The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-08-13
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Correspondence Of the New Northwest.
DEER LODGE CITY.
When arrived in your city on Saturday evening,
July Gath, 1t my first visit for year and
half. do do not believe Rip Van Wrinkle, after his
long sleep in the Katskls, found his village much
more changed than i found yours. Where few
years ago wild deer might have walked leisnreiy
the whole length OF Main street without challenging
shot, found all life and activity. Old buildings
had been 40 repaired and improved that hardly
knew them. Among the new buildings the most
prominent are Bonner Il Co.'S dry goods and grocery
houses and Mr. Boomers splendid new residence, and
the new county jail building. But all over town the
streets and dwellings have been improved fences re-
paired trees and Towering plants out and the old
trees baye grown as to embower many cottages In
their foliage. With three pure, beautiful streams OF
water crossing your town plat, very little labor on
the part Of your citizens will make your village, as
have thought it to be, the oyeest OF our mountain
towns. Your tas.7 and neat clutches and school
buildings will always attract people to your town as
merely place OF residence. With these combined
attractions there lie no good why Deer lodge
should not become the New Haven of Montana.
1t is not great commercial city Or mining ceutre,
but 1t be made the most desirable for residences OF
our towns. The improvements at the penirentlary
Fenner j. VanGundy's brewery also noticeable.
On Tuesday evening again rested Mt the Warm
Springs BY the kind invitation Of DIS. Mitchell
Mussgbrod. In the morning, much refreshed, L
started to make the ,our OF Beaverhead and Madison
counties In the interest o the New NoRTH-WEsr.
On the road found hotels every few miIes--Alen
Pierse at the Hump, ]. J. Feeley at the Summit ard
H. Frowier, VIM. Forest and Chas. WunderItch a.
Divide all of whom keep excellent hotels. They are
much needed and well patronized, for there ID con-
tinuous stream of travel flom the railroad over the
Deer Lodge pass into Montana. Teams were not out
OF view on the whole route. i could not help stop
ping moment to view this most natural aud won
derfu Of all the easy passes over the great ROCKY
Mountain range Within stones throw could set
a chip adoat either towards the Atlantic or Pacific,
and could trot my horse for miles on either without
feeling or knowing that was crossing the backbone
of a great continent. / would not write this much
!ot the information of the people of Montana, but
for that of your FIVE thousand readers, many OF whom
live in the far East the far West.
DIVIDE CITY.
Iarriyed at Wunderich's on the second morning
out and found the road lined for half a mile with
freight teams coming from and going toward the
Termnus-the vanguard of the great traffic that Will
follow us here when the raiI,oad crosses the divide
into the Deer Lodge valley. Wuuderlich's repair
shops are continually crowded with wagons NEEDING
repairs and hor ses and cattle to tc shod.
W b. Gaffney young merchant Of Rochester, N
Y bought out the store and is doing ine business
| here.
At this point a fine town 10 to spring into ex
isence AZ sson as the railroad reaches it, The cite
most eligible for town-a level dry piece OF Dot ON
land mile wide and mile and half along the Big
| Hole river, surrounded By lofty aud beautiful noun
| tain scenery
| BIG HOLE RIVER.
Here the Big Hole river debOuchcs through deep
rocky canon from Deweys Flat six mile above. oTe
| q finely graded road, which was dug out OF the SIDE
of the mountain along the river by the Heicu'san ID
Dor Of the hardy prospecters and dIsoveiers oil M
camp / rode as comfortably as IL on the level te'
beach. The Big Hole river is wonderful stream te
| be fouud SO near the summit Of the mountains The
bridge It in the canon is two hundred feet long
The current is strong and swift and the water deep
II impresses you with its force and strength IL car
ries much more water than the Deer Lodge river al
your place 1t $50 miles long and is increased
by swift mountain streams at short distances Its
whole length.
Some fifty miles above the memorable Battle OF the
Big Hole, between the gallant Seventh U. s. lnfantr,
| under the brave General john Gibbon and the Me-
| Perces was fought thee years ago 1t will Away
be memorable On that account. Sons Of our fearless
volunteer citizeus lost their lves in that fight, who's
| memories should be always cherished.
DEwEY's Plat.
On my way up to this place, which is six mile
above WunderIich's, / found D. X. Parker running
| sawmir, and just above him the arastrs OF osca
Smith. This works 500 to 800 pounds per day o
silver ore. His lead is Quartz Hill and The ayerag
yield of the ore Is from 80 to 70 ounces OF silver ID
was working on ore from a new vein on Moose Creel
which run 81 ouuces in silver aud IS in gold per ton
At the entrance to Deweys Fiat Allen Hay wa
running two stamp mill BY water power, whicl
worked ore from Quartz Hill in the dVipond distric
at the rate of from two TO two and a halt tons pc
day. The average yield Is 50 ounces In silver pc
| ton.
The fine fifteen stamp min OF the Monioe Compan
was not running on account of some differences be
tween the western stockholders. earned that ne
gotations were in progress by which it would proba
bly, be again put at work, In consequence OF II
stoppage the place was dull.
LEsGATTs MILL.
This mill is owned is owned by the four Legga.
brothers and makes the life of the camp at present
Since first built II has continuously on ole from
their leads on Quartz Hill Most Of their ore come
from the Argyle Lode but they have four or Ave ohe
lodes on which they have twelve or fifteen men en-
gagged IN developing. They have been at much ex
pense and are entitled to great credit for what the
have done In this disaict. sure fortune will b
their reward.
Their five stamps crush from five to eight IONS pc
day The ore Is free and easily worked. 1t yields
an average about SIS per ton. Hon, John A., RoDer
X, and Rod, formerly of Highland, who swell know
to all Montanians, and their brother Alex, of th
great tobacco finn of Leggatt, Hudson q Butler, Q
81. Louis, own the mill and Mines
In the evening / returned to Wunderlich's and
the moi ming left for Glendale. which reached in tw
hours over a finely graded road up Canyon Greek
Distance, nine miles.
Il W. +. WHEELER,