The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-28
KIONDIKES NEARER HOME.
nDER GULCB, MON, mas Yielded
OTER 500 900, 900 GOLD.
,,oo. 600 Mine sale In Caiirornin-Petro-
,,um Prospects In cook rniet-The Wonder
o,, promise OF the New Grand Encnmpmcnt
81, n, WyominE-Goid Mines in Ontario.

'BrTrE, Fen. "a pooThouse sVa"us W 'hc
Mad OF Alder Gulch In Madison county, from
inch latter moro placer gold has been taken
M from anv gulch OF equal sizc in the world.
s.om thc windows Of the poorhousc tho paupor
- Madison county look down to the mouth Of
A.. canon. fourteen miles, and from tho area
80 Them has been taken since 1863 more
~ $1,000 900, 900. and even yet about 100000
4, annually scrapcd up from old Alder Gulch.
u these Klondike days something concern
,,o Tho discovery of Alder Gulch should.prove OF
,,terest and Of historical value rs well, since
,o,t Of the old Alder Gulch miners have died
. ore scattered far and wide. Tho discovery
r.,tv consisted OF William Fairwoather, MI
.hoel syaney, and Henry Edgar OF New Bruins
,-ick. Harry Rodgers OF Newfoundland, Barney
Hughes OF Ireland. and Thomas Coover OF
ohio. Tho party left Bannack In February.
1888. for the Yellowstone and Big Horn.rivcrs.
On reaching the Yellowstone they were cap
tured by Grow Indians and held ms prisoners
three days. The Indians stripped them OF their
horses and provisions and let them go.
TIL, PARTY started back for Bannack, and on
Mo afternoon Of May 2s. 1863, crossed the
s,v;de between the Madison River and Alder
cr,cb. canning on the bank OF the latter just
az tho sun was setting. They were tired. hun
,,v. and discouraged. Fairweather took n pick.
,bovel. and pan, and at a point on the bar but
sbort distance from whore tho rest were
preparing a scanty meal he shovelled In a pan
Of gravel and went to the creek and washed 1t.
Ia his delight and as~tonishment, he had nearly
S5 in heavy gold.
Tho srene that followed among the hungry
nrospectors may be imagined. The discovery
marty secured what mining ground they want.
al. and soon the famous stampede began to the
richest and most extensive placer gulch ever
discovered in this country.
Those who have studied the geological con.
ditions OF tho region contiguous to the upper
end OF Alder Gulch, known as tho Gravel Range,
believe 1t to be the source whence came the
bulk OF the gold gravel which made Alder
Eulch the champion OF all bread winners. The
gold bearing gravel Of the Gravel Range was
discovered soon after Alder Gulch was struck.
but was neglected owing to the lack OF water
I'm the range. Lately n ditch has been run
twenty-five miles from a tributary of the Madi-
uon River, and there is now an abundance Of
water for mining purposes. The great gravel
wash was without doubt the bed of an ancient
river. The bed can DO traced for 100 miles
south from Mount Badly, and it contains vast
quantities OF pay gravel hcmmed in by giant
rim rocks OF q~uartzite and sandstone. TIL
gravel in places is known to be 200 feet deep,
carving gold that runs from . cents per cubic
yard and will average probably from % to 90
cents. That this is identically the same wash
as old Alder Gulch is shown by a comparison
OF the gravel, and by the fact that the gold is
Invariably found in the ruby sand and not in
the black sand, and also from the peculiar in
d~entations found in the gravel from the softer
formations of rocks. The flow of gravel can be
traced from Gravel Range into Butcher Gulch,
tributary Of Alder, where It is more than 100
feet deep. With 5000 miners inches Of water,
the amount obtainable, it will require fifty years
TO wash away all this deposit of auriferous
gravel.
The Missouri River below the new dam at
Canon Ferry was almost dry for two days last
week whilo the dam was being filed. A few
men went to work with pans. and took out
from so cents to 5000 per pan. The little
work done proves the river to be rich Mt that
point.
Tho famous Iron Mountain mine in Missoula
county, which since 1889 has paid 100000 in
dividends, will be abandoned in a few weeks.
The mine has ceased to be productive, and the
Board Of Directors have decided to stop work.
The company will develop other properties.
The Iron Mountain lead was a great chimney
Of ore running well in silver and lead. 1t was
peculiar to Itself. there being no other great
mines in the district. The mine is 100 feet
deep, but the ore became gradually less val
liable with depth.
CALIFORNIA.
Los ANGELES, Feb. Ian important mining
deal has just been completed in the sale OF the
PP nmeDHv OF tGe Royal Congratulated Sois Mining N,
TO j. c. Kemp van &c. the London operator. 1t
was an out'and.out sale and the price was $780,
zoo The property consists of six patented
mining claims, only two of which. and these
only TO the depth OF 700 feet on a single ore
chute. have been developed. But these have
netted $40 600 n ynar for tIn In ct fpur yaaTE and
q half. The ore Is low grade and runs $l0'to
the ton. Engli sh and American experts report
shalt will be sunk to 1000 and later TO 900
feet. a 6O.stamp mill will be put in and the cost
81 mining and milling the ore reduced from
The value of the refined gold product OF the
selby Smelling and Lead Company of San Fran.
Near Georgetown, Fl Dorado county. the
Goldbug Mining Company finished, the prepare.
.ory work upon rs property. which covers 100
operated forty. years ago. The company will
work the taiiings with a complete hydrau ic
A new method OF raising and sluicing sand
IN beach mining is being tried in Humboldt
county, near the mouth of Harris Creek. Water
~ piped into a sand pit, In the centre OF which
na hve.inch pump. which raises the mixture OF
water and sand into the sluices.
IA iostamp mill has been put up at the Mere
9th mine, in the Slate range. forty miles from
fandsburg. The mine has a seven-foot ledge OF
gen ore, nine and onc;half tons of which, sent to
Fan franClsco. Melted, over all charges, nearly
5000, The Inyo Consolidated, in the same
region, has "a %tcn.foot vein of $50 ore in one
mine and, in. another n two-foot ledge that AS
says as high az $3.50 per ton. Last months
ciean'up OF the Rand group, at Itandsburg,
amounted to S3l 900. almost double that of the
previous month. The force OF men is TO be in
creased from 1875 TO 500.
The brunswick Consolidated mine, at Grass
valley, Nevada county. Will be unwatercd in q
few days and tho mill started. The manage
HHent OF this property has been transferred from
Hew York to California. The company is drift
Hg on the 900 level and from the indications
Ielore closing down for unwatering they cxpect
tant results.
Inc property Of the Jamison Mining Com
pahy. which consists Of nearly 600 acres OF
PAGER and quartz ground in Plunas county,
yielded last year over $4,000. of which the
RRIhonts. above all cxpenses,iamounted to $25, 900.
tne ore averages an extraction in free gold of
from sl.25 to !$I.75 per ton, while about 30
STnLhts per ton Is recovered from the tailings.
me total expense, including all office and mine
sApehses; Is S2.46 per ton.
IN elght:foot vein of coal has been found on
Marllh Naidwells ranch. near Cloverdale. So.
hona county. A number of coal discoveries
nave been made in the same ncighborhood at
Sat'ogs times, but this is the most important
Ing WI be developed. 1t is OF good quality and
Tpelleyed TO be In paying quantities.
Inc cell mine. near sonora, Tuolnmne county,
mas on the dump 90, 900 tons of - ore.