The Placer herald., 1866-11-24

Boseman cut off and the Yellow Stone. 1t
ia about time that sickly sentiment, about
the poor abused Indian was dried up; and
Instead Of giving them provisions and blank
cts and powder and ball to hunt and scalp
the lone pioneer, our idle army should
perforate their deviish hides, with powder
and lead. have been here two months,
done some teaming, prospected some, aud
run about fifty fee. Of tunnel. In this dis
trict most Of the mining is on high "bars" bor
dering on the guches, all the way from a
few feet to five hundred above the gulcbes-
shutes are rugged at an incline Of about sixty
degrees in which the pay dirt is.passed down
to the gulch, where it is washed My cabin
is on the east end Of Montane Bar; which
have no doubt acds one of the richest des
covered any,rhere. Some fifteen men in three
months, last summer, took out two millions
of dollars, and put out for the States down
the Missouri on a double quick. saw
some ten Of the lucky hombres at Fort Ben
ton on their way home and it was good for
sore eyes TO see them put their safes aboard
the boat. met Seth Tatum at Benton en-
route for ST. Louis. You will recolleot be
used to live at Ophir and Newcastle-Tatum
worked at eight dollars per day for one Of
these lucky companies. lie says there was
no gass about the amount, they used to take
out five hundred lbs. some days; and other
parties here, have told me that they have
seen seven pans full Of gold carried off the
Bar at one time. 1t was piped off and very
easy worked, and the bed rock has been
worked over the second aod some of it the
third time. Probably one hundred men
would cover the whole amour. of lucky
oues, out Of more than twenty thousand
men that have mined here at one time or
another. 1t is just such strikes as this
heralded over the world, without any quail.
flying circumstances, that set men crazy.
From what have seen of these mines, they
will bear no comparison with what the
mines were in California in early times. |
may say that nine tenths Of the miners here
are fiat broke and wish they we're in some
other country. Those who have been in
California almost universally wish them selves
back again. Nearly everybody curses the
country, yet they stay hsre-but perhaps it
is because they hav'nt sufficient to get away
on, though fifty dollars will take man from
here to ST. Louis on a Mackinaw boat.
| see by the St. Louis papers that those
lucky boys from here have arrived at St.
Louis with their gold, and l suppose on the
strength oftheir strike many Others will be
in hurry to get out here 10 the Spring,
well, let the fools come they never will
learn until they get their fingers burned.
| find things good deal as l expected,
though the mines are not generally so acces.
sable to work as those l have worked in
California. think can make about four
dollars day here without calculating on
any "big strikes" which l have but very
little hope Of doing. When l am not min
ing will use my cattle and by that means
will be able to make both ends meet.
There Gao be but very little work done
here in the way of mining or washing dirt,
from the first of Dec. to the lst Of May,
though it is quite pleasant now, yet we have
had snow and frozen weather in September
and the early part Of October. don't OK
pect to remain here more than one wi nter.
that will cure me of gold fevsrs. In poll.
tics this Territory is sound. Ex Sheriff Van
Hagan, Of New ada, Cal, met in Helera
on the day Of election. is one of the repre-,
oe"'"''oS o'ecV ~ 'Eo Ae'FitoTia' LeSISla-
ture. Green Clay Smith, our new Governor,
arrived some time ago and gives unbounded
satisfaction to the unterrifed Democracy.
l have met with quite number Of Placer
county friends here: VIM. II. Meserve. who
used to trade at Ophir, is (crauking) or run.
ming windlas at day wages, about Two miles
from Helena city. Clsud Jump and Ed.
Remer, from Virginia. in your county, are
in ST. Louis Gulch, twelve miles from Helena
They expect to do we'll this winter drifting;
and wash their dirt in the Spring. Goods
will average about seventy five per cent
higher here than in California. Flour is
now down to from nine to twelve dollars.
Remember me kindly 10 my old friends
generally in Placer. Your friend.
d. B. G.