The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-12-07
i NTMnER TWO.

20 tn. Editor Of TIE AyaHt Courier .EaJtaaR.
IL .eavingt the busy city of RatIersburg,,i
paid flying visit to st. Louis, small min
ing town situate at the head of Indian Creek
where there are a few miners eiiga getf iii ex
tracing the auriferpus metal from the BeW
se1ss of Mother Earth These tliggffss car
only be workedin winteron account of the
great quantity of waterin the ground during
the1sprin.y and summer. However, the few
men who are here are doing we'll, tile ground
paying from twenty five to one hundred dol
lars per set of timber; or tronifi i've to twenty
dollars per day to- the hand '1hereare about
forty tmen engaged in mining here aGpresent
and the mines will employ as' many more
during the coming winter..lAt ad5 ila tEfsi
" s.s gHtyea spR1sGvrI IE!ali fs1f .55}f tss5
Or Hog 'em, (by the way the people here
abouts2 delight in euphemisiins, as the elegant
Enows de plume Of the. camps Of. Pinch 'en,
Cheat 'en,, ETC., attest the mines are desert
ed, and the town nearly so; want Of water
having compelled the proprietors to suspend
operations till d more favorable season. King
Aquaritis has played off on the boys the LAST
/ two years, causing them to seek fresh fields
and pastures new wherein to gather their
harvest Of dust, without which aye honest
miners" grub pile would be Woefully INSULT
Gent for the 'exfgencies of winter, to say
nothing Of the necessary e. concoinitants OF
sired eye'n and tobacco # and sstrotting har-
ness" to 60 to'a dance in, which last is an
item, as the bshoys OF this section
ALI left their Methodist feet iii the States, and
the girls Good bless 'em) are terribly light on
the fantastic toe. -idding adieu to the eu-
tphonious1 district, and crossing the Missouri
river intoRg Il siiaia eaaiE .4sFii 3aas it2As7
sasgoa s8i sfaiifa DEEP CREEK, a47s s9eii{.se
I,Mas agfeeably5 surprised, being but ID pill
grim in theslandgt to see the Immense stacks
ofsgraini rearing their industrious heads aloft
on every hand, and to hear the busy him of
thesmaehines lis they were Separating the
golden grain.aH am credibiy1 informed that
the yield of cereals In this beautiful valley
from Deep Creek to Confederate Gtllch, win
exceed 260,oo0 bushels this yea" Pie soil OF
this valley is very prolific. Mr.. e. P. Woods
raised oyerl00 bushels Of Norway oats to tile
acre, andIthey will exceed 4opouaids to The
bushel. Mr. Kelley raised 10, 600 Bushels Of
srainlon his ranch, and quite a large number
of the ranehmen have crops. of from six to
eigh1D thousand 4 bushels. There are three
tilreshing anachines running iii the valley
since harvest, and they willnot be through
for two or three weeks yet. En- passa,it, Mr..
John Murray this place, tried mis- hand at
t,,sreshingIa S300lwateha few days Since, but
does not think fise business as,1ccessfup one.
md. Unless compelled by circumstances. win
not repent the peiitnents There are thou
sands of acres OF the best land iii The Terri
cry ,anclainlgd, lacking i1nty water facilities,
which. however, can feasilys be lfemedied as
rrigating canals can befbro.ight from the
Missouri river dit comparatively little sd1I
,ense. One ditch, sseventeefafeet wide, is al
.eady under way, ana ecoisi paeted FOR three
niles, which will bring into cultivation u
aIge section of very valuable land, and will
70 available for use during the nextsseason.
Great inconyeuience sfeltahere for lacaSiof
oostal facilities; thereiisnot aFpostttoffide III
he whole valley, and the MissonririveT being.
mpassible duriug a great portion of the win-
er, the inhabitantsEarea at such tinaes deprived
#; mail decentralization with other spoftionss#
II tire Territory, except by Waytot Diamond
lity, which is thirty miles distant. The inl-llI
labitants are. contemplating the establish
neaat iof 3 routeihy private subscrip butt
ought ,eertailhy, to be doneto suppl
,ly this community. mum ering. over 800 per-