The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-09
KLONDIKE is NOT ALONE.
MONTANA HAS LARGE PLACER REC
ORDS OF HER OWN.

ST,ni,K in Idaho II FlourishtnE-very valu-
able Coal and oil Finds In Ainska-ship-
ments OF Iron from Lake Superior Mines.
BurrE. Aug. 3.-Tho claim that the Klondike
IA the richest gold country over discovered will
have TO be further substantiated before II Is 40
cepted in Montana. Alder Gulch In this State
IN the carly sixties produced 800, 200, 600 In
pold and was probably the richest placer coun-
try ever discovered on earth. 1t was found
In 1868 and 100000 in gold was taken out
of the sands the first year tn" mines were
worked. In 1896 the Archie McGregor Com
pany secured $2,o0o.o 900 in ninety days out:of
Montana Gulch. They bought all tho beer
kegs there were In the country, put the gold in
the kegs, hired twenty men with Henry rifles,
built Mackinaw boats, and foated down the
Missouri River. Last Chance Gulch. where
Helena is now. situated, for many years never
failed to take out as much wealth as tho en-
tire Alaska country has taken.
The old gold miners, however, have caught
the Klondike fever and almost daily parties
are starting for the northern country.
After the Parrot Company had sunk q double
compartment shaft 235 feet deep at q cost Of
S3O,OO on the Hesperus lode, with tho inten-
ton Of going to the 400-foot level and making
extensive cross-outs, 1t pulled out Its pumps
and abandoned tho property. The Hesperus
lFNhblhb OShaRohI kSoA eP tho eeoA ehe ~
running q cross-cut encountered o good body
of ore about 1876 feet from the shaft at the 600
foot station. The company will also cross-cut
north from this level and will sink to the 400,
the original shaft having already been sunk to
the 800 since this company took hold Of the
property. The indications point to largo per
manent bodies of copper.
One hundred men are now working on the
East Pacific mine at Winston and there is
probably $500, 900 in sight.
1t is reported that during tho recent visit Of
j., ]. Hill, President Of tho Great Northern
Railroad. TO Great Falls. he announced the In.
tention of opening up o new coal field at Black
Butte. Residents from the Hound Creek dis
trict report that a few days ago q party Of
Great Northern engineers arrived at Cascade
and made preparations to survey q line from
that poiut to the Black Butte coal properties.
A vein of coal twelve feet wide and nine feet
deep has been discovered near the surface, but
the quality is said to DO inferior. 1t is believed
that the quality will improve as the work is
pushed.
Orc was struck in tho Alhambra mino on
Saturday. Tho property Ii on Strawberry
Butte. hves miles northeast Of Clancy. at an
elevation of 5000 feet. A contract shaft of
fifty feet has been in course Of sinking. follow
ing the broad and nearly perpendicular lead,
and at q depth Of forty feet q vein Of mineral
twelve inches in width was encountered. 1t
10 q silver property. .
CALIFORNIA.
Los ANGELES. July s1.-The bullion ship:
months have exceeded those of tho entire year
After lying idle for q long time, the leila
with q full force Of men. At the Valparaiso the
deeper on the ledge. An expert has been ex'
amfning the mine in behalf Of q Chicago com
The T%uolumne between tho Davis ranch
believed TO be lodged on the hard pan that
stream have been bonded.
All the mills within hauling distance Of
M1Pe ospacfty ks and e SSnnSt fur furnish hsR. al Hn TIE 10 9i hhea
facilities demanded. Tho product Of the Ken
S Sfsy.s %lns son asF q June ore E from S sbis mine Tho ni lrs!
Ss,445. and the tallings, which ,assayed Sl{
RRsIos ssn' T Tss' v sSla i for s Ssoq Hama mdk GssS a @ sHtsI e :,
3 Ell: E SV: ! r ssS 5 e sP5ss SisS Sh%i siSS1 sss si q Siss
joining SnS0 t RSs i Gard in Cash. SGsfi i, t tafi ss0e o x so aa:
Il GarlocS has been started on this ore, viii
! contract to run thirty days continuously.
Weais on his ranch near Ben Lomond. SAINT
cruz county; which Viii !. assays from g to 81 pei
0 4 crushing s6hnep Of % ore . from the he'll Ella mine, nea,
A bonanza has been struck In the Throe Sis
out $4,000 4 By sinking a shaft eighty feet AND
pitched pde g aft out and tue the properly &c + twas was allowed sdut {
lie idle. John l.. Cannon. took q six months
o 1sa vest On on s9 the P ss%s SSel and A sFi sts feet sssf he tn foanf
pay. ore .marvellously:rich in free gold:
The klamath Flume and Mining Company
Liskiyou county, have started their sawmil
on lumber for eighteen miles Of iume, will
which they propose to cover all the ground the!
eight months. All Of the river claims alonl
the The klamath hv are cbi Susy h hoist ain grav inv.r NAH;
make them pay, even when they cannot b.
worked probably by white men.
NEVADA.
VIRGINIA CITY, July 31.-The Dexter Mining
Feb. 81. gold bullion Of the value Of, $S5, SOC
oyanidea amounting to $l3,l42, and failing
Al the Logan and Hully mine, Lyon county
the. new lower tunnel has reached the ledge
which is twenty feet WIDE. The. development
The Cement gravel deposit discovered in tn
Humboldt River, near Carson, is about fly
feet thick, but will have to be blasted to b
A mammoth concentration is being put u
daily. Two large furnaces are to be erecte,
soon. Prospecting is going on extensively Il
the SS copper gontI mines nssd south U Of GSlG SsS a:,.n.,r 30,
an expert at work on the Ely mines, in Come
has decided to take the mines and will put up a
OuCo V1OpVOo Wv "hiSh ~ luTluCE ucNtlO
them.
The hills in the vicinity of Top Notch ar
~four-foot ledge Of 500 rock has been struck.
IDAHO.
IDAHO CITY. July Silt looks now as thouR
good deal of work would be done in our quart
mines this year. The Gold Hill mines an,
25-stamp gold min at Quartzburg are idle. bu
George w Grayson, the new owner, is aboq
ing 1t until 1t Is down 1000 feet. This prof
erty was worked continuously for over twent
years, paying regular monthly dividends. HaI
a mile northeast of the Gold Hill and on tn
same vein. 10 the Iowa, owned and operated b
Dave Coughanour, who has a ten-stamp mi
running day and night. The ledge is sever
turns. Mr.. ,Coughanour has the mine d,
veloped to a depth OF 500 feet.
At Grimes's Pass, above Pioneerville, a fv,
stamp mill Is going up at Q very rich mir
many nuggets worth several dollars hay
been taken out. 1t is expected that the mi
will be ready to begin crushing within Il
SEATTLE. July 31.-T. j. Hamilton, ex-U Unit