Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-10-02
RUSH TO THE MINES
FREE GOLD SAMPLES BROUGHT
FROM MT. BAKER DISCOVERIES.
Force Of Men Put to Work on Coal
Properties in Montana-Ore
Vein Struck.

The first authentic news concerning
Washingtons new E.ldorado near Mount
Baker, and how to get there, with all in
termediate details, have pecn received at
Seattle.
The route is said to be possible and not
very difficult until the Investigator is
within five miles of the promised land.
but the last five miles present obstacles
that would forever discourage any one
who was not an experienced prospector
and mountaineer There is in Mount
Baker and its surrounding heights enough
gold to keep prospectors busy for the next
10 years, according to the reports. All
the stories of the fabulous discoveries are
corroborated. In samples of ore that We're
brought back by the informant Mr.. Bo-
gardus, the assaycr, by a cursory inspec-
ton, declared that free gold existed in
good quantities. Il met many men who
came from Mount Tomohoy cTomboy)
and they reiterated the stories that
have been told concerning the great strike
of $4,000 to the ton made in Bear mount
ain. Among them was a man named
Leith, who has a great claim. Post and
Lambert's claim is on the east side. In
Tomohoy, Steiner. Esterbrooke and sew
eral others have found ore equal to the
discovery in Bear mountain. A man nam
ed johnson and several others have been
there two weeks and are still remaining
locating more claims. East Of these
mountains is Silica creek, along which.
my people tell me, is placer gold. There
is enough yellow metal there to occupy
prospectors the next 10 years. There are
800 people on the mountains now, and
l met 60 more going in when | was re-
turning. | believe the mineral is rich, as
rich as has been reported, but [ can not
know definitely about it until my friends
return. My advice is not to 90 in now
as the rain and rough weather are great
obstacles to successful prospecting
The Arlington Mine.
William Buzzo has secured a lease on
the Arlington mine, near Belt, and has
put force Of men to work getting coal
for shipment and the local market. He
has made arrangements with the silver
smelter at Great Falls, which will take
at least so tons day. The Times says
the Great Northern will also take two
or three carloads day. so that Mr.. BuZZo
already has market for 100 tons of lump
coal per day. The Arlington mine is
owned principally by J. I. Arlington
and j. J. Hill who have thousand
acres of coal land adjoining. The main
entry is in about 700 feet and shows a
five and half foot vein of good coal.
In the Basin District.
Each days work in the Ruby mine, in
the Basin district, shows it up to bet
ter and better advantage, it is reported.
All the shipments Of ore brought big re-
turns. The last two cars shipped, from
which returns have been received, netted
the company $1,000. The first payment
of 100000, due on the property, has just
been made The vanners for the mill ar
rived during the week and are now being
put in place Additional power is being
put in at the mill.
In the Red Cloud.
1t is reported that two feet of ore was
struck in the Red Cloud, located two
miles southwest Of Wardner. The strike
was made last Saturday in the tunnel
about 1876 feet from the mouth and at a
depth of about 100 feet. Ore is silver
bearing galena. Assays have run as high
as so per cent lead and 20 ounces in sill
yer per ton. The property is incorporated.
Most of the stock is owned by Wallace
parties.
More Locations Made.
A number of locations have been made
within the past 10 days on the north
fork of the Little st. joe in Idaho. Claims
are located on the headwaters of the river
about II miles on the east of Wallace
1t is said one ledge can be traced several
miles. The vein is immense and carries
a high percentage of copper Samples of
ore taken from the ledge show up well.
Shaft Fifteen Hundred Feet Deep.
When the sinking now in progress at
the West Colusa is completed that mine
will be one of the deepest in the district
The three compartment shaft will go
down 1900 feet, and is 9xl71 between the
timbers.
Bar Bullion Shipments.
Bar bullion shipments from the
Revenue mine on Richmond Flat are Of
regular fortnightly occurrence. A brick
that went into Butte a week or 50 ago
was valued at $4,000.
To Buy Gold Mines.
Two London financiers, directors in a
company with s5,o00,0o0 capital, have
landed in New York, coming across the
Atlantic to acquire gold mines i'll British
Columbia.