The sun., 1897-08-16

as far from Chicago IN 1862 as Klondike Is to-
aSy That The he @ pens S h: hs
Colorado camps. the immigration started In this
DIRECTION. Then came the sensational disslngs
directly due TO Indians. From Hammock a party
started In the hope Of reaching the Gallatin
equipment by the Indians, and were ,podding
along back on foot toward Bannock when they
einle City soon sprung up and bocNRo the cspl.
TAI Of tho territory, IN o one year Virginia City
In 1854 there was another stampede, In which
ter ana George Humphrey, wandered TO the site
1855 the stampede from Virginia City to Last
Chance Gulch occurred. and Helena had Its
In April, 1880. there was a gold stampede in
northern Montana YoRo was discovered. Gold
rush S hs me new Of SSsh
To-day little black spot on the map. near the
dividing line between Cascade, and Meagher
dated houses stand there.
Just four years after the Yogo excitement
and there was a stampede in which a number
OF lives were lost.
pede and quite recently the, Sun River STAN;
pede. In all these stampedes few gained
wealth. and in the Bannock, Alder Gulch, Last
Chance. and Butte stampedes many became
rich. each Of those places yielding in It's day
more gold than has yet come out of Alaska.
ventured their all and lost it, and some lost with
1t their health and sometimes their lives;
The prospectors who started from Red Lodge
last spring in search Of the Lost Cabin mine
have returned without finding it, William Bal
home Sr Hnd sorTe Ha bis
companion. will leave for the East in few
weeks. The location Of the mine was described
Seven Pyramids in the Wood River country.
and it would be readily recognized when they
abandoned tunnel. All this was told the pros
pcctors by the only surviving partner In the
tence in prison, On the strength of his state
ments stheeSpeditton was formed TO relocate this
mine.
The dark canon near the Seven Pyramids was
found. and tho hopeful prospectors climbed to
the head Of tho canon, Instead Of finding the
stone cabin and tunnel they found only an out
let across the mountain. The Lost Cabin mine
is still only u mirage.
| From the annual attempt to find the Lost
| Cabin mine it is relief to turn to the new at
temp: 10 locate the rich placer mines in the Bit.
Indians have told so many tales. The country
| Is wild and almost impossible. and has fur.
nished a grave for, many a white prospector.
That the tale is worthy OF some credence is shown
| by the fact that large nuggets of gold are an
nuaily brought down from the mountains. One
| cumulated by series OF trips to this region.
! Many unsuccessful trips have been made by
party that will now start has an old Indian
| named Norman who has agreed to lead them to
the spot. A. Mcleod is the leader of the
| SALT LAKE CITY. Aug. 9-With silver at SO
gents gents and the quotations still lowering there is
| ers and the situation is far from altering. The
advance in the price OF lead aids those proper,
| ties which have heavy lead values, but those
| mixes which depend largely upon the white
metal will many of them shut down. The Daily
within the next week and others to follow
suit.
the Crystal group at ,Marysyale. Piute county.
| This property is a gold and silver producer.
IDAHO.
IDAHO CITY Aug. IA few days ago two stamp
| mills and smelter arrived at Weiser. One OF
the mills and the smeter were for the Seven
| Devils district, and one mill is for Warren. The
ever eve, taken to the seven Devils. The mines are
Peter BSnwei and +. Y. Tinker have ei located
| a gold quartz mine six miles northeast OF this
extracting ore Tor shipment to the Blaine mill.
on Boise River. twenty i've miles southeast Of
this PLACE have 200 men at work in the timber,
structing for the purpose OF conveying water
from the river to their mines along the bars
Next spring the company will operate several
WASHINGTON.
SEATTLE, Aug. The owners of the Wash
IN sses
tunnel to tap the main ledge at depth. The
ledge Is 25o feet wide and outcroP! for several
course 1t is contact vein betwee. porphyry
and slate. and has given good surface On Mon
day last the Il rst evidence was given that the
| cross-cut was nearing this ledge and with every
blast It has widcned and improved The ore is
thing indicates the biggest copper mine that has
/ been struck in this State
On "Wednesday miners engaged in the lower
| drifts of the ficnton mine in the Swank district
picked up nugget worth $500:
Eureka district. in the Colville Reservation,
J still continues to be the attraction in eastern
( Washington. and the mineral belt. which ID
eight miles long and four miles wide; is all being
atn 1-nI It.t h ha1f tharn natN 1tsttr NOT
| well defined lodges, and great deal Of work ia
| now being done.
SEATTLE, Aug. 7.-Miners from Cook Inlet
| bring good reports from the placers. Forty
claims are working and the claim that does not
yield $40 to $40 to the man per day is regarded
as poor pay A number OF the best are paying
ms high as $40 to the man. and the yield Of the
Ss,5Gt this + At no, less than
Regardless OF the high wages paid by the com
Panes engaged in quartz mining, It is "a almost
pe%snt Of 'G mlnors The e'f which ba.
steadily employed 325 men, has lost 100; the
Silver Bow Basin and Berner's Bay 100 No les,
than 300 miners have left good places to go tC
the Klondike placers and many more will follow
them.
SEATTLE. Aug. In Phillips Arm district
ins tsapidlS F@fs The Bris CoamSa are Agsnpy
strong English company. are working ls g men M
sats hs sba pns ro and dsysGpnfd to- 5
On Texada Island great deal OF development
work is being done. and some shipments are be
ing made. At the Vananda there is an accumu
lation Of ore. both high and low grade. the as
sorted ore going to Swansea, Wales while thu
low grade OF which there are l,5OO tons. is be
ing held Tor concentrating.
On the Quesnelle great activity prevails in al
the camps and not an idle man is to be found
In the larger claims clean-ups will be in order II
few weeks and q great deal Of gold will go out
ARIZONA.
TUCSON, Aug. The large body of ore en-
! countcred in the Dakota of the Saginaw groul
of mines south of Tucson continues to hold ou
as development work continues.
Nay Faisom is developing his property on Silve
Hill, in the Silver Bell district, by running
tunnel in on tho ore vein He has a good show
ing of copper ore, although in but twenty fee
on the vein.
Al the King OF Arizona two shifts are takinI
out high grade ore. A gold bar valued at 80 O0'
WAS deposited in one OF our banks this week
the result of rtvc days run. The mill is OF fv
stamps capacity.
Messrs. Dougherty g. Doyle have large bod
of high grade ore developing in their minc ol
Helmet Peak. from which they will ship severa
car loads OF ore carrying from $40 to $50 In gol
per ton, besides the silver and lead.
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