Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-05-21

to Its location, as prospectors going owe
the trail happened upon some prolnisin.
galena float, with the result that the,
followed it and staked the ledge. whic!
was found near by. The location was slb
sequently abandoned by the original 10
Gators and for some time lay idle. whe.
some OF the strikes on Red mountain lee
to its being restaked for its gold val.les
The Lily May company was subsequently
organized to operate it, and has done sew
| eral hundred feet of work on the ledge
with excellent results. There is com
plete compressor plant at the mine
Plncers in Pierce District.
As a result of the boumtitul supply o
water i'll the Pierce district the placer
miners are reaping a harvest, ana some
good clean-ups have already been made
The other day two miners brought out
about 80 ounces, their first cleanup afte1
about 80 days work. They returned the
following day, expecting to make much
larger cleanup before the water supply
becomes too low for mining purposes. The
the highest mountains are still covered
with good depth of snow, which will
continue to replenish the reservoirs for
some time yet The greatest activity in
placer mining appears to be in the west
ern portion of the district. in the vicinity
Of Snake creek. In this territory a num-
ber of good claims that prospect from 40
to 90 cents per yard are bing worked, and
are by means experiments, as most OF
them produced we'll last season, and con-
tributed in no small way towards swell
ing the output of the camp to the $780,
600 mark. There is also a renewal Of
wolk in the Swamp Creek district, that
already indicates that this portion of the
district, which has been idle for some
time, will be worked for all it is worth
this season. and the actual worth of the
dirt made known. Reports from all parts
of the district confirm the news that more
placer mining is under headway this seal
son than for some years
Southern Oregon.
Quartz mining in southern Oregon had
its beginning in the discovery of the
Hicks ledge on jackson creek in 1850 1t
proved to be a pocket, but quite snug
little sum was taken out by Secora Hicks
and S. r. Taylor. Gold hill was the next
noted find in the way of quartz. 1t was
discovered in January, 1860, by Messrs
Hays and Graham, and before it was
abandoned had produced some 100000
Henry Klippel and others had purchased
the mine within week after its discov
cry; for q good round sum. The discov
cry of the Gold hill ledge quickly led to
further quartz discoveries, and among
others the Fowler, which yielded S}l5,-
0O0 the Jewett, $4,000; Blackwell, $l0,-
OO0 Holman, $4,000, and Davenport.
$4,000. Some of these mines are still be-
ing worked at this time, notably the Jew
EFT.
Bonanza Shipments.
The bonanza mine, which has been
shipping ore at the rate of 200 tons per
week will after this week increase the
working force and double the production
and shipment of ore from the mine. The
work is now being prosecuted on the 400
foot level and the increased capacity of
the mine will necessitate the early install
ation of a new hosting plant. The mine
is located four miles east of Bossburg.
Wash, and the ore is loaded on the ears
there for shipment to the Tacoma smeIt-