The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-05-17
THE "MAGINNIs COUNTRY"
Warm Springs and Maiden Mines Placer
Mines and Gold Nuggets-Rich Gold
and Silver Quartz Free Milling
Ores, ETC., Etc.

Having reached Dexter's saw mill IN our
last weeks letter, we will commence from
that MACE. A village is rapidly growing up
around the mill, called Georgetown, BY most
of the inhabitants, though some of them Cal
it Andersonville, but the latter name Is no"
annlied to the town one and half miles
above at the mouth of Alpine gulch. The
saw mill is driven by steam and can cut
10000 feet day. The logs are quite handy
to the mill, of good size and fair quality,
principally yellow pine and fir. The logs
delivered on the roll-way of the mill cost
only about Sc per thousand feet. The lumber
sells readily for $50 per thousand as fast as
il can be cut. With S24 per thousand for
saving, and sale for all the mill Can cut, MIR.
Dexter has q good en- ugh mine there with
out bothering himself with quartz lodes. Mr.
Samples has nine teams hauling lumber, and
as soon as the roads get in good condition
the mill will be run nights, when he will
take SO, 900 feet per trip to Benton, expecting
10 put ia q million feet during the season.
This. with what Allen & Olsen's mill, and
the Barker mill can furnish the town, ought
10 give Benton sufficient supply for the
present season.
Following Warm Spring up, the road oy
an easy grade reaches Maiden, about three
miles above Georgetown, passing on the way
Messrs. Brainard j. Gardners place, where
they have yard for lumber, but scarcely
lumber ward, for their source of supply be-
inc at Dexter's mill, where the demand from
Maiden is so great that they can get no stoch
ahead. Messrs. B. & G. are getting slulcs
hoxes in position to sluice their placer
ground near by.
AT AndersOnville, about one mile OeloV
Maiden, store, restaurant and three or 1ou
saloons have recently opened. AMI new build
ings are going up daily, in the expectation
that the placers up Alpine gulch will make
town here.
Coming into Maiden from the west, W
strike into the main street at right angle
its southern extremity, from which, with
ascent of about one foot in twenty, the stree
extends north 10 Mr.. Atchisons store, dis
tance of perhaps 800 feet Between thes
points the town is built up quite compact
with good buildings, largely frame, ana sev
eral of which are two stories high. w
did not see any in the Wooster" style
architecture-tbe prevailing ct, le at Barker
which is of logs, with the front proJectn
forward, always reminding Us OF quake
bonnet-bus the air of the camp remlnde
ns of a new, live railroad town, everybod
hurrying to get their buildings enclosed, n
troubling themselves about close joints I
nice workmanship.
Looking over the town and Its buslnes
we find three stores carrying "gene7
stock" Dryden 8 Berg, Dunton y Bro, al
Chas. Atchison one grocery and provisle
store, OToole & Co. two clothing mouse
James Brady and D. Goldberg two me
markets JAS Brady and judd SandDorr
two restaurants. 2. j. Gessner q 20. 81
Jos. Herring one matchmaker, Bailey; o.
hardware store. Brainard 81 Gardner; OF
book and stationery store, Levi Elsenoerg
two LAWYERS, J. w. Smith and ElgAr Edge
ton. one physician, . surveyor, o1e oiac
smith. two BARRIERS, and eight saloons.
more genial, energertic and liberal class
business men would be hard to find an.
where, and if theirs does not become pre-
perous camp II will not be the fault OF Y
business men Of Maiden.
The mines around Maiden are called 4
.Maginnis mines" by most of the newsp
pers. but it is not the correct designation,
they are distant By wagon road more tn
thirty miles, though by trail over the mou
tains It is only about four miles One ms
chant, supposing by the name, that