Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-08-28
Barnard Girl I'm Montana.

The first of the week we made trip TO
Orc Finoldistrict. 1t will pay anyone TO take
that trip and visit Champion. The ROAD
is a good mountain road the poorer por-
ton being just beyond Deer Lodge, before
you start up the hill. At this point u Is
low, crooked, and full OF rocks ana siil iil.
powders and ought to be filled p,stralgh ~
ened out and bridged. After the top OF
the first hill is reached the road is excel
4 lent for about eight miles, fairly level, but
the elevation increases until the mountains
are reached. During this stretch the views
are splendid in all directions. 10 the lett
/ and front the mountains are in close prox-
I unity: in the distant rear is grand cir
I Gle of the Rockies, while low down and
near sits Deer Lodge in holiday attirei on
to the south and right is the grand sweep
! OF Deer Lodge Valley, while beyond and
4 directly to the west we behold IN majestic
I glory. the summit of Mount Powell on
4 which, during the greater part OF the year
snow can be seen. AT this season OF the
wear, when the atmosphere is balmy and
/ the hills and valleys look fresh and green,
a person involuntarily takes off his hat IN
the presence Of such grandeur and enjoys
4 It to the fullest measure.
The stage going up does not go at the
same mace that Deer Lodge Girl did in her
( famous race, but it goes just fast enough
to allow person making the trip for Inc
1 first time to take in all the delights OF the
/ Journey As we go into the mountains
! the stage necessarily goes slowly as the
road becomes narrower and its grade steep
er while there is tendency 10 turn on
in all directions and around mountains,
finding the easiest path TO the summit OF
the divide The road is not bad however,
for a mountain road. About two or three
hours out from Deer Lodge the Lion Shait
house is reached. This is located on the
new mountain road. Then comes silver
Crown House and presently the hosting
works OF the Champion, and IN a lew mo
ments we are driving along Main street,
/ in the town OF Champion, situated directly
on the summit OF the main range of the
Rocky mountains. Champion Is an agree
able surprise, About year ago there were
only two or three houses there. Now a
berson can, while walking down street.
count from sixty to seventy buii9-
1 ings in full view, while there are Dullo-
ings in the forests and in every guleh ana
on every hill for miles around. We visit
ed some OF the mines At the champion
hosting works we were first greeted by
the Angel Gabriel, who is said TO occasion
ally blow his trumpet, Gabriel Hamin-
I SON.. Here we also met Gus Zosel, who
I looked like an angel from the other re-
+ gions, as he came fresh from the SCOT ana
I smoke OF the forge. Here we saw what
/ is called the finest engine in the camp.
\ We saw the first carload of ore brought up
/ from what is TO be the 800 II. level, ana II
was magnificent ore, The champion 10
now the monarch Of the camp. We paid a
visit 10 the American Ruby Co.'S. property
and there we met the superintendent, IL.
/ c. Hover, and his wife and both seem very
I happy At this place we have magnih-
/ cent view OF nearly the whole length OF
/ Deer Lodge Valley and directly 10 the
Y West we can take in the entire course OF
Warm Spring, Race Track and Dempsey
Z creeks MS they come winding, snake ike,
across the valley Mr.. Hoyer gave Us the
I entire "freedom OF the city, and told as 70
20 in and we went. Mr.. Wing, the
Z foreman, took Us into the mine and into
\ an the levels The Keystone Mining 60,
work on the Washington lead. Mr.. Slmp-
SON put the machinery In good working
order The shaft Ia the Silver Crown Is
down 90 e. But a day and 2 half - TOO
7 short a time 10 see all there is 90 be zen
IN ORC Elmo mining district There are
mining claims on a thousand hills and iof
miles in all directions, and their develop
ment has OF course Just begun. BY thi
government surveys shown on the maps
ii viii be seen that Champion Is on O. I'm,
exactly eleven miles from Deer lodge,aud
about ID miles as the eagle flies. some Of
the lsamsters think the distance hy road /
/ from l6 Is II miles. bot this must he onlf
when gong up with heavy loads There
are now about 500 souls in ORC Elmo dis-
trict GRACE HARDING BAIDWfN.