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2. Kendall. Montana, July 1, 1902. 1081 CHANNEL IS FOUND It May Lead to Rich Discoveries of Placer Gold. What Was Found at the Bottom of a Deep Well Near Helena. Old Minas arc Predicting. It is believed the bonnets \last chance channel,\ about which prospectors dreame I in the early days; which min- ing men,spent a mint of money in vain to locate; which some, having theories on geology gained it/actual experience in the mines, insisted existed, has been found, says the Helena Record. P. K. Martin, who was digging a well at iia new home hi Ken wood, is believed to have made the discovery. Dirt taken from the %tell showed - gold. There were fourteen colors in one panful. When the formation that it is believed carries the sedimentary deposit of pre- historic Last Chance was reached the sound of drilling far away was heard. There are no mines in operation near by. The @mind came from a great distance— possibly from a mine 'many miles from the scene of the well -digging. Mr. Mar- tin believes there is a channel, tube -like, that carries the sound. When in - it — found where the sound came from, there will be added data upon which to base an ac- curate estimate of the direction of the lost gulch, and its extent and the charac- ter of its deposits. It has been a ell known for years by pioneers and prospectofs that there was an old bed through which the water of ° Last Chance gulch formerly' flowed, and although it has been sought for persist- ently it could never tie found. Miner af- ter miner spent months and even years in tbe fruitless search thinking that if it could be uncovered the gravel would he folly as rich as that %%tithed out in Last Chance gulch in early days, when millions of dollars worth of dust was taken out of the creek bottom. There is no reason why the bed now found should not be equally as rich if the one uncov- ered by Martin is the old Last Chance water course. Martin struck water in his well --at depth of 87 feet. Much of the work at the bloom of the shaft was done by Ger- ald Martin. The first eleven feet of sink- ing was apparently through regular for- mations, lint after that the ground and denly hardened into the form of cement rock and blasting became necessary the remaining distance. Work was contin- ued until a depth of 65 feet was reached, when suddenly a wide seam appeared hich opened on both sides. Great pre- cautions had to bireieralaed, as the dig- ger's foot frequently sunk into the cav- ity. Soon many formations were encoun- tered—ahells, snails and other fresn wa- ter materials—while the rock or dirt was in the form of a mixture of small pieces of different colored stones, Some of which showed crystalization. On various pieces were forms of trees and foliage, such as as are found in the beds of creeks. Many of the., shell» of the snails were still intact, while others crumbled upon being touched. At a depth of five feet after sinking on the seam Martin threw a rock into the cavity on one aide of the shah and could hear it roll several yards down, finally ending with a splash. Ile tried this sev- eral times, and thinking that water had been at last encountered went to the sur- face and communicated the fact to his fa- ther. Work was continued but twenty- five feet more had to be deg before wa- ter was reached, although the ground was damp from the time the old channel was encountered. At'a depth of 87 feet water we. first seen, it was icy cold and pure. Before the final blast was made Gerald Martin walked up the channel. He could walk either up or down it a distance of a few feet before the walls became too low to walk. After going up as far as possible he stopped and listened. \I could distinctly hear the sound of a drill far away,\ said lie. \It was very plain, and as I do not know of any one mining near here it must have been a long way off. The sound of pounding, however, was very clear.\ \When we first ran into the seam,\ said Mr. Mai tin. \I took a shovelful of the dirt, and getting a pan from the house, washed it and, would you believe it, I got fourteen colors. This is all we ever attempted to wash. During the early part of our work, when we ran in- to the cement rock, an old man who said lie was a placer miner here in the early days, happened along and seemed much interested in our work. Ile would sit at the month ut the well for hours, and the funniest part of it was he came every day. When we struck the seam lie said: 'You must be careful. I think you hava at last got the old channel.' \I now believe myself we have it.. The seam runs northeast and southwest. I have an idea that it will pay to wash the dirt right from the start, and will make ar- ritegetnents to do so as soon' as possible. I will either pet in a sluice box or will cradle it. It is my opinion that if the -witter were pumped out we wouldwtrike a subterranean lake or running etre.'m. The water is of the purest kind. It would be Inud to tell how far one woLld have to go to find the bottom of the channel, but we have Vorked 25 feet down on it and are still in the same for- mation. It tooks something like peanut candy, all kinds of small rocks cemented together. It is surely an old channel of some kind.\ \Yes I remember distinctly the talk about the lost branch of the Lost Chance channel,\ said Henry Kline, an old timer. .\and there was a inlet of money spent in trying to find it, for the old miners believe that the channel must be fully as rich as the main one. It was lost somewhere near where the new elec- trick light house now is. It seems that the creek forked there and one branch went to the left and disappeared. Ef- forts were made to find it without avail.\ Judith Basin Bank Lewistown, Mont. incorporsted Under the Laws of Montana. Paid -Up Capital $75,000 Surplus and Profits $20,000 HERMAN aTTEN, President. DAVID HILGER, Vice, -President. GEORGE J. BACH, Cashier. W. B. MINER, Ars't Cashier — — DIRECTORS: Herman Otten, Louis Landt, David Hilger, Matthew Gunton, H. Hodgso John Latta, n, W. B. Miner, R.M. McCauley, George J Bach. A general banking business transacted including the purchase and sale of State and County Warrants. and Bounty Certificates the selling of exchange on all the principal elites of the United States and Europe; the transfering of money by telegraph. Careful attention given to collections, and the safe keeping of valuable papers. We Pay interest on Time Deposits THE SHAMROCK M. B. ATER'S PLACE McKinley Avenue Wines, Liquors and Cigars The Cook Interest IN TOWN THE SITE OF KENDALL IS NOW ON HE MARKET ONE Consisting THOUSAND of L 0 T S Town City and Which Will at the Company of Kendall, of Spokane, the City of LOts from Be Offered Office Mont., Great $30 to to the in Wash., Falls, $1,000 Public the Mont. John Jackson, Jr., Agent. KENDALL Is the Coming Big Mining Camp of Montana 4 . s ' 1 . tf* Subscribe for the CHRONICIA; 02 a year
