The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-08-23

face; getting richer every foot as5we go
down and have cut a trench 100 feet
long across the.ledge, showing gold all
the way. Don't know how much wider j.
it will continue but think we have 81
claims, 100 acres, underlaid with IT, /
The other people have no part in this
find. They proved false to their agree. /
ment and failed to supply the party,
causing the party to break up some two3
months ago, all the men leaving me ext
cept the experienced miner, Henry Snad11
well, who shares the good luck. evenly
with me. Soon as we can get sufficient
work done to hold these six claims we
can just count our wealth up into the
| millions. No one can comprehend the
richness and extent of the gold deposit
without seeing it as it is far III excess OF
my expectations. viii give out the true
situation soon as we get some more
necessary work done to hold our six
claims in solid block. 4 can now laugh
at those who laughed at me; will write
more later on"
Hastily yours,
e. e. BALLOON.
Who is this dreamer? Has any one
seen this "loader" or does any one know
OF his rich find? Echo answers Nit.
fBetter 60 back to your wheel barrow
route sonny, and quit working that old
gag. You may be able to load the back
woodsmen Of Ohio with such reports,
but you are sure to triplup. here before
, you get 12O acres Of rich gold bearing
quartz uncovered
"Probs," the weather man is erecting
large warm sheds in anticipation OF q
, winter somewhat sout of the ordinary
: basing his forecast upon marked de-
fciency in precipitation which now
amounts to three inches below the nor
J nal. This if made up during the winter
5 means 30 inches of snow more than Wt
q are entitled to-, and Dame Nature has q
= habit of adjusting these little matters
with great regularit ty hence it is we'll Il
{. be prepared.
L, Peter Lahr who has lived with tn
j. Rlackfeet for over 80 years states tina
t when he was quite young he saw th
n country from Two Medicine north COY
s cred with snow all of four feet deep on
If level for nearly 70 days. He was, Twin
n in lodge on Iwo Medicine at the time
i and says that buffalo and other gam
~ was killed by the Indians with knive
! and arrows in the midst of their CAM
90 wnere the animals came TO browse o
r. the trees and bushes, the only availabl
. fool to be found Jack rabbits an
of coyotes alike died from starvation an
"a the cold was so intense that nearly a
n the birds including eagles and ow
m Eershed likewise
IN Windy weather is the rule now ola,
Ga -. The travel to Swift Current is IN
as nlense now Prof Fortier, Hydrogr
n phic engineer, has reported adversely
as the present water supply OF Milk rlv
as an irrigating medium =. Mesdam
er Somea, Macdonald, Britain and Dodst
ad were out on fishing excursion to G.
is Bank the fore part of the week, Tl
ly holes dug by the Great Northern gray
ut prospectors are proving to be regul
He calf traps. They should be filled up :.
to Cobell Bros have put up 100 tons OF h
le for sale u. B. Monroe is in the nou
SO, tains with preacher and his. three sor
,ut It IS needless to add that all the grizzii
ew have hit the trail for the Other side
he the range =. The LaBreche boys a
no. putting up large quantity OF hay
lie. market. The schools of the reservafi
ne win open Sept. 1st. ,.,All the cprlo
have left these parts four weeks earl
Re- than. usual. =. w. =. Hagerty has rent
lio the Browning livery stable and will c'
ro duct the business personally hefeaft
;ho Success to you Billy.
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