The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-06-28
I.ogging Creek Camp, Near Mon
arch, Now the Scene Of Great
Excitement.
How Mr.. Douglas Came to Hit Upon the
Bonanza-Unpreceden Kich.
ness Of the Specimens.

GRrAr Fairs. June 6.-TSpecial. mo
s,.h .x,;t.r,art IN tho mining circles of
nrs.+ Fa,,s a..r o - q that produced
to-day by the announcement OF the 1anu-
lous discovery just made on Logging creek,
in the v;oinitv Of Monarch. the terminus of
.ha Ran afornt.;r hranch -of the Great
~ sro 80. -. .,- s-., -. -,,.t
Nol'nein laiiwas v ~ s ";t :, "e a1tans;va
deposits Of high grade ores being dlscov-
area IN the nav Damn on Logging creek.
b.. ,;t+,. at+.,,4;o,, -. - a r. thesa rumors
n ~, ,..1Ao oso- -. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
TILL TINS mornine' wnon 1n0 a1nJ n,
OF the wonderful discovery Dy ?. D. Douelas
electifed everybody. The reported fabu-
Ions richness and great extent Of the vein
1900 ,,ar.lvvaa =. Datarn;ned - oct a.
n.. - .--S-1 -.
the BOTTOM 1ac5s' your correspondents .ealn-
ing that Mr.. Douglas, the reputed discoy-
erer Of the bonanza, was at the Park hotel.
sought the gentleman and learned from
him that the reports are true and without
exaggeratlon. MIR. Douglas IS 9 man Of
about forty years, intelligent, we'll preserved
and in the prime of vigorous manhood.
He has been miner from
his youth, having mined in California,
Mexico, Nevada, Utah and Colorado. he
from information upon which he could re-
", became satisfied that there were valua-
BILE mineral deposits there. Soon as spring
opened he bent his steps thitherward He
prospected for several weeks, finding his
anticipations as to the existence OF extern
sive ore deposits fully verified. He con-
tinued prospecting, finding many promls-
ing veins near the surface and most OF
them having true issure Indications. He
soon convinced himself that Logging creek
was destined to take 4 front rank among
the Belt mountain mining districts.
On nr hefora tho 18th inat while criti-
cally examining the surface formation of q
very auriferous looking sidehill, he picked
up piece of float, upon examination of
which his heart began to flutter as it never
had done before. Scratching the surface
with his prospecting pick he found more of
trend of the Groupings he was rewarded by
the discovery, on the 23rd, Of the monster
vein. at q depth Of only six feet from the
surface. which he uncovered for nineteen
feet Of its width and ascertained its thick
ness to be 71S feet, it's whole mass carry ing
an assay value of $4,000 to the ton, of gold,
silver and copper.
To our inoniry as to his opinion of the
permanence of this remarkable deposit OF
the precious metals. he said:
.sThe vein has all the characteristics of a
true assure and will probably retain it's
present size and richness to an indefinite
depth and ia most likely to improve in the
lower levels as true assures Usually do.'
Asked concerning his acquaintance with
mines and mining operations, he replied:
II have been employed in mines since my
youth and if I have no knowledge of min.
ing, I confess to you, sir, that have little
or no knowlenge Of anything else.'
In answer to the question whether he had
ever known or heard of such discovery
''No, sir, never; and / believe this to be
the greatest mineral discovery ever made