The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1865-05-06
From Last Chance.
HELENA, April 26. 1865.

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of the life symptoms.
The quartz prospectors are sssinkine
down" all about US, and bringing in speci-
mems Of the "article," which are establish.
ing the reputation of this section as to a
place for quartz mining. A list of the
newly discovered leads would make alarge
show on paper.
Recorder Harding has established an Of
fice here for the accommodation of the pub
lie, and will probably be here himself most
of the time, and leave his deputy at Silver
Greek. BY his sentlemanly manners he has
already brought blessings on the Governors
head for appointing him. The County Com
missioners thought to have retained the old
Recorder in the Office after Mr.. Fl. had re-
ceived his appointment, and a notice signed
by-said Commissioners was posted in our
city proclaiming Eastman as the Recorder
still. But presume thier attempt to meas
ure authority, with the Governor as to which
has the rightto appoint recorders will no
doubt end in smoke, and we imagine Re-
corder Harding will safely override any OBJ.
stacle they may place in his way. Mr.. Fl.
has the books and the Commissioners had
better, r,"play out' their opposition or the
Governor may play them out. ,
At ameeting of those interested in the
mining claims in Dry Gulch, it was decided
to try, bringing the water which is now at
the upper claims, but sinks some way
| above the lower discovery, by means of a
| ditch to the claims below. Each claim
which furnished help toward the work was
| to have privilege. at the water, and the
men have gone at it in earnest. 1t will be
done this week-certainly enough for
working, and by constructing reservoir
| they have the expectation of flooding some
seven acres near the forks Of the gulch, and
hope by that means to secure supply of
| water daily for the entire season. This
will make the lower claims much more VAL
liable than they now are, and raise many a
mans hopes concerning his prospects in that
| gulch. ,.a i2 - = tr
/ Quito a number of men about here are
moving across the Missouri to Con-
/ federate guch, which. SO unfortunate in
name, they think to be good thing. We
wish our own camp to grow as fast as pos
! sibie, Tut arc not so selfish that we would
keep other parts of the Territory from be-
ing developed and tested.
1 The mining in Last Chance district will
soon be very much more active, when th e
water comes. There is q small supply oil
that needful article flowing through the
town, and the original ditch company who
had some eleven or thirteen miles of ditch.
ing before them at the outset, have beer
slightly anticipated by another company,
who make a much shorter ditch, bringing
the water from Ten Mile creek, and striking
/ the gulch about No. 9 below discovery
This last company have manifested much
enterprise, and hope to have their ditet
completed in two or three weeks more. Ii
4 the meantime the old ditch company sskee,
on, % and when their ditch is completed tht
upper claim holders will rejoice and sluice
The rich sGriszly" is being worked fol
miles, and by the stories and the gold
(which is much more reliable than any story
now-a-days,) most of the owners have NJ
cause to complain. Isaw sixty-three ounce
of very nice dust and small nuggets, from
$25 down, which were taken out of on
claim in twenty-four hoursthis week.
In No. 81 in lower discovery they tool
: from the bedrock the head, bones and al
most, if not quite, an entire skeleton of ;
4 buffalo, some forty or forty five feet beloy
the surface. E t-
The news Of Grants victory and Lee
capture frightened the eyes of every Uniol
man,, and the only consolation which W
, have heard meted out by any Southern
! sympathizer was: "Lee may have surren
: dered; it is possible he did,, but you neve
will hear of Longstreet doing the like
| This think to be changing the place bu
y keeping the pain. 4.
+ Last evening we raised the Stars ant
Stripes on the main street of our city. Th
= flag foated gracefully to the breeze, an evi
I the noble Union ladies who devoted th
Z previous night to its construction. At
r P. NJ. two national salutes were fired fron
$ Union anvils, and the air rang with th
cheers of our staunch Union men, and the,
adjourned till half after O'Clock, at whic
time a great crowd assembled, and it wa
with difficulty that one could make his wa
!, up to the speakers stand.
Lawyer Hedges presided and made
e thrilling address, which was listened t
t with great attention, and frequently eheere
to the echo; while men from all parts 0
:. the assembly gave in their endorsement 0
the sentiments Of hesreakef.
! He appealed to those who had befor
ucSu SiSluiSo " C-COuuSly anu OppUSt
to the government to bury the hatchetnov
4 and shaking hands in friendship, go on tc
= gether with us in peace and harmony.
E Mr.. Owens being loudly called for, sal
i he rejoiced at the late events as, the harbin
T gers of peace, and not because of the bloc
1 she'd on either sid ;, and though he had bee
a STAKEHOLDER in Missouri, the events of thi
: war and the career of the political struggle
b tof the last two Administration had decide
in his mind that rather than give up th
. freedom of the white man he would sacr
fce the slavery of the negro; one must b
r given up. Though questioned by ind
4 yiduals in the crowd as to various remarh
Is in his speech, be turned the butt of log
:e and truth against his interroga.ors, an
they were giadto let him go on unmolestet
: A frantic secessionist endeavored to sa
. La few words, but the. crowd hissei hi
down with will, and he had not friend
. enough to even say .sgo on,'' in mis- favo
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