The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-04-02

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ve.y ilttle 's know Of the ,esourses .oe
-, me new Territory but It is principally At
racion vac on a. this time il is supposed mineral
4 wealth In the aatnmn Of 1891 discoveries
were made showing thst gold actually exis-
I TED m that region. and was to he found IN
paving Quantities. These mines were 'ssii
70 Oes oe 'ecated on the he d Of Salmon river
ta Tihatarys OF ihe Columbia. ln the spr,n.
- is,s there was a. rush from, ,Calfnsnis.
oat y !. lake and Pixies Peak and the county
was pretty well 'prosrected. As som a
navisatle" opened, three or four hundred
persons from ST Louis passed np the Miss..
our, n as far as Fort Benton. on the boats Of
! the rAmerican Fsrg Cmn,anv sg.,rh,t ,...5...
snese sIoLoussemlgrants were sest under
.'ie a"spioies 81 the American Explori,.xx =. and
"'nerat al s.'eo,npany---an organi3atio,i that
Fs'shex'sts. nFror Fort Be1tan they found
= s'o'I'qad 70 the good fields, so miles dis.
ant. Thi ,ro,i e bids hr''to be the one most
20 'o Dc Travelled oy gold seekers during tho
coming summer aag ~ y
In the early part Of the season Oh. ,,,; n,;,
were not very successful, ,.bnt ah,u, q. -,
Of September hast -ica n,acers were found
from. which. the .nissps .we-. ye said 60.
realized from twenty tpforty do,,,,s nor -.
These discoveries. .whre made on Gr,,,ho.
per creek, near the three forks of,bs M;,.
ouri, in the vicinity. of ,bi. hole Dr,;ri.
Mines !nt were also opened on Gold creek and
In l'rt,ckly Pear valley, which Yielded finely
IN fhe gold IS ofa very fine quality. Known
an among snlnsrs as scales of gold. and -.
l1s. we Unit would be worth, $l9 80. DER -ounee
ihe Company above referel to have. some
magnificent specimens at their Office in s.,
Louis Louis i.t,,r--s ~, =. ,,..y-.... .,,,,.
On Deer Lodge creek ;, extensive. n,.cer.
were opened, and late IN the antomn the
nnH miners laid out town on that, stream. AT
~ the junction of the Mnl!an's road snd. .she e..
g nous pls, road constructed by the lamen,ea
Lander. The valley ,ofthis stream in de-
scrleei f1t as one of the fines, in the vicinity
ahoandlng in game of every variety, to be
l''lllt lonnd ~ IN the mountains At last accounts
Deer l11elL Lodge City as the new town was call.
ea, Slh though bHt a. few month old, boasted
l'e nearly . hundred houses, "A regular line
o communication mn. is kept up with Salt Lake
ana l1p Fort Fort Laramie, and there is prospect Of
q &C considerable migraton thither from tho
Fixes NS Peak region. -, o.a ,.naf,r
/, All the valleys ON leadwaters Of the Mics.
our, are exceedingly fertile. Near D.er
Lodge City is q settlement Of half . a0,.n
French families, who have resia.a .h.-.
eral years., With them is Job, .c,.,,I..
old mountainser, ,T,is indiv;d,,,, h,.,. t',..a
of sly h,oar,5 -, nv"
could be found in the States 3 .,d, ,i,bo,-,.
he had paid little attention 20 !, ,,or;c,,t,,r.
few fields of corr, attes,ed to i the exce,ls,,
qualities qfthe. soil. 1T is thouybt tb.,,n.
whole region would prove well .d.n,.d -,
farming, purposes. ssl,,l,..E nv b,,S W.,
The new gold mines sre reo,.sh,,a.as
eighty mile, from .Fo,,.R.n,on, s..'.u
and fifty miles from Eo., W. w.n" 49,
three hundred mi,as fro,o S.n ,Y.,..'-r:.
They are known y .u;". w ~ o"
ccuntrv . bundrad, III. ),
fortv n wid,h Ths e"s'n y .Doo'
been founa .lon. -. .'s '1A, spu nas
!, haro.a. - ounta'ns
'ae whole reg'oa Is aurifareus. But a few
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