, 1910-09-15
THE FAMOUS" BEAGLE" BOULDER
II is Believed That the Lead Of That Very Rich Gold Rock has
Been Discovered Very Important Find Float thot to be
from Alaske and was Abandoned Now Re discovered

The story of tn. Beagle b,utl-r has long been treated n = som4ihin.
akin to a fairy tale . the story fla los, mine" However it wns IA
very realistic affair when first discovered and formed a Interesting
chapter in the early history IF the district.
1t WAS somt fifteen years an TINT a prosprctor known NJ "ud man
Beagle" Uncovered i" the neig'b"rho d of the Beaver ponds "a r~t
colprtd quartz cropping, we'll lmpte.natel with gold. Assays were
made aud the values wtr- around two thousand d liars to The ton
A shot Or two put int" the rock showed The values to he very regular
thruout. Beagle th"t the rock wne IN pinc- aud lpcat, d it in The be-
lief that he had found n gold mine.
The ore was high era lie and it excited thu cupillty of IN % he,
miners who had been attracted to the locality by The report Of tia,
Beagle II away getting supplies, hi7i hInr Disappeared IL had been
shot to peices aud hauled away TNo thnus,ad dollar rock can he
carried long distances at " pr fit. a ID " trace of the r,oh RS W Is ever
found.
proved to be IN vain and il VAS d|ci I'd that it wasb u, au Immense,
buolder from II o ne knew where. Ali tina, remained to show for the
bid mans mine W as II few scattered peicrs of quartz. Sp-ccm-ns of
that quartz have found places in nearly every mineral collection in
southern Wyoming from that day to this.
For several years prospectors searched every foot of the country ad-
accent to the Beaver ponds guch in a futile effort to find something
hat looked like the Beagle Boulder. When Colonel Frank Powell
ook hold of the old Copper Giant proposition, he brot in a mining
Engineer from the east, who after studying the situation, declared
hat if the Beagle boulder was a native to this country it must neces-
Farily have come from the Copper Giant ground, but gave ia his
kcientfc opinion that the boulder was brot to it's last resting place
by glaciers from Alaska or some other far off country.
Prospectors continued their search for the source of the phenomen-
lily rich gold bearing quartz until the glacier story wi generally
accepted as a solution of the myster and the search was abandoned.
Messrs. Martin was hauling wood a few weeks ago, when they dis.
covered some "likely looking quartz float. They followed it up as
Jar a possible AMI then went to trenching. At a depth of three feet
pnder the wash they uncovered the ledge. Two other trenches show
ID it to be continuous and in place. After some prospecting and not
cling the character of the rock, the old Beagle Boulder was brot to
he'll mind and a comparison with the boulder specimens and the
bewiy discovered ledge convinced. them that they had actually dis
overed the bonanza that had been prospected for in vain by hun
Rreds of mining men.
The news o. the discovery was kept quiet until suitable location
vas made and work done. This week a number of men have visited
he strike and all believe it is in fact the Beagle boulder lead. Chan
'orney brot in a SO pound chunk of the quartz, and if you want to
ZEE one of the best specimens of gold quartz ever found in Wyoming,
ust step into his place of business and takea look. til a confidence
builder and an ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Herald