Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-01-25

and handling the horse, Which is very {
complete and much the same as that taught
by Rarey anti other celebrities. BY Ills ,
method the most vicious or widest horse is
stoaned without any abusive or i'll treat
ment, and without danger to the horse or
tanner. and becomes the submissive servant
OF his master. The Professor has letters OF
recommendation trou, Il number OF tie best
s~tock-growers in ,~litleren, parts ut the Ter
ritory. He will visit Whites gulell. Cave
gu!rli and Camp Baker, and il desired TO do
so. will illustrate his theory by suhtluing tIe
Widest hroncl'o that can he found. For
farther particulars, see advertisement in our
special column.
In addition 10 Il host VI letters of encour-
agemellt received from tle hardy SONS OF
toll all over MoriaAa. We are in receipt OF
many very tlattering letters from anr lady
friends. These laconic e~pistles assure Ills
that our labor is not in vain. With this
army Of co-workers scattered through every
valley i'll Montana, we feel that the time is
not far distant. Wien the RoCY MOUNTAIN
i : Will q III 1SNiy
farm hOnse-a counselor and companion tor
the evening fireside of every valley home in
the great Northwest.
Mr.. A.. KNOX, travelling agent for the
Pacific RauaJ Press, and the Mining Scientific
Press, has been writing a unlbe Of inter-
esting letters from Montana. He concludes
G,le of them with the following, respecting
Meagler county (His letter referring to
Diamond, failed to reach us).
Some eight miles from this place, (Dia-
mond City across the divide, is Elk creek.
where the diggiugs have been probably
worked for the past seven years. Messrs.
Kelly, Bull & Co. have a good claim OF lis
acres, United States patent. Having pre-
viously had a special survey. they have been
enabled to secure eight bars and four miles
of gulch. giving them a property not only OF
great present value. paying So to 81 per day
to the man, but likely to prove rcmunera-
tive the remainder OF their natural lives.
AT Whites gulch, five miles below Dia-
) mond City. Mr.. w. j. Bristol has a valua-
BILE hydraulic claim Of 1000 feet in length on
, the bar, with 25 feet in depth OF pay grave
the channel said to be 400 feet wide. i
pays SIS to the man. His gulch claim runs
| from $6 to SIS.
) The Messrs. Harrington have ground nd
5 joining of the same extent and OF like char
r acter. Hendricks & Co. have a drift claim
in the gulch with 100 feet of channel, av
( eraging S. per day to the man. Messrs
t Bennett s Lawler have struck good pay OF
E a bar 100 teet above the bed OF Johnnie.
gulcll, making into Whites, that pays $4t
to the six-foot set-tlat is, six feet front
' with four foot back and probably as man.
feet deep. In Avalanche. still lower down
f on the Missouri river, pay was first strucl
! last season. This gulch is now attracting
+ good deal Of attention, and a good time j
expected next spring.
0 In Magpie a drain has been started an
n fine prospects are believed to be ahead
d Near this gulcll, Messrs. Kotwitt. Stagner
i Co. have a fine hydraulic claim Of l2O acres
the only drawback being the high waite
e rates. The gravel is from 3 to Is feet deer
! with about five feet of dirt, tllatpays as higl
: as $40 per day to tie man.
O Next in order is Cave gulch, within a mil
I of Canyon Ferry. Six companies have bee
u at work the past season.
. The claims are located OH a bar or old rl
err channel, Judging from the bones OF til
elephant and also of the mastodon, nneartl
ed here near the bedrock.
The extent ofthe gravel is about one mi!
il i'm length, with a depth OF from 20 to 60 feet
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