The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1876-11-10

feet in length. The length of bitches con
veying water to the various mines will ag
gregate about six hundred miles, and cos
about one millions of dollars in their con
struction.
The yield Of gold estimated from data
obtained from the most reliable source:
has been as follows:
For 1869 ............. .....$ 60O, ,0Ol
For 1858. Observation-Disclosures. o,00o, O0l
For 1864 -. ....... .......... 10, wv, oOt
For 1865. ....... -. ......... $1,000, ,0O(
For 1866. 6............ 80. .... 1890, ,00l
For 1857. ...... 800. ..... -. IL, ,3OO, OOl
For 1868 1900, ,OO(
For 1861. 80. ...... ...... ll,2O0, 0O(
For 1870. Observation-Disclosures. -. 5000, 00t
For 1871. S,0O0,0
For 1872. =. ...... >. 1000, ,O0(
For 1873. Observation-Disclosures. 5,2O0, O0(
For 1874. Observation-Disclosures. 1000, Oet
For 1879. ....... .......... 80. q, l0o, 00l
For 1876. -. -.......... 4,50o, o0t
In the production of gold Montana stands
accredited, next to California, with the
largest yield, and, although the richest
portions OF many OF the mines already dis
covered have been partially worked out q
the annual product much diminished from
former years, yet with improved facilities
for working, mines can be made remunera'
tive now that formerly could not be profit
ably worked and for many years to come
they will give lucrative employment to a
large population. Moreover, each year adds
something by way OF discovery and some
of the mountainous regions have been but
| imperfectly explored and other portions,
whose physical features Indicate the ex-
istence OF gold, cannot be penetrated at this
time owing to the presence OF hostile In
dIans. This applies more par6lcnlariy &c
the southeastern portions ON the tributaries
of the Big Horn, Tongue and PoWdel
rivers. 1t is hoped that our military forces
will drive the Sioux from that country and
open 1t to the anxious miner, VINO VIII
reveal its mineral character ana oring
under contribution to economic industry
it's imprisoned wealth.
The wages PAID to miners varies from
three to tlve dollars per diem. MANY OF
them work until they acquire sufficient
means to buy claim or prospect Tor new
ground and the employee OF to-day may
tomorrow be the employer of score OF
men. The changes and reverses OF fortune
are frequent, yet the chances for acquiring
sudden wealth exerts a fascination that
few can resist and they rarely abandon the
chase. There is peculiar heterogenelty
in the character of the mining population
of the Rocky Mountains. comprising as it
does the representatives of almost all geo
| graphic divisions of the earth, the varied
conditions of society and degrees of intelli-
| gence. AS class they are an industrious,
generous and large-souled people, guided
by the warmest sympathies. The sangulne
temperament largely prevails, and although
often pursuing phantom, the pursuit is
animated by an earnest, hopeful and self
reliant ambition.
The history of the development OF the
quartz mines OF Montana Is almost con-
temporary with that OF the placers. The
Dacotah lode, bearing gold quartz, was
discovered near Bannack and located NOV.
| IL, 1862. The decomposed quartz from the
surface OF the vein was packed down from
the hill on which it is situated to the creek
and the gold panned out. Ihls is process
familiar to miners IN which the gold, by
dexterous lateral movements in the pan
| immersed in water, is caused to sink, while
the lighter earthly matter is gradually car
ried away by the water. a mill to crush
| the quartz from this iode was begun oy
VIM. Arnold in the winter OF 1869 and
| finished byJ r. Allen the following spring.
| The motive power was water. The stamp
stems, four IN number, were maze or WOOD
and the shoes and dies were made of old
wagon tires cut and welded together. This
primitive affair was followed in 1858 by the
erection OF other mills which had been trans
ported from Colorado ana the East, and
| from that time to this the gold quartz near
| Bannack has given employment to several
| mills almost unlnterrlptedly. cold bear
ing quartz was sought Tor and found IN
| nearly all the placer districts. Then fol-
lowed the eva OF mill building Tor their re-
| duction, many OF these costing from
| twenty to fifty Thousand dollars, were
erected In the several counties IN the years
1o64-5-'6. lnexperlence ana lnsufnclent
| preliminary examination OF supposed rich
lodes led, In many instances, TO disastrous
results. Shafts sunk only to the depths OF
ten to twenty feet gave prospects and
assays which begat hopes sumclent to
induce large expenditures IN the erection
of works, and proving barren at greater
depths left the mills IDLE hke stranded
ships and the builders Dankrupt. many OF
these monuments OF folly are now TO oe
found in the quartz districts and some have
been removed to paying mines and some
converted into mills for the reduction OF
silver ores while some were exceptionally
fortunate IN having been oullt az valuable
mines and were operated. iWenty mus
costing four hundred thonsand doilars nave
been built In Lewis ana clarke county
alone. The Whltlatch-U Union lode near near
Helena was located IN the winter OF 1864
and has yielded paying gold quartz for
distance OF two thousand feet along tne
lode and has been worked IN places 20 tne
depth OF i've hundred ana eight hundred
feet ON the dip OF the iode. segelal mus
were built to reduce the quartz OF e. shis ioae,
many Of them proving very prontaoie m
vestments and the yleid OF TINS mime since
its discovery has announced 10 ABOUT gnree
millions OF dollars. sFhe Atlantie Ganle
lode, in Deer Lodge county, proved aiso 70
be remarkably r1cn, Dut Lne owners Decoh-
ing involved in htigatlon, II mas NOT neen