The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-31
PARK COUNTY MATTERS
Developments on the Headwaters
of the Boulder.
THE DISTRICT HUMMING
The Milwaukee Natural Bridge COM
pany and MIR. Cowles' Mining En-
terprise - Wire Gold and
Gold in Grains.
snecia, Correspondence of the Standard.

Special Correspondence of the Standard
Livingston, Oct. 2S.-Park county
mines are experiencing an era OF oe'
velopment just now that bids falr u
make them among the best known OF
any in Montana. Over in the Bouloel
district, at Independence, about o.
miles south of Livingston, there -
some of the most promising properly
that can be found anywhere anu Gap.
ital is beginning to realize that thele
is an opportunity for money making IN
the Boulder country that is unparal-
leled anywhere in the state. There are
two outfits now working in the lnae-
pendence district that are bound u
achieve brilliant success, II the fact VI
their having rich ore, plenty OF 1t anu
plenty of money to Work II couhls iot
anything. o,,d
The Milwaukee Natural Bridge COLO
and Copper Mining company, Whos.
chief officers are A. D. McNulty q
Denver, W. J. Fry of Milwaukee, WIS.
and P. J. Donnelly of this county, Is
operating on some of the most prom,
Using propositions in this county, and
from samples of ore which they nave
brought to this city it is safe to say
that there is no lack OF gold in theii
properties. P. ]. Donnelly. who is at
tending to the interests Of the company
in to meet A. D. McNulty and the two
gentlemen left yesterday morning for
the scene of their operations on the
headwaters of the Boulder. While II,
the city Mr.. McNulty was interviewed
by a Standard reporter and was rather
enthusiastic over the prospects OF the
country.
Our company is not looking for
newspaper notoriety," said the gentle,
man, land we are going ahead WITH
our work in a quiet manner. we know
that we have a good thing and are
steadily moving our development WORK
along, confident that the ore we have
in sight right now is good enough tC
insure us complete success in our ven
ture Talking is not our forte. and the
ore we have uncovered on our property
needs no boosting or wild cat methods
to make it famous
In support of this assertion Mr. Don
nelly showed the reporter some SAM
pies of ore from the property upon
which the company is now operating
and the rotten quartz fairly sparkleo
with the grains of gold. That is not
q. picked sample, either SAID Donnei-
", we've got ore like that in quaint
ties large enough to keep a 20-stamr
mill running year in and year out
The ore is a phorphryitic quartz ano
carries an average of between SIT ano
sos to the ton.
M DpnTeIy mas DeSH ever SetlS
in promoting the interests of the coun-
try south of Livingston, and has beer
laboring for the past six or seven years
to get capital interested in the mines
Mr.. Donne1ly located the claim or
which he is now working seven years
ago, and has been industriously en-
deavoring to get things started ever
since. He is an experienced miner and
prospector. not a promoter or wild.
CATER" and his Judgment on mining
propositions is not surpassed in this
section of the country.
He has prospected all over Colorado
and, in fact, all over the West, and
says that in his whole experience in
mining matters he has never seen a
country so promising as the one south
of this city. why, man can't heir
but strike it," he declared. ut is right
on the surface. Anybody can see it
The leads crop right out of the ground
and !. takes but a very little develop
ing to demonstrate their value"
Perhaps the most fortunate man OF
the Boulder river Is e. H. Cowles
| Three years ago this gentleman. who
was not miner but a cattleman
went out into the Boulder country and
began operations on the abandoned In
dependence mines. He was laughed az
by every one and even his friends told
| him that he was very foolish to be
spending his money on a "hole in the
ground" but the laugh is all on the
other side now Cowles has money tc
burn and has uncovered what is prob
ably the richest vein in this country.
The ore is very free milling and the
gold is what is known as wire god.''
Mr.. Cowles has exhibited samples Of
ore in which the wires were so long
numerous and thick that they actually
held the rotten quartz together Mr.
Cowles is an eccentric sort of genius
NJ 10
his ore. He says: 1--WE got the gold
and I don't need any further proof Of
the excellence of my property" On
his last trip to town he brought a Jar
full of the yellow metal to suhstans
tate his statement. He has made nc
endeavor to get capital interested, re-
marking that he has got all he wants