The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1870-05-13
LOCAL N EWS.

BlarkfoOt Mining Etc. We interviewed
the folks at Blackfoot, Carpenters Bar and
vicinity on Monday last on the newspaper
question and have grateful evidences there
Of The Ditclcs-Ohio 800 inches, Tiger
800. and Ferguson 300 inchcs--arc run.
ming their capacity of surplus water from
Ophir Guch and there is still enough and
to spare. 1t is believed tho water will keep
up well during the summer. On Ophir
Bar, below Blackf)o., Cass g. Jordan
are working one claim; Gallagher, Tarpy,
Shicck, Ely, Sampson and Maxcy, 3 claims;
Ferris e. Koran. claim Neil Hill &Co., 2
claims; Jno. Mcdonald & Co., claim;
Sol Spear & Co., claim; Lee Montgomery
Is Co.. I claim; G. Van Als;ine. claim. and
others, making some lG claims in all, which
pay from IS 10 SIS per day. Ed. Smith &
Co.'S Bed rock Flumc on Ophir Gulch is
doing well. Geo. Young & Go. on Illinois
GuIch are opening in good shape the ground
discovered last winter. Pat. Carr & Co.
and +. Drcardiff are on Ohio Gulch. On
Ophir, above Blackfoot, six claims arc being
worked with good results In Upper Carpen-
ter Gulch, l.. Brown, Strickland & Rodgers
and Lincoln g. Bro are working The two
lastnsmcd claims arc among the best in Mon
,ana. and will last for years. On Carpenters
Bar, Pounds l. Green have five hydraulic
claims; Montgomery Il Holman, two claims
and pipes; and james Duifey, one pipe
This ground is excellent and there arc years
of work in the Claims enumerated. On
Prniric Gulch Hubbard l. Henry are put
ting up hydraulic on the ground formerly
worked by Bratten & Simmons. Or stone
Breaker Gulch, Hubbard, O'Roukc g. Sim
mons will commence piping this week with
fair prospect Of good pay. On Snow Shoe,
johnson, Pryor Il Co. arc working the best
ground in the vicinity. Williams & Par.
nell arr doing well on their hydraulic claims
further down til: creek. There are doubt
less many smaller or remote Companies we
have failed to notice, but the above will
give some idea of the amount of work done
by the $50 or 300 men IN the vicity of Black.
foot, All are now working-not an idle
man in camp-and from appearances oil are
saking out good pay. In Blackfoot Mcssrs.
&. G. Birdscyc, 4. p. Lindsay, Mcsscgcc &
Robins are doing good merchandising bu-
sncss; Messrs. Simmons s. Brown, who
have recently taken the Carey House are
running It in good style; J. o. Rourkc &
Co., J. O'ConnOr, John Finn and +. Mat
lock are stimulating the cnterprising spirits
Of the town; Luce Go. do the Livery bu.
siness; +. Mcconnell shoes the quadrupcds
and Ilinchcliff the bipcds, while NJ. Bcin
brews splendid article of the Teu,onic
beverage for all the inhabitants of the re-
gion thereabout. Over at Carpenter Bar,
quite little village is springing up, where
Jno. Montgomery, James Hamilton. s. s.
Parker, and J. Barlow are engaged in
various businesses for the accommodation
of tho public II would be well to add here
that Mr. r. c. johnson still administers the
Postal Department at Blackfoot to the en-
tire satisfaction Of the Black footcrs, and
they have the satisfaction of having ono Of
the very hest officials in Montana For an,
Blackfoot Is prosperous, its people busy and
blissful and gave Us handsome evidence of
their estimation Of the NEW NORTH. WEST.