKA.
The next flume above town 10 run by
Kennedy u Dunn, with i've men. n. Doc
ley and Pat Broughsn run their flume with
seven men, and are taking out good pay
Their last clean up fo7 thirteen days was
$1,000. Next comes Stones i McKivet's
ground, who were of the discovery party of
Elk Gulch, and have ever since, with vary
ing success, worked their ground. They
work three men, run q blacksmith shop. and
realize good pay now. with plenty of ground
to work tor years. Grant & Co. own thu
next flume and the guich to Reynolds City.
This ground has been very rich, paying Is
high rs &c, 900 for eight weeks, but now
fails to pan out satisfactorily. However.
they have some good prospecting ground
above they will reach in time and receive
good pay. $751;.
REYNOLDS CITY,
Onco city of 1900 inhabitants, is now but
mass of ruins, but two men making it
their temporary abode. Taxing the trail
over what 10 known q the Low Divide"
about three miles across, we struck into
BLK GULCH,
The richest of the many SIN all gulches in
these mountains. A very small head of
water now affords two companies facilities
for mining the peculiar formation of iron
rock and quartz. no regular gravel being
found in the gulch. In '66, in the spring Of
the year. six rockers were run by the dis.
covers with water made from melted snow,
and 500 to each rocker per day was the
result q long Is the snow lasted.
Passing the head OF Blk through c0nsid.
cradle snow We soon found ourselves In the
HEAD OF DEEP
Gulch, on the Eddy & Co. claim, which is
now In other hands, and worked with what
success l did not learn. A short distance
below and the many empty houses indicate
tho village OF
TOT o. DEEP,
Once lively center but low inhabited only
BY Mrs. Waterman, who keeps an excellent
boarding house for the men employed by
Fenner, Allen & Mc0hee in their extensive
mines below. Much has been reported on
The richness and extent of these mines and
The peculiar formation Of the bedrock; but
these diggings must DO seen TO be appreci-
sted. A bank Of gravel thirty six feet deep
now. but going down for sixty feet further
10 bedrock, prospects from Is to 20 cents
feet pressure tears down the banks ct the
!
! mile long carries off the refuse.
Another fume, about half mile below
he upper one, run by Mel. McGhee Of the
'sme company. Is being run through tail.
Dgs, headings and old drifts, which are
'aying well, to solid ground, calculated to
'trike the upper works on bedrock. There
lre twenty men employed In both fumes
Turing 10 hours of the "a, or - long ~ the
ather limited supply Of water will permit
From here down Deep Gulch for miles
,othing but the evidences OF former activity
# miners remains until two miles from the
mouth Of Deep the hill diggings Of Small. |
Warren 4 Co., three hundred feet above the |
:reek. are found. They are just getting
heir ground we'll prospected. . pit 1916 |
Get yielding $500, coarse gold, and in places
giving from one to one and half dollars to
he pan. These hill diggings seem to be
'ery extensive, no end TO The pay having
'een found over the whole extent of their |
Iround s.@.-........
.-.. AROUND THE CIRCLE"
A two mile walk and w entered Bear |
own after two days tramp to every gulch |
. this vicinity, tired, but satisfied that for |
'ears to come, Bear. Elk, Deep and tribu.
aries will will yield large percentage Of |
he entire gold product Of Montana
To Mr.. J. e. Van Gundy am deeply In. |
|ebtod for his invaluable services a guide /
nd co.laborer for the interest of your
'ighly appreciated sheet; to Joaquin Abas.
n Tor fav0rs tho many TO mention, and TO
he good people Of the gulches mentioned
or their support extended the NEw NORTH.
vest, regretting that space alone prevents
more extensive notice Of Ill the camps:
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