Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-02-14
LETTER FROM CHERRY CREEK
sFrom Our Special correspondent.l

From Our Special Correspondent
REAsvILLE, Feb. 10, 1873.
Editors 4rast Courier
Our thriving little village presents -four
ishing aspect to the s'tender-feet', who ever
and anon pay us visit. Quartz, chlorides,
sulphurets, snlphates, horn and native silver
are the principal topics of conversation here,
and from the nature of those conversations
a casual observer would imagine that the
/ whole camp was one vast neurological in
sti:ute, wherein had been concentrated all
the results OF scientific research and scholas-
tic investigation acquired in institutions Of
that class throughout tile civilized world No
need of sending learned professors to Cher
~ Creek; here eyeryDody.is professor on
his own hook, and can land will. whenever
the occasion presents itself, and ne can find
| listeners who will not indulge the new-fan-
| gled accomplishment OF ssgoing to sleep on
him, y expatiate in the most lucid and salts
factory manner Imaginable on prospects and
probabilities dips. spurs, angles and indica-
lions; the percentage of bullion and the
permanency of lodges together with great
many other things required to be known in a
silver mining region, and few things not so
desirable to know.
But one great an.l redeeniing character
istic of these learned scientists is, that they
do net confine themselves to elaborate dsser-
tations on mineralogy and the kindred sci
ences, but when wind and weather will per-
NIT, they evince an eager willingness to take
the pick and shovel, drill and sleJge, and
with untiring labor and hard knocks proceed
to unearth the solution of the problem of
their future prosperity, by the development
Of the treasures hidden away in these '.rocEy
Businesses and very much doubt if there
is another camp in Montana that can boast
of as much labor accomplished during the
past winter-iu proportion to population, OF
course las can Cherry Creek Everybody
who owns .sfeet''' In this locality is actively
engaged hi developing the same. and the fol-
lowing will show that the winters work has
not been unproductive in results
On the Eberhartlt a shaft has been sunk to
depth of SO feet, and the ledge, at that
depth. shows a 3-foot vein of fire ore. SOME
OF which is exceedingly rich. The Ensel-
man, one of the best lodes liz the district, is
open to depth of so feet, with the ore inn
proving as greater depth is attained. The
Davis lode is looking better than at any time
since discovery The shaft on this lode is
down forty-fve feet. and the proprietors are
sanguine of being independently rich in very
s'short Order.''
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About four weeks age Geo. w !. Rea found
new ledge five miles est Of the camp. stu
ate in the main belt of therange, tpe,sty feet
IN oidth, which yields, by actual working
process, $50 per ton. The rock was worked
by the Turner process. in Harper & Co.'S.
mill at Silver Star. Messrs. Harper & Co.
also worked $500 pounds of average rock
from the Eberllardt mine, with net result
of S21S per ton.
Messrs. Nertan, Rea, Harper. Turaer &
Co. are going Immediately to erect mill
for the reduction of rock, which it is conf
IDENTIFY expected will be in running order by
the middle OF May. The contract fsrits con-
struction has beenlet to Mr.. W. Heffner of
your city, than whom no al5ler or better man
could have been selected
Besides these. many other improvements
are in progress or in contemplation. giving
the place an appearance which reminds us of
carly days. when the scarcity of greenbacks
was more than eounter-balanced by an album
t,ance of DUST time we expect to see re-
peated Wien The long talked of railroads
make their appearance and wea-e enabled
to load the Iron Horse with our precious
ores.
! New discoveries are OF frequent occurrence.
and stampedes arc the order OF the day with
the new Corners The old hands, however,
are quite content with the .bird in the
hand" though, if little more property in
the shape Of feet presents itself, they never
fail to accept. They wouldn't be .mean''
enoughto refuse anything in that line. No,
Stree! PIT.