The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-25
MINES and PROSPECTS
Tho Results Of Z Prospecting Tour In
The Glllatin Basin Country.
OutcropplnGs that Can be Tracedfor
Mues-Prospects that Contain
Sufficient Mineral to Justify
Development.

Tull returned on Tuesday, this week,
from n nine days prospecting tour through
the West Gallatin basin country, bring
ing with them at least half n dozen sam
Piles of r~ich-looking ore from the out
groupings Of as many lodges, avs the
Boxeman Courier. Some of the samples
are evidently rich In "copper", while the
others indicate gold, silver n lead.
The gentlemen, who are both experienced
prospcctors and mining experts, say the
country visited, In their opinion, is rich In
mineral wealth; that the o~utcroppings are
remarkably prominent aud can be easily
traced for several miles, and that the
lodges from which they secured h sam
pies are from ten 10 twenty-five feet wide
on the surface. No assays, OF course,
have yet been obtained from the samples,
but Colonel Chisholm feels confident
from their appearance and general char
acter that most, II not all OF them, con-
tain the precious metals In sufficient
quantities 10 at least justify extensive de-
velopment work.
This mining district, which is about 40
miles southwest of Boxeman, Is not en-
tirely n newly discovered one, as Andrew
Lewinski and two or three others have
had claims located there for some time,
on one or two of which representation
work has regularly been performed. The
place cannot be cached with wagons, but
IL Is believed n good wagon road can he
obtained at an expense OF n few thousand
dollars, and we are informed that an ef-
fort will be made to secure an a~pproprin-
ton by the county commissioners, with
which to supplement a private subscrip-
ton, for the purpose OF securing n good
wagon road as far as the Upper Gallatin
basin, during the present season.
Independent of It's supposed rich and
--I . Ala. x1sEf.sna
contains comparative large areas OF ex-
cellent meadow, grazing n timber
lands, each OF which, II accessible by n
good wagon road, would prove n valuable
source Of revenue and contribute materi-
ally To the benefit and general prosperity
of Gallatin county.
Ii will be remembered by quite n num-
her Of our citizens that this country was
hastily explored as early as 1881 by n
party from Bozeman. headed by Mr.Pcter
Koch, with a view of discovering n FEAST
BILE route for a railroad from Bozeman to
the Yellowstone National Park.
The source Of snake River Gold.
The source of the flake gold i'm Snake
river has long been a question that puzzled
old miners and p~rospectors. We find
that they have several theories In regard
10 il, some holding 10 one theory n some
10 another. II IL a well known fact that
frequent traces of this fine gold are TO he
found along the Snake River Plains high
above the river. low IL has been de-
posted there no one a tell, but that IL
exists is well known, and some of il has
undoubtedly been washed into the river.
Some claim that this is the source of flake
gold in Snake river. Another theory is
that the fine gold in Snake river is
washed down from some placer ground
near the head Of the South Fork.
An old prospector who has prospectcd
Snake river from Lewiston TO its head
waters informs us that on the west slope
Of the divide between Snake river and
Green river there is a whole mountain
side of placer ground that prospects gold
Of the same character as the Snake river
gold. He believes hat this is the source
of the gold in the Snake river. He says
there is no trace of gold I'm the North Fork,
while up the South Fork il Is To be found
anywhere, and this fact strengthens his
theory. The locality that our informant
described has not been well prospectcd
owing to the difficulty of reaching IL.
Some rich discoveries will no doubt he
made in that locality some day.-Mountdin
Home, Idaho, Mail.