The Montana post., 1868-03-14
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GOLD DUST SHIPMENT-Weh have been
furnished through the kindness of Mr. r. T. Gnles-
pie, agent for Wells Fargo e. Co, in this city, of
/ the amount Of gold shipments. which have been
made for the i've months lending December 31st,
| 1867. They are follows There was shipped
during the month of Angust. s344, $50; September.
S256, 212 October, S270. .533; November S306 III;
December s2T3, ,6s2; which makes total Of 81
45l, ,4l4, and an average monthly shipment for the
ave months, of $3.50 2S3. Presumng the last amount
TO be the average for the entire year, and be-
lieve the estimate to be a very low one we would
then have total Of shipments of %, 4S3, 396. To
| this sum e-half may be added, the amount
passing over the stage road, in charge of passea-
gers. and of which no account could possibly be
kept, which would make nearly, II not fully, S.
SOC, 900. No approximation can be made as to the
amounts which have heen taken and sent out from
the Territory through the other outlets, viz Vir-
ginia city, the Missouri river, and the Columbia
river. Bot we cannot be far out of the way when
we say that the total amount which passes over
the stage route should be estimated at less than
third of the total product of the Territory and
could We bear out our surmises by figures. we
have no doubt but that we would be iully justified
in placing the yield Of the Territory, at the very
lowest calculation for the past year at SIS OO0 OO6
In a few days we will place before our readers a
statement Of the total shipments for the past year
by express, and also q comparison of the amount
for the m onths which the Company had been run
ming the year previous.
GOVERNMENT CoNTRACTs.-Quite a
number Of our prominent business were assem-
bled at Fort Shaw, on Monday last, TO hear the
award Of the contracts for furnishing Government
with transportation and stock. The routes over
which Government solicited bids for transportation
are from Fort Benton to Forts Shaw and Ellis and
from the mouth of the Muscleshell to a post which
will soon be established that road There were
four bids, the lowest being made by Capt. Nick
Wall who agrees to furnish all the necessary trans
portatiOn at average ra.e of 81 -S5.5 .512ths per
one hundred pounds for one hundred miles The
contract is let for one year. There were bid
ders for the horse contract the lowest of which was
that of Travis Bro, of this city their bid aver
aging 81 q. 90 per head Bids have also been re-
ceiyed for the same, at some point in Minnesota,
can be made The amount of stock bid for was
four hundred head of halfbreed horses sixty of
them to be delivered at Fort Shaw and the balance
at Camp Cook, on or before the 18th of May next
DISTRICT CoURT-But very little of
interest has yet transpired in the way of busi-
ness this session. In the civil docket very large
number of cases have been continued, and those
tance The Territorial Grand Jury consists OF the |
following persons E Z Reynolds, Sensing, John |
Jones. Henry Woodward, w L Demerest, w NJ |
Thomas. Patrick Wood, d @ Corbin, James Pierce, |
w Cleveland and John Green. The Jury were
in session the greater part of two days and found
four indictments, as follows. An Indictment for /
the murder Of Toun Kee; an indictment against j.
Rickard, for assault with intent 10 kill an ndict
ment against DunphY s. Bently ct al, for robbery,
the finding of the jury having reference to the re
cent raid made by them on Bohm s. Aub's bank.
The parties were each put under g, 500 bonds
and lastly, an Indictment against Thos. West, for
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horse from livery stable in this city, on January
last.
PERsoNAL.-Last Wednesdays coach
brougbt to city, Mr.. D. w. Taion, senior mem.
Der of the firm of the Montana Posi-, Mr. Parsons
Wells, Fargo & Co.'S agent at Va, city Mr. James
Hughes and others.
MINING.-The almost unprecedented
good weather with which we have been blessed
age of by a majority of the gulch miners. both 10
Grizzly and Last Chance gulches. The result
an be seen in the immense piles of pay dirt which
lie scattered up ard down the gulch, and which but
lwait the first feShet to be made to yield their
treasures in mserly manner. A large amoun;
If dust will be taken out as as sluicing com
nences in the lower part of Last Chance. Quite n
lumber of claims have been taking out raw dirt
md slniciDg all winter, in the upper portion of
.ast Chance and Grizzly gulches, and with the
reception of the two weeks of severe cold weather
Janusry, but little cessation has been experience
q In mining drifting claims.
"Lop'-A large number of FIat-head
indians have been roaming through streets for
be past day or two. There are some fry lodges
Q them encamped a short distance from our city. |
they have been buffalo hunting the Missouri, |
or the past two three months, and are now on
heir return home loaded with game number
4 their chief men were entertained by Len Robin |
on. at the Occidental Billiard Hall. Friday, TO
igars and lager beer. and from their looks and {
Tans of satisfaction it must have been the soest
hing they had struck for a long time. One little
rait showed at least their bringing op, and speaks
Tel for them, which was that early ali before in.
ulging in the flowing bowl, made the sign of the
ross
THE SToRM.-Owing to the severity of j
ae late storm in the region between White Tail
nd Wisconsin creek. the Virginia road the | :
yerland coach was about twelve hours behind time
a Friday evening. But little fell at this
ont in the Immediate vicinity, the fall aver
ging over six inches the low hills and iu the I
alley. On the Divide to the west Of us the storm
as heavier and considerable more snow fell.
TERRITORIAL LARNIs.-According to the l
lsfructfosss bv Col .SfQ frOm Gov. smith fhsl
'rmer gentleman has rented n suitable building IN
hc 20 store the firearms belonging TO this se,-
on The Col, has also engaged man to clean }
lem and keep them In order, IL