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mountains in the direction of the head Of
the stream. which are low and broken,
leads ms to the conclusion that . low
livvide or pass from the head of this
.reek to xhe Pen d 'Oreille river, exists.
We called the attention of Gel. North,
.st year, to this route; we also spoke to
Ir. Thos. p. Roberts about this route
a short time before his departure for the
States. Both Of these gentlemen were
exceedingly anxious to examine this
route, but not being embraced within
the general scope of their instructions,
OF course neither Of them could do any
thing. Without presuming to dictate to
Colonel Roberts or the company Of
which he is the distinguished Engineer
in-Chief, We would beg tosuggest, if not
inconsistent with thelae general plans
and the interest Of the N. P. r. R. Com
pany, that party be detailed to exam
me the pass at the head Of Nine-Mile
creek, as we believe that an examina-
ton will show that it possesses many ad-
vantages over the Coriacan defile route,
being shorter, more direct and lighter
grades. q is ''4 = +
[From the Deer Lodge New Northwest, Dec. 81
The Burgess party, of sorveyors, con-
sisting of the following persons, arrived
in Deer Lodge on Tuesday evening,
and left yesterday for Helena: M. T.
Burgess, Asst. Engineer; w. H. Baker,
Transit-man Thos. McKennon, Level
er; William McMurphy, Rodman; John
Mclaughlin and Seward, Chainmen;
Edward Manly and Wallace Dickinson,
Flagmen; Charles Scofin and Norris
Gray, Axemen;- Washburn. Teamster
John III. Mckenzie, Commisary. The
party began the servey. of the Little
Pipestone Pass route November l, Of
the crossing of Whitehall Deer creek
and finished at Stanchfeld's on Novem-
Der 21st. The distances are as follows
Whitehall Deer to Stanchfeld's via
Deer Lodge Pass, SO miles; Whitehall
Deer to Stanchfield's via Pipestone
Pass, A mills; shortening on Deer
Lodge Pass route, 40 miles. This re-
duces the distance between Three Forks
and Mouth of Little Blackfoot by this
route to 120 miles. or twenty miles
shorter than route via Ten-Mile Pass
The distance from Whitehall Deer to
the Summit is 2111a miles, and from the
summit to Stanchfeld's 221a miles.
The length of maximum grade-105.6 #.
per mile-on this route is 26 miles; on
the Ten-Mile route it is 27 miles on the
eastern approach alone. At the Pipe
stone summit, however, 6O0-feet tun-
mel is required. The present survey,
however, demonstrated that the south
side of the Big and Little, Pipestones,
on which the survey was made, is not
so good a route as the north side OF
those streams, where better grade, better
roadway, and southern exposure can
be had; and the summit reached on the
maximum grade. In the survey just
made, that grade did not carry their
line to the summit. Parties conyersant
with the country inform us that another
pass north of that surveyed is shorter
and better, and that still farther north,
the Lowland--the lowest pass in the
mountains and the north
branch of North Boulder form system
of passes and approaches that will com
mand the attention of the Company
We hear it was Mr.. Burgess intention
to make an exploration of these passes
as soon as the above survey was com
plete, but the violence of the storm and
depth of snowfall has compelled a ces-
sation of all work for the winter, and
the surveying parties are ordered to
Helena, where they will probably be
disbanded for the winter.