The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-09-06

PRosPEcTIN0.-A very god thiag fog
xontsns and tor oil Of %, 10 the uuusual
amount Of prospecting that 10 beiss
done this season, and the success
that - attending II. We do not ai.
lude 70 much to the Cedar Creek and
Pipestone strikes, and others of like char.
acter, ss to the prospecting for gold bearing,
heavy gravel deposits. with view to by.
drsulic mining with large bodies of water.
II 10 In these the permanent and greatest
placer wealth Of Montana IL. Whers there
are elaine that will pay Temporarily for or.
binary shovel sluic'ng with light heads Of
water, there are acres and hundreds Of acres
that will yield immense returns for dozens
Of years to come BY tue system Of hydraulic
mining 10 which California now owes
ito greatest product Of gold. We do not
know rich gulch in old Montana that has
not in ito vicinity vast gravel deposits bear.
Ing gold, In places almost rich enough 10
pay by shovel sluicing. and almost uncx>
cspsionably bearing gold enough through
heavy beds OF gravel to justify the expcndi.
turs Of money to bring large bitches upon
them, twice or thrice In length and capacity
to any yet 10 the Territory. 1t 10 toward
these that attention Is now prominently
directed. The miners have come 10 ssc that
the gulch diggings, although rich, are soon
worked out, and that these immense bars
will yield rich tribute for . life time.
They lie NIL about 10 almost untouched. In
two or three years the railroad will be here
bringing ito tide Of immigration. Wages
will he lcsseDed - the supply of labor ex.
ceeds the demand, and those who have op.
portunity recognize the advisability of
possessing themselves under the mining
laws of . portion Of the great placer fields
that for the next fifty years will place Mon.
tana In the lead 40 gold producing region.
On many water can be carried At moderate
expense In quantity sufficient to do the work
of . score OF men In the gulchcs, and on
others capital will soon be Incoming to
undertake whatever 10 necessary to lay them
under tribute. This u the day Of opportu.
nifty and II 10 being taken advantage of. In
every direction plscers ore being surveyed
for patent aud % many old bars, remsm.
bcred by the prospectors Of years ago -
yielding almost prospect enough to justify
. "'64 stampede, " the stakes are being Get
for claims that that will he opened or work.
ed sufficiently to secure governmental title,
then held oyer until men of means zee In It
remunerstive investment and carry out ca.
pacious bitches from the larger streams.
The securing Of such mines ~ these IL the
wisest thing old M"ntan,sns can do; until
they have secured either good quartz or
placcs they are not ready for . railroad
with lis Influx Of people, capital and com.
petition. and when they have laid their
grasp on these treasures they will be
prepared for ito coming. They zee these
things, and for these reasons the prospect.
ing Of this season 10 different from thst of
preceding ycars-s prospecting looking to
the development Of the most valuable mines,
but which have heretofore been passed by,
through ignorsoce OF their value Or In the
search for those requiring less expense to
make available. We believe that not one.
tenth Of the paying placer mining area Of
this county has yet had slutce box Get an
It, and that i've years from now the hydrsu.
lie bars Of Montana will yield moro gold
than 10 to-day produced from the sulches.
Speed the pick.