The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-07-27
sEARTowN AND VICINITY,
The COLD Lodes OF First Chance
Pills from Pestle and Mortar.

(From Our Travelling Correspondent
Editor Butte MINER
l have spent two days visiting the nj
and lodes of Bear gulch during nv abl
from this point. The road from New CbI
to the crossing of the Deer Lodge ri,l
Bearmouth, is a good one. But from
point to Bear Town, and OH up to thu
mines, it is a hard matter to get in even
a light wagon. The miners of Bear h.
made a good wagon road part of tia
down the gulch, the side hill, which ia
fair, but when the road follows the bed
stream it is quite rough on account !
headings and tailings. The glory of
Town as a placer mining camp has zone
for the present. l am told that at one
the district and surrounding gulches had
loo of a voting population. ConsileI
gold is washed out every season vet.
citizens who have stood by the camp al
its rise and fall are confident that bright
porous days are to come.
l visited nearly all the lode mines al
head Of FIRST Chance gulch, a tribu,a,
Bear, and saw some of the richest gold !
have ever seen anywhere. There are Al
thirty leads recorded, and many of Then
doubt, will be heard from in the near fu
The country is heavily tImbered wifi
highest and finest looking timber l haye
in the Rockies. Plenty of pure
abounds. A 1O-stamp mill is needed
BADLY i'll the district and such all entermI
have no doubt, would pay the builder
someiy. The most Of the leads belonj
men of small means, who are not ahl
build a mill, and as they can not realiu
their quartz they have to pursue other a.
lions the greater part of the time to
money eMoughtO WORK their claims. AT On.
there is enough ore on the dumps to keel
stamps running many months, which AM
could be readily augmented when the
was started.
The Homestakt mine, owned by II
Grant, is | presume, one of the richest
found. Tie account published last fall
M. Grant pounding out 81 1000, in on.
with q lland-mortar, | find on inouiry,
nearly correct. The amount was SOD
the time was only eight hours. Mr.,
has since that time pounded oat 5000 h
day. 1t IS said that he has with only
mo.ter and pan ia less than a wear, CID
up between seven and eight thousand dbl
Mr.. Grant, Ike Lis llIustrious names,
very relicsnt, and makes no display d
richness OF his mine. | visited his lead
found several hundred tons of ore On
dump. In breaking the rock [ could ses
gold in nearly every piece.
The veins in this district are not 50
large-average about 30inches | should
but they are exceedingly rich. Tie
OF them are contact veins lying bed
granite and porphyry. There is a form
here that never have seen n where I'D
This would be a very interesting field
practical seoiogiSt to spend a couple of We
Nj. q. L. Wanier, one of the best wos
tors in the west, with his partner,
Glen, have several locations, three of
are no doubt excellent mines.
Space torbids me giving this inls1
quartz section its inst due this time.
took thorough notes, | shall defer writ
a description of all the miaes and the
try until some subsequent letter. On au
OF the fallen timber on the trails lesdi
ireka and other places, | did nst visit
but returned to this place by way Of
Mouth.
NEW CHICAGO, July %.