The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-03-27
IN OLD MADISON COUNTY
The Location Of The Parrot Smelter Has
Revived Mining.
THE TOWN OF GAYLORD
III IL Has Been Laid Out. Il Is Kept a
Secret-Taik OF the Normal
School and Other
Topics.
Special Correspondents of the Standard.

place In Madison county where the great
est amount of interest centers just now is
the region round about the confluence oil
the three streams-the Ruby, Beaverhead
and Bug Hole-which form the jefferson
river. The cause for this is the letting of
the contract to build the big ditch of the
Parrot company, and the certainty that
work will be begun on that enterprise
within the next two weeks. For some
time past, the arrivals at this place of
parties on the way to spy out tho land
nave been of daily occurrence, most OF
them with the object in view of selecting
choice locations whereon to engage in
business or to establish a home. Thus
far, these trips have not resulted very sat-
isfactorily TO the prospectors for the rea-
son that, IL the prospective city of Gay
lord has been definitely selected and
mapped out, no alien to the proprietary
has been let into the secret of its situa-
ton. Then. too, there has been a dis
quieting rumor to the effect that the COM
pany has declared its intention not to sell
any parcel of land OH it's property, but
will adopt the leasing system in convey
ing town lots, etc, to intending occu-
pants. The STANDARD correspondents,
however, has it from n. p. Christians son,
who says he got the statement direct from
Superintendent Grant of the Parrot COM
pany. that this rumor is unfounded in
fact, and that the company will merely
control the water supply and electric light
plant, and give ownership and entire con-
troll OF the town to the people who pur-
chase it.
Mining matters in this locality are be-
ing more energetically pushed this year
than usual, and many prospects which
have been lying dormant for several years
are being developed by their owners. This
is largely due to the Parrot company's
enterprise, as the completion of the branch
line of the Northern Pacific railway from
Whitehall into the jefferson valley will
place the mines within easy reach of
transportation facilities. This is es-
pecially true of the Silver Star, Iron Rod,
Bear Gulch and Tidal Wave districts,
where the increased activity in mining
operations is most noticeable.
4. II. Mesk & Son have lately increased
the number of men at the Broadway mine
at Silver Star and have half a dozen
teams steadily employed hauling ore to
Whitehall. Most of the ore is shipped to
Butte for reduction, and the returns are
very satisfactory.
James McFarlane of Butte, who recen thy
bonded the Aurora and Borealis mi mes,
also at Silver Star. have their mines i'm
shape to increase the working force, and
Will do so in week or two.
The English company which bought the
Pennington group of mines on Big Hole,
will have their superintendent on the
ground next week, and will commence
operations on an extensive scale. 1t Is
understood that the company will put up
twenty stamp mill on the property as
soon as the machinery can be obtained
The mines are principally gold bearing
and free milling.
Ii. Mueller, of Rochester, tells the
STANDARD man that he has enough ore
on the dump to keep his fifteen-stamp
mill pounding away all summer when he
starts 1t up, which he will do as soon as
water comes. He will put in steam fix
lures this season, which will enable him |
to run the mill all the year round.
Orrin Stevens, from Bear gulch, was in |
from that district Saturday, and says that |
the A. p. A. mine which he is working |
there in company with g. ID. Pritchard is |
widening out and looking better than |
ever. The last yield from this mine net
ted S16S in gold and about 30 ounces in
silver per ton.
The Parrot and Mocking Bird lodes,'in
the Rabbit mining district, near here,
have been worked by Messrs. Owens &
Cohen this winter, and have about 2OO
tons of $50 gold ore on the dump ready
for the stamps. Tho owners have not yet
decided whether they will work it in the
King mill at Twin Bridges or al Roches-
ter. Probably it will be the former, as it
is claimed that since the recent altera-
tions were made in the pulverizer the mill
works entirely satisfactorily.
Cox d Bray have about 40 tons of free
milling ore from the Clipper mine ready
to work in the Iron Rod mill as soon as
water can be got to it. They expect it to
run up to 500 ton.
Another promising property in this
neighborhood is the Barrett mine in Good
rich canyon. IL is being worked by a
Butte company, S. j. Walker of that citv
being resident manager. The ore Is free
milling and assays from $50 to S165 per
ton. A crosscut is now being run to tap
the vein at a depth of 160 feet, and will
probably be finished this week. The lode
as FAR as found is about 10 feet wide.
fariin d White have lease on the
group of mines, near Rochester.
and have found some very fine pockets of |
ore this winter. One of these Melted them !
nearly 5000 for.about six weeks work.
They are sanGuine of making big money
before their lease expires.
The normal school subject, which has
been made prominent through legislative
has led to much inquiry
as to what effect the state normal at Dill
ION would have upon the independent
normal school here. Your correspondent
interviewed President Birchard upon the
subject yesterday. and finds that nc is not
n the least discouraged. more schools
means more interest in educational
work." said he, with the great mass of
'ur western people, the problem of mater
nj wealth, rather than intellectual pro-
;ress. has been commanding solution.
md higher education is sem!-dormaut.
Whenever such education becomes popu-
ar. our schools will receive the homo
patronage. Our people must learn.
90. that mutual aid is what The
iost needs. Those who earn money in
he West and spend it in the East do a
reat injustice 10 western institutions. Il /