The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-03-04
TOWSLEY GULCH STRIKE.
Rich Find Mads IN a Mine Owned
by Several Gentlemen Of
This City.
A Section That Has Proved TO Be
the Creates. Producer in
the State.
II Il Rich Not Oniy In Gold. but has
Large Deposits Of Copper and Lead
some History.

wm. Moth Is showing bis friends some
very rich samples from find made ABOUT
a week ago In a property owned by himself
and others In Towsley gulch, IN she BEL
mont district. lie has two bottles 81 the
STUFF. and il 10 fairly alive with gold. Inc
strike was made in the Iovsiey mine
which sdjoius the Bell Boy on the wesL
Iast jane AR. Muth put q man 90 work on
the property, and ever since tha, be has
been prospecting for the chute Of fiea ore
that was encountered in the Bell Boy aud
which produced $4,000 for the owners OF
that mine. There is big vein on she
Towsley that runs very high IN both copper
and lead, with a small proportion OF gold,
and II visa in this vein that the pros
pector looked for the rich pay
chute. About two weeks ago the
man changed bis bass OF operations
and concluded 20 look In another direction.
He started 20 work In an abandoned shaft
and had not gone down more than two
feet when be struck the rich ore he was
looking for. A double shift has been put
on aud work is ssill being prosecuted on the
find, but 30 far u has not been determined
lost how extensive 10 is Mr.. Muth and
those interested with him own the adioin-
ing claim 70 she Tovsey. the Nile, and In
addition have bonded other adjoining
properties. The strike is a very important
one. not only to those who ara directly in
terested, bat also to this CITY, giving, as 10
does, an additional proof Of the richness
Of that section Of country tributary 30
Helena, In which the Dram Lummon. she
Penobseot, the Bald Bate the Bell Boy and
scores Of other gold mines are located.
These mines cluster around the summit Of
Belmont mountain. whose apsE is visible
from thu streets OF Helena. and have made
the richest gold mining camps In Montana,
II not in the world. beginning 10 the '4Gs
mining for gold quartz has never ceased IN
this district y. ). Nestal and bis asso-
ciates we're the pioneers Of the camp and
began work on tho Belmont Ihos Cruise f.
being engaged ~ ths same time In placer .
mining Just below whefe the town OF
MnrysvIila now stands but having. AZ the /
same time. his ere on the famous Drum |
Lummon. Next came the developments in
the Psnobscot. which set all mining men
agog and which is directly responsible for
the interest taken in the district. The rise
and fall OF these two camps Belmont ana
Penobscot, is an object lesson that all
miners should study carefully. Both mines
we're rich. but the greed of their owners re-
suited In an overlooking 10 the way
of STAMPS that neither mine
could stand, and when assess
ments wers called for they were not forth
coming aud as consequence the mines
were shut down, sold for a song and fortu-
tely fell into she hands that, especially
IN she cas- OF the Penobseot have better
understood their requirements so that 20
day the latter is a producer OF no mean de-
gree. Then followed quickly the diseov-
cries Of the Drum Lummon and Gioster,
the Blue Bird and Hickey. Whipperwill and
Empire and Others Of lesser note, all max
ing oamTs OF good proportions. All have
been good producers, and the camp at
Msrysville stands as the evidence OF tho
richness OF the whole. the model mining
camp OF Montana. Late fDds Of great
value are the Bald Butte the Bell Boy and
the Piegan, and now the Iowsley, With
out colonization the returns from these
mines come 90 Helena snd their dividends
reach many OF her citizens In regular
monthly installments.
The Drum Lummon il showing better
now than ever and will be = lIture ia tue
mining world for many yeas 10 come.
The Gloeter will not always lie idle. nor
will the Belmont and Empire. none Of these
being exhausted by any means but simply
waiting the right men 90 reopen them and
make money b. so doing. For JeErs
Towsiey Culoh has attracted more or less
attention. With showing of large o
bodies carrying gold, silvo., lead aud cop
per, Dot the values OF gold ana SILVER being
low the district has not found any one 90
take hold Of its leads. ] be discovery Of
gold on the Bell Boy and ITS output Of over
100000 stimulated prospecting for gold in
the Rulch and has resulted in tue discovery
Of other gold chutes. some OF great rich
ness, and these are now icing developed.
The outlook for this camp Is very
good and 10 10 hoped that some
company can be found that vii under
take the further development Of its
ore bodies and the erection OF concentra-
tor az an early day There is no reason
why this region should not lie IN tho llBt OF
copper p oduoers, there is a large guam
titT o. ore that assays from ten 90 forty per
cent. copper IA this camr. With silver and
gold enough 10 make tus matte a very nice
pr0duct. The development Of the main
lead will no doubt result Ia the uncoverlng
Of some gold bearing stringo g. as there -
every indication IN the present showing
thnt there are others 20 be found. All OF
the ABOVE campo are directly tributary TO
Helena ana every encouragement should be
extended TO projectors by she merehanta
OF this city. lnors are yet undiscovered
veins that will Justify tho expenditure OF
money % md, and there 10 no better eoun-
tly N Montana for Iudlcivus effort
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