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Newspaper
Butte Miner
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1876
Page
3
In Madison County near Granite Creek, reports tell of gold bearing quartz veins and rich ore deposits drawing prospectors to Montana. Journal notes suggest sizable returns with veins described as wide and heavily mineralized, attracting many eager miners despite harsh conditions.
The diary notes a busy Chester Creek area with marketing moves at the Montana Market, the Blake crusher project delayed at Dexter mill but expected to start soon, and local talks on public improvement and winter preparations. Readers are urged to support local enterprise and cultural clubs to ease the season.
The fragment describes railroad connections and a coal company near New York with kilns turning out 4 000 bushels of coal every ten days. It mentions 14 men and workers like steadiers and choppers, plus forthcoming improvements and refining costs.
A transcription listing lodges and their locators for the month ending October 31 1876. Entries mention Independence district Laura Seymour Simon Hanswirth Phrtte NC district Tilden Morris Olympie William L Furlin Jasper Red Rock Napoleon and others with various locator names.
The text discusses quartz lodes and strike directions, noting observers’ emphasis on strike and dip for permanence. It contrasts silver and copper lodes, mentions granite fracturing effects, and suggests district variation in favorable vein orientations.
The report describes a mine opened by Nies with a shaft 20 by 88 feet, depth 120 feet, average width 30 inches, ore of lead and silver. Forty tons shipped. ore grades include 30 ounces per ton silver and 10 to 35 percent lead. The tunnel extends 500 feet with a 196 foot depth where lode direction shifts, producing a strong silver vein. About 100 to 150 workers on site for winter operations.
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