Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-01
letter f-Eom Montana.
ST. Louis, Montana, Ter. !
Dno % 1871
'dSte7s cf Rutland, Herayd:


EdjtoT Gf Rutland. HeraId'.
. Thinking your readers might possibly
takeosome interest in this far away ter
fitory, I take the liberty of sending yog
some few lines In regard thereto.
Previous TO- 1862, the Indian end buf
falo, the antelope, deer and elk, roanied
undisturbed DER the wild mountains and
through the pleasant valleys of this
large and then almost unknown territory.
/ In 1883, the first pebble that PULLED
/ the hitherto placid waters Of their exist
ence, dropped down at Gold Creek in
the present county of Deer Lodge, in the
shape Of the pr6gpectOr of gold, who
discovered the precious metal at that
place, for, although, the love of it, is the
root Of all evil" it seems to be much
loves and sought after by all mankind.
This discovery seems not to have
created any excitement at the time and
it was not until 1862 that there was any
permanent camp located IN mining
countrics-all mining. village and towns
aro .lcl:.minate6 camps.
In tbs spring of that year there was a
| stampede to the Salmon river, and many
stampeders passing through this country
from Utah. Colorado ando othei terrific
rics somc Of them halted on Grasshopper
Creek. 4hcr4 digging were found
From that TING oil. the poor indians,
buffalo and ot1cr Wild beasts, were very
mucho disturbed by the influx Of these
pioneers of civilization in the Rocky
Mountains
PRosrICToRs HUNTING FOR GOLD.
The rich diggings at Barnock "crc
CYcHcd in that year, ana men Of all
clas>c. hockcd to the rsW EIdorado.
In 1888 Silver Gulcb was discovered,
which Is said to have been the richest
gulch ever found Many milHpns Of
dollars have seen taken from the ground
in this gulch by the 'hard working, and
in this case, fortunate miner. SITTER
this, nearly every year Scnc new dis
coycry c.t' rich mines was chB,niclcd in
various 8Darts Of the territory
III 1864, a''Last Chance, which is said
to have been nearly as rich as Silver,
-by-the-way, the man who discovered
Last Chance" and gave it its name was
an old .nan owho had been in the mines
many year, seeking Els fortune, and was
about to go home to the States disc0ur-
6%ed, vHcn he wcra on ore last pros
pccting expedition. and found nothing
for some time, till at last the party came
to this gulch, when he says sorrowfully.
here is my LaSf Chdgce," and began
digging, But 'ehis time fortune sailed.
and he syas rewarded by the sight Of
pyep ITS. which insured him q life of
comfort for 1hc balance OF his days He
got away" with about S30,OOO
The same year the Blackfoot laincz
were ope:cd. In Confederate Gulcb.
Montana Bar, md tie u.iuc- about
Diamond City wcr. discoyered, all yerv
rith. ia working Montana Bar a shovel
full Of @ald could b" taken up out Of the
Ground @a'c.. 1t onn clean up so
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