The river press., 1884-09-24
Further Reports from the
Richest Gold Fields of the
Past Decade.
Rocky and Peoples Greeks.
Little Alder Gulch Yielding Gold
in Liberal Quantities to Those
Who are Prepared to Work
Their Claims.
Indications that Scores of Pay Clutches
Will Be Found, and that the Little
Rockies Will Loom Up as an
Immense Mining District.

Rockies Will Loom Up as
immense Mining District.
From Wednesdays Daily.
Jas. M Weirick, JOS. Gauvreau and
III. S. Brown returned from the Little
Rockies yesterday, and give a glowing
account of the prospects OF the new gold
fields. Like nearly all others who have
gone to the mines, they took along but
limited supply provisions, and found
it necessary to return for an .'outfit," al
though the attractions in the mountains
were such as would have detained them
under other circumstances. A RIVER
PRESS representative interviewed these
gentlemen last evening, and found that
their
REPORTS FULLY AGREE
with those we have already published,
only that they have something more
recent to add in the way of new and
important discoveries.
Mr.. Weirick left Fort Benton for the
new Eldorado with the firm conviction
that he would find it a fraud, but he
comes back with altogether different
opinions, and will return to represent
his claim as soon as he can possibly do
so. He informs us that
ANOIHER GULCd
has been struck on Little Rocky creek,
four or five miles this side OF Little
Alder gulch. Weirick, Gauvreau,
Brown, Peterson, Glass, Macdonald,
Evans, Deyereaux and others from Fort
Benton have claims here and the pros
poets are most encouraging. On dis
covery
$14 WAS ROCKED OUT
one day they were there, and $3.50 up
to noon the next day. The gulch is
about five miles in extent and has been
staked to the prairie. From No. 5 below
discovery to the head Of the gulch the
diggings vary from one to five feet in
depth, while below No. 8 they grow
deeper. But here, as at Little Alder
gulch, it is believed the deep diggings
will prove the richest. They prospect
we'll from the top down. The
WATER SUPPLY
in the new gulch is about the same as in
Little Alder, some fifty inches at pres
ent Shortly before they left the camp
big prospects were found on
PEOPLES CREEK,
across the low divide, and there was
stampede in that direction OF men who
had come in too late to get claims in
the other gulches. Our informants did
not learn the nature OF the discovery on
Peoples creek, but it is the general
opinion that here will be found the
richest and most extensive diggings. In
LITTLE ALDER GULCH,
the first discovered, but two companies
were sluicing. They are doing we'll and
taking out from SIS to $25 day to the
man. Others are "rustling" to get
sluices in, but lumber is a scarce article
in that vicinity and they make progress
slowly On claim No. II, owned by the
discoveries Of the gulch,
$1O5 DOLLARS WAS TAKEN OUT
in one day by two men, a statement that
is vouched for by several parties. A
large amount of money has already
been taken out of this gulch, although
there are but two sets Of sluices in oper-
alton.
E. e. Peterson and party returned
from the mines last evening and are
fully as enthusiastic as the other gentle
men. Mr.. Peterson
DISPLAYS $1.90
in coarse gold which he got from three
pans in his claim in Little Rocky aulch.
He reports that another paying gulch,
between Little Alder and Little Rocky,
was found before his party left, and that
there was quite an excitement over it.
Indeed it seems now that most of the
gulches on either side of the mountains
are gold bearing, and that the Little
Rockies are destined to be another Black
Hills. For the first time they are being
prospected with any degree of thor
oughness, and the result is likely to be
a surprising one.
NEWS NUGGETS.
John Evans and Jeff Devereaux
stampeded to Peoples creek
w. S. Stocking and brother have lo-
Gated Nos. % and 20 below discovery in
Little Rocky gulch.
Peterson says he met great many
parties going to the diggings-in fact,
they are strung all along the load.
All the boys who came in yesterday
will at once prepare to return. Some OF
them will load mackinaws and go by
the river.
Several parties are prospecting at the
head of Beaver creek and some good
pews from that quarter will doubtless
soon be received.
The excitement over Peoples creek
was very great and good portion Of the
mountain part of that valley was staked
off four days ago. 1t may be staked to
Milk river by this time.
Tt is estimated there are about 200 men
in tha Little Rockies There have been