The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-11-22

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fighting and dog-6ghiing are done on Sum
day. But some of your readers may ask
the question, seriously, "Can any good
come out OF such a place 90 My answer,
if it were not for the great distance, would
be similar 10 that OF the disciple 10 his
brother, come and see. But as all cannot
come and see for themselves, ! will as
sure them that there are some very good
people here.
AGRICULTuRB.
Agriculture in this Territory, although yet
in its infancy, bids fair TO become one OF
the great sources of the wealth OF It's in
habilanls. The valleys OF the Galatin and
Madison rivers which mite and form the
Yellow Stone, one of the great tributaries
of The Missouri, are very extensive and ex-
ceedingIy fertile, producing all kinds OF
graf n, (excepi corn) fruits and vegetables.
The limited quantity OF rain which falls
during the year, however, renders irrigation
necessary ; but in those valleys named,
we'll as in most of The other valleys in The
country, The land can be wstered by arlll-
cial means, and it we'll repays the expense
OF so doing. The valley of the Sinking
water is another large tract OF farming coun-
try asily irrigated and very productive.-
The experiment of raising winter wheat
has established the fact that ii does well,
even better, than spring wheat, and 1t is es
timated that there will be enough wheat
grown in The Territory This year to bread
lhs people three months, and that next
year they will be able TO raise sufficient for
homs consum piion at least. The wheat
raised is said 10 6s OF very fine quality,
and yields from twenty-five 10 thirty bushels
10 the acre. The eats crop was failure
| his year by It's being eaten up By grasshop-
! pers. Potatoes, of the finest quality, are
raised in abundance so far as cultivated.
J Last rear there were two potatoes sent 10
Bannock city, as sam pies, y wsighing respect
! iFey, FIVE and seven pounds Such a ihinq
as rot in potatoes is not known here. One
man planted three acres with potatoes, in
! Madison valley last year, aud after paying
all expenses had ten thousand dollars (5iO,-
coo O0) clear money They were then
worth from twenty 10 thirty cents per pound
! They are now worth from ten 10 fifteen cts.
J All garden vegetables are about at the
same rates. Some of the finest cabbage !
ever saw grow, is brought into market, and
sells al from tg enty fye 10 thirty cents per
pound. Garden seeds are worth their weight
in gold. Great quantities of hay are made
in the valleys Last winter ii sold al from
/ $4,000 10 $4,000 per ton. Iiis now SELL
ing al from $4,000 10 500 90 per ton. The
! immense amount Of stock of all kinds .hat
winter here creates the demand. Dairymen
are reaping rich harvest They sell milk
al 90 cents a quar- and bnuer al SLID 10
81 80 per lb., aud The supply is not equal 10
| The demand. Whea, harvest occurs in Sep
tember. a man who has good farm and
grazing rancho in this coan,Ty well stocked,
within ten or twenty miles OF market, has
the means of making a fortune in a short
( time. The herding of stock alone is
source of large profit. The rauchmen re-
/ ceive $l.5O per month for cattle, and from
n N q,
/ II they keep them bnt TWO weeks The prices
l are the same In .he course of q lew
years, the price of living will be greatly
/ reduced, a natural consequence. Every
thing is very high here at present, except
| ing clothing, bools and shoes, which, owing
10 the large slock on hand and the great
comp petition in the trade, are about as cheap
! as in the States.
MINERAL RESOURCES.
! regret my inability, from present infor-
! nation, 10 give you reliable statistics with
regard 10 The mineral, products OF this
/ Territory. Great injustice. however, has
4 been done to Montana by the reports of the
/ Philadelphia Min:, published in some of
the papers. Idaho has received credit for
| large amounts oil gold coined there, which
properly belonged TO Montana. The error
! originated, probably, from an imperfect
knowledge OF The geography OF this coun-
/ try. Montana was formerly included in
! Idaho, but has been a separate organization
| for over year. The minerals found here
! in greatest abundance are gold, silver, iron,
| copper and Lead, and they are generally
| found together, in different proporlions-
| There are two kinds Of gold diSSing-the
| gulch mines and The quartz lodss. The for
mer are located along streams of waller, and
consist OF what are called sluicings. The
! h,fn fv in oil
cles, with an occasional larger lump called
! a'nugget. Some of the latter have been
! found to the value OF from FIVE 10 one hun
dred dollsTs, and one was found dt Last
! Chance gulch, this summer that was worth
| $4,000 90 But that is The largest aud The
| only one that has been found whose value
/ exceeded 5000 90. Mining in The Virginia
7 gulch has been going on quite brskly since
/ the damages, caused by lhe high water in
The spring. have been re paired. The claims
! yield from ten TO fifty dollars TO the hand,
/ per dag. Some of the newly discovered
( gulches yield rom fifty to two hundred dol
/ lars 10 The hand. But he time is approach
ing when gulca mining will be quite
( secondary consideration. The chet source
! oil the mineral wealth of this Territory is 10
be looked for in is quartz. Some idea OF
lis value may be obtained by comparing the
J number of its valuable lodes with those Of
( Colorado. In that Territory there are only
three lodes that have paid well, yet what
vast amount of money has been taken from
| them, while here there are FIVE hundred aHd
upwards, equally ar rich and many OF them
far richer, yielding from five 10 fifty and
sixty per ceat. o! pure gold. The country
I is It'll of gold. One cannot so two miles in
/ any direction without seeing evidence o.!
! the fact. The mountains are literally "dug
up" ransacked; and pEospected from base
/ 10 summit, and the valuable specimens de,
! posted in the banks and assay Offices show
/ the results of those la6ors. But all this
mineral wealth is unavailable, at present,
and will be, until capitalists can be induced
! to take hold of the matter and erect quartz