The Helena independent., 1889-03-23
RUIN0US REPORTS
Such as the One Sent Abroad About
the Fabulous Gold Finds in
Sweet Grass Hills.
Nobody Around Helena Has Heard Of
or Believe Any Such Gold Folds
Exist in Montana.
The West Granite Deal Perfected nj "a Meet
Ing Of the Moguls Held In Helena
Yesterday.

BIG SANDY. March is.-"There il great
excitement over the development OF gold
mines In the Sweet Grass Hills, fifty Eve
miles northwest OF here. Miners in
Eclipse gulch are making from iifty to
eighty dollars a day. Most Of the gold Is
from placer diggings, but blue ore has been
struck and the country Is full OF prospec-
tors. For q week back men have been lock.
Ing there from all parts OF Montana and
Dakota without making adequate proy-
sion for their sustenance. supplies can
not BE- obtained fast enough, and a temper
ary famine seems Imminent The Sweet
Grass Hills comprise three buttes, varying
In height from 1000 10 B,l0O feet The
richest placer digglngs are Eclipse gulch,
In the middle butte, and Hazel gulch, IN
the east butte. Silver, copper, iron and
fine quality OF marble have been found,
while coal Is Abun liant on MIX river and
SAgerOck. Wages at the mines are from
four dollars day and upward, but almost
every one Is prospecting for himself"
Tie above WAS printed In the Chicago
Herald OF the 18th inst, and several much
longer dispatches covering the aane
ground have appeared in ST. Louis, 81.
Paul and other eastern journals. No Gre
dence IL placed In the yarn here, and the
most diligent inquiry among gentlemen
from the north country fail 10 reveal any.
thing upon which the story could be based.
In several Of the kilograms the piece OF
news winds up by saying there are only
two railroads, when the fact is that no one
In Montana has yet heard Of siagle rail
road rnnning into the sweet Grass hills.
at looks 10 mi" said a prominent busi-
ness man last night when shown the Arti-
Gle, THAT II is big advertising scheme,
and must admit n very poor one. The
people are about tired reading OF these
wonderful gold discoveries, aud IL would
not surprise me much IL they should Start a
diamond mine yarn like one from Arizona
about ten years ago. That was a great
scheme. The men interested purchased
900 worth Of diamonds In the rough
and had them scattered through a certain
portion of the territory trayersed by the
Southern Pacific road, and In pretty nearly
every case the stones were found by men
who knew where 10 look for them, and
who afterwards exhibited the gems, the re-
suit Of which was rush 10 Arizona. These
schemes do more harm than good, and the
sooner some people learn this the better.
| do not want 10 be understood as saying
theIe Ia no gold In the Sweet Grass hills,
but no sane man will believe II exists In
quantities such as this report asserts. That
the past two years, and some very prom
ising quartz leads have been found and are
being developed, and the newspaper OF
that section has diligently heralded the
news, but have yet to read an account OF
any fabulously rich placer mine being
located there within the last month.
Let us advertise Montana legitimately.
She offers 10 day the grandest induce
ments for settlers. Her future possibilities
are such that Mt no distant day she will
command the admiration OF the whole
country. Her mines and mineral product
are the greatest ON the globe, and her EN-
pire OF domain yet uninhabted will give
prosperous homes 70 million people and
leave room for million more. Her farm
ing lands are unequalled and the induce
| meDts she offers for manufactures are not
TO be compared with any other portion OF
the great northwest These are the things
10 make known, and IL Ii about time the
fool killer would run OF some Of these
| GOLDEN liars"
WEST GRANITE AFFAIRS.
Another meeting concerning West Gran
| ite affairs was held yesterday, attended by
President l.. NJ. Rumsey, Of the Bi-Metal-
| lie, Paul A. fusz, secretary Of the West
Granite directory. also Messrs. Taussig and
Dleckman. The latter gentlemen accom-
panied Messrs. Rumsey and fusz from
Philipsburg. The object Of the meeting
was to draw upa detailed account OF the
proceedings that have iranspired In the
| consumatlOn Of the new deal, and for max
| ing the final settlement In money matters,
also the future plans OF the Elizabeth
were discussed, as II Is understood
| that the action Of the West Granite
directory Is ratified notwithstanding the
stockholders meeting has not yet been
held Checks good for $3.50 900 have been
| placed In one OF the local banks, and the
st. Louis people departed for home last
night thoroughly satisfied with the out
come OF affairs. Until after the stock
holders meeting is held, which will be
within six weeks, nothing new will be done
at the mine until that time, when the new
incorporation will be duly organized.
Charles Mcclure did not stop In Helena,
but went straight through for ST. Louis,
| Charles Clark. OF the Granite Mountain, Is
still at Philipsburg, looking through the
Elizabeth.
MIssoULA COUNTY.
Phllipsburg Mail: Chas. Beary returned
| from the Little Rockies this week, where
he las been for some days looking after his
mining interests In that section. Some four
years ago Mr.. Beary located some property
In that district, and has given IL but little
attention until now. The name Of his claim
is the Royal lode, and opens of face of
four feet OF free-milling gold quartz, He
brought back with him some rich speci
mems Of the ore from his claim and others
In the district The whole country is COM
paratiyely new. and was never prospected
until about 1885. Since that time a great
many claims have been located and de-
vel0ped. Malta, the nearest shipping point,
Is about thirty-dve miles from the north
end Of the range and Is about 100 miles
from Benton.
Sheetings-Hotels, boarding houses and
famiIiaa "a N aunnlv than salvrs M mndarn Ia