The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-07-04
FROM THE cGuR p,ALENEs.
A Few Items Cleaned In q Days Travel
The sanguine Side Again.
Correspondence Neso North West.

Correspondence Nesp North West
MURRAYvILE, June 20, 1884.
From what the writer can learn, thini
this Is going to be q second Alder Gulch
There Is district OF IL or 10 miles up and
down the gulch, and in places nearly the en-
tire width Of the gulch prospects, aside from
the old channel and the many side gulche'
that are proving to be good,
The Grst gulch opened up from Eagle on
the north side Of Pritchard is
DREAM GULcH,
which I'D to date ha. yielded over $50, 900
The receipts from their last three clean-ups
was over 90 lbs. Of dust-just one weeks run
one nugget weighing 10 ozs. II pvt, and val
ued at $3.50. The next comes
MIssoULA GULCH,
owned by four French boys, from Cedar
Creek, Montana, and while their water last
ed In the spring they averaged $40 per day to
the man with rockers. Owing to lack OF wa
ter they had to defer work until they can
bring In q ditch from Fancy Gulch, dis
lance OF four miles, then you will hear from
Missoula Gulch.
DRY GULcH
comes next. Owing to lack Of water 1t Is ly'
ing idle. This guleh was owned bya man by
the name Of Freeman; one-half interest was
recently sold to Ainsworth, Hawkins Co,
bankers Of Eagle, for $4,000, and yesterday
the other interest was purchased by W. H
Stillwell and q Mr.. Porter-consideration
So, 00O-making the gulch bring $4,000
THEN COMPS BUcKsKIN,
of which very little is known of its output
as some of the ground is in litigation; but
have 1t from one of the owners Of No. that
they are getting good pay. From this gulch
came the lat oEs. from one set of timbers.
ALDER CONES NEXT,
with three sets Of sluices, running with good
results. Then comes Gold Run, opposite the
Widow Claim; in fact, empties on the
Widow Claim. Several companies are work.
ing in this gulch, and are getting some good
pay. Owing to bad bedrock the ground Is q
little spotted. The
WIDOW CLAIM
is working with good results, and several
other claims above the Widow have good
prospects-namely, the Pat Flynn, the Nc
Donald Company, the Butte Company, the
sargent In6 JOHHsbOu, tuC ci"poou,
and others too numerous to mention.
In my next / will give few Of the claims
that are working below Murrayville and
vicinity Of Eagle.
THE CAMP Is GREATLY OVERCOME.
There are saloons enough here to supply the
whole State of California; hotels and eating
houses enough to supply New York City,
and three times as many mercantile estab-
lshments rs can prosper; besides several old
reliable firms that little fish cannot compete
with. One of the great drawbacks with the
country is, too many came here to 70 into
business before the camp was opened up to
justify, and the camp is full of gamblers and
confidence men, and nothing for them to do;
lots of good miners leaving simply because
the camp is over-stocksd at present; but
when tho claims get opened up it will give
employment to lots more men. The only
thing the camp wants now is capital, and
time to develop, rs it is a hard country to
open.
Very little faith Is based on the quartz
prospects, as there has been very little devel-
opment work done yet. Wages are 81 per
day, and man board himself, or 50 and board.
Drifters get from Sc to So per day, carpen-
tiers get good wages.
Fearing / may find my way into the waste
basket with my wearisome letter, will close.
BEDROCK.