Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-05-22
THE JEFFERSON MINES.

THE JEFFERSON HINES.
4 Several new discoveries have beer
made on the Jefferson since our las
report, and the river is staked from
Silver Star to within ten miles of Gal
latin City,. A company has been or
ganized for working the Davis bar, o
which Mr.. VIM. Nannery is one of til,
leading members. Mr.. F. is now max
ing arrangements for the purchase O
q pump to throw water on the bar. HI
informs us that there are several il
the Territory with sufficient capacity
to answer the purposes required, and
he is now negotiating for the purchase
Of. one of them. It is thought that
the bar can be successfully worked
with pump, using steam power. This
company expect to commence opera
tons in short time, and We are con
fident the results will justify any cx
penditures they may make in the
premises.
A town has been laid out short
distance below the first discovery OF
river diggings and contiguous to the
Davis bar. We expect soon to see an
active mining community established
there.
The New North West, in reference
to these mines, says:
The recent discovery Of river-bed
mines on the jefferson is important.
Had the deposit Of gold been light it
would have attracted little attention
for there is scarcely a stream in Mon
tana whose banks or bed will not pan
out "color.' But the yield has been
extraordinarily rich and prospecting
along a distance Of twenty miles shows
them to be extensive. AS vet, work
has only been prosecuted sufficiently
in one locality to give actual results,
but that has paid over an ounce day
to the hand with a rocker, and pros
poets equally good have since been OBJ
tanned i'll other localities. Letters and
persons from thats:ectiOn fully sustain
the newspaper reports, and the judy
mont Of miners is that the pay is big
and extensive. If these c0ncurring
testimonies are correct the value of the
discovery is of vast Importance to None
tana-important in the employment it
will give when water has Stacked in
the smaller streams, in the gold it will
yield, in the prosperity it give that
immediate region, in the attention it
will direct to Montana, in the im,rigra-
ton it will encourage and in the incen-
tive it will be to prospect other rivers
with tlo'<strOng probability that dis |
cOyerieS of equal value will be made |
III them. All recollect the wonderful
richness Of the California river mines
# the early day; and latterly the
inest placer mines of that State are
,eing developed in the old river chan
lels where water has not run f,r ages.
When gold was discovered in Montana
! little attention was given to examin-
ng the rivers, but not being rewarded
With immediate and great success, and
Alder and Last Chance di-
'erting attention, the prospecting ele-
nent sped to the gulcllcs and it seemed
o be taken for granted that there was
70 gold in the rivers, just as it was
AIKEN for granted for years that Mon
ana was too cold for fruits, flowers
nd cereals that are now being sue.
essfully grown. A few weeks ago Mr..
lodges, apparently more as capricc
han with any expectation of getting
ay, happened to wash few pans Of {
irt on the bank Of the Jefferson, hap I:
encd to do it just where paying pros
Gets rewarded the first effort, and to-
~ twenty miles Of the river are taken ,
p and results obtained which u ,tify /
le belief that great mining field has
cen struck. For ten years there has :
cen settlement and occupation Of that
alley, but evidently no one ever be, *
re thought to prospect the river. !
Ow, if the Jefferson, with no extern
We discovered placers or gold. bearing
aartz in the immediate vicinity yields
lus, it is reasonable to believe that !.
her rivers, and especially those to !,
hich gold-bearing channels are ada
mt and tributary, afford promising i
lid for the prospect0r, and that at :
ntion might be prQfitably turned in
lat directionf There is illimitable
ga in Montana where color is dis ]
ibuted through the gravel, in fact to s
lch an extent that in many localities 4
requires considerable stretch Of b
'nscience to make n0n-mineral affida- !
t to take up agricultural lands in :
e valleys. Without going into de- Il
lis outside, it isa known fact that i
g gravel vein underlying this town
elds prospects that w0llld pay to
nice in ? surface mine, and We know .
localities, owing to the terms pre- q
ribbed By the Land Office, where far !.
ers would rather have good syringe Il
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