The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-31
GOLD FOUND NEAR THE FALLS
Stampede for the Scene of the Alleged
Discovery Now In
Progress

stampede Tor the Scene OF the Alleged
Discovery Now In
Progress.
According to the mysterious whispers
which have been going over the city
for the past "a hours and from. peO-
pie who live in the vicinity, 1t would
seem that gold field equaling some
of those of the KlondilSe country lies
almost at the door of Great Falls, says
the Great Falls Leader.
The lucky man who made the first dis
covery and who is said to have several
fortunes in sight is none other than ex-
Alderman r. f. MOlt, of the Second
ward. Several of the men who know
of the find are in the city, among them
being Messrs. Anthony and w. Warner,
the latter rancher. from Upper Sand
Coulee, and from the stories told there
seems no doubt but that the find is
valuable one. 1t was made by Mr.. Mott
two weeks ago. and has been kept very
quiet ever since that time. The find lies
30 miles south of Great Falls and three
miles up the coulee from the postoffice
of Evans. and is directly across the
mountain from the mines Of Tyler and
others of Logging creek. The strike was
made high up the mountain side and
just ueIOW luc great T1H1fOCk OF SanO
stone which caps the country at that
place. According to the samples which
have been brought in, the find is some
thing on the syanide gold order. though
Mr. Mott is said to have taken out a CON-
siderable amount Of gold in sluice boxes
by running the dirt direct taken out
through the usual placer process. Sam
Piles of the ore brought to the city show
considerable free gold and runs from
eight to thirty dollars in gold. The lead
is said to be in the nature Of hill
side of ore and thousands of tons lie upon
the surface only waiting to be shipped.
The dirt which lies about is said to pay
amply for the washing as a placer prop
OsitiOn and If the stories told are one
third true. Mr.. Mott has fortune and
the district is a rich one. Mr.. Mott has
secured ali of the water rights in the i'm
mediate neighborhood by the locating of
several Of the springs there, and has had
several men busy mining and digging
bitches during the past ten days. That
there was gold in the vicinity has been
known for number of years past, Frank
Pottle having worked in that vicinity
as far back as 1885, but owing to the
difficulty Of securing water he gave the
place up. Three years ago old man
Tague and Jim urrier, locatedi the
ground, but failed to work it and slow
ed it to lapse and it has remained for
Mr.. Mott to be the lucky owner. For
several days past there have been peo-
pie leaving for the new field and the
country is already taken up for a mile
square: half a dozen men, among them
A. r. Calvert and County Auditor Carr,
left for the mines yesterday and. Jim
Parker. Pat Mullen and at least dozen
Others left for there today, and torilot-
row there will be something in the esa1
ture of an old-time stampede. Several
business men are preparing to- leave
sometime during the night, and from one
wholesale liquor house in the acity there
will be four people leave some time
within eight hours. The air Of mystery
which those having knowledge Of the
find, have preserved, has added great
ly to the excitement. and the specimens
exhibited together with the nearness Of
the gold fields, and the showing which
Mott has made, will not doubt cause
hundreds of gold seekers to race for Up
per Sand Coulee inside Of another 48
hours.
Seven years ago there was stam-
pede for nearly the same grounds, and
the old Barker gang Of miners who used
to keep things lively while that camp
was in her bloom. located nearly all of
the country. 1t was upon this STAN
pede that Mickey. the Mike" made
his famous sale and accomplished the
feat of drinking a saloon out Of ex-
istence. Micky was short Of cash and
long on thirst and one day managed
to get hold of a number of pieces of
beautiful gold specimens of quartz from
a friend who had worked in the York
district.
There was a little shack of a saloon
which had followed the stampede. and
the morning after Micky got the speei-
mems he drifted into the saloon in
very drunken condition, and after many
mysterious illusions to sudden wealth,
accepted Of the booze Of the saloon man
to such an extent that he opened up his
heart and showed the specimens. togeth-
err with a location notice which stated
that Micky was the possessor of cer-
tain claim. The saloon man thought he
had a good thing and after filling Micky
to the brim managed to get the claim
for $500 and all the whisky that Micky
could drink for the day. Micky got the
money and he and his friends stayed
at the saloon until they drank every
drop of liquor the saloon man had, and
left him a broken community. OF course
the mine was nowhere on earth. and
the saloon man left the country in dis
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