The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1898-08-19
AMONG YKE LEDGES
HEAD OF GOLD GREEK
What Is Being Done in the Way of the
Development Of Quartz-Other Mill
ing News Of the County.


try in Granite county where more
work is being done and nothing said
about it than in the Head Of Gold
Creek and Royal districts. At the
Royal quite number Of men are
steadily employed and the mill is run
Mug or good ore Farther Oh across
the divide, the Head Of Gold Greek
country presents bnsy mining cen
ter. Livery where miuers are at work
developing their claims and excellent
showings have been made in most
places. Messrs. Frank Wahlgren and
Henry Rafferty, have promining
property ar the headWaters Of Gold
creek, which may make them inGe-
pendent some day, while a short dis
tance east of there are the claims OF
Mes5rs. Hankins and Doody. Of this
city. Some excellent ore has been
shipped from that property which has
paid them we'll for the labor expended
! in development work. Some very fine
gold STE ir,ens have come from there
I and sD.ro day Il body of ore is likely to
| be uncovered which will slrprise even
the owners. The properties of Carl
Dergstrand, and the Gold Ore Mining
Company of Tacoma, are in the imme-
diato vicinity, and both have splendid
shOWings for the amount of work
done.
Messrs. Sullivan and Boyer are still
working Oh their claims, further east
across the ridge from the Middle Fork
Of Gold Creek. These gentlemen have
shown their faith in this section and
have the best developed niue in the
district. They have q large body Of
ore and one Of the best properties in
c)Cntry.
\ short distance down the Middle
Fork. on the road to Pioneer. are sit
utted the properties OF the Morning
Star Mining Co., which are being
steadily developed under the able man
agement of Superintendent Hughes.
Some very rich ore has been shipped
from these mines. superintendent
Hughes also operates a small mill and
the bullion sales made regularly would
indicate that gold existed in the ore in
encouraging Quantil2s.
a number Of placer claims are also
being profably worked in this vicin
lty, and right here it would be oppor
tune to remark that this is better
field for the prosrector than anywhere
in the country and if the same energy
wonld be expended in prospecting the
gravel deposits in this section as IS
done in the Klondike, the disappoint-
ments wo' Id not be so great.
p. B. Egbert, well known in these
parts and in mining circles generally
is operating placer mine with pleas
ing results short distance down the
creek from the Morning Star mines
Quite a force of men is employed in
these placers and good wages have
been made right along, besiue expenses,
which have so far been qnite heavy.
I heee parties have dug a new ditch this
season about milo long and put in a
hydraulic system, the water pressure be-
lug about 142 feet. We are informed
that the entire grounl pays we'll and 1t
is believed that the old channel so much
talked about has been found. AS much
as G2 cents worth Of gold has been
panned ont of one pan full Of dirt and
the remainder of the season promises tc
be quite relnuneratlve.
Several other companies are working
on lulS stream anu al dIe uolHP 'eI y
, vol. Some pieces of e Id were found
that were worth over 500 apiece, and
coarse gold is very often picked uI
from bedrock before it reaches the
. suice box s.
2. H. Fowler & Co. are among the
noteworthy mine operators on this
stream. They emp oy large force OF
men and have a derrick and machinery
for hau ing The large rocks. Up il
Alaska creek of this character wonlC
be staked from its mouth to the heaC
and mountain tops on each side, bu
strange as it NAV seem. there is plent.
OF vacant ground left in this section ant
perhaps millions could be unear, he'd b.
eXpendinG a few dollars, combined will
small amount OF energy. This part o
the countr'. while perhaps not AS larg
as Forty-mile creek or the Klondike, i
l large enough for all who care TO pros
: pect, and in richness will no doub
stand fair comparison, to say nothin
about being situated in white man
, country. and can be worked nearly a
year around.