Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-05-24

wide at the lower level. Two shnt,,
been sunk, and Il cross cut Or ,.,"' S lMe
cepting them has been completed. nm 4'''
the only mine on the hill which w. ms
vited into, and would have been , y.
have made the journey down on. saa .
through the level several hundred ts ~a0'
assembled the other, but our ren;. I''a and
having declined to show us thro".ls Ns
abandoned the journey. Mr.. D,x;s Ft
ploying about forty hands in takinu o~ e%
milling ore. His ten-stamp mill 'At
fifteen tons per day, viii h it is tbo,oa. "s
from twenty to twenty-five ounces ~ "%N
per ton. ~V
just over on another ridge east ~
Lexington. and about midway of the y. w
or belt OF leads, we come to the .r."yse
Rainbow lead, owned by the Walker D.,
Utah. The shaft ON this lead has ,0,n
the depth of 40 feet where they were S "'
PEELED to abandon the sinking on acro,,n ~
the increasing volume of water thui,
chinery for hosting, consisting of a dons'
whim being Insufficient for the WORK. T'
Alice OF Rainbow, rs 1t is called, anpes,,
be the mother of all the leads. If i. ~.
up on the mountain and contains 4 ricA ,''
larger body of ore than amy other lend ".
developed. 1t is owned by capitalist, w.
count their wealth by the millions. and.ha.
movements are eagerly watched by fl.
whole community. Various reports -,
circulated about their mine, and therm.
tentions. That some base metal has h,,
hoiStel from this and other mines t,4,p /
no question of noubt, brit how much Of th
has been seen below water level, Or how
rich the body Of ore is at the deepest DEVIL
opment, is not known to any but the oyner |
and if they can tell, they are no more ant h
reveal this secret than they are to state the, -
private bank account, This morning i W,
earnestly reported in town that the water
had driven the miners out Of the RaiDbov |
and had risen to within fifteen feet of tu
top Of the shaft, but on our arrival here wa
found business going ahead, and the famous
mine giving employment to about lortypr
sons, ten hours in each day.
While passing a mine on ON way up We
remarked e one of the proprietors: You
have considerable ore cut-tilere is prObt
bly, $50 or 200 tons on the dump; to which
the reply was, "that ore is very light aud
does not weigh as much as one would
think" The truth OF the matter was TINT
ten thousand tons and 100000 would
scarcely reach the weight and value Of the
ore in sight. So to calculate the future Of
this camp from what one may hear, even
from the proprietors, II may miss it quite
as mitch as our guess.
From the crest Of the Rainbow. whose
mammoth mass of wealth projects out some
forty feet above the surface near the hoist
ing works. we clambered up and tooka
view of the surroundings, on the ridges
which rise one above another for tWoOt
more miles to the east and west, are tOOe
seen piles OF dirt and stone. open shafts AMI
windlasses, and hundreds Of stakes marking
the boundary of claims. Many OF llcs
claims have been worked barely enough 10
be represented, and in some cases the xlAh
of the lead has not been defined. The stakes
indicate that the veins run to the north anu
south, parallel with the Rainbow and Lex
ington leads. Less than One-tenth q W
leads within the radius OF three miles slupav
have been tested 70 much depth, but a lM'
walk will reveal to the sight le"s
enough if but fifty feet in depth, to, farnl'n
to a thousand stamps Ior ma"'
years. We learn that much OF the orc"
hoisted is low-grade, and the search!
mills prevents it from being worked, s'|