The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-01
MINING IN PARK COUNTY
Remarkable Activity Witnessed
in Several Camps.
ON THE BOULDER RIVER
Eastern and Western Capital Repre-
sented in the Development of the
Placer and Quartz Mines in This
Region-Copper Depc sits.

special Correspondence of the Standard
Livingston, May 30.-The tide of min
| ing development is setting in strongly
| in Park county. A sudden stimulus to
| the mining industry and the phenome-
nal development of certain district
seems to be of a contagious nature and
| soon reappears in the renewed activity
and energy of surrounding camps. The
Natural Bridge and Independence min
ing districts, of which the mining world
has long known, and the existence of
which has been fraught with the mani
| fold ups and downs peculiar to the min
| ing industry, seems to have taken a
new lease of life and is now promi-
| nently identified with the flourishing
sections of this favored country.
| The placer and quartz mines located
| in the basin at the head of the Boulder
| river, 40 miles southeast of Livingston,
| are being extensively worked by E. H.
| Cowles, who represents both Eastern
| and Western capital. Mr.. Cowles has
| been prospecting and developing the
| Lee Beardsley properties and the Hid
den Treasure quartz mine for the last
| Two years, and the persistent efforts of
this gentleman clearly demonstrated
his confidence in the future of these
properties and his firm belief in the
| rich results sure to come from their
| development. The work has now prog
| ressed so far that a 10-stamp mill is
| being erected on the Hidden Treasure
| property. The work of erecting the
| mill will be pushed to completion as
1 fast as the weather will permit, and in
| about two months time it is expected
| haf mil will Io S,,r ol;
| tering metal from the ore, of which
| there is a great body, unsurpassed in
| quality, in sight. Mr.. Cowles has
worked the mines continuously for two
years and his development work has
been done with the greatest economy,
| every effort being made to keep down
| expenses and guard AGAINST the need
| less extravaganza which is the rock
on which so many promising ventures
| in Park county mines have been
wrecked. The mineral is there in plain
| sight and Mr.. Cowles has contended
all along that if arrangements could
| be made for WORKING the ore without
mourning too great an expense. there
| would be no end to the wealth that
! could be realized from the mining ven
/ ture which he has worked so long to
bring to a successful contamination.
About eight miles in a northerly di-
rection from Independence is located
district where, washed bare by the
summer rains, lies what is said by ex
perts to be the richest copper deposit
in the world. The copper ore is mar
velously rich, and a statement made in
good faith by those who have seen the
ore bodies and estimated their purity,
is frequently ridiculed as being too ex
| travagant for belief Certain 1t is that
the copper deposits in the Boulder dis
trict are rich enough to give Park
| county an Anaconda or even enable
the fortunate owner of the richest leads
| to take "a choice of a model or most
| anything else that money can buy. and
| all of these things may come about in
| a few years time if the work now be-
ing done goes on without Interrupt
| ton.
! On these enormous bodies of copper
ore, two veteran prospectors have been
nersistently working for several years
These two gentlemen, Messrs. Graham
and Newell, who have been operating
| mines since Montana's earliest days.
are accredited with knowing a good
thing when they see it, and the testi-
| mOny of the ore in sight, as well as the
sagacity of their lifelong experience,
seems to be ample support for the good
| name these gentlemen give their mine
| in the Boulder country. The value of
these mines has long been admitted,
but until recently capital has not been
| available in sufficient quantities to
i carry the project of development to a
| successful termination but recently the
widespread reputation of the Boulder
properties has attracted men with
| money to the place and the work of de-
velopment is going rapidly forward.
The mines which have been operated
| by Messrs Graham and Newell. as well
as the properties owned by Jack Duffy
and others, are now under bond to
Butte City parties, who are working
a large force of men. The busnessli]le
methods of these gentlemen clearly
proves their ability to handle the work
| at hand. They are practical, conserVa-
tive, close-mouthed men, who evidently
! possess the utmost confidence in their
! venture and apparently have plenty of
money to thoroughly develop the
| mines. Some time before the summer
ends it is expected that there will be
a good-sized and rapidly growing camp
in the Boulder country. and money and
work will be plenty among those snow
clad hills.
The Natural Bridge district near
| Contact. at the mouth of the Boulder
canyon. has an outlook which is most
/ f1attering. Situated lust 81 miles east
of Bear Gulch, the district lies across
the outcrOppingS of the immensely rich
quartz formation which has made Bear
Gulch famous and comes TO the surface
for the second time in Park county,
where the Boulder canyon broadans
into a valley beautiful with picturesque
scenery and ribbed with rocks which
| contain mineral of SURPRISING rich
| ness
The rich development of the famous
| camp of Bear Gulch has proven what
capital and work can do for a district.
and very naturally the success attained
in the camp at the head waters of the
Yellowstone had a stimulating effect on
he HF.x fNr
capital which rushed to Bear Gulch
when the riches of that camp was made
known, has drifted to the Boulder
country and the investments made here
seem to indicate that men have found
something to their liking in the mines
of the Boulder. A large deal has re-
Gently been put through by P. J. Dom
nelley. who dealt with Milwaukee par
ties, who have also purchased the In
dependence property, which has been