The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-01-06

of forty tons capacity, a ten-stamp silver
mill and concentrator Gust erected)
OF forty tons capacity. The works
have been closed while construct
ing the concentration. They will work
ores from their own mine (the Amason)a and
will purchase ores from mines in the Boul-
der district. The districts mentioned, it
will be remembered, lie on the eastern
slope of the Rocky Mountains and the
spurs and ranges putting out from them
are in granitic formation. We will now
briefly refer to a few districts situated in the
Grow mountains and it's ranges.
The granite formation of the Rockies ex-
tend east to Elk Horn Creek, which is about
eight miles below the town Of Boulder.
At this point lime overlaps the granite and
lime and slate continue to be the formation
to the Missouri river. The leaiing ESQ
caled) districts are the Elk Horn, about
eight miles east of the town OF Boulder,
Radersburg, on Crow Greek; st. Louis, on
the headwaters of Indian Creek and Beaver
Creek.
Free milling silver ore is found in several
OF the leading mines OF the Elk Horn dis
trict, carrying more or less copper; in
others galena and carbonate ores predom-
mate. As far as developed, the leads are
well defined. There is one fifteen-stamp
mill in the district, working the ores OF the
A. NJ. Hotter mine. The ores are chlori-
| dised before amalganation. The mine is
| worked from an incline shaft, which is
down between 400 and 500 feet. This is
the only developed mine in the district, but
in this, as in all the other districts of the
county, there are very many splendid pros
poets only partly developed.
In the Radersburg district a large num-
Der OF small veirs Or lodes, carrying free
milling gold ores, have been. worked in
arastras and small mills since 1868. The
! ore may be called free milling at the sur
face, but at certain depth it becomes too
base to be saved on the amalgam ated
plates. Pyrities of iron predominate in
many of the lodes. There is one fifteen
stamp mill in the district, which worked
the ores OF the Heating mine successfully
for number Of years, and made fortunes
for it's owners. It has been idle for some
time in consequence OF the baseness OF the
ores. Recently the mine has again been
opened up, and the ore taken to the
smelter at Teston's Ferry, on the Missouri,
for treatment. There are several very
promising lodes in process OF development
in the district.
The ores OF st. Louis district are very
much like those OF the Radersburg district,
which it io,ls on the north, except that
they are not 50 base as many in the
latter district The leading mine is the
Little Giant, carrying free gold ores. The
company have a mill on Crow creek. A
great deal of wealth has been taken out of
the mine.
The lodes OF Beaver Creek district carry
principally free milling gold ores. Some
development is going on in some OF them,
but the greater number are lying lille.
Estimated value of all minerals produced
during the year, $1.5OO.OOO.
THE DAIRY BUSINESS.
A great deal of butter has been and is
still made in Jefferson County. There is
probably no county in the Territory that
possesses the same advantages for the
business. Its numerous valleys, with the
purest streams of water coursing through
them, it's fine meadows, it's grassy bench
lands and hilsides in close proximity to
all the ranches, all tend to make it one OF
the most favored places in the Territory,
or in the world, probably, for this business.
Nearly every ranchman in the county
is buttermaker. In the early
days they got dollar pound for it, and
every dollar earned was saved to increase
their herd, and from the money made out
of their butter and the increase OF their
herds they all got rich. Jefferson County
butter has always commanded the highest
price in the markets of the Territory.
Their market is the towns and mining
camps OF the county, and all surplus is
taken to Butte and Helena. Cheese is also
manufactured to some extent.
FARMING AND srocK-RAIsING.
As these important industries have been
spoken OF at some length under the head OF
valley and grazing lands, we simply say
here in reference to them that we expected
to be able to give in tabular form the
quantity OF the different kinds OF grain
raised in the county, the number OF tons OF
hay harvested, and other statistics OF the
products of the farm. alsn the "ulhoei VI
horses, cattle, cows, sheep and other hve
stock, but as no abstracts have yet been
made by the county officials from the as
sessment lists, we find it impossible to do it
in the present article. As soon as these alb
stracts are made out we will publish them,
however.
HOT SPRINGS.
Jefferson County has three noted hot
springs, whose waters are famous for their
curative properties. Chief among them Is
the Boulder Hot Springs, within two and
a half miles of the town. We are not ad"
vised as to the temperature OF the waters
but we know they will boil an egg in an IN
credibiy short time. There are number
OF springs in group, each seemingly possess
ing different properties. These waters are
known to be highly medicinal. Many cases
of chronic diseases such as rheumatism,
neuralgia, catarrh, mineral pois oning, etc.,
are known, for u fact, by many OF the
settlers of the valley, to have been perma-
nently cured We regret that We are un'
able to give an analysis Of the waters OF
these celebrated springs. There Is large
and commodions hotel at the springs,
| standing on a bench of the Little Boulder
| that overlooks one Of the ioveiest valleys
in the Territory. 1t is neatly and COM
fortably fitted up, and kept as clean
and bright as new silver dollar. Boti
hot and cold water is conducted into &
large and elegant bath-house, containing
number of private bathing-rooms; and I'M
mediately across the hall, which runs
through the center OF the building, are E
similar number of rooms fitted up ex
pressly for the convenience and comfort
invalids. There is also large plunge
3OxsO feet, filed with the health-giving fluit
of the most ravishiny te 1perature, into
which the pleasure-seekers, regardless o
sex, plunge and swim ant float around II
heterogeneous mass and in perfect ecstasy
There is also a skating rink and terps'