The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-04-16
MARVELLOUS COUNTRY.
Little Rockies Country to the
Front as Il Magnificent Gold
Producer.
p.rnrtrd Finding of Il Bi-ChlOride
Of Gold Spring at Their
Base.

Mr.. Pat Hughes returned from IA pros
ting tour among the Little Rockies
he three or four days ago. MIR. Hughes
well known among the people of
rthern Montana generally and among
pse of Great Falls particularly as a
ptlcman of unimpeachable veracity and
lose opinions concerning mining mat
i are accepted as authority. Mention
made of these facts simply to prepare
! mind of the reader for what follows:
IA TRIBUNE reporter called upon Mr..
,ghes at his residence last evening for
I purpose of interviewing the gentle
hn in regard to the marvellous stories
bich had obtained currency concerning
. richness of the ores found in that
Eality and incidentally to ascertain
neither the report that what is looked
bon by some as a hi chloride of gold
ring had been discovered in that sec
bn, had foundation in fact. The TRIB-
EE man found Mr.. Hughes ready to
ed what information he possessed
bout the matters, and this is the sub
ance of what he said.
1t is well known to every old time Mon.
man that several years ago the re-
brted finding Of gold in the Little Rock
) produced a stampede of prospectors
the new Ell Dorado. This was before
10 days of railroads when the red man
aimed everything as his W in Mon
ma from a broken down, spawned cay
Be and a white mans scalp to the broad
aims and high mountains of the coun-
Nv and all they contained thereon and
herein. This assumed possession of the
ght of eminent domain upon the part
the more feared than respected
reech-clouted natives TO the manor
orn made the course of the prospectOr.
Ike that Of true love, far from smooth,
nd the hardy adventures were com
elled to git" and not to stand on the
rder of their going.
For several years afterwards the Little
Rockies were as a sealed book to the
i'm Hill. the Napoleon of railroad men,
&ushed the Great Northern through the
Unknown lands to the east and north of
Is, that the sound of the pick and
hovel awakened the echoes IN the silent
fountains where treasures of untold
5alue lie buried. But this is a depression.
Vow to Mr.. Hughes report of the prom
bed land.
The Little Rockies, said the gentle
han, possess all the characteristics of q
ich mineral country-granite. slate,
borphyry, limestone and dolomite. The
5re is gold-bearing. A large number of
8Dcations has been made, some of them
bearing ores of fabulous richness in
bold. The most noted among them were
bcated some years ago by Pike Ian
usky and his %partner-a man by the
bame Of Manning. Two of their lOca-
ions, the Gold Boy" and the Gold
Bug" contain, without doubt, the rich
est gold deposits ever discovered ir the
ttate. Their width and depth are not
known but their ores sample all the way
rom S25 to the thousands per ton.
They are magnificent properties. Messrs.
Landusky & Manning bonded their
hines some time ago to st. Louis parties.
Mr.. Hughes could make no location
near them, the grounds around having
been taken up. but he found as equally
promising prospects four miles away and
There drove his stakes. Assays made of
float ran 1925 per tor in gold. He has a
|man on the ground developing his find.
|Mr. Hughes thinks the Little Rockies
will become the foremost gOld-producing
in the west.
tnnnnrpipu thn IisspNnr\ nI the hi
chloride of gold spring Mr.. Hughes could
not say the waters contain the marvel
Gus properties Inscribed to thcin. He
canped at it while in the mountains and
nsed the water. Vt is soft. very agree
able to the taste, and wonderfully re
lreshing. No soap is needed Will" wash
ing with it. 1t is cleansing in The eN-
IRENE. The water comes from the Gold
Bug mine. This is Mr.. Hughes ac-
count Of the spring,
From another source, however. the
TRIBUNE reporter learned that persons
addicted to Intoxicating liquors lost all
taste and inclination for them after as
lug the waters for a short time. The eff
feet of the water is beneficial in the cy-
Our informant is authority for the
statement that several cases Of alcohol
have been cured by it's use. We
give the statement as We heard il. The
Little Rockies contain other surprising
outputs reference to which will be made
IN the nea future.
Winter has arrived at last: now is the
time to buy Horse Blankets, Bells and
Robes at the Pioneer Harness shop, BIZ