The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-04-13
A r AND BOULDER.
The Spring Boom Commencing I'm Those
Distrlcts.
Rich Developments i'm the Boulder Mine.

Editor Butte MINER:
Thinking that many of your readers might
like to know what is goiug OH in the Boulder
country, and knowing hat newspapers must
have something TO fill their columns, I have
taken it upon myself to tell them what I
about mining, ETC., in this section, and,
as Horace Greeley, who probably never held
a pillow or planned a potato, wrote a book On
''What l Know About Farming" you will
probably not consider me presumptuous.
However, the mines OF Boulder are so i'm
perfectly developed that an interesting letter
is one of the impossibilities.
Starting from Cataract, situated at the
mouth of the stream of that name, you fol-
low up that gulch, and the mines of that dis
trict are situated from one to three miles from
its mouth. Robert R. Gibbings has a gold
bearing lode about one mile from town, and
has a good showing for a valuable mine.
The next above is the celebrated Mantle
mine, owned by Messrs. Black & Hauser.
They extracted considerable very high grade
gold quartz last fall, and since then have dis
continued work, but will shortly resume
active operations, and will probably unearth
one of the most valuable mines of our favored
territory. A western extension, and also an
eastern extension have been found. The
Rock Of Ages, the western extension, owned
by Estes & Co., has a tunnel in thirty feet, and
shows considerable high grade quartz. The
Boulder Vestel is the eastern extension, and
will be prospected this spring.
Directly to the north of the Mantle is the
Independence lode, owned by Mr.. Jas. Riley.
1t has a shaft about 40 feet, and shows a large
body of rather low grade gold quartz, but is
considered a valuable mine.
The Sitting Bull. owned by Anderson &
Co., is not much prospected, but shows a
good body of fifty ounce silver ore.
The Paragon, owned by Hathaway &
Brown, is a very large VEN, and shows con-
siderable very rich silver ore. They will
Immediately IN work on their very
promising prospect.
Mr.. Thos. Harper, of the Silver City, has a
fine prospect in this section, and 1 hear is
about to resume operations.
Mr.. James Riley has some extensive placer
mines in this section, which lie has been
working proftably for several years, ard in
tends employing a large number of men this
season.
A large number of mines were found here
late last fall-too late to prospect them, but no
doubt many of them will be developed this
spring and summer.
At Cataract Mr.. Esau James has a general
merchandise store and hotel. The hotel is
presided over by the estimable wife of the
proprietor, where the hungry traveller ca n
procure a good, square meal. The store is
under control of Thos. James, who is always
ready to cater to the tastes of those who hun
ger or thirst or are anxious to run a foot race.
struction in town, and as soon as it is surveyed
many more will be commenced.
About one mile above Cataract you come
TO the future candidate for metropolitan hol-
ors, Basin City. This town has ''phpnixed''
within a week, but now contains a number OF
buildings nearly finished and many founda-
ions laid. Among those building here, l
will mention the following: Hubert Guillot,
lodging house and saloon; Evans g. Hines,
assay office; Emerson & Lee, Store; D. NJ.
Cohen, store; Suprenant II Co., two build
ings, to be occupied as hotel and blacksmith
shop Black Il Co., business house and sew
eral other foundations laid.
The principal mine now being worked in
the Basin district is called the Boulder, a
prospect recently bonded by Messrs. Lawson
g. Airport. These gentlemen are now sinking
three shafts on their ground, and on two OF
them are dow about 35 feet. Sinking on the
other is just commenced. | visited these
mines yesterday, and can truly say that they
have a fine showing. The lode is supposed to
be Is or 20 feet wide, and when they attain a
depth of so feet, which they expect to do on
the 18th of the present month, they will cross
cut, when they confidently expect to show one
Of the finest bodies of ore in Montana. Ihave
not learned their exact assays, but the ore
shows well in free gold, and a considerable
value in silver. They have also a shaft on
a spur of their lode which prospects very ricl
in gold. The spur is about Is inches wide
They are now employing Is men.
Messrs. Richardson 4 Co. have run a tunr
mel 50 feet on a lode in this section, which
promises well. As in the Cataract district
many prospects will be developed this sum
mer.
There are now in this section about lO(
men, and, knowing as much as | do about it
mines, l believe the Boulder country viii
boom with the rest of the Territory the com
ing summer. Yours truly.
lGNoR AMOS.
CATARACT, April Sd, 1889.
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