The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-08-13
TREASURES IN ROCK.
Something About the Hidden
Wealth in the Mountains
of Montana.
Facts of Interest to Those Who
Propose to Prospect, From
the Pen of an Old
Prospector.

BOHEMIAN. Montana, Aug. 1.-The pros
pecting season has now fairly opened,
and the foothills and mountains are lit.
orally alive with prospectors. Very fiat
tering prospects are found in all direct.
ions. Great energy is manifested in
every old mining camp, and new camps
are being located everywhere. Old ore
beds long since abandoned because of the
ore being low grade, are being relocated,
and the prospector is quite as happy
with the prize as he was years ago with
his richer find. A new mill was started
at Red Bluff last week by Hoyt 4 20.
The new mill will work ore from the
Empire and Reve6ue lodes, which pay
$50 per ton in gold. The ore is free
! milling, and the mine
WILL PROVE \ REAL BONANZA.
Ppspectors are very active at Cherry
Greek, and some very promising leads
have been discovered in that locality
which assay well in silver and copper.
Very fair silver and copper ore comes
from the Emerson district, and a large
number of locations are being made. The
ore is quite free from base metals and
will work very easily with the proper
treatment The best prospects and the
finest looking ores, however, are found
in the Sixteen Mile district, and pros
pectors from this locality bring in very
fine looking ore, from which native cop
per is run out in common blacksmith
forge with ease A smelter is now in
Aeurse of construction in this district
and will soon be running cut copper
aaaEs.
QUITE 4 STIR
is also noticeable at Emigrant and Bear
gulci,es and the mines are attracting
some attention Red Bluff and Cherry
Creek are twenty-five and thirty-five
miles in a southwest direction from
Bozeman, Pony forty miles west, Emer-
son twenty-eight miles northwest, and
Sixteen mile mines fifty miles north
from Bozeman, while Emigrant is thirty
five miles southeast and Bear seventy
miles.
large iron beds have been found on
the West Gallatin and at Gallatin City !;
distance fifteen and twenty-seven miles
from Bozeman. On the foothills, flve to
ten miles from Bozeman, iron and silver
hearing lo<les have been discovered, and
i. mum Der Of locations made. These sill
yer ores are low grade, but the immedi-
ate presence of iron and lime for flux,
coal and coke for fuel will make them
especially valuable in the near future,
and it may not be out of place to observe
that Bozeman would be the most suit
able place for extensive reduction and nd
directions bv mining camps containing
heavy deposits Of gold.
COPPER AND SILVER.
ores, and Immediately at Bozeman will
be found iron and lime of superior
quality for flux, and near at hand fire
clay from which to make brick for fur
mace lining, and the immense coking
coal deposits will furnish cheap fuel to
the end of time. All Of these articles 80
necessary for the reduction of ores may
be collected at Bozeman without moving
any one article to exceed eight miles, but
this subject is worthy Of especial atten-
ton and will he given in detail at an
other time.
Prospecting for coal is attracting more
. attention than any other one thing. A
( very large number Of coal locations have
I been made, and the coal found in almost
! every case, will make coke, and where
sufficient development has been made, a
/! rich coal not inferior to that found in
| West Virginia and Pennsylvania if
found
THE RESULT OF TESTS BEING MADE
by the Union Pacific Railroad company
are very satisfactory indeed and good
article Of coke is produced, which fully
warrants the prediction that a largt
plant will soon be put in at their mines
capable of producing hundred tons o
coke per day, and increased as fast a
practicable. This will make necessar!
. the extension of the Utah and Northern
railroad to Bozeman at an early day, il
order to move the product of their ex
tensive mines.
| Prospectors are returning from tn
, Cnur fAlene mines, and seem glad t.
, renew their citizenship, and are conten
, ! ted to again cast their lot in Montans
satisfied that she presents the
5 WIDEST FIELD FOR THE PROsPECTOR
9 of any state or territory in the unloI
Betveca Bozeman and the Nations
Park is very large belt Of country III
!. prospec,ed and to great extent uneA
. plorcd. These districts are being invat
!, ed bv the sturdy and energetic prospe'
" tor and solitudes that have not know
the presence ot man will soon ech
= sounds of civilization, new wealth wi
be uncovered and new camps spring int
existence. Active, enterprising and il
dustrious miners will open new mine
new works and mills will he built, an
:. thus will the great work of tlevelopmel
20 on, and new wealth be extracted fro
'. our matchless mountains and sent fort
p into
ls TIE GREAT COMMERCIAL CHANNELS
u of the world, for the benefit of mankin
what field for all classes Of active al
:" enterprising men. The capitalist c.
find safe and secure investments in ca
to tie, lands, water bitches, quartz and flo
IN mills, banking and loaning money. II
OF manufacturer will find a wide and alme
es unoccupied field in which to engage
70, many lucrative manufacturing entt
Ill prises. There is not Moolen factor
ne glass factory, paper mill, tannery, plt
RI factory, oatmeal factory, iron furnace
)le rolling mill in the entire territory.