LIVINGSTON, M. T, DEC. 19, 1883. [Continued from First Page.] coar.se gold at each point. The placer ground in this group, of Hiram Bacon in particular, looks very promising. It is "catered across its entire width by Eagle creek, to tlie water of which he has the sole and exclusive right, and this renders it and adjacent claims valuable to their owners. Rie h placer ground exists on Buffalo, Palmer and Pine creeks.agd nu merous colors have been found on the north and south forks of Bear creek. A portion of this ground has l>een located and the owners state it will be worked by them during the season of 1884. On por tions of it which wc prospected last 8ep teml>er, we made fine pannings repeatedly. CREVICE GULCH, so called by the earlier prosjiectors from the narrow crevices in the lx*d rock in which the gold was found in rich pockets, 1ms been for a number of years the ex clusive possession of that well known old placer miner J. S. Knowles. He and his party, during the months of July, August and September last, made excellent clean ups in Crevice of the coarsest plâtrer gold which wc have ever seen in the territory. The gulch is long and narrow and is tilled with boulders of enormous »ixe. which renders it very difficult to work. That gold exists upon the bed rock of this creek in large quantities, has been abun dantly proven by the frequent rich clean ups of i»a»t years. QUARTZ LEADS. t Mr. Knowles some time since discov ered some excellent quartz in the vicinity of his placer ground. It crops out on the chaunel of the creek, and specimens taken from the lead are rich in imbedded nuggets. It is less than two feet in width, but it is believed to be a 4 *feader" leading to a large ore l>ody. Several other pros pects have been found in the quartz rock so plainly to be seen along Crevice creek showing gold, and although but little work has been done in their development, yet the surface indications are of such a character as to inspire confidence in the future gold output of the quartz strung with such prodigality for miles on either side of the waters of Crevice. THE CREVICE MOUNTAIN LEADS lie three miles northwest of Knowles' At In in by all and placer claim, on a fiat mountain know n in the nomenclature of this section as ••Crevice." It is advantageously situated for the successful working of the rich ores which crown its summit. Here may be seen quite extensive developments in the quartz on this part of tlie lielt, equalling in extent those on Mineral mountain. Here the visitor w ill see piled up hun dreds of tons of gold bearing quartz at ami neur the mouths of the shafts. Thousands of specimens can be found in these leads and on the dumps, full of free gold, which can readily be seen with the naked eye. During the winter of 1881-2, or the i>re ceding winter, we have now forgotten which, two miners, in three months, while performing their development work upon a Crevice mountain claim, took out speci men rock so rich and iu such quantity that they pounded out with jiestle and mortar iu the evenings between $500 and $600 in gold dust. This they separated with a pan in an eight-gallon box of water, the latter l»eing carried from tlie Ijottom of a shaft 70 feet deep. The most promising Crevice quartz lcications under development are those of Messrs. Gillis, Gourley, Wyman. Alex. Campbell, Hiram Bacon, C. M. Stephens und Mrs. Jack Cone. These are all claims of note in this district, ami have lieen worked for a number of years. The claims ot Gillis, Gourley ami Wyman, are well defined reins of free gold quartz. They are len ticular in form, will average ai>out four feet iu width, and are well develoj>cd with shafts, one of which is 70 feet deep. The quartz will run in free* gold all tlie way from $35 to $1,000 per ton accord ing as it is sampled, unci a noted expert assures us tliat it will average $30 per ton, barren and gold bearing, or ail the quartz i*etw eeu wall and wall. Tlie same may Ik* said of the other claims enumer ated, although tlieir development is not quite so extensive. An arastra 'was for merly o|ierated iu connection with these claims, on the east side of Crevice moun tain. BUFFALO MOUNTAIN lies one half mile southwest of Crevice. It lias lieen {wospected and fourni to contain gold. Three claims have been located by Messrs. Phelps, Carton and Bush, one mF,< of a . - • A of which, the Gold Ruby lead, shows an immense body of quartz fully twenty feet in width. Probably 25 tons of quartz are on tlie dump of this lead, and its main vein is so situated as to lead its ow ners to lielieve that its output alone will keep a ten-stamp mill and two Frue Vanner or Imbrey concentrators steadily running throughout the year. On the west and south side of Crevice, are the Cumberland, Crevice Trail and monarch lodes, located and now living actively worked by Messrs. Phelps, Carson and Bush. Tlie leads mentioned are well defined and proven to lie rich in gold from many tests made the past fall and present winter, Procecfling from Crevice Trail, northwest along the belt, we find ourselves ou baldy MOUNTAIN. The Crevice leads are believed to cross this mountain in their northwest passage towards Emigrant, although very exten sive prospecting has been carried forward on this mountain searching for the main lead, no one has yet been successful iu his search. Only one claim, the Cham pion, as far as our knowledge extends, 1ms been located on this mountain. This claim shows a vein fully six feet wide and prospects well. Several tons of quartz has been taken out by the locators, Messrs. Phelps, Carson and Bush. Beyond Boldy, to the northwest, is mineral mountain. Here near the summit are tlie Graham, Legal Tender, Tip Top and Mountain Chief, owned and under active develop ment by Messrs. Brown. Gourley, Spieth, and Krug. We hazzard the prediction that this mountain will prove one of the very first gold-producing mountains in Montana. Tlie leads mentioned are pecu iiarlv well defined, and show rich results; the development on each show's a shaft I along their respective veins of fifty feet in depth, at the end of which is a tunnel something more than 100 feet in length, At the mouth of each shaft run on these claims arc large, rich dumps of quartz, In past years quartz has been taken from I these dumps in very considerable quanti ties which run from $80 to $150 per ton in Joe Brown's arastra, and we arc told by those best informed that the arastra lost fully forty per cent, of the gold and all the sulphurcts of iron, white iron, and other base metallic substances rich in gold and silver, all of which the quartz con tains in large quantities. These veins will average six feet in width. The West Point and Kcets leads are owned by Messrs. Stevens & Bell. There is a tunnel twenty seven feet in extent with seveial shafts from ten to twelve feet deep on the Keets. It shows two veins, one of white iron quartz, or arsenical iron, about sixteen feet, and another of white quartz, six or eight feet wide. Assays have been taken from the quartz of this bed running from $592 to $1,500 per ton. The West Point shows a vein over six feet wide, and assays over $200 per ton. It has a shaft four teen feet deep and timlæred. Tlie Rich Gold lead, on the cast side of Mineral mountain, is held by Messrs. Phelps, Car son, Bush and Cannis. Over fifty tons of quartz are on tlie ore dump of this lead, all of which prosjiects finely. It is full} ten feet wide anr> runs directly towards Baldy mountain, which leads its owners to believe that perhaps it may prove to be the mam lead which crosses this mountain. It is situated at, its northwest lioundary, within 100 yards of Pine creek and is ad mirably located for the cheap reduction of its ores. George Phelps has located an extension of the Legal Tender, and be lieves he has the true lead. There are several other located prospects, aside from the leads mentioned on Mineral mountain, which their owners fully exjiect to de velop into-mines in the future, and if sur face indications coont for anything their hopes in this respect are very liable to lx* realized. On the north side of Mineral mountain is Pine creek, and directly north of this creek is PINE CREEK MOUNTAIN. on whose strongly marked auriferous sides and summit are the Germania and Home stake mines. Tlie Germania 1 » the prop erty of Joseph Fischer 6 Co. This lead riiows a continuous vein of pure quartz from eighteen inches to three feet in width, and if the rock through which the mineral-bearing quartz has been injected in ,its formative state is taken into account in the measurement, tlie vein will measure from eight to eleven feet in width. A few years since, five tons of picked quartz were taken from this lead to Joe Brown's arastra, which yielded over $5,000 of pure gold, and tlie tailings from the arastra showed a large percentage of loss. Mr. Fischer lias at Iiiscatim on Pine creek a piece cf quartz taken from the Gut - mania alxmt twice as large as a lien's egg fully half the bulk of which is pure gold! It is one of tlie finest gold qtiartz speci mens to lie seen in. any camp. The Ger mania has from sixty to seventy tons on the dump which is very rich in free gold, The tunnel following the vein is in alxmt sixty feet, and Mr. Fischer is steadily at work on it at tlie present time. Joining the Germania on the north is Hie Home stake, owned and under development by Frank Cannis & Oo. It shows fully as well as the Germania. The quartz is of the same character and tlie development about the same. Many tons of quartz and rich gold specimens have been taken from this claim by Frank Cannis. North of the Homestakc a load has been located, and considerable work is being done on it by its owner, George Phelps. From this point it is perhaps six miles northwest to the head of Emigrant Gulch. Along this latter portion of the b?It several claims have been taken; the locations are most promising, and next season will witness exciting times there as well as in other parts of the district, Such is a brief, but as we trust a correct narrative of the mineral-bearing areas of Bear, Crevice and tlieir tributary gulches so far as known. To us tlie prominent fact connected with the belt is tlie confi dence it inspires in everyone who visits it, whose opinion is worth expression. That this belt under the magic influence of stamp mills, pulverizers and concentrators will yield up his millions of dollars of gold in a brief time to the uses of com merce there can lie no doubt. We liave Crevice gulch. Crevice, Baldy, Mineral, Piue and other mountains, embracing an extended and seductive range for the prosjiector and capitalist. The facts stated stand out most prominently and challenge the investigation of all classes. The camp, as Christmas and '84 draw near, is in a flourishing condition, is steadily moving ahead in a substantial manner, and I con rider its prospects for 1884, and thereafter, rosc-colored and most assuring. Charles A. Carson. Bear Gulch, Montana. and and or of J. MURRAY, DEALER IN Wines and Liquors Fine Imported and Do mestic CIGARS Street, * Second LIVINGSTON, M. T. BANK EXCHANGE! HIGCIJVX, $ EJVN1S, Props Saloon, Billiard and Pool Parlor FINE MIXED DEINES A SPECIALTY. Choice Wines, Liquors & Cigar ». PARK STREET, LIVINGSTON. M. T. F. H. LORING. Proprietor nt the SAMPLE ROOMS. CHOICEST VINES UQUOBSaM CIGARS. Princely furnished parlor room is connection. MAIN STREET. - LIVINGSTON. NEW OPENING VT TJIR Bavarian Beer Hall Lmrer Main Street. 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