The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-15
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specimen of petrfied tree was found in
Browns gulch some IL years ago. The
specimen was about seven inches i'll
diameter and seven inches long. 1t
showed plainly all the rings in the
wood and the heart of the tree, also the
bark on the outside and one small knot.
Indian Arrow Heads-Are quite pien-
tiful around Butte. They may be found
in the upper part of Missoula gulch,
around Big Butte and are quite plenti-
full on the hill west of Big Butte. On
small hill east of the old Gold Flint
mine many have been found The time
to look for them is after the ground
dries up after a snow or rain. They
are small and roughly finished. Some
are flint, some chalcedony, others white
quartz ubsidian and brown stone.
Fossils-Some very interesting speci-
mems may be found in the beds of bog
iron ore in the mouth of Park canyon.
These specimens are pieces of the
trunks of willow trees, leaves and
variety of insects. They are not as
hard as most fossils, but nevertheless
they are vegetable and animal remains
whose most minute structure has been
entirely replaced by grains of iron ore.
COMMUNICATIONS six-sided crys-
tails of black shining tourmaline may
be found on the hill north of Meader-
vile. Large pieces are also found in
the placer diggings in Elk park.
Feldspar-In large pieces with shin
ing tlesh-red faces are found in the
rocks south of Timber Butte.
apphires-Missoula gulch and Little
Butte have for years been well known
fields for these small gems.
Before. we close this article, let us
give you the secret of specimen hunt
ing: You cannot see specimens if you
keep your head up and your eyes fixed
on the mountain tops; therefore look on
the ground. You can find specimens
easily when going up a hill or noun
tain. Always carry a hammer and la
bells when collecting and never forget
to label every specimen you collect with
the name of the locality from which it
came. The specimen will always speak
for itself as to it's name, but there is
nothing to tell you from whence it
came if you don't label it.
Another interesting article in the
High School Leader tells of the large
natural magnet near Butte The arti-
Gle is by J. w. Gum, jr., and reads:
Probably few people are aware that
there exists within 20 miles of Butte
large natural magnet. Whether it has
any effects on the compasses or the
magnetic needles in Butte I cannot say,
but do know that in the locality near
it the DETECTION Of the needle is quite
noticeable. 1t was this DETECTION which
we had noticed that led us to investi-
gate, and I will now tell you how we
discovered the location of this magnet.
1T was on Elk. No. II of of the stu
dents of nature, when James Spencer,
Harry Paxson, Bert Tonkin and 1 were
encamped Is miles from Butte in the
fossil district near Grace The boys had
reported that in different localities their
compasses varied and in places where
they were certain of the direction In
which north should be- the compass
seemed to be off So. on the night of
April %, 1897, we tried to verify our
compasses by the north star. OF course
the compass does not in this locality
point directly to the true north We
did not know the exact DETECTION, but
our compasses were off more than they
| should have been. We cleared the camp
of picks, hammers drills and every
! thing of which iron formed a part, and
insulated our compasses as we'll as we
could from any attraction in their i'm
mediate vicinity, still they varied too
much from their normal position. At
| ter some discussion we concluded there
| must be a large body of iron in the
| neighborhood and determined to ascer,
tain on the morrow if our conclusions
| We're correct
early on the morning of the oath
Spencer and | started out 20 find, if
possible, the disturber of our COM
| passes. We took the road and started
for the large mountain southeast Of our
camp called Toll Gate mountain
|, While we were on our way we met
two very pleasant gentlemen, D. A.
Morrison of Lime Spur, who is well
known in Butte, and A. j. McAlear, a
we'll known prospectCr from Butte. AT
| ter exchanging greetings we told them
| how we were spending our week IF va
cation, and they in turn gave US much
| valuable information. We asked them
| if there was a body of magnetic iron
! in that vicinity. Mr.. Morrison said
| there was an iron mine near there, but
he didn't remember it's exact locality:
| pointing to an old abandoned road lead
ing to the eastern slope of Toll Gate
mountain, he said he thought it was IN
| that direction.
Thanking the gentlemen for their
| kind information we took the road in
| dscated which leads around from the
| northern - the eastern slope of Toll
| Gate mountain The road was one We
lad not traversed before After going
quite a distance along this old highway
it came abruptly to an end near a mine
with no particularly remarkable signs
| about 1t. Taking out our compasses we
| were surprised to see that the needles
pointed directly to the mine.
I'VE walked off in different directions
| and the needle in each compass ruint-
ed to the nine. No matter where we