P a g e 3 G h o s t T o w n s a n d H i s t o r y o f M o n t a n a N e w s l e t t e r MINES AND MINING IN PARK COUNTY-continued From The Livingston Enterprise, January 1, 1900: The Mogul has sufficient development to show very good ore, while the Little Bonanza presents a similar proposition. These brothers have about two dozen claims and, besides their assessment work, are only waiting the investment of capital from the outside world to prove the wealth of their district. Owing to the fact that these camps are of low grade ore, a smelter or roaster, with a concentrator, is necessary for working to advantage; but as the quantity of ore covers an immense tract, and the coke and railroad facilities are in close proximity, it is predicted that in the near future this will be one of the stable and paying camps of Park county. Just above Maguire's claims is located the King Solomon, of J. W. Nelson & Co., and has only been located about three years. The assessment work, which consists of a 40-foot tunnel, is all the development that has been done, but the lead shows a good proposition in gold, silver and copper. Furthermore, it can be said that the above mineral locations are surrounded by an abundance of timber and have sufficient water the year around to work any proposition that presents itself. Placer claims have been located, but as bed-rock has never been struck, it is impossible to describe the prospects. Ethan H. Cowles' Organized Mining Camp, Cowles, Montana. Among the many mining districts of Park county none are attracting the public attention more than the recent discoveries on Baboon mountain on Basin creek, a tributary of the Boulder river, and about fifty miles southeast of Livingston. The records show that the first gold was discovered in this locality in 1872 by Professor Hayden and his party; but locations were not made until 1879, when William Langford, Seth Porter and Albert Schmidt, attracted thither by such reports, were successful in opening up some very good leads. Little work was done until 1882, when by the opening of the Crow reserve many new locations were made and development work progressed for a time, but like hundreds of other productive western districts, it has experienced the ebb and flow of prosperity. During the period from 1888 until 1892 there were no less than seven mills in running operation in this district and the neighboring camps on Independence mountain, while a flourishing town of several hundred population was located at the foot of this mountain. The records state that a lead The Revenue Tramway, Bear Gulch
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