The daily miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1879-1885, 1882-01-01
EASTERN MONTANA.
Gallatin County and Ito Tributary
Mining Belts - Bozeman, It's
County 9eat--Proximity to
Yellowstone National
Park
ny CHARLES A. CARSON.


Ga'latin county; Montana, bounded
on the east by Custer county, on the
ties, and on the west by Madison coun-
ty. contains within its boundaries II
larger area than the State Of Connecti-
cut, and it is hut stating Il fact that no
one has ever visited this garden county
Of Montana without becoming favOra-
| lily impressed with its immense sweeps
of agricultural land. Organized by the
Bailnack legislature Of 'G3-4; named in
honor Of the great financier, lbert Gal
latin-it has ever been prosperous
county. "..... ..
TRIBUTARY MINING BELTS.
On the Crow Reservation, which lies
to the soutl. and east, there is II mineral
belt Of extended area. The most ACCESS
sil,le. portion Of this belt Is Emigrant
Gulch, ~ miles from BoZelnan. Al
though for the most part u placer camp,
II number Of galena leads carrying sill
yer have been opened up. During the
m,st summer Shafer and Ghildon, pla-
Ger miners, cleaned up between seven
and eight thousand dollars. Jack Cone
and j. Il. Batcheldcr also made extern
>ivc clcan-ups.
In IL souti,crly direction from Emil
grant We reach Bear Gulch and CREWS
Mountain. "a section rich III extensive
gold leads.
Wno,lson Hodges, OF Crews, packed
less than five tons OF collaborating
quartz to Browns arastra, cleaning up
from the same 80 ounces Of gold, rum
ming Sl7.6O to the ounce. Among the
richest Of the leads under development
are the Gcrnunia, Joe Brown, Iancy,
Cone and Mccnuley. There are in adj
,iition from ~ to 80 locations, all pros
pccting rich in gold, and showing veins
rom 3 to . feet in width. Northeast of
the district named Is the Boulder dis
trict, in which are s.. locations, pronli-
nent among which is the PayIlas ter
lead. There is II tunnel run Oh this lead
nearly 100 tcct, the face ot the vein
showing ut that distance = feet 1 in
solid walls showing a genuine assure
vein. The Daisy, Lancaster, Webtoot,
Spirit Lode, Major Pe,lse and Alsace
are under development and showing
well. Some Ut these loties are inlpreg-
mated with galena very rich in silver.
twenty miles to the southeast are the
Clark's Fork mines, known as the New
World mining district. 1t is . miles
square as laid out by the local mining
laws. 1t is situated OH the head waters
oI saltwater, Boulder, Rosebud, Soda
Butte and clark's Fork rivers, and
Slough creek. Old Leadvillc miners
who are working i'll these mines state
mat the location very much resembles
that OF Leadville. Located III 1877,
there are now l52 locations, the greater
number of which are silver-bearing (ga-
.ena in claractcr). The district varies
in altitude from 7 600 to II (kN) tect
In 1876 the Eastern Montana Mining
and Smelling company was formed in
Bozcn,al, made upOf business men, for
the purpose OF working some or the
Clark Fork mines. a smcltcr was erect
I'd ut the Fork, and roads built ut an
outlay OF $ly,OUD. A weeks run was
made in July, 1877, witha result OF over
~ tons OF bullion. About this time the
NeZ Perces Indians, under Chief Jo-
seph, in passing over the Territory went
through The camp, drove out the min
ers und practically destroyed the smelt-
er, and since then it nus never been re-
paired.
The Great Republic lead in 1879 was
bonded to 4. W. Bates, and was 50 held
in bond by Bates until 1850, at which
time the Inlne was re-bOllued, together
with the Greely, Houston and New
Word lodes 70 Eastern capitalists, and
are now held i'll bond waiting tor
the ratification ut the Crow Indian
treaty, made with that tribe in lS,,,, for
all that portion OF their country lying
west anu south of the head waters III
the East Boulder. At the time Of tile
location and UP to 1880 these mines
were supposed to he i'll Wyoming Ter
ritury, and We're SO located. but \ sur-
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