The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-09-24
JEFFERSON
Indian Greek Mining District and
q Couple Of Narrow But
Rich Veins Of Gold
Orc.
The Republican Convention at
Boulder and Its Nominees
for County Officers.
Some kGeneral and Political Re-
marks.
From our Regular Correspondent .

ln0lan creek Mining DlSLElcC em-
braces that portion Of country just
over the range and -four miles west
of the head of Crow Greek valley and
takes in the head waters of Indian
Greek and several tributaries. Placer
diggings were first discovered and
worked So cessfully in this region
and some of them are being worked
to-day with good results.
Very much prospecting has been
done in the mountains and foot hills
and some discoveries of good ore
made. A few of the locations are
being worked, soma are patented
and waiting for capital to carly on
thorough exploration.
THE SILVER WAVE
is among the recently discovered and
is now being developed. 1t is stu
ated between the two forks of Indian
Creek at the head of Boulder Gulch
and is owned by VIM. Dunstone,
James Smith and - Slawson. One
shaft of this mine is down 50 feet on
a tou: foot ledge of ore with both
walls we'll defined. The vein has
been traced 1000 feet east and west
from discovery showing excellent
groupings very plainly. The ore
carries gold, silver and lead. The
highest assay from very many,
made by different assayers shows
10Y OF. in silver, and $29.66 in gold
and 81 per cent. in lead. The top
rock for so feet down goes from $12
to $l8 in silver and from $27 to $29 in
gold. The ore is being hoisted by
windlass and will be left for the
present on the dump ready for
shipment or future working at the
mine. Mr.. Dunstone, recently SUI
perintendent of the famous Elk
Horn mines, is developing the prop
erty thoroughly and can afford to
hold the ores for considerable time.
THE LITTLE GIANT
is a well-known mine, owned by
VIM. Roberts, q %interest,) and Los
san and Colberg. The mine has been
worked for the past fourteen years
successfully, and is paying regular
dividends. Three tunnels have been
run, the lower one being now in 1000
feet. The work is done entirely by
tunnel and stoplng on the vein,
which is but six inches wide, but
yielding a regular output of $50 and
$40 gold rock, which is treated in a
6-stamp water mill. The company
employs from six to twelve men dur
ing the summer eason alone, (day
shift and extract and mill six tons
of ore every twelve hours. This lit
tie mine pays the owners from $4,000
to 5 1000 per year clear profit. Ad-
joining the Little Giant is
A NEW PROSPECT,
owned by James Suffer & Company.
The vein is nine inches wide and
equally as rich as that in the former
mine. The owners drifted in on the
vein to reach another lead of fair ore,
but abandoned, temporarily, the pro-
ject after encountering and passing
through the rich body of ore men-
toned above. The New Prospect is
about fifty feet from the surface. and
ore is now being hoisted from a shaft
recently sunk. The ground Is soft
and the ores tractable, which adds
still more to the profits. These ores
are all left upon the dump ready for
future treatment, but work is pro-
crossing rapidly. Another trip
through this region of mineral will
give more general and particular in
formation. Pressure of time. how
ever, compelled me to leave this end
of the county and hurry westward.
The forty miles intervening between
Radersburg and Boulder City, in
company with the nominee for, and
present sheriff of Jefferson County,
behind a rafting team, was made in
lust five hours, over splendid roads.
We arrived at the county seat at
noon, just as the
was called to order by Chairman
Dean, of the Central Committee.
After temporary organization and
appointment Of committees the band
adjourned for two and a half hours.
No definite understanding could be
arrived at by one portion of the del
egates, while five or six different fac
lions were perfectly harmonious, each
for itself, in its own Independent
way, and for separate states. Every
leader of the many squads insisted
upon the choice of his gang and was
positive that overwhelming defeat
would be the result in November
next if any other ticket was put
in the field.
The entire different bodies having
80 expressed themselves individually
and collectively, a caucus was agreed
upon and every other six or seven at
once met in as many gangs and
places to make peace. Forty-nine
delegates did the high klckingact, and
foul agreed upon a solid ticket and
started for the court room. Time
was up and others struggled in ready
for victory-or defeat. The meeting
was called to order: the same officers
continued in their places. reports of
officers read and nominations became
in order. The sailing was smooth,
and nominees were chucKed in by
reclamation until the PROBATE Judge