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For the past two or three years Pilgrim
Bar has been recognized as one Of the lsrg.
est gold producing localities in America,
and its enormous yields have made il famous
throughout the west. Las, year several Of
the older claims had their hearts worked
out. and they having required and used I'll
water obtxinable even from the extensive
system Of bitches that empty their torrents
through the auritcrous deposits about Yam>
hill, but little had been done even in pros.
pectiug the extensive contagious bars that
gave evidence Of like deposits, and which
subsequent prospecting has demonstrated
contain rich gold bearing channels and grav
el beds vast in ex,eat. as favorable under
carly development a. the mother bar. Late
last season, work WAS begun In prospecting
and extending bitches and fumes to them,
and this season there are being opened
large number Of claims lying in an irregular
horse shoe line around the northerly and
eas,erly limits of the old mines, rs also on
Granite Bar and Gold Hill through which
leads the channels whence Pilgrim Bar re-
celved i,s deposits, and which Rogers &
Broaduss Gu, into last season. From this It
will be seen that present Opera.iOEs are not
only important in their immediate products,
but in opening up new aud larger area Ut
mines for years to cOine. W. arc indebted
to Mr. Geo. w. Irwin for the following
items of what is being done in that respect
ut present:
IN THE WINDY DIGGIN0s"
To which the Rock Greek Ditch Company
last winter extended their Lower Ditch six
miles, ]. D. Binns is now opening ground
with fair prospects. The ''Lone Star Re.
form Co.," &C. G.. Still, Preston Stevens,
Frank Lafton, VIM. Watson and james
Murray have already made one clean up
with good results and better indications.
The Flag Of Erin Co.," (Wm. Davis and
VIM. Ryan,, arc also opening ground. and
China Company Is cleaning up 500 u
week on new ground. Frank Sessions is
extending ditci to cover ground In the
vicinity and will be ready to run in four
weeks.
TREADwATER BAR.
To reach this bur from Pilgrim Bar, the
highest and best system OF water telegraph
IN Montana 10 being constructed. The
Break o'Day Co.," IJamcs Brslsford aud
James McMas.ers), carried telegraph flume
Of 225 inches capacity on q clear stretch Of
400 feet, with 80 feet altitude over the
gulch to Break o'Day bar. From there an.
other telegraph 80 feet high carries It to
Tresdwater bar, and this being too low -
now receiving another l0.fec. course which
will cover their Trcadwster Mines
Simpson, DeLong & Co., for the same
purpose. carried telegraph aume 1890 feet
long, 75 feet altitude, 800 hundred inches
capacity, 10 Break o'Dsy Bar, and thence
arc stretching another of like Capacity $40
feet, sns hundred and ten feet altitude ~
Treadwalcr. Jos Catching has the contract
for the latter, and it will he completed In
four weeks. Both these companies are
composed of miners who would not inves.
10 heavily in fumes. without being satisfied
of having rich ground ON Tresdw dwater Bur.
OTHER DEvELoPMENTs
On Granite Bar, Ba,tcrtOn, Irvine & Co.,
(James BsttcrtOn, George Eat,erton, Ed.
Irvine and II. Poplin) arc running y cut I'D
joining Rogers & Brosduss, and "ill have
their ground open in two weeks.
On Middle Bar, Granite gulch, the bug
Co.." under the efficient management of
James Boyd, JE, 10 doing excellent work
and have q gOod bea of gravel which pros-
poets well.
The 'Whoop Up Co.," (Chas Pearson,
Jos. Hancock and Frank B. Workmsn>
opened up claim on Slaughter House Bar
and had - diggings, but conc. .uded no, to
work it Ut present.
Jacob Hoover on the Squaw gulch side of
Gold Hill Bar, has struck what is generally
believed in camp will be the biggest mine
there. He has sixty feet bed Of gravel
and good prospects,. 1t will take six weeks
yet to thoroughly develope it, but the ind>
cations are such that Mr.. Hoover feels jus
titled in expending $1,000 in opening it up.
James AcGurrsn & Cn. are carrying \
dume to the mouth of Squaw gulch, where
the secOnd head Of Rock Creek Ditch can
be utilized.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
The water season 10 very late In oil the
range of camps. Up 10 this week the Rock
Creek Ditch proper was only flowing 18O0
inches, the Lower r. G. Ditch COO inches
and the Pixies Peak Ditch 100 against IN
ordinary tlow at this season Of 1000 inches.
THIS is very materially rc,arding mining
operations. There are about $50 men in and
about Yamhill, of whom l25 are at work.
Eight more companies have IN applications
for water, which, when supplied will give
employment to ut least so more miners.
Water Is selling ut 15 cents for "a hours,
LIST head, and for I'd head contract price Is
usually 10 cents per inch. There are three
stores at Yamhill James Murrny, A. Cohen,
and Thos. II. Irvine, Jr. & Co.; three 50
loons-James O'Grady. g. =. King and
Capt ID. H. Trufant. and three boarding
houscs-D. H. Mcfarland. Jno. Kinnomeu
and Robert Smith, This We believe is fair
presentation of the ''opcning scenes" in and
about Pilgrim Bar. May i,s richest contri.
buttons not yet have been given TO the gold
product of Montana