The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-20

being very similar in character to those
of Thunder mountain district This sec.
ton is beginning to attract attention ana
will probably be the scene of great ac-
tivity during the coming season, many
locations having been already made
there.
TOW to Get There.
The best route is by the way of Salmon
City, and this, when the roads can be
Travelled at all can be covered in three
Die to get in except upon SnoWShoeS, and
even then it is not safe, as the mountains
are very precipitous and snowslides are
of frequent occurrence. The snoWslide
feature is much more in evidence than it
Is at Telluride, and they are extremely
disastrous. Mr.. Hutchinson says that
the first of June will be time enough to
get into the camp, and that to start
earlier would be tempting fate.
The situation now is largely specula-
tive regarding the future of the district
There are few big mines opened which
could keep many stamps going, and
many other properties that look equally
We'll, but there is a strong probability
that capital in large sums will be
prought IN, and that consultations will
pc effected and big milling plants erect
There is any quantity of good ground
III the outside sections however, and in
all probability much of it is as good
as that on Thunder Mountain itself.
Three new mills, with total capacity Of
200 tons per day, have been contracted
for and viii be built as soon as the ma
terlal can be got upon the ground.
Gold Found in Fossils.
There is one remarkable feature said
Mr.. hutchinson, that is not found in
any other district in the country. The
formation is in the main eruptive, inClud-
ing great bikes and oVerf1oWs of pOr-
phyry, rhyolite and andesite, with masses
of breccia of great size. Scattered
through this conglomeration of volcanic
material are found pieces of charred and
petrif1ed wood, fossil remains, etc, and
everything carries gold. The Dewey
group near the summit of Thunder
mountain, which has been purchased by
Pittsburg men, has been developed by 700
or 500 feet of cross-cuts and tunnels " hieh
have gained a vertical depth of 40
feet, and the entire mass opened viii
average aboupt 81 in gold per ton. while
there is one seam of quartz about four
feet wide from which assays have been
obtained as high as $1,000 per tom
Free Gold Visible.
There have been several discoveries
made within the past few weeks which
seem to show that the district is not
lacking in ore bodies which carry much
higher values than those quoted by Mr..
Hutchinson. There have been many ex-
travagant stories told by promoters and
owners of property, but the latest dis
coveries show that Mr. Hutchinson was
exceedingly conservative in his estimate
of values. G. ]. Fry, miner of eXpe-
rience who has recently been in the dis
trict says that while the gold does not
lie scattered around in the quartz in
chunks, it is destined to become one of
the greatest camps in the country.
George Bredehoft owner of the Daisy
mine, says that his property has an aV-
erage width of five feet of vein matter
and that it yields from SIS to $40 in gold
per ton and SO per cent of the values
| iS saved the 0latQc Ea OILS +bo =
this is fair representation of the entire
Ihunder mountain country, and that in
stances are not infrequent where the
| gold is plainly visible in the quartz
The superintendent of the Dewey the
| principal mine in the district says that
the 2OO-foot ore body averages So per ton
on the plates and that it does not cost to
| exceed $1.5O per ton for treatment There
IS body of ore in the mine that runs
$4,000 per ton, but this is not touched at
| present.
The Rest Find Yet Made.
| Word has just been received from The
| odCre Van Meter that a discovery of
| the greatest Importance has been made
| in Rainbow mountain in the Thunder
Mountain district, which promises to
create the greatest sensation in the his
tory of that section. According to Mr.
Van Meter two proSpectorS named Ma
her and Fairman, have uncovered q
| ledge that is one of the greatest discov-
cries IN gold mining ever seen. The ore
taken from the ledge is so rich that the
! yellow metal can be seen with the naked
| eye, and the dimensions of the ledge are
| something enormous, the like of which
| has never been seen in any gold can.n in
| the world. Nuggets of small and large
size can easily be picked from the ore
| with pocket knife, and # the showing
| made in the discovery hole continues
| throughout the entire ledge the camp will
become one of the greatest ever known.
Mr.. Van Meter says that the route
from Salmon river is ODen mart of IN q
way, and that it will probably all be
| opened in short time, but others saw
that the route will be exceedingly diff.
| cult for some time, and that several par
| ties have been turned back Another
| party reports eight feet of snow on the
| south side of the range A Leadvill,
| PARTY has been forced to return, unable
| TO get through.