The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1865-07-01
No..45.
SILVER Bow, June 10th, 1865.


si SILVER Bow, June 10Th, 1865.
ED. Posi- For long time the pick and
shovel have been my instruments of labor
and those not strictly connected therewitb.
have necessarily been laid aside. RI5I1
You have ere this heard all about the sad
death of T.. p. Lewis. We feel here that
there IS no one whose loss would be so much
aepiored,and whose place is so difficult to Fill.
An attempt was made last Saturday even
ing by man named ID. j. Slane to kill n
young man in the employ of Mr.. @. w
wright, named K. H. Allen, by stabbing him
WIN a oirk knife. It seems that Slane baa
long peen In the habit of partaking of the
liquors, cigars, ETC., belonging to Mr.. WRIGHT
1or winch he had never been called upon 70
settie, Mr. W.left town n few davs since.
anu plaeeo his house in charge of MrAlIa
Siane the privilege Of inviting Others to
drink with him, but to allow him spcb art;~
cles as ne wished for his personal use. Slane
was informed of this in gentlemaplv man
ner, but persisted in calling up his acouaint-
ances, and on being refused be at once left
the place in search of pistol, and not snc-
eeeding in this, he borrowed a dirk. and
returning to the house, asked Mr.. A. If he
meant what he had just said with regard to.
him. On receiving an answer in the affirm
ative, Slane drew his knife and struck at
Allen three times, stabbing him only once.
however. The knife, in its course. eneoun,
tered the sixth rib of the right breast, where
1t stopped. Had it diverged half an inch. Il
would have caused instant death, but "a Il
is, he is not considered in danger. The
Would-be murderer was at once seized bv
Sheriff Burr, and placed in irons. He e1.
pressed regret at the failure of his damnabIa
deed, and remarked that he hoped that his
intended victim would die. His examine.
tlon occurred to-day, before Justice Wiles.
VINO held him to appear at the next term ef
the District Court. He leaves for Virginia
olty tomorrow, in charge of the Sheriff.
Our gulch is day by day rising from the
iethargic state into which it had fallen.
through various causes, and, as it iustIy
deserves, Is receiving marked attention at
the hands OF the business men and minefs
oil the Territory. A large number of claims
are IN operation, and are all doing well.
Some very good runs have been made. rang.
ing from ten to thirty dollars per day per
man. when the miners get a little mora
advanced in the opening of the gulch, Twill
give you list OF some of the average runs
made. 80 =
The German Gulch .tirore has abated. and
attention Is turned to the BIackfoot conn
try. Judging from the reports which came
IN week since, one7would think that all the
gold IN Montana was buried in that particu-
lar region, but since then the people there
pave begun to find out that their country
cannot employ all the men in the Territory.
as Wen as that they alone have not got ali
.ne precious minerals, and that there is q
little sprinkled around Silver Bow. -'~'
quartz discoveries are very numerous
nowadays, and some of the finest leads
that have been discovered in the Territory
have been recorded during the last two
weeks. Among them are the ssGolden Era. ),
blind lode, found while digging the drain
ditch In the upper district in German Gulch.
the Great American, Honey Comb, Siberia.
also discovered In German Gulch; the TIGER.
ZEN d'oreille, Manhattan, Comet and Spring
Hili, IN Ophir; the Tennessee, Queen Vic.
torla, Racine, Pennsylvania and Hoisloe
lodes, IN this vicinity. The Golden Era is
t1ought TO De very superior lead, and is
already commanding high figures. The
Rocker, OF which spoke In former COM
munlcatlon, still sustains its high reputa-
tlon. A shaft has been sunk to the depth
OIL hiteen feet, and there is no change in the
quallty OF the quartz. | sent you a speci-
men for examination, as proof of the ccr.
rectness OF the assay reported. The rock,
it is thought by good judges, will average
about six or seven thousand dollars Der cord.
Judge Irvine, County Recorder, has. at the
request OF number of citizens of BLACK
foot, appointed J. B. johnson Deputy COUNTY
Recorder at that place, for the accommodaz
ton OF the prospectors in that vicinity, thus
saving them an unnecessary journey of a
hundred miles.
The Democratic County Convention which
met on Saturday, ordered the delegation to
the Territorial Convention to vote for Mr.. 3
l.. McMatn. Yours, truly, - sI
LEAD PENCIL.