The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-05-02
STILL CONTINUES.
The Excitement over the Gold Discoveries
In Our Immediate Vicinity.

In Our Immediate Vicinity.
! Fully 100 persons went out from
Livingston during Yesterday to til.
scene of the placer finds up the rivel
to investigate for themselves the re
port that gold was being washed out
at Il point within four miles of town
The interest closely approaches an ex-
citelnent. Old and young-on foot,
| OH horseback or In carriages-the
miner who had panned dirt in Cali.
fornia in 40, and the pilgrim who had
yet to see Ills first color-.ail laid aside
their "blSinesS and excuses and
went out to view the progress of prep.
arations for actual placer inning al
most ut olIr doors.
The location is OH Meyers g. Pease S
ranch at the entrance to the canyon
ana just opposite to the lime kilns.
These good prospects of gold were OBJ
tanned on Monday. the 28th ult. by J.
III. Fellows. William Bently and +.
ID. Livingston. They Immediately
staked off claims along the river bank
and began preparations to work the
ground. Yesterday they were run
ming ditch along the bank close to
the river and were putting in three
sluice boxes. They had intended to
begin running dirt through the boxes
this afternoon.
Among the many who visited the
ground yesterday there was no lack of
gold pans and much more plentiful
were the eager miners who filled the
pans with dirt and rushed to the river
to wash it. The result in every in
stance was gratifying to the extent
that unmistakable colors of gold were
Obtained-in some Instances enough
to be considered an excellent prospect
for surface dirt. while in other cases
the returns were not quite as satisfac-
tory. The gold is very fine and scaly.
but the men who are preparing to
mine it say tLatxths5ssa asFe prospected
to tile depth of ten feet below grass
roots and that the gold become coarser
us depth is attained; the light weight
of the yellow particles at the surface,
VIII ch isregarded as adrawback not en-
tirely offset ly their llentifulness. may
be SO entirely changed at the depth of
i few feet that do objection can be
on that point. The first
clean-up from the sulice boxes will |
settle this part of the question, There
IS gold there and enough to pay we'll
for working of it if it can be saved
Oy ordinary process.
As may be sup posed there is no
lack of persons to follow in the track
,f the discoveries of the ground; al.
,eady the river bank for nearly mile
,elow the canyon has been staked off
II claims; good prospects are obtailla-
)le along the whole distance.
TIE SHIELDS RIVER GROUND.
John Holloran. George Huston and
I. j. atcheldor yesterday afternoon
lrove dcwl to the scene of the re-
,orted placer lind near the mouth of /
shields river. They prospected dirt
aiken from the bottom land ut a point
bout 200 yards from the river. The
gold obtained from eight pans of dirt
hey brought back to Livingston with
hem. The amount was not very
arge somewhat over fifty ceilts-but
he appearance of the gold itself was
much more satisfactory than
hat taken from the ground
ear the canyon. Many of
he grains were of good size and
ad the peculiar contour that belongs +
D what miners call shot gold. Sub
ected to inspection under glass they
resented the rough nnggst-like sur ;
ace that distinguishes the particles of
oarse placer gold and promptly neg
tiyed any idea that the ground had
cen ..salted IA snpposition that it
'ould be foolish to entertain frem the i
act that the gentlemen who made the |
respects have absolutely no interest
! the ground, and are beside. above j
aspicion in such i connection. Dr.. &
rant was one Of the party. and he
lforms lis Tilt from one pan full Of i
ut, which he washed himself. he OBJ
lined fully twelve cents-a result that |