Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-10-19


| Fort Beutor-s5out one hundred miles
and are o. The south side Of the Missouri
/ River, setting back about eighteen miles
/ frcu ,hs; stream. The gulch in which
gold has been discovered is about five miles
long. hiss dense growth of timber running
| throughout from one end to the other, and
Is "a easy one to work providing plenty OF
water can De had Unfortunately this Is
/ rot the case in The
! Little Rocky Mountains
or rather n this particular gulcn where
! gold has been recently foand- Whatever
signs Ct the precious metal have been dis
covered are al of placer origin No quartz
cas- vet been seen. simply little dust and =
! few c1E.c,s which were taken out by ;ae
pioneers. and which have served TO SCI II
motion the usual stampede which always
soi.evs discovery Of the present kind.
Ifthe new mines turn out 10 o. 7AllaNe
ne Little Rockies VIII De purely piaeer
camp, Cor al OF the deposits appear to De
Of that character The rush IS based on
lie discoveries Of two well known prospec-
tors and Miners named LsaiuSky and AID
-ich. Eno CANNED TO have struck It rich on
T I1ue 18Th asst in Discovery GuIch, a. well
/ - uroa TIE report Of committee OF eH-
GERS sen, - tie citizens OF Fort Benton to
examine The mines carefully and make re
Iaole reUor. o; their wocrh. The committee
arrived on the ground early in September
and. after going carefully over
Every Foot OF the Gulch
7 ,2I examining it thoroughly, as ouly eX-
I oerts can. sent the the following telegram
/ IN September back 20 Fort Benton
Nine, are .ooL Fro1l three o eight :eas 9, ed
0cx on discovery. Eleyan dollar, ,iIy n1 digging
u l,sv- discovery. In pLt 'T"r'E tzeJ " ar
3 .,ur in three dlys. same ckclm : PInn~t OFT IN
. a>.P,S
/ The alo.e ~as :; fcieut 10 set chtHgs NOV
/ .sg. ami in less than tE-uty-t0av hoScs
/ A.terthe -eceir. OF the above telegram at
! Fort Beut0a oger Dozen 5oa;, coC:sinlag
! nearly hundred -od hunters were 7OAung
7 Town Il cv-ren. OF the mgdiy Missouri;
1ound for Rock Point and the new gold
ields.
! From he South the West. the East and
( the North great crowds came pouring n at.
! night and by dav and the large military
post OF Fort Assiuaboine, only seveuty-ave
miles distance. lost nearly all Of It's Civilian
! employees aud great number OF its soldiers
the latter by desertionl within a day or
Two after the news reached there. For a
lime there was some talk OF removing the
-resspassers on the reservation ~ force, out
as there we're len mer in the mines for
every blue coat at Fort AssiHa5oine the
commanding officer thought it better to
make haste SLOWLY and telegraph TO depart
neut headquarters for orders. which ne DID
The orders came, but there was nothing IN
them so
The >tampeder>
remain where thew are and continue to
mine for gold on forbidden ground in spite
Of observation laws. military and every
thing else
Frank Aldr;ch who claims TO oe one Of
the discoverers says be STUMBLED upo1
Louis Movers or Dutch Louie-at one tine
reported hanged oy vigilauts-tar up IL
this particular yulch rocking for gold. But
let him tell MS story IN his own words. /
struck il. ne saws. on the 18th Of June.
As happened 20 5e following an old trail
through he Little Rockies | found myself
il Discovery Gulcd and. mgC1 70 my sur
prise cane upon Dutch Louie, VINO had
found plenty OF colors and who was follow
inn 10 numerous indications We p6-
posed TO cross-cut the gulch together, and
did 80. We found two channels with big
prospects. and all AZ ouce struck bedrock
and got as high as g. 81 TO the pan first
trail. After doing a good deal Of work and
SATISFYING ourselves THAT We had big pay
digyings our grub pile got low. and so |
started OF m1lebacI 70 Fort Assina one
for new supply. had been absent Just
two weeks aui TWO DAYS and during that
.:rra Louie hal rocked ont eight ounces Of
rolE tOos this money and went >oI'h
10 Maiden tor rn1rr supplies anu ,Emler !
erGasvorsd 70 Keep the matter n secret, but
OF ii<p, sir- nf he dust the "a got oat.
and f..v men whose curiosity WAS excited,
;raied ne frpu Maiden back 70 the gllch.
This Vas The Ueginniug Of the stampede.
secrecy Vas over.
- A. c-ganrled i district adopted laws
ana s.sc,s,! judge Discovery claim WAS
. e, auar. ior u.r<el. and Meyers located a
claim which was three hundred feet from
rim 10 nm. We then commenced wocs N
earnest nv company opeuing No. II,
above Discovery. which paid from the start
$40 dav 20 the men Boo Main and
Charley Smith were preparing 70 stuIce on
No - ABOVE discovery, WHEN lett and
saw them take out so one tay with a crude
wooden rocker. Our conPany mas $3.50 IN
gold HOW on hand. and am certain from
peetr7 thorough prospecting that every
claim in the gulch about ;our miles IN ex-
;erc-xiu nav we'll Mr. Aldrich brought
out with him a. a sample Of Little Rocky
. pcst ABOUT IN ounce and a half Of gold
which WAS pretty sight 70 look al
AItrich saws thai he found near the
mouth OF the gulch pit, loo by 80 feet,
thar had evidently been sluiced ont years
, AGO. and he Is OF the opinion. cOucurred IN
~ nauv others IN the gulch. that II was
I tia, Chris HeveS struck il IN 1864. TO
which plsce be was on his wav when killed
the following wear Chris keyes was vet
erau prospector and
Gold Hunter.
who LEFT Fort Benton in the spring o. ISL
on = prospecting tour and who was never
again seen alive after MS departure on his
Inflated Journey. He certainly got as TAR
as Rocky Point. and even up into Whist Is
now known as Discovery Gulch, for. soon
after he LETT Fort Benton friendly Pigeon
Indian came into the latter place with 1T
he writing scratched on piece OF torn
paper addressed TO Mr.. John LepIey, the
present cattle King Of the Big Sag. The
Tritirr WAS IS follows Drop everything
and come on Have four sluice-6oxes run
ming with big eIean-ups. You don't want
auy horse or money; We can get all the lat
ter that we can carry. Come quick,
/ This was enough TO make the blood boil in
The veins Of am gold-huuter, and Mr.,
Lepley actually made arrangements to leave
for the spot the next day. That same night
another friendly Pigeon came into Fort
Benton and reported the whole country BE-
low TO be sSSruiug wlIh the hostile b'ooos
and BIaekfees: that the white gold hunter
IL Lo..<NfaaS a.d scalued his wooden