The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-19
MINING IN TRAIL GULCH
Everything Points to a Brilliant Pros
poet for q Rich line.
Mining News From All Portions OF
the Northwest Reports OF
Rich Strikes and New
Prospects.

covery lies about n mile and - hall u
south of Murray, just across the Pritchard
creek divide. The discoveries were Jim
Ward. A. ID. Ward, 4. w. Ward and Billy
Rounds, old time prospcctors. The ledge
is IL inches wide and shows "A fine quality
of gold bearing quartz. The work OF de.
~veloping the prospect is to he pushed and
sufficient work has already been done To
Justify the opinion that IL is a very rich
find. Some Of the dccomposed quartz
scrapcd out Of the gauge yields 50 To the
pan.
IL is the opinion Of old miners that this
discovery will solve the problem OF the
source of the gold in Trail gulch.
This gulch has yielded several hundred
thousand dollars already and continues
To produce AS handsomely now as ever.
The Myrtle claim alone, which is now
working fifteen men, has produced over
100000. The company is running "a cut
up the gulch over 100 feet wide, although
the water supply does not exceed ten
inches. for sluicing purposes.
Some large nuggets were found on this
claim, and last Tuesday n handsome eve
ounce nugget was found on the claim Of
Murphy, Brooks a. Hacdcr, "A mile
further up the creek. There is
a large amount of the best ground
still untouched, and il will he ten years YET
before the gulch will be turned over TO a
big flume company, who will extract more
gold than their predecessors, as the pres-
ent claim owners, with their limited sup
ply of water. can only work the richest
portions. and this is cheaply lone by
drifting. Therefore such enterprises as
the Spokane Hydraulic company will
AVE work In this camp for the mex GEN.
tury. All they require is water and an
ample supply can easily he obtained here
by a system OF reservoirs. The Spokane
company could easily change their pipes
and conduct their water over into Trail
guile d. and this would command an inn
mense placer. territory distinct entirely
from the Prichard creek mines.
Some quartz discoveries were made at
the head of Trail gulch I'm the early days,
but the difficulty OF getting To them dis
courage the prospectors u work was not
prosecuted. Some Of them were also
worthless. This late strike, made two
Ill last week, Immediately sent the pros
pcctors into the hills. Many left their
placer claims and during a heavy rain
climbed up the mountains n made
locations, some no doubt carrying quartz
along in order To shave mineral in place"
But the course OF the new ledge was
traced Ia the head of the Potosi gulch. n
large tributary Of Trail, and found there
by Mike Titus. Dave Williams and J. II.
Van Dorm. This Is about n mile and a
half from the discovery point. The quartz
is identical, and small speckso Of gold have
been found in the groupings. but not In
such hDerai Iuahu.ies. II .ne Ieuge can
will prove To he the largest gold vein dis
covered here, and rival the carbonate
ledge.
The Pritchard and Trail creek territory
isnot haii piosl.r'eo' ~ u'Seo'crhcs
Will DC ,naue nerc ."scaIs nehee:
oh 'nis sioe 81 'ne ,our aiciie ,he
mountains are sui covercu wi,n uehsc
forests anu naaNy uh'srsrow'h, anu u ~
WIN erca, "'rmrsru'. WA, pr"slaeong u
carried on ine n"cs iast ear swepl
over ohiy u sn,ai' .e'ri'or!' anu uney
nurneu So rapiuis ,hat W piiccs ,nc
tiihDcr was Oily scoicicn' peslucs pTos-
pectng can b CARRIED on Only lew
inontiis IN Tue yea. y! inos' hii,ers,, 'ne
remainder being uev"te'i ,o naru work 10
&c, motley enougn 10 nuy provisiols.
howeNer' 'n. couh,r. wiz ~, run AWAY,
ana "a q ue'ei"p'hch' "c'per 'haii
"a wholesale rush. "
IN fricnaru rreeh ,hc snua'ion Is oc,'
VT .uam " nas n MI !" ,hn N,,s,Ih a ILL.,
cleanup was mace AZ 'he Niother lode
nun; I'VE stamps an" an nras.ra' wnich
yIeiueu ,',,Ir short ~ sro"n. ms u
tne sccoiiu spiehuio ciean-up' ,nc nrs' one
about a mohth ago. giving S''"pto 'he
COMPANY.
There Is so'ns,h,hg pheno,henai about
These runs. All the experts VINO nave
visited TINS camp Tor 'ne past SIX years
have proclaimed openly maj th. Mother
lode u opibir hiil puarN eouiu not ne
marked by Tue ordinary iiil' process, pc
ing held 70 ne 700 pasc' me iright,
cned wouih-be purchasers ana several
sales which were 1n"ut Ia DC coi,snih-
na.eu ieIi ,hrouen =" noun' "' inc
opinion Oh tne eNr'rts' rinaIIy u MIS-
sourian came along py inc name OF Mil
scy, q man VINO hau never zen "A mime or
a mn, ana uldnI KNOW the ulner'l'c" ne
tween gold quartz ana gaieiia ore ~"
bought a quarter interest ~ Tue Mother
Lode aiI coii,nehceu VIII = wh'eibar-
row, hauling TIE ptar'k out OF me mime
10 the PIT where II was roasted before u
was chucked lnto the aras,ra. Ih,s was
ayear aeo; ne soon iounu ou' ina w.
ing out wealth. He told his partners he