Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1875-08-27

The BOxelman COmnanv,s
Ditch Completed.
Willow Greek Quarts Lodes

NORWEGIAN, August Is, 1875.
DEAR COURIER
Will write? Certainly, and ask you,
Paldon and that of our good Gallatir
friends, for not writing until urged to dc
leo.
THE BOHEMIAN MINING CoMPANY's DITCH
was finished on the 18th day of July. spd
on that day water ran through it. over m.
summit Of the Willow creek and Norwe
gian Gulch divide. And an excellent piece
OF work il is: about Fl We and one.third lie:
IN length, thee feet deep and no part Of
1t less than five feet wide on the bottom
About three miles has grade of quarter
OF an inch to TIE rod. and the remainder
an eighth of an inch grade. It is bull
upon the north side of the mountains
which in places are very steep and rocky,
Much Of the way immense bou!ders barred
our progress which were only removed b,
a liberal use Of blasting material, and il
several places aggrcgating, probably
three-quarters of mile, the bottom, anf
sides are solid mass of granite bed .rock
1t has taken three thousand, seventy-on,
and one-fourth days work to make it
which, at four dollars per day amounts t.
siS,S The other expenses amounted
to sl.2i5. making neat little total o.
$l3,530. This estimate includes som,
little tine and money spent in securing
mining ground; but this is what the ex-
penses OF the company amount to, up te
the first of this month, q: which time the
branch bitches to the mines were abou,
completed.
But i is done, and well done. Incye,
saw 81 undertaking of the kind.prosecated
with more energy OF finished in bette,
shape. AS my friend Jackson, Of Stesling
said, after giving the ditch thorough ex
animation: 1T is grand job;' and again
for cir phasia: lit is GRAND Job" And
I. Y. was right. its speedy ana thorough
completion are due mainly to the fact tia,
very large portion Of the work was don;
10y persons directly interested; bit toe
much credit cannot be given to Judge
Ann!a, John G. Ramsey and Charles 0
lSorr. upon whose shoulders rested mos
OF the burden Of management. end who
discharged their duties with e fidelity. en-
ergy ana ability, and . disregard for time
end labor required of them, that are &c!
dom equalad. Others, not SC much uoor
the ground, deserve great credit for The
interest, energy and industry displayed
when there. The company was exceed
lngly fortunate in having the Management,
of its affairs in the hands Of persons di
rectly interested and SO devOting thei,
time and energies. Now are we to bt
rewarded for all this labor and expense
This is, of course, question which can
not be answered but by actual tests. Tn:
tests will be about all we can expect t.
make this season. So far we have been
lengaged in the work of preparation. To
morrow our mining will commence under
the management Of an experienced miner;
but we must expect to meet with many
obstacles that could not be foreseen; for
as my good old friend Shakespeare makes
great Agamemnon say:
Checks and disasters
Grow in heye;ns of actions highest rear'd
| recently spent week in the
poTosI MINING DISTRICT,
which. as you doubtless Know, is situated
at the head of South Willow creek. About
two years ago the first discovery was made
here, and little over a year ago some
VERY rich quartz was found. Mr.. join
Hughes had some ore assayed which, &C
cording to an assay MAIDEN Virginia City
yielded at the rate Of $29, CAB per ton; in
Helena, $29, 500, and in Omaha $50, COS,
believe. These, of course, were choice
specimens of ore which, like other precious
things. are only to be found in small par
GELS; but have been informed that Messrs.
Hughes, who own the "Bullion"-the lode
from which the ore speak Of was taken
sometime since received from banker in
Virginia City an advance Of $500 on |, 400
pounds of quartz taken from the same
lode. In the Independence" another
lode belonging to the same parties, the
same kind of quartz and ore are found.
Mr.. Heinze, who few years ago was q
ljewelcr IN Bozeman, found lode about
TWO months ago which, at the time of my
visit. showed good crevice and vein Of
fine looking quartz, claimed by him to as
say over $500 per ton. There are mum
Der of lodes having good quartz, said to
assay into the hundreds, and fine showings
at the surface. think this district is des
tined to be among the best in the Terri
tory when facilities are furnished fol
working the quartz, which is mostly claim
ed to be free. milling.
Within few months
MINERAL HILL MINING DISTRICT
has been organized. It is on the nortl
side of North Willow creek. The "Strav
berry" was the first lode located. Tit
discovery was made by Mr.. Moreland
There is much float quartz doubtless owe
thousand tons that is estimated 10 yielt
$40 per ton. In fact I am assured mum
Der of tons, not assorted, milled $40 il
Mallory's mill at Sterling. The ''Bos
Tweed" is twenty.four feet wide "a!
Iquartz-at the surface. 1t is estimated
that TIE quartz will mill from $40 to 81
per ton, The ''Ned" has very rich vein
A shaft has been sunk to the depth Of
forty feet, yielding about fifteen tons OF
Ifrst-class and the same amount Of seconl
grade ore. The lowest milling figure
have heard set upon the first grade ore
was SIS per ton. The truth is. this dis
trict has the advantage of any other bell
Of gold bearing quartz lodes that ! am &C
auainted with in the Territory.
T. 3. G.
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