Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-08-10
L. Ii. MALoNEY washed out a s43 nugget
from his diggins last week.

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MessRs. CRUDE & RINGER delivered the
nrst two loads of quartz from their Lone
Tree lode last Tuesday.
IHE crops upon the foot hills near the
mountains in Meagher county are much bet
ter than those on lower ground. The grain
seems to have come up quicker and grown
faster.
CHINESE company IS lydraulicking on
GrueEs bar. They get a supply of water
from Sutton Sc Marshall's Trout creek ditch.
Ihe company acknowledge they are taking
out good pay.
THERE has been good heads OF water in
the ditcheSsupplying the Cave b~ar-diesings
this season. The Hellgate and Avalanche
ditch has had a full head without turning in
the Avalanche water.
MIR. JOHN HARMON, who has been quite
Ill at st. Johns Hospital in Helena for sew
erai weeks, we are happy to learn, is now
improving. Father Lavallee, of Deer Lodge
county, is attending him.
On last Monday evening Mr.. Warren
Hedges was thrown from his horse and Sc
Verely injured. 1t is thought that the horse
kicked him in the bowels. DR.. Whitefoot,
Post Surgeon Of Camp Baker, is attending
him. We learn hat the case is serious, but
have not been able to get the particulars.
In calling attention. last week to Mrs.
Lewis advertisement "For sale cheap tor
cash." we made an error in stating that the
saddle advertised had an armed seat. It
has ITO such ~apendage. The saddle is as
good as new and can be bought Tor about
half the price of a new one. The organ has
an excellent tom and is very cheap at the
price.
AVALANCHE bids fair to be one of the best
camps in Meagher county. Dusold, Beacy
q Go. are taking out good dividends from
the upper prong OF the gulch. Houk &
Bros. have their claims opened in good
shape and say they are we'll satisfied with
the pay in them. Blackwell, Carlysle & Co.
are piping on their bar with a full head OF
water all season. The above named com
panies are the principal owners in Avalanche
aud they have a lifetime job Of g~old-dig-
ging.
CLoUD-BURsTs seeln,to be of frequent oc-
currence in our Territory this season. Mr..
LII. LEI. Barnes Informs us that, while on his
visit over the range, he witnessed the
effects of one Of these monster irrigating
balloons which occurred about two weeks
since III ~thelnoantains west of Smith river.
The flood came down a dry ravine and
swept everything before it. A great mum
Der of huge boulders and piles of driftwood
were streWn along its course for several
miles. Mr.. Len. Lewis flock Of sheep were
grazing near by at the time of the flood, but
fortunately escaped.
ANEW observation-disclosures. Nath Man
ering and CIall les Barker made a discovery
Of bar digging last week which is the most
promising Of anything that has been found
in This vicinity for. some time. The discoy-
cry is situated on the bar overlooking the
bank of the Missouri river, above Edmond
sons ferry. The bar is high and composed
of loam, sand and small gravel, and is very
easily worked with a hume. The discover
ers say they found one cent to the pan, Of
round or shot gold, which very much re-
sembles the Confederate gulch gold. They
have gone down this week o,give it a more
thorough prospecting, and if found as ex-
tensive as they anticipate, they will lose no
time i'll bringing in the water from Confed-
crate gulch, which can be done with a slight
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