Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-12-28
Gilt Edge Items.

Among the most important changes
that have occurred in our county in
the past year has been the founding
Of the bustling mining camp Of Gilt
Edge, destined to become, we all hope,
one OF the leading gold-producing
camps in the state.
What a year ago vas an uninhabit-
able gulch in the main range of the
Judith mountains has become, under
the ~tireless efforts of miners and me-
chanics, a lively little city, having
hotels, stores, shops, and other APP
purtenances OF our sister cities. All
of this has been done in a year of try
ing financial circumstances and gen.
eraldepression, where other old towns
have suffered by the want of confidence
by capitalists. A few determined
men have invested their money and
time in a venture, hanging on to hope
with a tenacity that does them credit.
We hope and feel justified, after a
careful study of the vast u of
the Immediately adjacent hills, in pre-
dieting a bountiful harvest of gold for
their faith and perseverance. The
two principal mines owned and oper-
ated by the Gilt Edge Co. are the Gilt
Edge and Chickadee, both of which
have been developed in a thorough
and w~orkmanlike manner, thus open
ing up a vast amount of ore of a good
grade, insuring the promoters of the
enterprise a long u for their mill.
Mining experts, who have examined
and tested the rock, say that with a
large mill the entire bodies of lime
bounding these ore veins could be
worked profitably, as all of it will run
higher than the quartz worked by the
Homestake company in the Black
Hills or the Ventura company in Cali
~fornia, where the amalgamation pro-
cess, which is much more expensive
than the cyanide is used.
The mill Offices, company officers
residences, boarding and sleeping
houses for the men, aud in fact all the
buildings put up by the company,
have been done in a solid, substantial
manner, showing that the investors
are not making an experiment, but
are setting out to demonstrate that
the proposition is a paying invest
ment
Outsiders are just beginning to learn
of us and are coming in steadily, en-
gaging in business, building homes,
and preparing for the busy season to
come. No less than six business
houses are i'm the course Of cohstruc-
ton at present.
We think the society and sociable
circles will compare most favorably
with any city in the state, our dances
are well attended by a courteous, 10
cial people, and the announcement of
any entertainment is sure to be well
coined by our resident citizens and
our country neighbours.
As soon as we get a postoffice, JUS
tice OF the peace and a public school
we will be a happy, contented lot of
people.
On last Friday George duncan and
Mr.. Coats discovered and located two
very promising leads. Those who
ought to know say the rock will run
away up in gold.
Moore and Clark have started to
build a log building on their lot on
lower Main street.
Dave Roberts blacksmith shop,
Wise & Co.'s butcher shop, and Ting
fingers saloon are the new businesses
opened here since my last.
Bird Lish and Harley Scovel, who
have been working on the ScoveI and
Selvidge building, have gone to Lewis
town to spend the holidays.
Santa Claus has been in the vicinity
of Gilt Edge within the past week.
The boy and the gun, and his partner
with his drum, II a common thing
here, and old Santa can always be
safely blamed for this state of affairs,
The Gilt Edge company have a force
of men putting in timbers in the Gilt
Edge and Chickadee mines, as Fore
man Maloney is bent on doing things
in the proper way.