The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-08-27
/" ARTIST" ABROAD.
Graphic Pencil Sketches OF
Mop'ana.
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town OF Edgerton. go named In honor of the hist
Goyeiuor of Montana. Ia this valley found the
c,ops further advanced than had seen elsewhere.
New potatoes and green peas were the tables and
grain was generally headed ont The Ray fields were
enItyeped by III rattle OF the mowers and the horse
rakes with their spider-like fingers were cathefug
the hay into rows al the valley. Like all the rest
OF Montana, this valley has settled rapidly and Inn
proved wonderiull, In The part three years.
AT Edserton Kirkpatrick Bros. keep mat store
and the postoffice. They supply the surrounding
country with general merchandise.
mile below town Ia the fine ranch CT Thomas
Read, who 10 esgaged In butter making. BE packs
his butter for winter by making IL into rols and
keeps 1t under brine in barrels. He has good deal
on hand now He makes two tons or more during
the SESSION.
A mile above town is the ranch Of Poinderter d
Orr. who are among the greatest stock-iaisers IN
Montana. At the present time they hare on he
rsnye 5000 head Of CATTLE co bead Of horses and
come 5000 head of sheep They are diminishing
their nock and win devote themselves TO lorses I'd
cattle exclusively hereafter, They are raising Nor
nan horses and their crosses and have some very fne
animals This fall they intend 10 drive somc SEQ
head OF steers down the Yellowstone, wiater them
there and next year drive them east for market
Their winner range extefhs some 25 or 90 miles up
Black Tail Deer Greek aud their rare is very
| extensiye--to the very bead OF Red Rock Geek.
At WATSON sim Estes has qrite large store for the
| surrounding country aud keeps general assortment
| of dry goods cothisg and groceries he aso keeps
neat saloon and large stable Tor the beudt Of the
Travellers and handles he wool raised in the valley.
f,e has rerted his holsl 10 Ed Marrow whom FL old
Moutsuans will ren,emser connected With the sIa-
| cling of cmer a Salisbury. / STAYED with him one
pjght and found bis table most attractive aud his
beds of the ncaLesi, Here also found j. W Brown
| ell of Woodland, Yolo comfy, California hom
which place he IL driving seven tuonsand hea" OF
Sheep which will arrive about the 1st OF octob and
will he for sale Three hundred American MeriHo
backs and the Jock consists OF pnre Merfnos and
many ere of their grades. mention this for the
| beueft OF our people who wish to know where they
| can purchase sheep this fall.
At4p. IN. started for Ba1aack and arrived there
| at D. m. found the town'dull for the reason that
the mines and mills are all bonded until octsber 3ist
and work is stopped. There are thr-e hve-samp and
one six-stamp mill here, which, IL combined into one
4 mill could be worked at good profit The gold ores
already worked AVERAGED SIS PER ton. There are also
seven large leads carving from five to 6Gty ieet veins
which win average IS per ton.
| Col. d, Z. Bdeli, has bonded three mines on Elk
horn for $50 900 and Is pdtting 40 h.s-cas ma:hu
/ cry to develop hem. His mill is six stsnps The
average sssay value Of the 10 eco to s6 per ton.
Placer mining 10 carried on by the old Bannacs
Ditch Company and 10 paving toleraby we'll The
mines ss worked win last 20 years.
On Horse Prairie q Chinese Company has leased
the placers of Yeariau Bros. and give work to 100
men They produce about 1000 annually.
The Bloc Wing quartz d arict, taree miles from
| Bannack. has a dozen good silver leads There are
no mills for working the ore. The orc Is Of 5ather
high grade and tina, shipped has net paid profit.
mill wonid paw here.
The disroverer of the placer mines was James
White, who impaired the Information to Col McLane,
1he frat Delegate OF Montana TO Congress- Dr. X. d.
Lesvitt nuw OF GIendsis: Hon. W. stapleton, of
Butte, and Jame- Hardy. who stir lives in B,nnack
and who first settled at the place and began mining
there. ... .
Bannack was The drst Capts' Of our Territory
There the nrst Legislature met and enacted the first
Laws for Montana, copying the statutes OF Idaho, IN
| which it was situated before Montana was erected
into Territory Here Edgerton presided as Terri
toria Judge and when Montana was created becam'
Ito nrss Governor. The old citizens who first settet
here st retain a warm affection for the place. will
the advent of the u. d ". u. r.. which runs nearly
the whole length OF the county from south TO north
captal win develop the mines Of Bsaverhcad and Ban
mack III be restored to the pristine gors OF her gold
en- age.
During my short stay In Bannaek. I did not have
time to make an examination Of the large bodies o.
gold quartz 10 be found IN sight Ia The mines Of Ban
nack-Maryville District. These mines have for the
past II years produced large amount Of gold aggre
rating at fair estimate s2,o000Oo Thess
mines are not worked ont, for taey contain, to-day
large veins Of quartz open for inspection. Most oil
this Quartz Is Of low grade from $5 to a. per ton
What 10 very much needed In the district TO probably
handle these immense beds OF yaarty s the constrnc-
ton Of tramways and the erection OF large mill TO
crashing the rocr The mia in use In tn. district
are all Small STAMP mills. with large milling ca
par,ty aud tbs facilities for moving the quartz 'ntc
mill hundreds o; thousands Of delhrs could be made
ont Of this quartz The principal mines are owned BY
. | Phil Shenon. Trask q Graves, John Carharh ant
Gus Grseter. TIE prominent gold lodes IN this dis
rict are the famous Dacota, noted for the amount
cold taken ont and the Excelsior, which has yiede
thousands OF tons of good milling ore. Al present
| sberc are large bodies Of ore developed In the st
Paul, Pennsylvania. Bee hive, Bannack, Wadams
French. Excelsior, Wapclio, Dacota aud Madenoi-
: cell lodes. Enough to keep 4O-stsmp mill pound
r ing for years.
The business men who have remained In Bannaci
appear to be thriving. Hon. Christian Mead Is tn
lawyer of the place. @ w Dart crrir' on the hard
, | ware, stove and tin business. Task b Son keep
fine line OF general merchandise, also do Dempsey
& Co James Hardy stjlI keeps his brewery AM
makes good beer lie also keeps large stock o
liquors and cigars.
y Beside mining, stock raising Is qnite business 4
the vicinity OF Banaack The principal sheep raiser
are j. Rourke, who has 900 head Of Cot swolds
1 a m haaI lam
900 and VIM Joaes 1.s50, making l1,000
Passing down Horse Prarie creek toward the Tel
minus stopped al the extensive ranch o. N. Barrett
who Represented his coruty IN our last Legislature
He raises CATTLE horses and sheep and makes larg
| quantity of butter, which finds a ready markcs.
: Next below are the fue ranches Of q. NJ. Brow
i and j. j. Sperry, who largely engaged In butte
: making. From here weat to Shineber2ers, wher
remaiped over night a I'd woke In tine morning I
find the track layer of the Utah Northern ha
passed with their construction train two miles beo
Y toward the Deaverhead Canyon through which tn
II aiding u nearly compile cd From here rode up
| the Terminus. an acco III al which place have
ready sent you.
y Concerning Wade Hampton.
wBFELlNa. W. W, Ang "a. The IL
tetiigenser II Tomorrow val cint1in tn
following 1..espondeuce
WHEELING. Aug "a.
. To Edior Valley H:rgia,an, sta.nto'
: Virginia
: The Democratic paper here cha rges tb'
> you are a carpet-basger 10 Virginia an
!. that your report Of Hamptou's speech is
: base forgery. Please give Us facts 10 shaE
OF short dispatch. (6igned)
: Editor. Daily Intslligsncer.
RESPONSE.
!. The Tsginian OF Thursday next vi
4. contain aehdavlts from Democrats as to Il
NJ CON eclness Of It's report Of Gen. Hampton
ar speech. one OF the signsrs being the edit
OF the Vindicator, the Democratic pap
which repo. ted the speech. Another sign
win be the geotleman Who repo led u
l-~L rn..s. NJ W Un.Id .h;oh rapo