The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1888-08-18
ON THE BOULDER.
The Foundation For One of the Greatest
Mining Camps in the Territory.

The Foundation For One of the Greatest
Mining Camps in the Territory.
The Boulder mining country, long
known to prospectors as being rich field
for miners, is yet comparatively recent
discovery in all its greatness. The Boul-
der river rises in basin in the hills about
sixty miles from Livingston, and the coun-
try for thirty miles from the lead of the
stream is one vast mine. What seems,
however, to be the richest locality is a
small basin, about three miles long and
two miles wide, in which small branch
of the Boulder proper heads. 1t is called
Basin creek and IS not over five miles long
The natural drainage of this whole basin
is into this creek, and at the entrance to
the basin, where Basin creek finds its way
out on its road to the Boulder river, is
situated large placer claim. This claim
has been worked off and on for the past
eight or nine years, but has recently
passed into the hands of j. II. Conrad,
Price of Helena and other parties who in
tend to work it on larger scale than ever
before. Up above this placer ground, on
the hill slopes and farther up the gulcb,
lie the enormous deposits of rich, free
milling quartz that have attracted SO
much attention during the past few
months. There are about fifty men now
at work in the camp developing their
prospects, and there is not week passes
but what some party of capitalists is in
the locality looking over the ground with
a view of purchase Or of further develop
ment of claims which they have owned
for some time but did not realize the value
thereof. The discoveries made in the
Hidden Treasure, one of these Basin
mines, short time ago have excited ev-
cry owner or co-owner in claim in that
locality, and it seems as though that dis
covery was to be the means of many more
equally as good discoveries by the impe-
tus which it has given to further develop
ment of the camp. One of the best mines
in the camp is the Grub Stake, in which
both Billings and Livingston parties are
interested. They have four foot tissure
vein of free milling ore, the assays of
which have run from 81 to $22 per ton
and which without doubt will average $40
per ton clear through. The owners of
this mine are making preparations to
drive a 3CO-foot tunnel and to put in a
stamp mill. THIS they hope to do this
year. but owing to the lack of transpor-
tation it is difficult to make much head
way in the camp. There are many other
valuable mines In this camp that only
need cheap transportation to and from the
mines and further development to make
them heavily paying enterprises. Many
of the firm believers in this camp claim
that there is as much prospect Of this
camp becoming a second Butte as any
camp in the territory.
Experts say that the free milling quartz
of this camp can be worked for about
81 10 per ton. There is fine location
for mill and never failing stream of
water flows from the springs which rise
in the basin at the head of Basin creek.
It is about two miles from the outlet of
this basin, where the placer ground is sit
uated, to where Basin creek runs into the
Boulder, and for twenty five miles down
the Boulder mining claims line the course
of the stream and extend far up in the
hills toward the divides ON either side.
One notable discovery, lately made, has
been that of fine body of tin ore which
will eventually prove of immense value to
| the owners.
Twenty five miles beyond the head Of
Basin creek is the well known camp of
Cooke City, where lies more ore, espec
tally silver ore, than can be used for
years. One assay of ore in this camp