The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-23

among the famous collections of rich
minerals to be exhibited and praised
whenever the subject of mines and
mining Is touched upon. 1t was from
such sources as these that the present
owners of the rich holdings there
learned of the opportunities that await
ed capital and enterprise near the head
waters of the Yellowstone, and came to
unlock the abundant streams of riches
by shifting the rich formation with the
wand of science and the power of
steam.
The camps now number about $50
souls, and until the snow goes off in a
couple of weeks there will not be many
more men added to the pay roll, but as
soon as spring opens up the working
force of the camp will be increased to
500 men at once and every effort made
to make the work of this summer a
grand success. Carpenters will be
wanted more than any other class of
men at first, and as soon as the build
ings are up and the mines in operation
there will be no dearth Of employment
for men willing to work and experienced
in the vocation of the quartz miner j. f.
Bledsoe was the first superintendent of
the company's property and he was
lately succeeded by O. A. Tibbits of the
East Pacific mine at Townsend, who
will have charge Of the work at the
mines during the summer.
The men who are. interested in Bear
guch and in the, Bear Gulch Mining
company have made but little stir in
the way of talk since coming here, and
have operated on the quiet, knowing
that as soon as the mines We're known
to be an assured success crowds of
men would flock to the place to get
share of the sudden wealth that comes
to every one who has push and enter
prise when easy money Is af1oat dur
ing the rising tide in a new mining
camp. They have the situation pretty
we'll mastered as result of this eau
ton. and are now selling lots which
they hold in Bear Guch townsite for
$500 apiece. The stock in the mining
company is not for sale at any price,
and was recently increased from $780,,
900 to 1000, 900. This was at direc-
tors meeting held the first day Of De-
cember of last year and the records
on file at the office of the county clerk
show that the votes cast by the holders
of 1000 worth of the stock represent
the founders of the company to be the
following persons, holding stock as
stated below:
A. C. Jardine, s17,5OO; A. c. Jardne,
trustee, $59,500: J. F. Bledsoe, $4,000;
William M. Mackay, $4,000; H. Bush,
81 900: Rose Tracey, $1,000: John Jeris,
St,puu, a. " eDSlCl, S-,oOu. uSl INV
the new stock is owned is not known,
but it is supposed that the people who
own the $59,5O0 for which Mr.. Jardine
is trustee are literally represented, and
it is safe to say, from the amount of
money spent here. that the parties are
amply supplyed with FUNDS to meet any
demands that may be made upon them.
While the progress made BY the new
investors in Bear gulch, and especially
the axnan6itl1ra of the immense OF
money, has been very gratifying and
satisfactory to the people here, the
company has chafed under the delay
occasioned by a cloud on the title to
some of the richest mines in the camp
over which they wish control. A part
of the property has been in litigation,
and lately some of the claims have
been taken up by parties who claimed
that the representing had not been
done as required by law, and tt csc
parties are dealing the members Of the
company all kinds of grief in their eff
forts to get them off the claims.
A criminal action in the district court
is the outcome of one passage between
the parties, when men employed by
the company attempted to move some
ore on the disputed ground and were
run off by the miners. who had taken
up the property alleging that the work
of representation had not been done.
These parties are now making efforts
to get capital to take hold of the mines
with them, and a hot fight is on be-
tween the claimants and the Bear
Gulch Mining company. Just how it
will terminate, no one knows, but it is
certain that a great mining camp will
be doing a rushing business in Bear
gulch before the snow falls on the sur
rounding hills, and that Park county
has never before seen such glitterng
| prospects of wealth for her citizens as
are now before them. The fortune al
ready spent here by the newcomers has
made several men rich, and owners OF
mining property, business men and rea,
estate owners are jubilant over the
| prospect presented. 1t was supposed
at one time that the trade from the
| Independence mines which came This
way was a great thing for Livingston
| but the Boulder mines are but dror
! in the bucket compared with Beal
| gulch and the colossal wealth buried
| there and the business that will come
| to Livingston from it's development.