The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1888-09-12
THE RED BLUFF DISTRICT.
More Of its Gold Mines and their Ores dss-
ibed.-Their, Past and Present Re-
duction by the Arostra and Stamp
Mill.


The Walker Garter Process and its Relatio
to the Future Produotiveness and
Value Of the Gold Mines Of the
Country Continued.
RED BLUFF, Montana, Sept. 10, 1888.
EDITOR CHRONICLE
In the letter Of September Sd 1 at
tempted to describe, in brief manner
some of the gold mines located on til,
south side OF Hot Spring creek In tn,
lowe. Hot Spring District; the characte
of their ores. the metallingical processes
by which their values were extracted tt
a profit In the early times and even dowr
to the present day. The sources o
revenue the miner has in this section
from the product OF his lead or claim
and the probable influence the Walker
Carter process will exert as to their future
productiveness and value. This lette,
will be devoted to continuation of those
subjects.
The Appalachian mine owned by May
Badgett & Hoberger IS one of the old
claims in this district. 1t is located up
Bo'z Gulch. The development consists
of adits or tunnels driven on the vein
The ores in this lead are fine illustra.
ton of natural oxidization. The gold ia
nearly all free, but very finely divided,
yielding in the stamp mill from $16 to
$40 gold per ton, according to its assay
value. The percentage saved running al
high in some cases as GO per cent. This
claim has produced several hundred tons
OF ore and is now being worked by the
owners at fair profit. With capital to
judicionsly develope this vein it would
no doubt become steady producer of a
good grade of very desirable ore and pay
we'll.
North and East of the Appalachian
and running nearly parallel lies the Boaz
owned by Mr.. P. V. Jackson. This claim
is patented and is also one ofthe old loca.
tons. 1t is leased to Mr.. Aaron Flynn
who is prosecuting work vigorously. II
has the same general characteristics las
regards its ore) as the Arpalach ian-the g
oxidation Of the same so far as devel.
oped being nearly perfect, in conse.
quence of which, it has yielded a liberal
percentage in the stamp mill and arostra
In the early days of quartz mining in
this District the Boaz stood pretty well
to the front, yielding some $4,000 of it,
treasures and producing some ore thai
milled as high as SllO gold per ton. In
recent years it has produced someth Ing
over 400 tons being worked at intervals
that yielded in the stamp mill. gold re-
tort worth $2O.OOO.OO. These two
mines are remarkable in the nearly per
feet oxidization of their pay" and ar,
good illustrations of the class of ore be
for referred to. as being the principa
source ofrevenue in the palmy days OF tht
arastra and stamp mill. These ores arr
known among miners and mill men al
"free" gold ores and that class that will
not work in the stamp mill and arastrs
as "base." This term base" is a genera
term, and applies to all ore that canno
be profitably treated as above. 1t is tht
history of most all gold bearing leads
that sooner or later as depth is obtained
the" free" will disappear and the "base'
prevail. This generally occurs at water
level.
The Appalachian and Boaz mines car
be worked for long time above wate
level and judging their future production
by what is known of their past ant
present yield and their method of devel
opment. certainly offer very invitins
prospect for the investment of capital al
they can be opened up on quite an ex
tensive scale at comparatively small cos
as no expensive holsts and pumps will
be required.
As producing ores exactly the opposite
of the two mines referred to above,
will mention the Red Chief and Wate
mines owned principally by Hickman
& Olds. The Red Chief is a patented
claim and is developed by shafts sunk OF
the vein and drained by tunnel. Thi
claim is several hundred feet below tn,
two mines mentioned above and the
outcrop is but a short distance abov,
water level. The deyelopement on thi
lead showes continuous ore chute.som,
three hundred feet long, producing
several hundred tons Of fore, that yieldet
from $40 to $40 gold per ton but smal
per cent of its assay value. AZ for
Swallowed by those openings and result
the "base" or auriferious pyrites below
water run high. have seen two assay
from samples as follows: No. l, heav,
sulphurets $l2s IL gold per ton No.
heavy sulphurets $424.47 gold per tor
There was no perceptible difference il
the appearance of Nos. and 2. heav
sulphurets. Telllurium was present il
both samples and its preponderence ii
either sample may account for the differ
ence in value as shown by the assays.
remarkably strong and well definet
crevice averaging over five feet, carryin
a paw streak nearly four feet wide /
shown. From al! the information ca
gather from miners who have seen tn
crevice and pay streak as developed be
low water level this is q most promisln
and desirable properly and one ths
would richly repay the necessary outla
of capital to develope its undoubte
treasures. The remarks above made wi
apply to the Water lode in gener
way.
l have mentioned in previous lettel
the Golconda mine and described its d,
velopment and the fine bodies of OF
showing in its tunnels, raises and drift
Special attention was called to the stror
and continuous crevice carrying this or
and its strike, dip, and general course
regards the cardinal points of the compa
were also given. To show the gre
strength and continuity of the Golcon,
vein or crevice, l will say that lie,
called the Greazer joins it's south east e,
line. This claim is 600 feet wide al
1900 feet long, being a prolongation
the Golconda side lines on the sar
course. At discovery shaft is sunk
the incline of the vein to the depth