P a g e 7 silver, but progress has been very slow, as the owners have had no capital to work with except that produced by their labor. The group of quartz mines as now located are Lee & Co.'s in Moses gulch, about one mile from Chico, which is a galena proposition that experts say will pay to ship, and several feet of tunneling. The second group or Red Mountain district, consists of Caldwell's North Star and McAdow's claim, both goldbearing quartz. The third group contains the claims of Messrs. Kenute and Peter Pyer, Dick Hudson, Peter Clawson's Sunnyside No. 1, Orschel and McClure's. These in time, will become producers. The fourth group has eleven claims located in the St. Julien district. Further up and on the opposite side of the gulch is the St. Julien mine and Batchelder's Merrimac, with 700 feet of tunneling. The Sheep Mountain district has four claims located, and some 500 feet of tunneling. It assays from $5 to $100 per ton. Across the gulch from Sheep mountain are the mines of Romer & Co., having an arastra and about one hundred feet of tunneling. 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 Revenue Stamp Mill of H. Bush Interior of Revenue Mine, Bear Gulch SIX MILE DISTRICT During the 60's and early 70's prospectors were continually rambling along the upper Yellowstone and its tributaries searching for the slightest indication of gold. Tradition says that during this time the natural indications of rich mineral wealth pointed to the SixMile region, but despite this well-grounded belief nothing but float ore was found until 1878, when Frank M. Maguire, while on a hunting trip, accidentally discovered a rich quartz lead. He had halted, intending to build a campfire, and while gathering fuel came upon a piece of float which, on a more thorough search, revealed to him the lead. Since then he and his brother, Millard F., have made this region their home, undergoing the hardships incidental to a miner's life, excepting some temporary vacations that they have taken out in the world, hoping, if possible, to secure funds by the labor of their own hands, and thereby improve this valuable property. Of the different claims located by the Maguire brothers the Spring lode is the best developed of any, having between two and three hundred feet of tunneling. The ore taken out has netted an average of $50 per ton in gold and silver. –Read more in next month’s issue! Accessed via: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
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