The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-01-14
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Which Simply Means the Other Side of tn
Emigrant Gulch Alleged Claim-Jumpin
| Sensation.
i LIyINGsToN, M. T., Jan. Is, 1884.
To the Editors Livingston Enterprise:
/ GENTLEaIEN: = My attention wa
called this a, M, to an article pub
lished in your daily of January 8. un
der the caption of s.The Emigran
Claim Jumping also an item il
your Local Layout on the same sub
ject which, to say the least, is from
beginning to end multiplicity Of fab
rications intended to emislead the pub
lie and cover up one Of the dishonor.
able and perjured transactions of the
tso-called locators of what was known
as the Little Mack. Anna Jane and
Gold Leaf lodes. This article and
paragraph are SO entirely untrue as to
leave no doubt of their emanation. 1t
is not to them, but to the public l bow.
AUDI altereln partem."
Early iii November. my attention
WAS directed to the examination OF the
mining districts adjacent to the Park
branch of the N. P. r. r., with a
view to report the several districts,
map and plat and publish the same if
the districts proved what was claimed
for them, and it was suggested to me
by several leading merchants to re-
port, it favorable, and recommend
Livingston as suitable point for the
reduction of ores, us I had expressed
myself as confident that the ores from
Clark Fork mines could not be sue
cessfully treated at the mines. which
time will prove. Supplies of coal or
coke. altitude, ETC., etc., are unfayor-
able. Arriving at Emigrant Gulch.
Mr. Saxton, the assayer, mentioned to
me. the presence in the upper camp,
of strata of decompcsed matter in
the quartzite, and went with me on
the ground, explained to me the sew.
eral places where it prospected in gold.
/ was then introduced to fChas. III.
Sowl. the principal party claiming the
prospects, who showed me around the
camp and gave me much data, as
sisted me IN mapping and plating, etc.
With himI visited and uncovered the
several places along the surface of
what he called the Little Mack, Anna
Jane, Tiger and Gold Leaf lodes. When
| prospected the ore from the surface
of the ground at different places for
distance of 2,200 feet, i was. surprised
to find 40 work done On the prospects,
during a period of three years that he
had claimed them. / found the ores
in no instance contained less than $40
per ton free gold. and rs high as $50.
for samples across the vein from 6
feet to 27 feet. | frankly told him
the value of these prospects. saying to
him thatif he told me the truth. i
could sellsthem for $4,000, but would
re equire at least six months, as this
was an unfavorable time OF year. He
told me he must have money, he was
Indebted in the SUM of $1,000, and he
had just received Il letter from Judge
Luce, of Bozeman, III attorney, in
forming him that he must pay certain
accounts on the following Monday.
He said the money must come. ut once.
then made a final contract with him
f drought capitalists on the ground
WHO would pay him down $1,000 in
cash to relieve his indebtedness. that
le would sell the Little Mack, Anna
Jane and Tiger lodes for S25, 900, but
was to receive one-Iifth of all
moneys he received from parties /
,rought or the ground, He was. if
possible. to keep the Gold Leaf lode,
nd | was with him to develop this
prospect, and expeEded on it sufficient
money to show up the mine. I ex-
'lained to him. that he did not have
he mines legally located. On the
Tiger lode he. had no southeastern
outliwest corner stakes; he positively
ad no mineral containing q trace Of
old. as his recorded statement says
obtained gold in what he called dis
overy. On the Anna Jane, his sworn |
5ssteinent Of location. as recorded, says
lat he had erected substantial monn- ;
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