Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-05-08
THE JEFFERSON MINES.
MORE DISCOVERIES.
TWO ME DtsrRprs FORMED.

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Tuo ME DtsrRNTs FORMED
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TWENTY MILES OF THE RIVER
STAKED.
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Upon receipf Of the .ssxs Of The first dig
covery of river bed tllkglnx5 on the Jefferson
on Monday Of last week. In company with
Najor Il. e. Miller, Or. Monroe and Mr.. u
B. McMurray, We repaired to the scene Of
golden promisc, aud found the facts not
to only justify, but exceed the wonderful n
ports ll,at met us on every Land regarding
the richness ct the discovery aud the extent
Of the mines.
On our way to the mines, We were hos.
pitab'y entertained by Rev. i. 9. Stiitelcr
and the ladies Of Ills household, Wild has q
stock ranch six miles below discovery claim.
FrIm him We gained the following informa-
| ton relative to the first discovery of gold In
that community, which led to the more re-
cent discoveries. About six years ago man
| BY the rame OF Davis obtained fine prospects
on the bar in what is known Is the Upper
Canyon. There are in fact two bars, the iii st
extending back from the river about ten feet
where it is succeeded by the second, about
thirty feet wide. winch terminates in the
mountain. Both bars are we'll defined. Da-
Wis In primitive and difficult manner wax
ed the first bar. lie took out the dirt and
conveyed it 10 the river In a wheelbarrow
and washed out the gold. By this staple
method he made It pay. but death put an end
to any further progress In the manner Of
! working the bars, SO far As Mr.. Davis was
concerned. Aftcf hts death e. B. uous. I
| aud others worked the mines or more cx.
tensive scale, BY making ditch, csmmcnc.
ing at the hcaI Of the bar. and running along
the edge of the bluff, taking in both bars as
fur rs 1t went, terminating in q reservoir,
(which supplied water In q mcagrc way to
work the clai,Es opened. Water was forced
Into the ditch by means CT q y heel put IN the
river ut the head of the ditch. Az high us
twelve dollars day to the hand, we under
stand. was obtained; but the insufficicncy Of
water caused al abandonment Of the mines
until more water could be OBJ aimed. Conse.
quent;y the bars have not been worked since,
until recently, although the ground was sur
veyed aud patent obtained tor the whole,
embracing eighty acres, inclutlin., however,
the bars only. The title to the same has bec,,
in Irrigation, but we believe Mr.. VIM. Hyde.
of Madison county. has become the legal
owner By purchase AM otherwise. There Il NJ
doub; but the bars are rich, aud will be thor
oughly worked out. The South Boulder can
bc thrown on the bar< ut m estimated cost
of $2O.OOO. <@,.
Last winter an honest miner found himscl;
financially busted, aud in casting about in
his mind the question OF grub stake, be-
thought himself Of the Davis bar on the Jet
fersoD. rhkher he wen,led his way, and
CONNER cea work ON the upper BAR, follow
ling the example Of Dayis III the manner oi
his work.. Ilis solitary labor was relieved BY
the addition Of two more impccunious bu,
honest '.toifers Of the EARTH" On the 9TH
day 1t April; whilst In the river washing out
their dirt. It occurred to MI. Hedges, the
miner fr-t named, to prospect the river besl.
and lie was rewarded BY the sight Of :bout
thirty five cents Of the precious metal gilt
E.ning in the bottom Of his pan. A little daul
was made and the men commenced sh0yclin2
into rocker the riYcr. gravel. In q couple
OF hours they had obtained i've dollars. A
more formidable wing-tlam was COZ structed,
taking in aboht eixlstor ten feet Of the river
bed, and working in this patch with rocker
the three miners in six days took out 1915 o.
Bedrock was reached Ut three feet. The
river rising, they succeeded in working only
a small portion ,ef.the ground wing damed
The discov. ~, as stated above. was made
by Mr.. Hedges, and together with his par:
ners. Wm. McQuian and J. Clatrr, claim.
twelve hundred FEET of the river bed wes|
(up the river) from discovery, individual
claims being 400 feet each. A few days sub
sequent to the discovery. the river had bee.
staked . distance Of eight or nine niles, anG
mining district formed. known As the Up
Der Canyon District, Of which VIM. McQuinl
is the recorder.
AS will lie seen by me following lcrtel
from our Galiatin City correspondent tw,
later discoveries have beer made, and min
ing districts organized:
GALLArIx CrrY, NJ. r., Nays, 1874.
FRIEND WEIGHT: And once again we ar
all excited over new discovery Of rich DE-
posits Of gold-excited. though hardly doe
justice TO the feeling that pervades tIIis COIN
munlty. It is much too tame an expression
but tor lack Of better one we will let 1t &
at that. As wrote the other day new dis
covery has been made. and TIL, time the dix
rjnae ae alDsat twelve mikes from this placc
They are located IN tho first canyon Of tl'
Jefferson r1ver;s j0st abow point where tn
river makes an abrupt bend westward. there
BY escaping from the canyon. The discover
ing party consisted OF four persons, I'll
them good. practical miners, 20 that this ca
be safely counted snre thing. Ylse prospect
1 are from to 50 cents to the paE. on bedrock