The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-09-03
From Tuesdays Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily. ss..@-.s44
From Il. p Davis and others who ar
rived from Fort Assinaboine yesterday
we learn that the excitement at the post
over the new gold discoveries in the
Little Rocky Mountains is intense.
Many Of the civilians in the employ Of
the government have quit and gone to
the diggings, while others are getting
ready to 60. The military, too, have
taken cogniZance Of the matter and a
small detachment was sent out last week
to report in reference to the invasion"
of the reservation. 1t is expected that
force will be sent out this week to es-
cort the stampeders off of the reserva-
ton, but it is not likely to prove very
effective effort. IF the diggings are
half as rich as reported it will not be
long until there are ten men there for
every blue-coat at Fort Assinaboine.
DUTCH LOUIE,
reported at one time to have been dis
patched by the vigilantes, is the original
dscoverer of the mines. He was in the
gulch but few days when Frank Al
drich came along and joined him. They
prospected short time with satisfactory
results, when getting short of grub,
Iduk loiU lOI OlU ASSlHdUOluC W SOO @
supply. During his absence, two weeks
and two days, Louie panned out
ONE HUNDRED AND FoRTY-NINE DOL
LARS,
and had the dust to show for it. This
money, or portion of it, he gave to
Frank to go to Maiden and redeem his
(Louie's) horses, which were ''in soak"
there. Frank endeavored to pay out
the dust without arousing suspicion, but
was not successful in this, and was fol-
lowed ON his return by thirty men,
which was the beginning of the stam-
pede John Nolan, of Fort Assinaboine,
was among the first in the gulch. There
were but five men there when he first
arrived, but soon afterwards, on Frank
Aldrich's return, the number sWelled
to fifty. Being without tools or sup
plies, Nolan left for Assinaboine to Sc
cure them, arriving there last Wednes-
day. He gives a glowing account Of
the diggings.
TEN CLAIMS
were located when he left, and they are
the best he has seen in the territory, ex-
cepting only Confederate gulch. Bob
Main and Charley Smith and Dutch
Louie and Frank Aldrich were sluicing
when Nolan left the camp, taking out
500 day to the man. A miners meet
ing was neld about the first thing and
the laws of the district adopted. A
claim of 600 feet was given to the dis
coverer, while the others drove their
stakes above and below discovery"
as they willed.
TO INVESTIGATE.
AS it is difficult to obtain reliable in
formation in regard to the mines, Denis
Halpin and Perry Aspling were outfit
ted yesterday and sent to Riches to
make report as soon as possible. They
are instructed to report the exact state
of affairs, and as both are experienced
miners and reliable men, whatever in
formation they send back may be de-
pended upon. They will be heard from
in four or five days.
Lieut.. Cummings says, II told you
so.n
Mike Healy and Tim Sheehan, of Fort
Assinaboine, are in the diggings.
The Assinaboine coach yesterday
morning was loaded down with miners
tools.
J.sM. Arnoux, Tom Haley and anoth-
er man found gold in the Little Rockies
in 1866.
Several of the boys have got the stam
pede fever and are preparing for the
journey.
III. J. Wackerlin & Co. are doing a
rushing business in the line of miners
supplies.