The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-09
Give Employment to Many Men
in the County.
HISTORIC CEDAR GULCH
Extensive Workings Which Are Yielding
Handsomely-The Quartz Creek
Flelds-How the Work
Is Done.

tOuutN as there as.
There is seldom much heard OF IL and
the several enterprises have been car
RED on to their present productive con-
dftion so quietly that not many of the
residents of this county even. are IA
miliar with the work that has been and
Is being lone. As a matter Of fact. the
amount of gold hat is produced each
year from the fields In the lower part
OF Missoula county is considerable and
the lumber of men tina find employ
ment in these diggings is large. In
historic Cedar gulch there are extensive
workings that are now yielding hand
somely. The LaCasse Brothers have de-
veloped a fine property there and are
each year taking out large amounts of
gold. In California gulch Charles Blais-
dell and his partners are doing some
prontabie work and In all of the gulches
mat are tributary to the lower Missoula
river there are placer miners at work
as long as the season lasts. All OF
these workings are now yielding returns
Tor the vast amount of labor that has
been expended upon them and their
owners are reaping the reward for the
money and time that they have Invested
In the fields.
Last week a Standard reporter visited
tne quartz creek fields, in company
win tne owner OF the claims. j. s.
Sroesoeck. and was conducted all ove
the scene OF the operations OF the COM
pany. MI. Groesbeck has been at work
on Quartz creek for nearly IL years and
In that time the amount of work that
he has done Is amazing. The immense
amount or grave that has been moved
Is evidence or the labor that has been
sNpenueo upon the mines here and the
VIZ hnss oI humes, the substantial res
eI'oir TOT tne storage or water above
the mines, the sawmil and the pleas
an. camp-aHt these tell OF much money
ahu time expended upon the mines in
,he enort 10 get out the gold that Is hid
uen III the SANDS or n creek and In
.ne sraVei OF the high banks that form
the steep sides of the narrow gulch. IL
~ an interesting place to visit and espe-
cIaiiy SO when placer mining Is becom-
Ius SO In these parts. The
wnoie Process ana It's attendant indus
.,ies FORM a scene tina viii interest
the VISITOR Tor a much longer time than
.he representative was able
10 npehu there' lr'
Inc traveller on the Occur d'Alene
mahen' II ne Watches the river as he
- ''h VI Nv
,houh.aln size, VIII see below him, az
ne passes the o of Quartz creek. a
sIaNeiIy par that extends nearly across
- river, ne VIII see other bars just
~ ,o"' al COOKING much alike, n he
wiz nuuce III ne rides over the line fire.
queh,iy that these bars are growing I'm
Size an OF the time. The one at the
mouth OF quartz creek rs a large one
ahu wen ~ may De, Tor II has been
~ane ooMn there Tor IL years, as the
siaht nozzies nave torn away the noun
tam sides and washed them into h
.ieeh; All OF THESE years the tailings
peeh swept DOWN INTO the river by
.e neice s'reaIn ABOVE ana nave set
- :" ,he quieter current or the river.
"nere .hese pars nave gradually form
All %, TINS time the topography of
suIch mas oeen changing. too. as the
,'.ess iorce OF the giants has torn
,n'o the siues OF the mountain walls.
IN u pace the creek now flows
.nIousn a cut that mas been made
.nrough the NIL that formerly turned
l,r course TOT distance or several hun
ureo yarus' rhe high. bare walls OF the
rise Iorpiudihgiy on either side OF
artinciai nead, while the former
course OF the stream IL becoming over
sIown WIN prush ana small trees. IL
,ne eIaNsier on the railroad turns quick
" nough Wnen ne noticed the bars
'ne river, ne VIII eaten a glimpse OF
me nuInss u lower workings OF the
1rosspeek mines Inc glimpse is a
lIset,hs one however. Tor the train
Wits swiftly past the mouth of the
suicn anu the mountain wall shuts out
my IuIther view OF the claims. But the
aihoun. OF g.aVei that mas washed down
70 ,ne hnoutn OF the creek IN sufhcient
,,suue ma, tnere mas peen plenty OF
nues.iy IN those parts Tor a n time.
a a man taxes the 'lme TO walk up
.he c,eek over tne old Whiskey traiT'
VII see enough 10 interest him Tor a
lons .me ana VIII not regret the tramp
~, nus historic iootpath. n walk
USER IL a pieasaht one, especially I'm
COMPANY Oh the owner OF the mines.
VINO can ten a story Tor every rock
aions tne way n can give chapter
aver napier OF the history OF the ope-
ra'ions IN the suich. here is a souvenir
a hoou that tore u half a mile or
Iunne anu oestroyed the work OF a
Jason. mere Is evidence OF a