Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1893-12-01
OLD TON CRUISE OF MON
TANA.
Denver Ores and Metals.


stances a romantic and interesting e
character. His mind is filed with
mountain lore; he catches the
spirit of solitude with long assc-
citation with the hills and canyons
and in time becomes as quaint in
manner and orig sal in talk as the
two Wellsrs. What . fathemless
fsunt ef stories u found in this
harmless Ulysses OF the BILLS
Good stsriss tee, if th. truth does
get fraysd and ragged before the
finish.
Tom erase belonged to this
field of fiction when he made such
strike ~ was never known before
or sIncs In Montana. de found it
on the lower eaa Of a mouatain
range ending in st. Leus gslsh,
20 nilss north Of Helena. This
guleh like all others, had been a
swarning ground for geld hsatsrs
until the diggings had been
wsrksd out and left to reward the
patient and sasi y satisfied China.
mar. Cruss was still at his
tirsIess search when he stumbled
one day across a bit Of gold quartz
float. This, AZ all miners know,
had been washed sway from the
nothsr lode in journey OF
centuries The thing to do is to
follow the other traces. This
Cruise did. His keen eye followed
his footsteps uatil another bit Of
shining quartz appeared on tas
washed down mesntain sides.
Day after day he followed this
golden trail astil his pick struck
the lsng sougkt shuts OF ore stick
ing ont frem the mountain sids.
It was aot q foot wide, but the old
man kasw there was something
below.
This was thu discovery of the
Drum Lumm moa, the greatest gold
producing quartz ever fouad in
this country, and the first to be
purchased IN Montana by an
English syndicate 1t had paid
for itself over and ever again, and
to-day represents the largest invest
msnt for maehinsry ever placed
in a gold mining property. Where
Cruss's pick struck the ore, stands
the entrance to the Crsss tunnel,
1000 feet long, and RAINING down
from this is the deepest mining
shaft in Mostasa. Cat from
selid rock at the and of the Cruss
tunnel Is great chamber higher
and wider than the Battery, and
herein is a splendid hsist, rival
llss the finest la the wsrld fer
speed and safety. This tunnel
with its shaft 10 but part Of the
nine. Two other tunnels 1aits as
long run in from the other side OF
the hill, and TIVE ether hoists quite
40 large as the giant are wairlias
the ere by night and day from tho
lever levels. These levels, run
ming at all angles, are so tlmbsrss
asd painted that under the white
rays Of the incandsscsnt lamps the
mental impression left is that OF a
weird and sraeEsms resting place
fer the dead to come. The silence
in these depths is broker by ths
dali and heavy click Of the non-
stsr Cornish Fsmps churnlng
water upward from the sh'ft bet
tens and the Grind Of the ore ears
coming from the drifts. Within
thi. golden ant hill 300 men are
d.Ivins away for So so a day.
Without, ths scene is Of great
interest. One hundred stamps Ii
three great mills are making a dis
and a noise that makes one think
that boiler factory would be
haven of musis boxes. Ons
ssrisus result of long wsrk II
these mills 10 that sns workman
csn hear the volss Of another from
any part Of the suifding and fad'
F.. il most sifisslt to hear the mos'
ordinary sounds outside. Th'
.a-t 20 orao ia an fhm hrNs a