The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-09-03
Frank Aldrich and Pike Landusky
the Lucky Boys With Coarse
Nuggets in Their Pockets.
d Stampede Already Set in Which
Promises to Swell to Large
Proportions.
n,a AIR is Full of Rumors as to the Rich
ness of the New Mines, and Reports
From Various Sources Con-
firm the Extravagant
Stories.
From SUNDAYS Daily.

From Sundays Daily.
Rpnorts reached the city yesterday
from various quarters and from reliable
sourcps of the discovery of rich placer
diocings in the Little Rocky mountains,
shont 100 miles east of this city. The
first news in reference to the matter CIV
an TO the Fort Benton public-one or
two parties had an intimation Of it a
few DAYS earlier, but were requested to
keen "mum''-was from John Schneider
and led Groesbeck, who have recently
arrived from Maiden. Their reports
we're substantially corroborated by let
TORS from Rocky Point and Maiden as
we'll as telegrams and other reports from
Fort Assinaboine.
A RIVER PRESS reporter interviewed
Messrs. Groesbeck and Schneider on the
subject, and although their tales differed
as to the amount of coarse gold flashed
in sight by the prospectors, there was
an agreement as to the excitement pre-
yailing in that, vicinity over the find,
nearly everybody foot loose having
gone, or was preparing to go, to the new
mines. Twenty-Five men left Maiden
the first day, and stampeders were en-
route to the diggings from all parts of
that country. -
THE PROSPECTORS.
Pike Landusky and Frank Aldrich,
both well known here, are the prospec-
tors who have created all this excite
ment, they having appeared at Maiden,
after but a few days stay III the noun
ains, with liberal supply of gold dust
in their possession. The amount is re-
ported all the way from ten to sixty
ounces, and even the lowest estimate
would be big amount to pan out in
few days The boys intended to keep
the matter secret, but as it was such a
rich strike each wanted to let his friends
know about it, and thus it got out.
INFORMATION FROM ANOTHER SOURCE.
One of the parties who arrived from
Fort Assinaboine yesterday cOnversed
about the matter with John Nolan, who
had just arrived at the post from the
dgglngs. Nolan says rich placers and
quartz have been found; that there
were about fifty men in the camp when
he left who were panning out SIS day
to the man. He thinks it is one of the
greatest gold discoveries in Montana.
THE LOCATION
Of the gulch, as we. learn from the gen
teman above referred to, assisted by
Denis Halpin's thorough knowledge of
the country, is at the head of Warm
Spring creek, on the north side OF the
Rockies, and towards the eastern ex-
remities of the range. The distance
from the river at Rocky Point is 25 or
SOmiles.
LETTER FROM ROCKY POINT.
The following is an extract from let
Ter received yesterday by one Of our
business firms from a party at Rocky
Point who is reliable, level-headed
gentleman. The letter bears date of the
18th inst:
There was a party passed over the
IIver n here to-day headed for the new Ei
Dorado, where, one of the party assured
me, they had placer mines that with
sluice boxes would pay S75 to 500 day
10 the man. The gulch is 1tUe miles long
and situated in the Little Rocky noun
lalns not more than 25 miles from this
place. There is a good road which to
my certain knowledge has been travelled
every few weeks for the last nine
Aohlus. ALI luCllucu " tAlHh OICiC
something in it, and if you have any
adventurous friends start them out by
Ooat to this place. These parties assured
me to-day there will be big stampede
at once from Maiden and the Judith
country. Please give this information
10 the RIVER PRESS for publication"
CONFIDENCE IN THE FIND.
Letters of the same tenor have been
received from Fort Assinaboine and
Maiden, all expressing confidence in the
uigglngs and regarding the discovery as
an important one. The same view OF
me matter is taken here. The almost
universal opinion seems to be that the
reports, while probably exaggerated, are
wen founded on facts, and that the new
ilines are likely to prove rich ones. A
party of six or seven was organized
yesterday and were to have
4, LEFT FOR THE ROCKIES
last night. Others will leave to-day and
the movement to the mines promises to
become brisk in a short time. II the
ieports already received are confirmed
~ lurther investigation, more general
SS3ampede is certain to be the result.
eiark, the Assinaboine stage driver,
! net party of three or four, with pack
lhlorses, at the Coal Banks, yesterday,
headed that way, and nearly all the
civilians at tha most have pOne or are