The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-11-07
MONTANA CHRONICLED.

Hon. Martin Maginnis is back from
Portland.
Robert H. Allen of. Butte died on
Sunday last.
| That the dancing population of Miles
City, will give grand blowout in few
days!
M NJ Russell, Of the firm of Russell
4 Douglas, starts OH trip down the line
tomorrow with thousand head of
sheep, which he will sell in the Dakota
towns on the line of the Northern Pa
cific.-Miles City Press. .
In sinking shaft on the Minnesota
lode last week, Brainerd, Gardner 4 Co.,
broke through into a cave or rather nat
ural shaft. nearly vertical. which the
workmen have explSred to depth of
nearly l56 feet The air in the shaft is
nearly pure, and there is strongdraught
coming from the bottom, showing that
there must be communication with the
outside world at some other point, per
haps at long distance. They are trim
ming the sides with the view OF running
a cross-cut at a considerable depth. prob
ably 200 feet.-Mineral Agus.
when are you going back to the
C9ur d'Alenes," asked an Inter Mountmn
truth seeker last night of Barney Rouda.
bush. "Jlst as soon as l can get my
coffee. bacon, and flour packed" was the
reply. THAT'S good enough country
for me and I'm going to winter there.
Tom Argyle, myself, and five others have
organized a partnership, and we shall do
our own work and save expense"
Would YOU object to giving a brief de-
scription Of the country?" 81 don't
know very mitch about it vet. 1t is so
densely timbered that it is hard to travel
in. A long time will elapse beioretit will
be fully prospected. But there is one
gulch which undoubtedly contains gold
in paying quantities for length of
twelve or fourteen miles ....very foot Of
it is taken up. Each claim contains
twenty acres. Bedrock in the bottom of
the gulch has not yet been struck, though
we are rrnning drain ;pr it. The gold
so far discovered comes from the rim
rock. Some of the ground pans from 81
to S. per pan, but of course it does not
abound everywhere, though only small
sections of ground at different places have
been prospected. From results so far
achieved it is quite evident that what
ground has been worked is far richer
than the Alder gulch diggings in '62; '63
and '64, which averaged only FIVE cents
to the pan. I was there during the flush
times. Of course a comparison between
old Alder and Prichard gulches is yet
premature, but l am confident that if
bedrock in the latter is found to be as
rich as rim-rock indications render toler-
ably certain, then ol Alder will have to
look out for her Iaurels. / don't say this
to incite stampede, and my advice to
my friends is to- stay at home until
spring, unless they can 60 fully equipped
for a long, hard siege with bad weather.
l am giving my opinion only. There are
now about 100 men in the gulch and they
are scattered aloig for distance of ten
or twelvel miles. Two towns have been
started named Eagle City and Lansing
and petition is now in circulation for
post-otiice." "What about the quality of
the sold?' st is good. 1t assays about
SIS per ounce. The biggest nugget yet
found was worth little over six dollars.
Most of the men there now are working
with the pan. Some are making big
some only stand-of, and some
nothing. Most Of them are too poor to
get lumber there for sluice-bo and a |
man having few hundred dollars could |
probably buy some good ground now. 1t
is no good place for poor man. think
there may be a wl,irlwind of excitement
there next spring, though may be mis-
taxed, and bedrock may 90 back on us.
HAS any quartz been struck there?"
"Yes. A few ledyes have been taken up
which look we'll, but there is so much
timber on the hillsides that prospecting
is very diffiult, and besides the snowfall
is heavier in that country than here. Its
Il II, q
As time rolls onward the subject of
artesian well boring in Caster county, is
gaining a strong hold in becoming the
leading topic among our business men.
The enterprise, although, in its infancy
deserves the strongest support from all
those who can give the company lift.
Tie boring Of these VOLS, is laying a
solid foundation for us to soon be ranked
as the richest grazing and agricultural
district in the west. The country north
of Miles City is almost wholly unoccu-
pied. on account of the scarcity of water.
By an investment Of eight or ten thous-
and dollars in artesian well boring on
the north side, range could l'e supplied
with water. sufficient to Craze 81, 900 head
Of cattle thereon Surely we are almost
living in Il land that is flowing with milk
and honey, and many.of lis will no doubt
live to see the day when Miles City will
rival st. Paul in population, and double
discount her in health, wealth and
beauty-Miles City Press.
1t is understood that the young ladies
of Washington were very much averse to
the recent perilous trip OF President
Arthur to the Yellowstone, and afraid
that the dear administrative dude would
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