The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-18
Eiitor Cheeley of the Virginia "Mad-
isOnian" Speaks of His County.
ALL PROPERTY LOOKS WELL
The Clutches Are Not Worked Out
by Very Much. and Gold Is Be-
ing Taken Out Every Season
The Quartz Leads.

the state and declares that in a few
years IL will. with the exception Of
Summit Valley, be the greatest mining
district i'm the state and that Cripple
Creek will not be in 1t as a gold pro-
Queer. The new town of Gaylord, where
the Parrot smelter is being built, will
be the means of developing the mining
interests of Madison county. 1t will
bring the farthest point of the district
within 40 miles of the smelter and rail-
road, or days trip for an ore team.
The result will be that 1t will be pos
sible TO work innumerable low grade
properties at a good profit, and the
new town will also make a good mar
.ket for farmers. I'VE are very much
handicapped because we have no rail-
roads in Madison county" said Mr.
Cheeley to a Standard reporter, but in
spite of 1t the country is Springing to
the front and some remarkable gold
properties are being developed. There
Is nothing in the nature of a boom, but
there is strong, healthy growth and
we have the resources to back Ii up,
and in four or five years we will show
the greatest mining district in the
state, excepting, of course, Butte. The
whole Tobacco Root range is right in
a gold belt which is scanned with rich
gold quartz The new town of GAYLORD
Is at the north end of this range and
Virginia City is at the other end All
along the range are prosperous mining
camps. on the west side are Lieterville,
Nobleville, Ramshorn and others, and
on the east side are Revenue, Richmond
Fiat, Bald Mountain, Pony. Potosi,
etc. all good, gold producing camps"
AT Virginia City the principal pro-
Queer Is the Easton, a wonderful mine
an Browns gulch, carrying a large per
cent in gold and considerable silver.
In quantity the Easton has the most
extensive lead i'm the district.
Charles Mcclure of St Louis, who is
largely interested in the Granite
Mountain at PhiHpsburg, and Paul
Fusz, have for seve. Al weeks been
looking over the country for new prop
critics and are very favorably inn
pressed with the new developments
They also have some good properties
at Summit.
George Farnswoth, a big lumber
dealer in Chicago, and George A. Shu-
feldt are operating the Fortune group
which they secured in a recent deal
They expect to put up mill soon and
work large force of men to deyeloD
the property. The Bertha is another
good quartz property, owned by Oma-
ma parties. Another is the u. S.
Grant.
The annual output from the placer
v II.
Cheeley, lis about 5000, 600. The glIlches
up TO date have produced about $780,
100000, and IL anyone thinks the placer
deposits are worked out they are very
much mistaken. In the early DAYS the
miners took out only the rich deposits
and skinned the ground which is now
being worked over the second and third
times with big profits"
Among the concerns working there
now are the Alder Gulch Mining COM
pany Fehring, Duncan q Co. Charles
Lane, Parker Estate diggings, John
Reed, Rossiter & Hall. Alex Mckay
and others. AT Summit George Hen
derson, an old California miner. pur-
chased a placer claim about a year AGO
The pay streak was lost on this ground
In the early days. Henderson paid a
very nominal price for the property
and recently discovered the pay streak
and Is now taking out from 81 900 10
$1,000 month and is working ii win
ter and summer. A few weeks ago
he took out a 5000 nugget
George Conway and Others are ope-
rating the Ramshorn group of mines.
They have lot Of good free milling
ore and expect to work large force Of
men this summer. They have been
working from % to 30 men.
Another lot of good properties are To-
Gated at Sheridan, the pricipal one. OF
oouise, belng the Letter mine at Letter
vile. captain Trerize is the new man |
ager, having recently succeeded T. BEN |
ton Letter. The property is to be thor |
ouShly developed and the mill viii he /
started up again this summer. There |
are many other good mines in the same /
neighborhood.
w. NJ. Twohy and w. r. Kenyon OF |
Butte and ]. f. Woods and Joseph 1
stark OF Silver Star are working the /
n Ct - n md 1t,Nr
BOND was taken up recently and the
owners viii operate the property ex- /
tensively
I. Benton Letter. T. H. Teal and 9th |
ers expect to operate some placers on 2
Ruby creek this summer. The Ruby /
creek placers are a stringer of the |
"raVeily range. over which there was /
considerable excitement about n wear /
ago. and the whole country has been /
The Pony district Is showing up un- !
usually well. the best property there /
being the group of mines owned bv |
Henry Filing and w. w. Norris. from /
which ore IS being shipped constantly. |
a large force OF men is being worked I
py Ellng * Norris. The Pony district /
has hundreds OF good prospects and a
number OF well developed mines.
In the Richmond Flat country the
revenue mine has been operated stead
lily since the Denver people bought n
about year ago. They treat their ore
" the cyanide process. The Monitor.
owned by Judge Reel and S. X. Knox
IS one OF the prettiest mines in the dis
trict and Is fun OF free gold. Ere
quently kidneys are necountered in the
Monitor chat are alive and yellow with
goid. There are many other mines in
the same locality that are being ,vorl,-
ed in a small way.
on Bald mountain the Little E<id
Mining company and the Bald Mount
ain company have just put in mills ana
sively.
X J. Moore and others have nut I'm
TWO hydraulic monitors on Wisconsin
creek and viii work the placers there
his summer
A $4,000 Value for sIO.OO.
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