The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-03-29
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rhe sweet Grn~s unis ~ Montans the
New Mecca az tho Gold seeker 1Sig
sandy filled with ~rrnspccturs ousnttsngs
nnd More Arriving Every Day Results
~ Far satisfactory ~ the Placer Dig
gingS.
Bio SANDY. Mont. March ia.-This 1T.
lie town is full ~ Excitement over the de-
vclopment OF gold mines In the Sweet
Grass hills, hfty-hvc miles northwest Of
here. People have just arrived from tho
Hills reporting that miners in the Eclipse
rulch are making from nifty 70 eighty doll
lars Il day. The most of the gold H. taken
out IN the placer diggings, but blue orc
has been struck by several parties in tho
hills, and the country Is full OF prospects
ors from Helena and other mining dis
tricts. II the present rush continues,
straitened times must inevitably re-
suit. as men from all parts OF Montana
and Dakota are nocking here in great
numbers without making adequate pros
vision for subsistence. Frank stiles, OF
Chamberlain. :. d.. heads a party Of
gold seekers who arrived from st. Paul
yesterday. They will open a mine owned
by Stiles in East Butte, and all are pre-
pared 20 locate claims. Besides the gold
deposits which are the center OF interest,
the amount OF silver in the rock at tho
hill has led to the organization OF compa-
nies. the Brown, Ried a. Bell, the Detroit
and the Hazel, which are now opening
mines al East Butte in the hills. Other
parties are prospecting for this ore, which
exists in well-defincd leads all through
this region.
Actual work at the mines has as yet
only fairly begun, but the results are very
satisfactory 10 the parties working
claims. To Alfred Hilles. a Butte miner.
is probably due the credit Of the dis
covery Of gold in paying quantities in tho
hills. lis has been working quietly at
Middle Butte for nearly a year., and shows
about -four thousand dollars for his la
Dor. About a week go. however, a gem
eral rush commenced. and now the coun-
try is overrun with prospcctors. and sup
plies can not be brought in fast enough 10
feed every body. IL looks as II a tempo
rary famine was imminent. The Sweet
Grass hills. in which the gold has
been discovered, are fifty-ive miles
bv wagon road northwest OF
Big SANDY. aud just south Of
the international boundary. Tie hills
comprise three buttes, varying in elevation
from 900 to s.400feet. Water and timber
are abundant in East Butte; no timber,
and water scarce in Middle Butte. Be-
tween and around the buttes nre broad
bottom lands with small creeks. The
richest placer diggings are at Eclipse
Gulch. in Middle Butte. Silver. copper,
iron aud a fine quality Of marble have
been found, while coal Is abundant on
Milk river anl Sage Rock. to the east. X
tho present immigration continues, these
mines will be developed in a short
time. and prices Of food. now AZ
the top notch. will 50 mp out OF
sight. Scarcely a man at the mines
Is getting les, than four dollars a day
that being the wages paid, bat nearly
every one j. prospecting for himself.
The one great obstacle here il the dis
tancc from market. There are bat two
lines OF railroad here. DIR. Barker. ot
Helena. and a party ~ Ohio capitalists
control a valuable property here. and have
decided 10 develop these mines mex
month. taking the products 90 Benton o.
Great Falls. Like everyone else they arr
enthusiastic on gold-fnding. aud nothing
else can be heard round here but thu
great strike in the Sweet Grass hills ant
the development Of the mines there.