The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-03
ANOTHER, BONANZA MINE.
A Very Rich Vein Discovered
in Montana.
ASTONISHING THE NATIVES.
Inc Largest Gold Brick in the World
Taken Out.
VESTAL'S DUAL FORTUNE.
Bonds His Find" for
100000.
VESTAL'S DUAL FORTUNE.

HELENA. n. T., April 10 1878
The greatest excitement Tor has been produced
In mining circles by the discovery Of gold bonanza
IN Montana. The fame Of this rich mine wiz soon
spread all the United States aud throughout the
world II continues produce It has done during
The past month. To ascertain the truth OF the many
rumors in circulation about the gold bonanza your
correspondent visited The Of opsratons,
finds after careful investigation, that the wonderful
tales told arc not much exaggerated. The Penobscot
discovery genuine and the richness Of the really
something wonderful
THE ORIGINAL DISCOVERY.
In the summer Of 1875 gold bearing rock was Grst
discovered At Penobscot, about sixteen miles distant
from this city The character OF the quartz taken out
was not such warrant the belief that district
was worry rich in precious metals and the mines
atsd no excitement whatever In the TALL OF 1876 Mr..
Nathan s. vestal, an experienced MINER discovered
Indications Of rich ore ana quietly bought out the
original locators OF the PenobscoL The names Of
these men were D. A. Murphey, William L RAIDER and
Burton Nash, who had sunk several shafts but found
only ore paying small profits The mine was divided
into two discoveries, East No. l and West
NO. q Mr.. vsstal worked some Of the ore.
but the yield small he discontinued
labor during the winter but commenced again In the
spring and continued working until August, when be
desired TO make . division OF the mine with his
partner, Captain Sears. The Captain took the Emma
mine ana Nm asastra Tor his SHARE Mr. vestal becom
Ing by this exchange the sole proprietor Of the Pen
bbscot. He now went to work in earnest discov-
cry No 2 taking out ore and crushing It In aras-
ira his means we're limited. ana he could employ
but small torca The ore, however, was very rich
and soon gave him some money
NO ONE BELIEVED THE NINE VALUABLE
Nrs hoirs n tab
out Sr vesta came Helena and srie1 TO borrow on
his mine lew hundred dollars with which to put up
small quartz mill II 10 fact he had hard work to
raise the money. and It was only by appealing 10
an old personal friend, M. John Whitehead,
u was hnally obtained. nve stamp mill
owned BY Mr.. CourtwviRht was hired and set TO
work. ID wss an old rattls.trap Of an affair which
had been lying idle for years near Helcna, ana the
plates and stamps wore very impsrfscs, experienced
miners saying IL did forty per cent Of
The gold the rock mIiled. Mr. vesal found himself
$1,000 10 debt on the day when he set his mill TO
work. For fourteen days he pounded away, and ON
the 1lth Of February. hts birthday, appeared In
Helena, paid every dollar OF debt he owed and do
posted $ls 900 10 hts credit IN bank or course such
an not long IN leaking out and created
some talk tho streets; but vestai said nothing.
ana quietly returned TO mis- mine.
GOLD POURING IN
In few days Mr.. vestal sent to Helena 646 ounces
In gold, worth $4,000. and II was deposited to his
ered IN bank The cxpressman told OF the he
had brought In and again shore some talk about
the Pencbscol but u soon died out ana the
The hills worked away, forgotten By the busy city
only aixtsen miles distant from them. Early in March
me- vsstal appeared IN Helena with $40, 900 In gold
and deposited It in bank This too much for even
> mining town 10 stand, and the widest excitement
cnsued. Tho Pcnobscot was IN evcrybody's mouth,
the hotels, saloons and in families moth
ing else wss talked about The Hershned Brothers.
Mr. ves.ars bankers, visited by crowds and ths
'etorts examined carefully. They were hard. yellow
he scales weighed $4,000. It was enough
o excite any one. when II remembered all this
money had been taken from ono little mine IN few
days and that there were millions more OF the yellow
meta said 10 DO slowed IN The eartn whero the Jumps
ExcrEnHSr McRRAsEs.
Mr.. Vsstal was visited aud all sorts Of questions
ASK ed about his ne but be could only say he had
taken the gold az the bank and there appeared TO
70 me Inc ssawa hired
and buRges and posted on 10 the nine 10 inspect for
themselves
ExAMsIxa THH NINE
The mine Ia on tho very top Of the 'divide' or high
mountain ridge that separates the east and west Of
sur continent. me watcrs In fuil sight Of the
niue how each way, some Of them emptying
into tue Missouri and others into the West.
The shaft Is SUNK little way down the western siopo
and Is therefore Pacific mine, but BY so few feet
that both the East aud West claim u. Mr. veatai
owns about Que thousand feet Of tho ridge, and HIS
shalt tho east end oil the clam The hole or cx.
c4vation goes down almost perpendicuary. II 10
dsp,n reached - my i've iss and the m,ne has pro-
duosd over $4,000, or more than 900 TO the foot
not in solid body Tho seams Of ore arc divided BY
layers perpsndiouar strata Of rotten shals
i syst Ess .,Ss'' .ss very rich D'rn *:
smaller or nanking veins are not SO rich
the centre one, but the ore - OF good quality Out
side the veins IL wall of rock wh,ch goes straight
down. holding tho ore ike wedge between ~ granite
SIDES.
The ore 10 yellow and very soft. Rub 10 In tho hand
ana IL Will crumble to pieces. IL is u OF free gold
ss walnut vii contain million minute particles Of
gold. In the mine lighted candle 10 reflected by
nilnsns OF sparkling gems 10 she sides OF the mine,
many Of them no larger tDaa pins point Tho best
Of the when crushed yslas $500 10 $1,000 per
and the poorer scans $40 20 $50 per ton. ihs cre
ores aud hoisssa 70 the surises whore !. -
dumped on Pne T ,.,s'i husn Of !.
which can be carried in ones baud when pounded up
will yield 81 to IS. IL 10 very easily reduced, and
does NO, need " BE- taken 70 the mill TO separate
mer can IN an hour pound up nne and wash the sand
oat Of piece ~ big 80 ones head. The gold from
VISITORS HELPING THEMSELVES
Visitors pick up s,x or eight pounds, reduce II In
s. 10 S. M vssial is Very liberal and allows every
TO take what they call ''specimens" One fellow
wanted . specimen ana Mr. vestaI pointed him |
lsrge piece OF orc, saying You eau get there"
meaning he Gould break Cd . chunk. Excuse me, |
please replied the man, "but am horseback and |
cas't carry II Could u not Be sent dewn BY |
wagonfn
"Oh. yesl" replied vcs,si; ''or you might send up
IN or team and get load"
Tue piece OF rock was worth about $50 Hundreds |
Of dollars are carried o. every day, but Mr.. vss,si
DOES mot seem TO care When spoken 20 on the sub
lect he generously replied
sIss the people alone what are q lev TONS more |
or less 10 mcf II amuses them, and guess The NINE
can stand It,"
An KYK-oPExER.
The result Of their investigations 10 10 set people
almost wild with excitemsnt and send them 10 ths |
mil, whore they thousands oi dollars adhcrug 10
The amsigam. ana each moment the rich mass in |
creases In sisa To please one party Of gentlemen |
MI vestsl stopped tue arasirs. dus out =
MACS OF quicksilver, squeezed u out aud showed |
them sinslgsm ball weighing forty pounds,
whicn would welgh nearly as many pounds OF soid |
wnen retorted Any one can imagine The eneot pro-
duced on by the sight Of such golden hued |
treasure. Lumps Of gold half az heavy as ones body
arc often In = nfetime
BONDING TnE MIMI