Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-10-06

did seem TO get our legs under table
and sit ON a chair. We enjoyed It ex-
ceeiingIy; the house was as neat IS
wax
The horses were given their f1rst oats
since they left Gardiner Returning
to Ennis, provisions were purchased
when they pushed en- to Meadow creek,
eight miles, where they found two
hotels, then went on two miles and
.'came TO 8 beautiful spring Of cold
water. Here we pitched tent and got q
rather late supper"
A man from Cambridge, Mass, was
engaged IN placer mining near the
spring. HE says every shovelful Of
earth there contains gold. He, With one
Of his men. came up 30 the tent while
we were eating flaptacks with goose
berry sauce and had long talk.
at Meadow creek we passed / 400
head Of cattle which had started from
Oregon last April and were going to-
Billings, or vicinity: it viii take them
another month TO get there"
Adr. Wiley got up at five o'clock that
morning and walked out a short dig
tance and shot a c0ttontan rabbit for
breakfast. Left camp at eleven and
drove By Sulphur Warm Springs and on
TO Red Bluff where gold mining Is car
ried on. Stopped and saw the stamp
min, went into 8 drift In the mountain
to see where they were getting the gold
rock, got a few specimens and pushed
on to the big bridge over the Madison
II miles from the last camp, passed
on TO this place, ~ miles In all. We are
now % miles from Bozeman and we
think this is our last night in camp"
They had passed through q beautiful
canyon while travelling along the side
Of the Madison river. 1T has rocky,
precipitious sides and Is study for q
painter. In the middle Of it we stopped
for lunch and had an exquisite bath
in the Madison"
An observation il made here IN the
diary which has intrigued many q tray
eler since. Just after we passed Hem
RVS lake, Mr.. Wiley observes, ION the
divide, we came to place where about
mile apart were streams, one Of
which would have carried US to the Gulf
of Mexico, while the other would have
carried us TO Vaucouyer's island"
The round trip from Bozeman into
the Yellowstone National park was
about completed. 1t had been a hard
and sometimes hazardous journey I'M
der the most primitive conditions.
Bozeman, N. P. hotel" writes Mr..
Wiley under date Of July ~. I'VE ar
rived here yesterday all In good shape
-26 days In camp We got In Just be-
fore dark, washed up, got supper at
q restaurant and soon went to bed
I'VE enjoyed the supper and the bed
camping is good, and it is good TO
come back to civilization. Horses are
resting and eating"
The diary closes. Subsequently Mr..
Wiley, the elder returned to his bus
mess IN Detroit. Howard, the son, re-
turned to Billings where he was em-
ployed In q financial institution, NOV
ing little later TO Miles City to be-
come associated with the First National
bank, remaining with that institution
for 80 years when he went to Los An
geles, Calf, to spend the sunset years
Of his life. His father, following the /
park trip and remaining in Detroit for
q number Of years, came to Miles City
and with his son was interested Ia the |
sheep raising business. The elder Mr..
Wiley aided in the formation Of the |
Custer County Wool Growers assoela-
ton, and was president of that organ
ization in 1900. He became an author
ity In the sheep raising industry, and |
Is quoted at some length in the Sand |
er's History OF Montana on that sub
ject. He died about % years ago.
An excerpt is taken from one of his |
articles, IN which he refers to the life
Of a sheepherder. After all. the life I
of the herder is q peaceful one, far from
the madding crowd, free to great de-
gree from the petty strivings, the cease
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