The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-10-10

There are on Powder river $1,000 head
of cattle; on Tongue river about 5000;
on Sinking Water, 10000, and about 90
600 on the north side of the Yellowstone
at the Porcupine creeks and their owners
all outfit and ship from this town. Many
cattle, thin in flesh, have been brought
from the east to these ranges this year,
and more in number of fat ones shave
been shipped to the east for beef There
are also several fine herds of sheep near
this place; altogether about 5000 head.
More cattle are shipped from Miles than
from any other town in Montana; dis
tinction, which. probably, it will always
have.
There will be no more farm products
raised on the Yellowstone than is neces-
sary for home consumption, for mich of
the soil is unfit for cultivation, but its
hills bear the finest grass in the world
and it has a climate that allows cattle to
gather their own living during the vim
ter. There is room and welcome for
ten times the amount of stock that rOams
the hills at present, for the Yellowstone
and its tributaries, after leaving the
Rocky Mountains, drain about 10000
square miles of country. Probably l5,-
600 of these are capable of being watered
and titled, but the reminder can be util-
lied, only for stock ranges.
Above the lower canyon the railroad
has also brought a wave of prosperity.
Every available bit of ground in Paradise
valley have been taken, and the beautiful
prairies are dotted with little homes.
Good crops are raised for which good
prices are received.
In Emigrant gulch there are about
forty people engaged in placer mining
and the output of gold is about $4,000
yearly. Discoveries Of gold and silver
ore are being continually made in this
gulch, as we'll as in Mill creek (six miles
further down the river.) In the spring
of 1888 many people went up to near
Gardiner river to where it was supposed
the terminus of the Park branch railroad
would BE, and built town which was
named Gardiner. Owing to a difficulty
in regard to the land on which it was
located the railroad company concluded
to stop the track about three miles lower
down and in consequence, Gardiner is at
a stand still.
Right across the Yellowstone from this
town is Bear gulch, in which a bed rock
flume for placer mining is being con-
at great expense. On the noun
tain above Bear and between that creek
and Crevice gulch, are the Crevice
Mountain mines. These lodes carry most.
ly gold ores and are very rich and extern
sive. They are being but slowly devel-
oped, for the owners are men in moderate
but when on these mines
there are placed mills and proper ma
chinery, the output of gold will ie second
to no camp in Montana.
At the Clarke's Fork mines two smell
tiers are in operation on the silver ores
and are turning out masses Of rich bull
lion and lying awaiting capital are
scores of mines, just as rich as those in
operation. \ little town has been built
near the mines, which bears the name Of
Cooke City and has 4 population of about
300 people.
At the Mammoth Hot Springs great
changes have been made. Congress in
1882 granted to a corporation several
small pieces of land, situated in different
parts of the Park, on which to build
hotels, and large force of men was
employed during the winter of l8S2-S3,
in getting out lumber and building a
hotel at the springs, part of which was
completed in time to accommodate the
tourist travel for the summer Of 1888.
In the upper geyser> basin and ut the
Yellowstone Falls the company had tent
hotels, which will probably he replaced
next season by buildings.
The amount Of tourists that went
through, the Park in 1883 was. estimating
from good authority, :6,00O and the
number will increas. yearly till this
wonderful and beautiful resort. will be-
come Americas greatest pleasure ground
and the Mecca to which all ailing will
turn for relief for the romance Of its
pathless forests; the cxhiliration givcl.
by the high altitude and pure air, retoncs
the mind and body and paints all the
world in brighter colors. Its thousands
of hot springs, each fenced in by edges of
colored filagrec work, its lake Of beauty,
it's grand geysefs and the majestic falls
and canyon. can not have Justice done
them by words, but the pictures left i'll
the memories of those who have seen
them. will stay till touched by deaths
eraser.
From 1864 to 1888, how great a con-
trast. Then, were sneaking savages and
countless herds of buffalo and elk and a
small band Of men few in numbers but
great in tenacity and purpose. Now
these are homes and towns and herds Of
cattle; and the railroad whistle has found
echoes that twenty years before, had
only responded to Indian rifles and over
all is prosperity.
1t is fact in the history of the world
that the residents of mountainous
country have the greatest love for Their
homes. Persons who have lived in Mon
tana for a few years: and WHO then g
away, either to the. rich and prosperous
east, or to the semi-tropical and beauti-
full shores of the Pacific, think that they
will never return; but soon in their
hearts comes the longing for tle grand
mountains and inspiring air cf Montana
and sooner or later they come back.
Perhaps the attraction partly lies in
the liberty of mind and speech enjoyed
for whether christian or frec-thinkers ol