Glacier County chief., 1940-01-26

nearly deserted, is again the object of
great excitement 1t is now held TO be
one of the richest gulches in the ter
ritory and claims sell very high.
Keep Cool, Ohio, Buckeye, ILLINOIS
and New Hampshire may be genefaIy
classed as small gulches. and good lar
digginS. Some OF the claims are very
rich. In all OF these placers money
can be made.
An immense amount of quartz is
found in these regions, such as tne
famous Bailey, the Hero, Eliza smith;
Homer. Dick Mason, Blucner, Phll
Sheridan, tthe lead on DeadWood, the
source of the nugget I heard OF one
with a 3O-foot crevice, over towards
Snowshoe. called the Monte Crlsto;
and as we rode past, they had struck
the Harvey, near Carpenters.
As nv mountaineer friend and I
rode home, at a Quaker's jog, We OBJ
waited a grizzly, feeding on dead
horse Being averse TO cruelty 10 AMI
mails and it being dusk. we let him go,
and he. having surveyed us with an
inquiring glance, plainly Slgnltylng:::
What the HI do you want here?
scrambled off to the mountains.
About three miles from Blackfoot
we struck a wikiup, the temporary
habitation OF Theodore Cunningham
late of the Nevada Hack persuasion:
who is building q ranch on the roao
To catch migrating Californlans and
WebfCet next year. The way they art
DISTINGUISHED and located by all old
ranchman is singular. There IS a mNE
place close to his castle, and he lays
The Cali.orniLns all ride around !.
The OrCgOrIaES ride through i. /.
rains only II months II the year oF,:
III their country and they are USED :"
a little mud.
Seeing couple OF mountain sheep
hams suspended from pos. We OK
knife" and broilei some on the CCl-S-
The cookery OF the Star reSt@u. AM -
Virginia was eXcelled by that opeE-
alton. l thought that was m@SNNiCs::.
and entirely decline 10 say now n:USl
was consumed by the party OF ,Wo.
, Just before reaching the Hotel de Gun
ningham, we were overt3ken D!
couple OF different sexes. but similar
apparel. The lady rode Tartar laSNlol1
or anti-side saddle, as you might 81! .
She had q firm and graceful setS
/ though. even here. it did look '4eeI-e
strange
Rolling myself up snuggly, | Gos
aboard divers express and started Tor
/ Helena. We had good OUTFIT ana
competent steersman, but the road was
well, I don't like strong language
Internal. Near the head OF the Lnt!e
Blackfoot the hind axle broke OIL. we
we're close to timber and, after some
trouble. we went it on three wheels ana
a snake" About halfway up the main
/ divide. the snake smashed and the
Journey was varied by the pleasing
episode of going mile and nan
for another tree. This was liked up
and we got over the divide. The driver
was a regular brick" and drove over
the summit over an ice road, and IN
the midst of a tearing gale that made
the trees tumble all around. AT last
the break bar broke, and we had TO
pack the whole freight on three AMI
mails and your special went through
his first experience as the packer OF
the Rocky mountains.
Having an eye to natural curiositieS,
discovered quartz lode on the range
and found that the country is cross
barred with them. We spent the night
at Greenhorn station. The ,guich Is
not rich and is no great credit to the
greenhorn who discovered it. On in
quiry as to the yield per man per
dav, I was monoSyllabically answered
by the word grub" July, the most
facetious of celeStials, is cook at this
place He appeared to appreciate me
the head. he appeared struck with the
shortness of my hair Chis own was
coiled up in his hat, like a sleeping
snake). He continually amused himself
with prophecies that Oliver & Co.
would leave us there.
Tumble down coach, Lena long way.
No come back. Ju Ly cook one. two,
three day" =.
The almond-eyed consumer of rats
dismissed me with his blessing when
the special vehicle arrived, GOO bye,
much gallop. hubble over, come back,
Ju Ly" I am happy to say that his
prediction was not verified, as I
reached Helena in safety, after quick
ride of two hours, passing a lot of
pack saddles at Ten Mile creek, on
which were secured sacks Of flour and
mining tools. AL in all, my trip to
Blackfoot was a pleasant one.