The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-01-20
NO STAlNPEDES- MINES At
HOME.

NO SI.lINPEDES- MINES Al
HOME.
Oncof the most remarkable factsof the win.
ter-probably owing In great measure TO the
remarkable mildncss Of the season-is that
no remote stampede IL going on in or from
Montana. Arc our miners loosing energy
and desperate enterprise, or arc they scqui
ring better sense? The Ophir, Sun River,
Swcctwatcr, Salmon River, and Cedar
Greek stampcdes orc marked incidents
among the many lesser In tho past winter
HISTORY Of Montana incidents impressed on
the memory Of thousands by privations,
remembrance Of comrades, in exceptional
instances by fortunes. They were easily
started. A prospcctOr confidcd to friend
-l!ae friend in hIs cups published the sc.
Crc.-and by tens and SCORES and hundreds
rushed the throng day and night, by every
conceivable method of conveyance. san.
guinc, each, rs De Sotos, and many - lap.
less This season not cayusc has pointed
his nose for tabled Ophir. The miners
sit content by comfortable fircsidcs hiding
the coming suns. The traditional ''old
California miner" hasn't struck 1t rich, Or the
shrewdcr bordercr found an unavoidable
place to locate toll gate or ferry. Now
and then tho Pick and Plyr chronicles the
rcndezvousing in Bozenlan of one or NOR:
of the illimitable host That 10 u press into
Eastern Montana, people 1t with quarter
Of q million souls, and support a newspaper
beyond the Big Horn by the LIST Of April.
But 1t Is the gcntlcst Of all hcgiras-thc
most digniGed and considerable Of all rushcs
Possibly, in case Of deep snow and intense
cold, We may yet have grand stampede
this winter. Doubtless many IN ambitious
placer Alexander daily expands his we'll
i!anncllcd chest with sigh MS be regrets
there arc no more gulches (rumorcd of to
conquer, and nouns over the dcgcncracy
Ut 1870 l. But VIC think as we hope, that
the deep snow stampcdes to remote local..
tics have become unpopular. A large pro.
portion Of our miners have summed them
up ~ John Unit did-''thcy don't pay"
Cedar Greek last winter drew the pcrsoni
fed rcstlcssncss out of the old Camps of
Montana. Those who remained arc not so
i,uprcssiblc, and those who returned are
now pretty well satisfied to let well enough
alone. The old Camps Of this County will
give employ to AS many nlcn this year Is
they did last-thc claims acquired by Chi.
nesc. being, We believe, compensated for by
the Increased faciliiics Of wstcr--whilc the
country covered by the Upper and Lower
Race Track bitches and tho Cable Ditch,
ground ss yet unopened or but fairly pros.
pccted, will give employment to several
hundred men. The Cable Ditch, of which
hut little has been said, has good supply
Of w.ptcr, aud tho line of grade enables lts
extension around into the Georgetown
mines. 1t 10, for this reason, quite an i'm.
I'oItant enterprise, and will sapply nines1
known to be good. In the country covered
by the Race Track bitches, there has not
boon heretofore more than seventy or eighty
miners. 1t Is believed by our best miners
these grounds will prove as good paying
and extensive IS any in the County, and
that four hundred or five hundred men
will hc employed there during the summer.
The prospects, actual yield, facilities of
working, and extent of the ground covered
by these bitches 10 demonstrated to be better
and greater than in any camp to which the
grand stampedcs have taken place. It is !
fair to assume that there Is o good ground
- T..
" the claims will require working repre-.
sentation soon, many claims taken can BE-
had on reasonable terms. As this country,
"a dozen miles from Deer Lodge is within
= days ride Of all our camps, 1t would b. |
we'll for unemployed miners to look It over,
and in the fortunate exemption from a
stampede mania, seek an investment for |
their money or labor, As considerably as |
they would join the church.