The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1870-06-10
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rsining 20 that work ID inpossible Clains
that have sluices Get generally give salts
factory results, but - fer g can learn
none have paid extFavagsntly. r! III
"BESARDEE's" Bear Story il true: -Har.
dinseS dog caught (the place of eternal
punishment,) and 20 did the liar" Be-
xARDEE will eat nothing but +'.bar" meet
and 10 not likely to stsrve. oe,r & s....i ..gm
Cedar junction 10 about gone up To.
day Is representation day in the O'Keefe
District. There WAS but small portion Of
ground represented. / understand . COM
pany Is formed to sink shaft to bedrock
near Junction, and test the deep ground.
I think twill soon be done. w. NJ
FRENCH GULcH, June 7th. The popula
ton of this Camp Is one hundred-has four
bitches; Prcston's s Thorn,ons, the
longest, is four miles long, and has capaci-
~ fof 400 inches of water. There are 25
houses stores. bakery, blacksmith
shops, butcher shop, and 8 saloons. Jack
Eddy Is proprietor OF one Of the latter
named, and besides being, the prince of good
fellows, keeps the best liquors in Camp.
A Mexican company are working six men;
their last cleanup, after fvc-days' run
was SO ounces. Noonan & Co. are working
four men, and their last cleanup Of . weeks
run was $780, No other clean-ups had
been made up to June 4th Claims average
from ST. to s1s per day to he hand. The
prospects arc good for an abundance of VA.
ter tho whole season. On June 18TH snow
was two feet deep on level throughout
the Camp, and three feet on tho range. ...
...,.. 600
GERMAN CuLcu, June 9th. This Camp
has one hundred and fifty men and twenty
houses. Flescr & Ray are proprictors Of
the principal storc Most of the companies
expect to cleanup next week. There Is
about 700 inches of water in the Gulch, and
all tho claims are working ground -slmccs
The last snow storm retarded work ten
days. The principal bitches are the Green.
land and Siberia DR.. Beel, Gardner &
Moore, and McClcery Bros are each running
two hydraulic pipes There ore IA compa.
mics working night and day. The Califor
uis Co. 10 the largest in the Gulch and is
working two shifts of five men each. Wa
gcs are IS per day. There arc good pros.
poets of water for the entire season. There
arc now about all the men in Camp that
can find employment ut mining. ~. AK
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SILVER Bow, June 6th.-Durton s. Her.
man cleaned up "a, 900 from IL days on the
9th. Bcrnards and all other bitches are
full There are few idle men, but would
not advise any more to conc, a. pilgrims are
coming in, and many returning from. Cedar.
The wholesale house is doing fair business,
Times look lively and faro is running heavy.
Moran & Russcl's claims are paying from
$l2 to t25. Rocker is about as lively as
Silver Bow, and will perhaps be better
camp. The diggings here are not coming
quite up to expectations. Like in other
camps, you only hear of the big runs. The
majority arc paying but 81 to $9-othcrs not
that, but the average 10 good. The fair and
the brave have grand hall on Thursday
evening in AcCranor's now building. Como
up or send hand. os sa1uA gss .s# w.
P1KE's PEAK, June eth. 1.-THE yield on
Pilgrim Bar SO far this season has surpassed
all expectations Not single claim but
has yielded over the estimate of owners
There arc ten claims fully opened now,
yielding from $1,000 to 81, 800 each per
week. I estimate 8 at $2,sOo each; / At
$4,000; 2 At 2,000 per week-total, ST. 900
per week. Six more claims are being
opened. There are about 500 persons in
and about the Camp. Water sells At IS
cents per inch for "a hourA Wages are IS,
IS so and So per day. The breaks in the
bitches have retarded work considerably"
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MlssouLA, June 9Th. ''Returned yes.er.
day from Cedar. Everything is very dull
in the mines-on account of high water.
The few claims bsing worked pay well,
but not 90 largely = many anticipated.
Yet I have seen nothing TO change my
opinion Of last winter, and am satisfied
Cedar will be the best Camp in Montana
By the middle Of august" JAa q. B. j
:CxDAS JUNCTION, Juno 18th. "At I
Democratic meeting at p. m, to-day,
Mike Sullivan and Mat Hayes were elected
Delegates 70 the Missouls Co. Democratic
Convention, and instructed to 60 for 100
Lyon for Sheriff. A tlre breaking out in A.
J. Simmons' large frame building, about
the time Of the meeting, prevented my It.
dance ana fuller report of the first raj.
~ of the Cedar Democracy" B..
a 4 FkOX CEDAR CREEK
Suffering IL tho Ceur D'Aless 1ssntaias.
70 I'm 4p1rse NV NssrsLwssr: 'i aaa sf7.'
Daring the late snow storm ! Nr. VIM.
Mccoy, ron his way 10 the Cedar Creek
mines, afoot and carrying. his grub and all
earthly possessions done up in . snug pack,
we'll 1ashed TO his back, when twenty Ave
miles down from The lowss ferry Oh the
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