Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-11-03

interest, came to close at S q. m. on
the goth inst. In little over 60 days
work on the ore shoot over 364O, OOO
worth of ore has been mined and sold
which less rs per cent royalty and
working expenses will net the operat
ors about 100000. There are now 81
leasers working on the Florence Min
ing company's ground but although
some have high grade ore no shoot
so good as this has been struck. AT
the time when the Reilly lease termi
mated, the workings were in tale run
ming $40O a ton.
Separating minerals by using oil re-
calls one of the original grease pro-
cesses which was discovered at the
KIMBERLY diamond mines by a boy
who, while eating his lunch at work
accidentally dropepd piece of bread
butter side down." on the travelling
belt on which the diamond-bearing clay
passed. He found that where the
grease was there also were the dia.
monds.
In an interview Prof. G. E. Bailey
gives some valuable pointers to those
who have to travel in the desert. He
says:
''This fall will witness the greatest
rush of miners and prospectors to the
desert. The discoveries that have fol
lowed the building of the Salt Lake
railroad are drawing strangers to that
region, many of whom-especially
those from the east-have not even an
idea of what the desert is like. Many
think it is a great plain of sand, just
as we used to imagine the great Sa.
hara was when we were schoolboys,
whereas in reality the desert is dotted
all over with mountains, not great
connected chains, like the S arrei
connected chains, like the Sierra Ne.
vada or the Coast Range, but small
separate groups, each standing out by
itself. They are in no way like the
mountains of the east; they have no
foothills, but rise straight up from
the desert sands like islands from the
bottom of the sea.
"The springs are found either in
these mountains or at the dry lakes
consequently any map of the desert
should show clearly both of these, in
order to be of value. As the noun
tains are not Joined, the roads very
seldom cross the ranges, but wind in
and out and around. In fact, when
one starts across the desert plains he
starts from one pass and heads fol
another
There is another reason why maps
should show the mountains, and thai
is the winds, which blow so hard that
frequently it is impossible to see ahead
on account of the cloud of sand, but
if the traveller knows the location Of
the pass, and knows that there is wa
ter, he will be able to guide his course
accordingly. It is generally fifteen tt
twenty, and sometimes forty miles
from one spring to another.
zone great trouble with strangers
especially fasteners, is that they DE-
not realize the great difference in the
conditions that they will meet will
at every turn on the desert. They will
say, oh, well, I can walk Is or 81
miles. That's nothing They do no
know that that distance on the deser
is equal to three times the same dis
lance in the eastern mountains. There
one has firm ground under foot, ant
the pleasant balmy air that one ha:
been accustomed to from infancy. Or
| the desert just everything is the re
verse, and you have to drag your fee
| through deep, heavy sand under {
burning sun, or if you have team i
may not be able to move faster thai
walk. The air is very dry, and it!
effect upon strangers is to produces