The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-08-19
our PHILIPsBURG LETTER.
A Jaunt Among the Lower Val
ley People.
purrIpsBuRa. August IL, 1881.

A Jaunt Among the Lower
ley People.
PHILIr'sBURG. August IL, 1881.
Again must appear before The readers "
the NEW NoRTu- WEST In the miserable role
Of an apoloeist. II is to your mining readers
that humbly and deferentially point 10 the
omission Of mining items In my letter Of TINS
date and issue. Business matters Of weight
aud portenteus moment distracting my at
ten,iou elswhere, confess no dreiiction In
my duty to you and them. The calm, consider
ate judgment Of your patrons will acknowi-
edge the possibility Of this fact, while 10
the miscreants who will unhesitatinsly ques-
ton my veracity, who are so base aud igho-
noble as to believe your correspondent capa-
BILE of falsehood, have only to say. that be-
ing full-nedged Jacksauion Democrat, It Is
lust as impossible for me 10 tell lie as 1t
was for the distinguished gentleman from
Virginia who figured SO largely In the heroic
annals of our Colonial history, to deny his
being an accessory before the fact In that
beautiful episode Of his youth, called the
Cherry Tree Yarn"
OUR MINING INDUSTRIES,
however, are not tagging behind in the march
of progress and development. The mills OF
both companies, Algonquin and Hope, are
working steadily with no perceptive dinn-
uition in their ore supply. The first named
will stop this week TO clean up, starting
again after one or two days delay. A new
and important strike was made In the Silver
| Chief last week. The ore extracted Is of the
carbonate description and very high grade;
header of tunnel in 220 feet shows the vein
| enlarging as work progresses. Among the
recent discoveries I'm the Granite near the
contact, none are more deserving Of notice
than a..... .-..
THE YOUNG AMERICA,
owned by Boucle L. Milot. A visit to this
mine last evening disclosed the fact that
these gentlemen have a most valuable prop
erty. The vein stands nearly vertical, dip
ping, If any to the south, is from three to 1--WE
feet In width and carries from nine To fifteen
inches of handsome, fiee-mlling ore, the
dump sampling 10 ounces per ton. A shaft
4, by feet has been sunk to a depth Of 81
feet directly ON the vein. From The damp
east level is Ii feet. The rock improves AS
depth is gained, showing native and ruby sill
yer in abundance. 1t would take a large
sum TO purchase the lode.
A pleasant jaunt through
FLINT AND WILLOW CREEK VALLEY
was the outcome of business venture In
J the rural districts about New Chicago. A;
the Boulder House Hennessy is making i'm
provements that the travelling public will
surely appreciate. r. Ii. Horton, at the
mouth of Henderson, keeps the postotiice aud
has his fine ranch entirely Under CIVILIZATIONS
luis crops are, If am correctly informed, the
largest to the acreage in the valley of Flint
Creek.
| SLIGHTLY DISGUSTED.
Leaving the highway below his house
struck across the country into Upper vii.
r low Creek. Such a labyrinth Of lanes ant
cattle trails never before encountered in al
my travels Oh the frontier. | defy amy liv
lug man not naturally conversant with the
topography Of that section of the country, Il
find Willow by going oyer the route wa
indiserect enough To take. just fell ore'
into it, as IL were, getting into the settlement
!, 1 let down pair Ut bars every ten feet will
! an occasional gate between, finally winding
up at the ranch of Patrick Dooley, Esq, TIL
most genial and hospitable lrishman tina
ever lived, where, over copious libations o
! Van Gundy's beer, discussed the road bus
iness with degree of profanity and entlius
,, iasm mixed, which my host had to acknowl
: edge he had never heard equaled. He al
:. milted the necessity OF highway, but as !
I would interfere with the traditions of III,
settlement, lie thought il question for flu
/ ture discussion for, observed he, with grea
: dignity, Mcdonald, Fahey and myself, will
: Mike Dooley, own about the only ranches
road could be- made through in the valley
, A bevy of handsome children the picture q
| health, drew from the estiniable lady of TIL
house the remark, that sickness was almos
unknown among them. Declining u warn
i invitation 10 supper, something | sincerel.
e regretted, left this comfortable farm hous
\ aud happy inmates behind, aud rs rode b,
the well fenced corr ais filled with horses all,
/ cattle, | felt toward this stock king all tn
Y resentment of communist, being who,
!. am free to confess, should De universally de
tested.
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