Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-04-09
MINES Of THE NORTHWEST
SILVER BOWS IMMENSE OUTPUT
Discovers in Oregon OF Rich Gold
Bearing Quartz on IL Limestone
and POrphyry COntact-OId Idaho
Cnmp-Lntest Stampede From
DuSSSOn.


As showing the enormous amount {
wealth produced in Silver Bow count,
Montana, some figures prepared by FL
gene b. Braden, in charge of the Unite
States assay office in Helena, are of tn
greatest moment. Mr. Braden has place
the entire output of Silver Bow count
from 1882 to 1897. inclusive, at the enol
nous figure for gold, silver and copper a
1898 3,Os6, ,117.O1. The total OF $50 ,2ss, lG
fine ounces OF gold was valued at 81 Jas
O15.1I. The product OF silver. l3.GO5, 90
ounces, would be worth at coinage rate
STAG. ,234 Nh Braden has estimate
the value of the copper output by com
putting copper at II cents pound. As
matter OF fact the estimate is probably al
exceedingly conservative one, the averao
price of that commodity having beer
during the years 1882 until 1897, inci,l
sve, l3.416 cents making it probable th;,
Mr.. Bndcn's figures are duly low. Bu
even at u cents the product, ,SI5, ,4G2 ,224:
pounds, is shown to be worth the enol
nous sum of 1925, ,o55, ,4G1:04 The mos
remarkable thing about it all, as it vii
strike the average student, is that all tha
has been taken from within practically ;
radius Of three miles the city of Butte
and its immediate vicinity.
Recent Oregon Discovery.
The recent discovery Of rich gold bear
contact near Applegate, iii Jackson coun
ty, Oregon. is worthy OF more than n pass
ing notice. 1t used to be the prevailing
opinion among competent mining author
jtics that this formation was not favor
able TO auliierG,l> naturalization until the
discovery in recent years Of the extensive
and almost incNhaustiblc gold fields at
Mercur, Utah, in Il similar formation.
This limestone dyke, i'll which the discuv.
cry was made, is OF Il metamorphic char
acter, OF what be called in common par
lance a blue black marble, and is mineral
ized to a greater or less degree through
out the entire mass, but as rule the gold
is found in black, cherry, impure quartz
extending through oXidized lime or mar
Bile over on jackson creek. about two
miles from Jack ksonvilic, which has proved
TO be highly mincr:,lized in both gold and
silver, as in The Ecckman and IIuifcr
nine. EcoW this calcite dyke the early
placer miners in the sos used to pick up
some wonderfully rich gold and silver ore
n the ground Sluice, and it was mys-
cry from whence il came until the dis
:overy in recent years, as above stated, in
he Beeklnan and Huirer mine
Texas District.
One Of the oldest mining camps (TeSas
listrict) encountered in this northwest
egion is situated at the headwatels Of
he LeInhi river, Idaho. In the SO7 it at
racted considerable notice, and attained
| very prominent position as an ore pro
lucer. The camp was one Of the best wa
cred and timbered Of any locality in Ida
10, and its accessibility and natural ad
'antaSeS were unsurpassed. Its natural
,utlet is through the fertile valley lead
ng past Spring mountain, Nicholia and
lown along Birch creek, thence e. Dubois,
daho Upwards Of $4,000 We're taken
rom one of its mines alone. and altogeth-
I it has produced in the neghborhood Of
Z 0GO worth Of bullion. Something like
700 mining claims were located within
he district. No great depth was ever
lttained on any Of its properties. and the
hipments We're confined to surface depos-
Is. 1t covers a stretch of country from
. to 35 miles in length, comparable in
II respects to the Sawtooth range i'll the
Wood River country. Want of capital
nd the high charges for transportation
hat at that period governed, held the
ounty in check until it was oyeltal<en
y the warfare on silver, since which time
t has lain dormant rs mining section.
Is ores have ranged all the way from $50
0 $500 in silver to the ten, principally
which, it is urged, is against il
8 a concentrating product. Galcna and
arbonates are much i'll evidence. But |
ne or two properties are now being ac-
ively worked there and these are piling
heir ores to one side in wait for an i'm |
royed market.
Stampede to Swcdc Creek.
The latest stampede from Dawson was
he one that occurred February l6 to |
wcde creek. 60 miles above Dawson. In I
ne rush four men whose names could not |
2 learned perishcd from the cold. While
n route from Tanana river to Dawson,
Mayor Wood Of Seattle, who lately re
1rned from Alaska, paid particular at
'ntion to the mineral district on the
merican side OF the line, and his obscr-
ations have made him enthusiastic over
9 prospects. There has been great
pal Of prospecting along all the creeks
om the Tanana to Forty Mile creek this
inter, and the results obtained are en-
There seems to be a general
lovemcnt Of prospectors to this section.
he lower Rampant and the Koyokuk are
'pecially promising. There is a revival
interest around Circle City.
Center Star Litigation.
George Haldorn and other prominent
tizcns of Butte are interested in the out
,mc of a suit that is being tried in Van
'uvcr. The Center Star claim, which
,inS the famous Ic Roi mine at Ross
nd, and which promises to outrival that
nous property in time, followed it's vein
,wn under its side line only to find that
e to the value Of of perhaps $4,000
I'd been taken out by the owners Of
aim lying alongside. Suit was brought {
I'd the issue will soon be determined
Sale in East kootcnny.
W. J. c. Wakefield, Joseph Morris, J.
Farrell and Charles Thies have sold to
| English company half interest in the {
nmmcr. Rcbecca, Silver Reef, Nettic,
oint Levi, Montreal, Quebec and Ottawa
aims, in East Kootcnay, for $4,000 cash,
three annual payments, and $4,000 to ;
expended in work ON the claims within
rec years.
Little Slate Creek PIacers.
Preparations for developing the placer
ggings on Little Slate creek about 10
lies west of Florence. Idaho, are being
ade on an elaborate scale by Florence
rites who control 400 acres of virgin