Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-02-11

o01i as ms peculiarities became Enux
n@s oesignated as Gold Tom BIZ WIN,
hM eseF afferward vent. came by ri
way OF Pend dOreille Lake and bx.yz
" prospect or Benetsee creex AIR
one mile west of where Pioneer ~,
0 stands. Almost unaidad i've car
silait over thirty feet deep In IL
sael@. aetr1tus along the creek. get,
lug q little gold all the way down. p
aiso washed some ON the surface >
als point during this and the follrxsu
summer. but only made about 81 so
uay, owing to the great disadyantag
uluer which he worked His xlradaas
ana 0 u little sluice boxes. hexpa faa
WIN an axe and now fast falling M,
oecay may still be seen where he WORT.
81. Alasi poor Toni The writer Lx<
S4btiL OF MIN IN 166 or 967 and offer
NoIideTs II he fell a victim to the 1rr,..
Iatul OF Occur dsAIene. Peace RSre-
ollckeen, Cassiar. White Pine psfrf,a
Yellowstone, and last. but NOT teaxr
Tie Black Hills. and. wherever y. 80
", may fortune smile upon him with
z Dfoader grin than fell to the Lot ri
any q The pioneers at Pioneer Greek
II iooo-l-z- He usually preferred to
U alone and would spend dars and
weeks among the mountains xatfs s~a
otltT companions than his hfsrsex ara
lrusty rifle, yet he was no al Al, r,sz-
ahlnroplc. In the fall of 1850 and
spring 81 1861 Anderson and rra
otuaTS prospecfed In the dry gulcfaes
putting III TO Renetsee creek and
lound what they considered good nay
Ing mines but they did LITTLE towards
WORKING them that season for two ua-
sons. FIRST, they had very few and in
perlect tools and no lumber until ts,ey
couid get 1t ~Whipsawed. and second. al
the party except the writer gent rn
Fuft Benton for the purpose OF uar-
cnasing supplies from the steamboats,
expected up the river that wear. The
enc boatt The ChippexarD that start
ed I'D vas burned near the r~afsrts, M
ELK TIEer n the summer xas fnxa
waiting for her On this boat were
William Graham of Philipsturg ard
FRANK l. Worden of Missouri. Early in
The spring OF 1862 the Stuarts. Adars<
burr q Powell began to mine. having
q lumber sawed by hand At 10 cents
9 ioeI. and picks and st0relS packed
UP from Walla Walla, as miles dis
tant, by Worden and Higgins train.
they brought their goods to Hell Gzt<.
q on q eighth day of May tfHy
SCI Lie fIrst string of sIuices ever used
montana. and began to mine bv the
Old pick and shovel process. In 1851
the Stuarts had written to- their brother
Thomas. who Was in Colorado. to cnmr
out here. as they thought this q better
and richer country than that. which
opinion. by the way. they hare seen
no reason to change. and sfiI adhere !.
% Thomas showed the letter to many .
friends OF his, and the result was that i,
Iu1k q number left there IN the Suring /.
1862 for Deer Lodge. The first Of /,
: party OF IL, arrived at Pioneer
n The twentieth Of june. and among
hem Was J. M Bozeman, who Uns =
murdered by the Indians On the Vel :
0wstone In 1867. and after whom the 9
town Of Bozeman. in Gal :
atm valley was named The marty y
ound good prospects In a branch of =
Benetsee, or Gold creek, as 1T nov 9
to be called. which branch t0ok Q
ne name OF Pixies Peak galIch. from =
ne TACT OF n discoveries being from :
1ke'S Peak. as Colorado was then gen :
rally called Other parties also began \
, straggle In from Pixies Peak and !
tah. n about the 29th of June Sam
q IL Hauser, Frank Loufhan, John
1t and W. B.. Dance arrived. being the
dvance guard OF a number who came
p ON the steamers from st LOUIS
10 VINO were ON their way to Flor
ice, In the Salmon river mines not
av1ng heard of the discOvea les at Gold
eek where, however, many OF them i
opped, and are now among our oldest
ia most respected citizens
n % it came to pass. AS you -
through Hell Gate canyon in this e
az Of 1912, seated comfortably In the =,
am which speeds through historic
eneS, you may observe, Ii you will. cr
e turbad current OF Gold creek as It ~
WIS down into the He'll Gate In the IN
ing and summer season the flow OF ~
5 historic stream is yellow with the sn
snlngs from he placer camps ADORE.
II Is true that there are yet miners
fk1ng the gravel which yielded the
81 Montana ~-colofs". In old Pho
IN Pixies Peak, in the eulch belOx
mn1li-in these first diggtngs of
'ntana, there are yet men taking out
d. Verify, -the first shall be last
When / first visited the Pioneer
glngs, there yet were standing the
Sluice boxes which had been in
LED when the first mining was done
re- Perhaps some trace of the old
kings yet remains. there was ia
EIe y plant to be seen when I Eas
&c the camp, a few years ago
lde were the beginnings but they
To greater things; there followed
modest discovery on Gold Greek.
wonderfully rich finds IN Alder.
Chance. Cedar and .Hearharx
ca yielded millions and from some
which, nuggets and dust are even
being taken It was enc of the Gin
At first things-this casual prospect Del
x BY Granville Stuart. real
was n all good however. which IS @
le with the influx of white popula- ,
after the discovery of gold Black ten
sp dwell In every fold and there h,ss
e plenty Of them ia the flock OF 80
which surged into the gold rr,ar
ing valleys and gnlches OF Mon
/ The story is familiar OF h,w the !