Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-03-12
most of the claims in the vicinity lying

most of the claims in the vicinity lying
idle, although in both quartz and placer
there is plenty to work on.
The machinery for the dredging plant
is all on the ground, and the contract fl
the necessary lumber has been let to the
Raven saw mill. to be delivered as soon
as the condition of the roads will permit
While the placer days are past except
for the miner working in a small way
for a grub stake or the big company who
can handle gravel by the thousands of
yards, as a quartz camp its history is
vet to be written. There are as good
! lodges around Eagle as around Murray.
the gold ribbed bands running through
!, the country in all directions, either un-
touched CT simply located and held by
men who run 10 feet per annum upon
them as assessment work. Nothing is de-
veloped yet. but the gold shows at the
surface, and the placer gold is here to
show that it was here in considerable
quantities. Beside the gold, it is only
some half dozen miles to where fine ga
lena has been discovered, and beyond that
nobody knows what may be in store for
the prospector, as the country is almost a
| terra incognita.
4 Stir in Pierce District.
There is already evidence of a stir in
the Pierce district for the season of 1898.
Placer miners are preparing for work,
which will soon commence. as the snow is
melting rapidly. Most of those going in
now are men who have been working
claims for years past, succeeding in clean
ing up enough in the fall to make them
good wages.
The western portion of the camp ap-
pears to be the most active part of the
district, while most encouraging reports
come from the Musselshel district, 20
miles east of Pierce The work in the
latter district is mostly confined to
quartz. since the discovery of Il rich ledge
last summer by some miners who were
pracer mining. The rock assayed 5000 to
the ton, and occasioned much excitement
at the time. Work has been kept up on
the Pioneer mine, and with the aid of an
arasa some ore has been crushed. which
even with this crude method paid the
men we'll. \ shaft is being sunk and ar
rangements are being made to put five
stamp mill on the property this spring.
Palmer Mountain District.
The past season has been a record
breaker for the Palmer Mountain mining
district in advancement and development.
In fact all the Okanogan county with its
diversified resources has enjoyed pros
perity in a high degree. The ranchers
have received good prices for their abund
ant crops; the stockmen have disposed
of large number of horses that We're driv-
Ell to points across the line in British Co.
lunbia: the price of beef cattle has been
higher than since 1888. and more money
has been spent i'll mining development
than in any one year since the first min
eral discoveries We're made in the district.
Daddy Mill Will Start Again.
Murray, Idaho, reports that the Daddy
mill is expected to start up again soon.
i For some weeks it has been idle or only
running part time, owing to a scarcity
OF ore. the development work not hav-
ing kept pace with the miners. The lower
tunnel is now almost into the ore chute.
and when it is cut it will MT be long un-
til stamps will be dropping regularly
a gain. The Daddy runs more steadily
than any other mill in the gold belt. and
it probably pays the most dividends.