The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-07-01
A mon Gotn Fi4LD


In Montana that Few People Know ANY
Thing Abuut-Tho,p Working It Keeping
naibI-N Wheeling AIan Wili Give In
.nr3nptlou.
III M HllDr Of he hlflli9eueer
Sm'-l desire 10 submit TO YOU a low
limo, for publication regarding tho min
ing intorests Of this country, which has
been dead to thu world for the last ten
years, aii Tor tho waut of some good
papers to tako mold aud publish tho
truth, NO that tho people OF tho cast can
500 what IL 10 and what this country ia
coming 10, About ten years ago, In u
mountain situated about ninO miles
iran Gardener City, Montana, and
known out here az CFeRasss mining dis.
trict, same ten or fifteen men wont
prospecting for gold, and they found It
without doing any work to amount to
anything. No satHer had they struck
gold than they located all tina host
claims they could find, aud heiHg very
poor men, aud without mouOY, they
held an TO thotr claims uuttt about three
years ago, whom mining company got
wind OF the matter, ami went up ttIGrG
aud bought some ot tha GIalme, and nut
up n small mill. tho lack OF water
makes II almost impossible to run in
winter time, but during tho summer
months thay do a rushing business,
Last winter another mill started, and
was put In running order on the 10Th OI
MAY. Its not profit pNr day ia $1,000,
with the prospects, good Tor q 5000
output,
II two or three more companies We're
to come aud buy up all the small
claims, 1t IL a SURE thing they could do
better than the onos that ara now run
ming, for tho latter have only small
mills, Ut course these two mills have
kept quiet about their big deals, so rs
to keep other people out, bat thu peo.
Ple dea's propose 10 let them continue
that policy.
TIE great trouble with the men who
have tho small claims IL thpy want to
hold IT too long, aud will sell only At
high figures. ! think, however, that ii
two or three good companies were to
como ont and take II hand, with tho
two already IN operation, they would DO
nblo 10 buy some claims ut pretty low
diurcs, us there ara somo meh wa
nave five or ak claims elch aud they
would be glad to dispose OF n or two
20 rs to make the sale OF the others
better.
This gold diatrict is unknown to the
outside world up to tho present day,
but, mark my word, il will be the Load.
ing gold camp OF Montana yet. Aud
the t,lne is not lar away when the world
will know il.
Tho other day a young man went into
the district, and took mp q small pInce
OF grouni and wont TO working il. Now
he is making all the way from SO to SO
day. People began to flock over there
ut nee ON hearing this and all tho
available ground was tAkDn up ~ once,
Last fall | wa' looking over the country
aad ! Aappenpl to pick IN n piecc Of
quartz rock tIat assayed $4,000 to the
ton, bRi whom i came to loo!; for the
lead ! could not find IL. II must be in
that part, Of the coaatEy somewhere,
however, aud | suppose some day some
lucky fellow will find II, aud about two
tons will make him a fortune. As | am
from WteGitag myself, | would Ike TO
SEQ Wheeling people1roSpor. and as |
have some interest Ia this COUNTRY also,
| hope when this is road by some OF
your moneyei men they viii come out
aud SEQ ior themselves what an oDen-
ing there ia. Thoy need not take my
word Tor 1t alone, | will aay that any
body living around here viii confirm
my statements. AS | wish my name
withhold from the public, 1 wlttsay that
any person wishing 10 write to mo may
find my address NJ the lSrELLIGESCEH
Office, aud | will Choerfully answer all
lettsra received by mo, G.
GuricHsr city, Monlnd, jme20,