Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-17
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A New District opened Out i'm Jefferson
County that Promises { Exceed M
in ResultsIThe Location Revealed by
the Discoverer Situated in . Fine
Farming District Handy 20 Railroad.
1t 10 not o month since Michael Gilmore
and his partner, James Keeton, lett Butte
ON q prospecting tour. taking q northeast
erly direction. They made for Q section Of
Jefferson county which has hitherto es-
capped the attention OF the prospector. be-
ing q rich farming country, one Of the most
fertile spots in Montana. it was probably
overlooked as not being sufficiently barren
and rocky to reward search. Fol- hitherto
it has. been the least favored region by ma
ture, 30 far as the beauties OF nature 90,
that has been found to be most remunera.
tive IN the search for the precious metals.
The place selected by Mr.. Gilmore and
his partner for prospecting is anou1 DC
miles southeast Of Boulder, three miles
from the mouth Of Boulder river n Q
twelve miles from Pony. Here they dis
covered q ledge from q foot to four feet
wide where it crops out OF the surface.
Eight inches from the grass roots the vein
up handsomely in both copper and
silver. Geing down four feet they got into
a pold quartz, and assaysfrom samples sent
by them to Messrs. Carney q Hand OF this
city showed 1879 ounces gold and . ouncesin
silver to the ton. Mr.. Gilmore is q miner
and prospector OF loIg experience, VINO
camp to Montana in 1858. and has pros
pected all the o. from California TO
Alaska, but he says he never saw sucn re-
-zx-lko ~ r1nan tn tho RnFfQeo
ia knew OF n,.ne OF the great mines now
worked that exceeded or even equalied this
showing at that depth. This lode he named
the Parnell lode, and among the many
named after the famous Irishman, Mr.. Gill
more thinks nons will be as famous as this.
He and his partner have located seven
which they have named the Julia,
Mary Ann, jefferson Chief, Pony, Posey,
Parnell and Gilmore. All have equally fair
PROSPECTS, the surface Indications being ex-
actly similar. The Gilmore and the Far
nell are the only two on which any develops
ment has been done, though oil course, "a
only three weeks, not much could be done
ON them. The lodges pitch at an angle OF
about Is degrees, and run due north q
south. On the Gilmore lode genuine ochre
ore has been found six inches below the
surface. They are o running q tunnel
0n THE AIu6I lOoV tuoV a.
feet. and In about thirty feet more they
expect to cut the ledge. II the develop
ments here burr out anywhere near their
expectations, their fortunes are made.
They propose &c get out about twenty tons
of roct which they will have milled, and
their future course depends on the results
from this.
MI. Gilmore says the district has only
been scratched over. One OF the lodges that
bears evidently q high percentage OF copper
and silver had been opened before, but the
former locator had abandoned it, no work
having been done for a long time. 1t a
been relocated by Mr.. Gilmore and his
partner. They nave others in with them
who will furnish capital to represent and
work the claims located.
The news OF this discovery has already
bean discounted in town. A number OF men
hearing OF IL but ignorant OF the where
abouts are out now hunting for the dis.
trict. Mr.. Gilmore met two OF them foot.
ing it In the supposed direction yesterday,
but as he has no reason for desiring to keep
the discovery a secret any longer, having
located all the claims he and his partner
can attend to for the present, he has given
out the place in this public way. He re.
ports a good deal of excitement at Boul.
der, where he stopped on his way here,
over the news and has NJ doubt tina q
camp Of no ordinary size will soon be seen
there.
As already stated Mr.. Gilmore is one OF
the pioneers in Montana. He has made
successful strikes before nov in placer min
ing in Gold Creek and Last Chance, but he
thinks this will be the browning effort o.
his life, and said last night that he would
not take SAC, 900 for his chances at pres
emit il the money were offered him in cash
He reports the district as having the pref
test location for a townsite in the terri
tory. Three miles away is CaldwelIf
ranch, one Of the richest in the Boulder
valley, and within q short distanct
is the proposed Butte and Gal
make an IDEAL spot c. i've h.: A H9E nlpf 3
in town for q couple Of days only and hal
brought several samples that are on view
at the Arcade which speak for themselves
As soon as he gets the tools b.. came in fol
he will return to his partner, Keston. whom
he left on the ground, when they will gel
things in shape for putting their discovery
to. the crucial test of q mill assay, az al
ready stated,