The Montana post., 1868-03-07


Latest Excitement old Bar-Luck- Good and
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EDITOR PosT: Ny long and unpar-
donable silence gives you and yourread-
ers the unquestionable right to expect
me to be perfectly saturated with inter
esting and stirring news from this wall
ley yet, as the most cheering and i'm
portant points rest chiefly upon our
newly discovered but not fully developed
mines, l am still compelled to hold in
the reins, but, perhaps under more aus
picious circumstances, / may proclaim
through your columns to the entire
with which our valley seems to be teem-
ing. The weather king, at present in
dications, will no doubt enable us to
establish these facts before long. Till
then wish to refrain from giving ut
terances which might be forced to re-
call. We had one discovery upon an
other during the past winter, all of
which were duly attended to by our
citizens and those Of Silver Bow. The
first and no doubt the best discovery
was made in Peters gulch, about seven
miles dae west of Boulder Store Fifty
claims were recorded, in fact more than
the gulch contained. BY personal OBJ
servation am sorry to say that only
about twenty claims-namely, ,m No.
10 above to No. 10 below--win pay. All
these have been thoroughly tested in
spite of cold weather, and in some parts
exhibited astonishing richness. Water
may prove scarce toward autumn, but
in that event ditch win be constructed
to bring water out of High Gre gulch.
Rich and promising prospects were also
obtained in the latter, located and partly
opened, but the depth of bed rock, su-
perabundance ofwater and cold weather,
made it necessary to abandon further
operations. Those having constant
eye on quartz, assert that High Ore
gulch will prove to be the gem, owing
| TO its crossing several rich leads.
| Boomerang gulch, stands next upon
the catalogue of discoveries. It heads
about one mile from Peters and empties
into Boulder two miles below high Ore
gulch. Over one hundred claims have
been recorded in it, and the indications
OF every prospect hole are in perfect
harmony with the glowing expectations
of claim holders. .-. 5000 E.-.,--..=.
Not many days ago still another dis
covery was made at the head Of Musk
Rat, about two miles east of Major
Bowler's Ranch. Stampeders rushed
frantically to the scene of excitement
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FJ Judging from this observation, it can't
be much of discovery; still the strictest
Judgment is sometimes wrong, and the
stone at first rejected has formed the
. corner stone. =ll g7 z#ar Ti .T ..-
The mines on Boulder, known as the
Old Bar, increase in richness as the work
upon the same progresses, but as For
} tune smiles upon the enterprising and
indefatigable company from one side,
sad accidents seem to blight their best
hopes ON the other. 1t will be remem-
bered that last summer one of the com
i pany, Peter Wilson, lost leg, and near
ly his life, by an accidental shot. The
same rifle again delivered a fatal shot in
the right arm Just at the point os the
elbow OF another member of the same
: company, b. V. Gibson. The unfortu-
q nate sufferer previously had both of his
legs broken but through the exertions
of good surgeons he is recovering. In
. his present condition he suffers intense
' ly, yet, according to the statements OF
, DR.. J. B. Wells, his physician, the wound
will not prove so disastrous as was al
first anticipated. 1lg
t A petition has been in circulation ask
@ ing the County Commissioners TO reduce
!, the toll upon the road from Jefferson
: Bridge to Helena, and complaining
i against the proprietor of the same, fol
}. the almost impossible condition of the
' road and bridges. / am, however, conf
dent that Mr.. Parsons will look to the
matter with due vigilance, and silence
= those who are always ready to complain
yet pay the least toll. = .-.-l-T---
Farming in Boulder Valley, in spite
9 of the adversity of previous seasons, viii
O be resumed when the proper time mr.
rives, with unusual vigor and energy
Success depends upon good manage
J, ment; and dilapidated fences have beer
e more detriment and injury to our farm
ing than the combined hosts of destruc
Ie tive insects together. ~ sf ......- ri.
n Balls and public dances in this valley
h are melting away with the snow. Pub
e lie worship has taken it's place and pri-
II vate suppers are in vogue in the way o
a change Mr. and Mrs. Greenwald tool
the lead and gave their neighbors ;
II welcome in the shape of a splendid re-
E past, the sight of which was feast L
" the ewes, and its eating was a tickle t.
/ the soul. Fearing that / consume NOR
v time and space than is appropriate 70
{, the present, I'll put down the brakes
20 -..- Yours, as ever, 80 eef ~
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