The daily miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1879-1885, 1882-01-01

idly developed along Alder gulch; the
pride and prosperity Of Virginia City In
consequence thereof; the fine farms and
hay ranches OF, the Madison and how
they expect to have the geyser railroad
by way of Willow Creek instead of the
Virginia City way; the recent good
strike in the Red Bluff, ut Red Bluff,
and other particulars; and the details in
regard to those large, lazy mills and the
undeveloped lodes ut Sterling. So
granting that you will have correspond
ents who will write much more in detail
OF these places. will come still nearer
home and speak more ut large of Pony
and l'otosi.
Pony is u small town near the SOUTH
east c0rnerof Mineral Hill mining dis
trict, in Madison county. II Is situated
on the north branch Of Willow Creek
ut the base Of the loot hills bordering OH
the east side Of the Tobacco Root range
and Is ~ miles from Virginia City, 90
from Butte and . from the Three Forks.
1t has IL school with ~ scholars, black
smith shop, billiard hall, hotel, store,
public hall, numerous private dwellings
and about ~ inhabitants. \ l'Istanp
mill stands about :iW yards above the
town and another about halfa mile be-
low it, both water power. The upper
one ran quite regularly through the
summer and fall, but is now idle, and
the other runs occasionally.
"Gcorgcy" discovered the first lode in
the fall Of 1879, on the ridge two miles
north of the creek. Several other lotlcs
were discovered soon after, but ! will
first speak Of t;e"rgey" and the Straw
berry lode. \ ten foot crcvice lay on
the ridge and below was II great mass Of
float. Some ri the quartz was ric'i :,!ld
the more he prospcctc.l the richer it
grew, all of tin the bottom Of :.n UNI
rlcaIlscl mortar-till he felt !iken nabob
and really refused IL large offer for his
property. "Gcorgey" was not an en-
pert, So he was happy. In order to
show his enthusiasm about his mine !
copy IL piece tcvi,icntly written by an
ol,l-timcr in the mines, of machine p'-
ctry-tiIc poetry OF motion should
Gcorgey ever get after the writer OF 1t:
i" Look thar" said he. dive see that thar"
Ten Thousand tons Of float.
Pros, Get" l shouli say 1t did
Moren mule could tote.
The lhe's away atop the hill;
Come, 60 long up" he SAID
+" ~ show ,o" w,stll peel YER eyes
'If IL doesn I turn yerheau."
thought my head woul, st"n, the trip,
"Dye zee II? Why its ten feet wide,
And all OF II the cheese!
Five hundred thousand. d ID you say:
A million minl no whar!
That streak pungles; SD does this
Dye see the gOld IN thar:
thought twas pyr.es Isaw,
hut gently said -, Ou bet"
Twas then u friendly clap he gave
And sad, I'm make II yet"
Now will learn them fclers that
nf fhn r U g
That m the chap to rai-e the wind
And help along the camp.
: One time was n captain in
The tOntei-e rate ar lnee
But now I'm no such chap az that.
For al aide de camp be-"
But he did not aid the camp to IL great
extent with his Strawberry, for there it
lies with its I'D foot crevice penetrated
10y II shaft to the depth of 40 feet, while
ut the foot Of the hill stands II I2-stamp
steam mill awaiting the no distant day
} when 1t will crush good dividends from
. the $6 quartz, out of which Georgy
. fnilcd to make expenses. But short
distance below he found the Crevice
mine, II : foot vein intersecting the
strawberry ut All acute angle, not far
from discovery, out OF which he took a
considerable amount Of 500 quart and
tieorgy was by no means an exception.
Much OF his money was expended in
he made the millions he really expected
to make Mineral Hill district and Pony
would have been hives of industry
through his enterprise and lavish cx-
penditurc of money.
In the meantime, news of the rcputed
rich Strawberry strike spread about.
and DrOSpectOrS rushed over tho ,ills.