The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-19
DUST THE STUFF
SPLENDID FIELD NEAR BY
Sturdy Miners to Scratch the Hills and
CLUTCHES . All That Thero's in
Them During the Summer and
FAll-Outnts Sent Out.

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Y This splendid summer weather has
3 given an impetus to quartz and placer
= mining In the sections tributary to An
aconda, and during the past few days
q. least a dozen outfits have started
from this city for the interior Of the
mineral zone west of here. The extern
eivc copper ledge near Moose lake will
be pretty well p~rospected before fall.
the several owners of claims on the
4 biz ridge having arranged to do con-
siderable development work on them
: this summer. Yesterday Joe Long
took a big wagon load of provisions to
the lake for a party of prospectors
headed by Joe Canovan, who Is inter-
ested with Charles A. MacCallum and
MI. Willard in a promising copper lead
: In that district. A. Milversted and 9TH
ers are also interested in that part of
Dthe big belt and will also send out sup
for the summers work.
Farther west, in Frog Pond basin,
about a dozen men have arranged to do
considerable development work. Wal
ter Fish, who has claims in the basin,
believes that there is mopey to be
made over there. He is well acquaint-
ed with the topography of the country
surrounding the basin and will head a
prospecting party to the place.
- On Meyers creek in the same district
are a number of gold-silver properties
which prospect very well on the sur
face. In this creek also Is some very
good placer ground which has been
worked profitably for a number Of
years.
Down Rock creek towards Philips
burg is the promising gold quartz mine
of Ed Corcoran and others of this city.
= Tie new mill is crushing good ore and
the property is now in excellent shape
for profitable working.
A party of prospectors will start
2 from this city before the first of July
to explore the country up towards the
head of the East Fork of Rock creek
and the country lying 1T and
I. Meadow creek. Fine looking float"
> rock has been found in that part of the
n country. some of 1t assaying as high
as 5000 in gold: besides. the gravel in a
~ few of the "gulches pans" well. This
section has not been developed to any
extent, and it is the belief of some
n, men that there's money up there wait
d. ing for some energetic ~prospector.
3 The placers discovered last summer
near Georgetown by Messrs. Yelling
ton and Price are showing UP better
than ever with Developments Bedrock
n HRS NOT been found, but as the Gravel
J, pays from the surface down, 1T Is being
MdSucu Will pIolll.A IL 6Iouuu 10 o.
succession OF strata of hard and soft
gravel, in some instances the layers be-
ing of a concrete formation, tough and
- tenacious. this layer serving as a false
bedrock for a basis of operations. The
owners have cut. through one stratum
at a depth of IL to Is feet and below it
found. valuable gravel. At present.
with a breast or face of eight feet, the
ground is being sluiced through 12-feet
boxes with five inches fall. In order to
sluice the ground at a greater depth 1t
would be necessary to set the boxes
deeper and go further down the gulch
/. to carry the fiume up to the required
fall. AS there is much "black sand"
and iron wash more fall to the boxes
is required to carry the tailings off, and
his also with an increased supply OF
water. This latter necessity, however,
Is abundant, this year.
]. ]. Flick's quartz mine near the
headwaters of Warm Springs creek has
been worked the past winter, and with
a good arastra on the ground the owner
expects to make a stake this summer
MIR. Flick Is associated with others in
this city in the property and has been
developing the mine for several years.
He Is between the famous Gable and
the Royal mines and has reason to be-
licve hat his property is as good as
either of the others, which have made
fortunes for their owners.
Over in French gulch the water Ii
muddy and a number Of men are at
work taking out the usual amount of
gold dust.
Last fall while roaming over the
rocky peaks near Mount Haggin John
Ferrel and the Storey boys found some
float rock which ~prospected very well.
They intend to take a few days of next
month and find the lead n see II
there isn't something good up there be-
sides scenery and clear water.
Twelve years ago there was much
activity in the district OF the divide
between Oleson gulch and Lost creek, |
, west of this city, and most of the pros
pectors of those days re~linquished their
!. holdings and allowed them to become
subject to relocation. One instance
where perseverance and endurance won
Is the case of Messrs. Dumochelle n
others who relocated the old Mayhcwer
lode claim discovered by John Cano-
van about IL years ago, who later
decided it to parties who subsequently |
abandoned ii, believing 1t to be OF no
value. The present owners have
worked faithfully and are now taking
out rich silver and lead ore from work
ings below the 60-foot level. The old
George, once famous as a Croesus flare
up, il a next-door neighbor of the May |
flower, but the latter shows more ia
vorable lasting qualities than did Its