Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-01-07
THE NEW ELDORADO
Ihe Big Horn Region and
Contiguous Country.


The Big Horn Region and
Contiguous Country.
WOnderland-A A Fine De
scripti0n Of the Mud
Volcanoes.
The Chicago papers Of December 20tl
report at some length the second lectur,
delivered IN Farewell Hail, in that city
by Judge H. N. Mcguire of Bozeman
The following le y brief abstract Of lht
lecture, as we find it in the Inter-O Ocean
of the Goth ult:
"The Big Horn Mountains arc ~aurifer.
Gus and argentifeIous throughout. Tha
this is true may reasonably be conjecturee
from the factsl have given you. Is i
probable that the miners of Montana
whose time. working for wages, is worth
from 81 to Sc per day in gold diggines
would, year after year. force their way
into those mountains at the risk of theil
lives, and finally establish perlnancn,
fort there, if they did not knew the coun
try to be rich ia the precious metals
They know what they are about. Though
the placers of the Black Hills may no,
meet expectations, there are ce, ,tainly on
the borders fabulously rich gold and
silver regions. l have no other object IL
giving publicity to these facts than 10 be
the means Of directing mechanics and lu
boring men and all who have been unfor..
tunate in business, to more promising
fields Of effort than can be found this
side of the Missouri river.
Labor, In every channel, is now, and
always has been. more literally remuner
ated in those mountain districts than else
where. The laboring man there, if prov
ident and indus:Iious. is sbsolutc'y indie
pendent. for the natural wealth is his
by light OF occupancy. and Its develop
ment yields lin a remuneration 60 gen
erous that he can sfford to allow him pro
portionate profits 10 all with whom h,
does busfness-so all prosper alike. Ny
advice to all who are dissatisfied with
their present material surr0undings-es'
pecia;ly 10 M chanics and laboring men
Iis TO emigrate thithsr. There will be M
|.iangcr of y surplus of labor for years t
come. Millions of acres OF the fines
farming and grazing lands sye ljing uf,
claimed, and the mineral wealth is scarce
ly scratched. Nature seems to have 50
distributed her bOunties as to secure an
equilibrium between the various indus
trial interests. Increase of the mining
population will enlarge the demand for
agricultural products, while trading an
manufacturing enterprises must advance
and thrive correspondingly. l believe
those undeveloped regions to be capable
of healthily suetainlng population Of .
million.
" A word in regard to the prospective
importance TO Chicago of these new min
ing, farming and stock regions. l be-
|lieve il has never been appreciated by the
business men Of this great city. It is es
|flmated that Montana's lmportations last
year amounted to SO, ,OOO. .00O-one half OF
which business was transacted cn thu
Pacific coast; an article in the San Fran
cisco Chronicle claims that all this trade
belongs to California. Now. am aware
that O.OOO. 600 is an Insignificant item
in the grand total Of Chicago's annual
commercial transactions. But lei the
consuming population of those regions b.
increased ten f0ld-as it will be in tie
near future-and it will give you an an
nual trade OF eiOO. .000, ,O00-a prize no
commercial city in the world could A.
ford TO treat az Insignificant. This i'm.
mense business. men OF Chicago you may
secure snd hold forever. The natural
laws Of commercial intercourse und0ubt-
edly give it to you. The opening Of the
Yellowstone to navigation next spring
will bring ito you your richest and most
promising tributary Territory.
III his description of the natural novel
ties of the National Park, Judge Ma
guire Introduced = number of fine views
some for the first time. They were
of nature, illuminated and
magnified. He gave tho following de-
scription Of mud volcano:
About two hundred yards east Of the
Devils Den is an immense mud volcano
Its crater is sixty ieet across. stood Qnl
it's ugly brim just before an eruption.
The black sulphurous mud surged tnl
great waves from one side Of the crater to
the other, returning. seemingly by
when they would again
surge over in greater volume and VIC
lence. the muddy mass rising higher and
higher with each CONFUSION When the
crater was nearly nlltd l hastily retreat |
Cd. rumbling thundcrs shaking the earth
beneath my retreating. Having gone
nearly to the DEVILS Den, l saw . huge|
black colump Of mud-all of forty feet inl
as>he base-rising from the cra-l
Ter ninety or one hundred feet high. whenI
it branches into I'll directions, covering aI
radiue Of fmmense extent with the nsus |
eating sediment"
Mr.. Moody. the evangelist. Tor menyl
vears labored In behalf OF . missio6 ini