Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-09-22


Emagrant guleh is branch OF
the Yellowstone river, 80 miles
south Of Livingston, in Park coun-
~ Don C. Evans, chairman OF the
mining committee Of the Livingston
chamber Of Commerce. reviews the
present status OF Emigrant gulch as
follows:
m. Heeferlin claims. including the
Eevrfane and Empire placer claims
bsth above and below Old Chico, are pe
ing worked or have been WORKED 1910 Ss,..S
" A dredging outfit under a. a 10Y ,a,sl
ana Wilson ri Heron Of Reno has Aeas-
~ land from I'D HOssfield, Z. 3.
9efferlin estate. John Conlin, Robert
q Kerr and walter Morgan. Ihls ont-
III drilled in the grayels 4eio" ,, pia
Ssve now left the guieh. II - under
stood that the greater part OF tne.5 ii h,,,
mos did not warrant dredge work., put
mat In some places the prospects look
ed good
Above Ola Chico the Hefferlin claims
we're worked last year by about 80
men They are now being worked by
the Counts brothers and some Billings
people. o..,.
Inst above the Hefferlin claims are
the cabins and claims Of the Yellow
stone Gold Mining company. The Charms
extend along the river about mile.
This company has been managed Ior
hvdrauiic work il taken ont about, a
mile above the camp and the hlilsloes
are washed down into sluice boxes ahu
the gold taken out. There are numDef
Of nice, well painted cabins . ana tne
Since Mr. carr's death last winter, there
has been little activity In this camp.
A mile above the Yellowstone Soia
Mining eompanys camp - tine ca gDis
and mine Of Jud HOssfeld. Mr.. Hossfeld
haa tunneled in on the old river Dea
for a distance OF 800 feet and is said
to be doinng well. Here Is also a eaDln
recently erected and occupied oy bln
Harris and GrOOms, who are driving
n tunnel at the stream level about
-' BiIIman Tunnels
About a half mile above the Great
Eastern, opposite what Is called Slide
Rock Hill, Henry Blllman Is tunneling
and sluicing along the old river bed,
which, at this place. Is high above the
present creek Mr.. Biliman is meeting
About mile and a half above the
Great Eastern. on the left hillside about
$50 feet above the creek, Is the mOlyb- |
denum mine This mine Is abOnt a half
mile below the junction OF the north
and south forks OF Bmigrant creek Al
though the company that operated the
mine put in a concentration and good |
camp Rt the junction. they never met
with any success. The concentration Is
now in ruins and the buildings are Oc-
cupied by w. L. Kearns and his gold |
mine employees. On July 3, J. G. Rose
relocated the mOlybdenum mine. There Is |
foul air in the mine now, coming |
from the inside, and forced ventilation
will have to be used n II is worked
AGAIN. Mr.. Rose n now back In the gulch
with the expectation OF opening up the
mine.
Kearns Succeeds
W. L. Kearns is now operating the
most successful mine 80 Fmigrant enleh |
Seyeral years ago Mr.. Kearns started
tunnel under the North Fork. just ,
M the old river bed about 800 feet |
The end OF the tunnel IL IS feet hollow |
the present creek bed. The North Fork |
here is from five to eight feet wide |
The tunnel Is timbered mart Of the way !
but the wallis are made Of rock and /
mud so tightly cemented together that |
timbering seems unnecessary in many /
places. The old river bed is thoroughly /
worked by cross cutting. The maud,
sand and gravel Is scrapef from the bed /
rock that has been peeled up, and show !
eled into mine cars. A mule hauls the /,
cars to the mine entrance where they |
are dumped into a large sluice box. |
A heavy head OF water Is maintained but |
most Of the gold drops ont in the first |
20 foot Of tho box. The shoD and head |
of the tunnel are under cover 30 the |
mine can be operated winter and sum
mer.
ST. JULIAN cONCENTRATOR
Three miles above the Kearns cafn1 4
on the right hand side OF the gulch, 1
is the ruins OF st. Julian concentration /
The machinery is still ip niacc and es.-,a
Of it Is in fair condition. The build /
ngs, power plant and machinery must /
have cost more than S1O0,00O The alti- 1
tude Of the st. Julian is 1900 feet.
The mines that supplied most Of the ore
nm
hillside back of the plant. 81 about the
100 foot level The ore. an iron py-
rites containing gold was rawhined
down Tie Hill to the concentration The |
Nolan brothers. who owned a store in
Livingston and Jim Connell who owned
a store in Chico. were the principal o yn-
ers and operators OF this plant Recently
Il. J. Wemlinger has secured an interest ]