The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1896-05-01

125 feet in depth. About $4,000 worth
Of ore has been shipped. At present Il
very fine grade Of galena ore is being
taken out. 1t is owned by Il stock com
pany. The ore runs liz ounces. Samuel
Beaumont is president and ]. 3. Fisher is
secretary Of this company This mine
was discovered in 1878 BY Samuel Beau
mont.
The Silver Queen, on the north Of the
Hidden Hand, is owned by ]. Hanson.
It has the same character Of ore as the
Hidden Hand, but is not working al
present
Adjoining the Silver Queen is the
Wake Up-Jm, which is under lease to J.
Elitz. 1t is working small force and
extracting ore similar TO Hidden Hand.
Next on the north is the Argus, under
bond and lease to Alex. Brown, Thomas
Shugro, J. Koke1lsparger and J. Nolan.
The incline is about 125 feet There is
about 1S inches Of shipping ore Six
men are employed. They have a couple
Of car loads Of ore on dump waiting for
the completion of the road being built by
Robert Reid, and which will be COM
pleted this week.
Northeast lies the Emma Darling and
the Sterrett On the first Of these two
men are at work They are down about
EGO feet and are now sinking on the Vein
On the Sterrett there are two men, pros
pecting for James A. Murray Of Butte
The north end OF the district will be
taken up more thoroughly in future arti
cles in TIE New NORTHWEST, only i
sketch being here given.
The Zosei mining district was discov-
cred first in the early placer days, some
excellent gold rock having been brought
| into Deer Lodge from it many years ago.
The discovery Of the present district,
however, may be attributed to Samuel
Beaumont Of Deer Lodge, who found and
recorded the Hidden Hand in the north
end of the camp. Joseph Peterson,
Thomas Arias and Jack Deyelin after
wards located the Hidden Hand, Castle
Garden and Blue Eyed Nellie The Car
Donate Extension was found and located
in 1899 by John Renault who sold it to
| William Zosel, who in turn transferred
| 1t to the Carbonatk Extension company,
the present owners of the Emery
Like every other district, the Zosel has
its story of a lost mine Many years ago
an old man named Spring used to bring
in some very rich quartz from Baggs
creek, q tributary Of the Cottonwood,
which heads in the mountains where are
! the ZOsel mines The rock contained
| free gold from which the old prospector
was wont to pound out enough by hand
with q mortar to give him his support.
He was very mysterious and for a long
time refused to take any person to his
/ prospect, but at last he consented and Il
| party set forth with him in the month OF
August, "a years ago, to see his claim.
They camped near it at night, expecting
to go to the place on the following day.
and the Old man took his gun, saying he
would go out and kill a grouse. He did
not return that nj ght nor the next day and
q searching party was organized. Upon
the mountain side, beneath a tree, the
body Of the old prospector was found in
a sitting posture with his gun across his
knees. His secret died with him, and
though hundreds have since sought for
the mine none have ever found it.
/ The Zosel bids fair to become one OF
the most important district in the state.
| The Emery excepted, large development
has not been made, but an active season
is promised for this summer. It is GER
tain that Deer Lodge has lying directly
tributary to it some very rich mines
which in time will make it an important
center, and undoubtedly require the
building Of large smelling works at this
/ place.
ANOTHER MINING DEAL.
The Bloomington Passes Into the Hands