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jilaito Pouutaitutr.
H A T l li D A Y 3IOJ S I X G, JAN. 21, lS6.
LliTTEIl KR2,1'ju"jf u!,VDt',fi ,?nK
Si:sAsvu.L,GrBlCo., O'g'ti.Jan. 0, 18GG.
liOITOll MOUNTAINEER It (ll)l'B llOt
roccBBniily follow ll.at, because yi u
l.sivo no corrcFpomJcnt nt lliis yitacc,
thero is no such town in tlio J5lno
(now while) Mountains of Oregon.
J)ut, us most of your readers are ro
cuined not to lo as familiar with its
l.tcuiion, iiutortttiBP, reaottrcep,
us tlio wiiter, 1 vcnturo to note a few
heim, connected with its history, Jiusl,
resent and ftjtnro. lt futuro history,
if of any importance, of courso de
,ends upon what is beneath tlio fui
lace of tho ground, and as that is cov.
trod with about threo fo.et of snow,
j.erhnp it, will bo as well to attend to
huch speculations in a Intitro letter. It
Uion with 'us past and present that
' ivo have to do.
IMANV1U.B AND PUmtOUNDINOS THK
MIS ICS, AND VttOl'KOr.i'.
Tho town is located on lilt Creek,
at- its junction with the Middle Fork
John Day llivor, and contains about
roniyfU'O hou-os all occupioJ, and
out an equal number in tlio vicinity,
i E.U Creek, up a.id down, the river,
Ll on D.-en Cicck. Thero are some
(elvo or fifteen families here, in all
Somo little prospecting was done
n Klk Crock, and gold discovered in
ho fall of 18G4. bat too late in the
fcasou t ) work the placors thon loun 1,
jr to know much in royird to their
'.icliness or extent: and ll was not
Intil Juno last that prospects were
truck in tho river. These prospects
iovcvcr, were so flattering, as to pro
uco quito an excitement, which cx
Dnded as far as liuiso Bat in, and many
om that remote field fluked hither
try. their luck in these new mines,
i extent, theso placers have not met
0 expectations of tho public, though
lubiloBS, other discovorios will 'bo
ido as rich as thoso already mide.
lo great depth to the bed-rock in all
creeks, gulches and ravines hero
ders pro peeling tedious and labor
si ko much so that one Reason will
A IIKAI.TUY STATE OF StClETV CHUlfT-
MAS FK8TIV1ES ,
As innoh can be said for the society
hero perhaps, as lor thai of any min
ing town of its size and no. A& in
all now mining camps the male popu
lation largely jiri'dominatc h, (in- this
Day Canyon, In one cave they loin d
a white hunter who had just killed a
deer, nnd (hrrc Indians came, upon
liim, when ho immediately fled. The
parages took ono half of the animal
and left the other. At. nnother timo
thoy drovo off four head of heef-'-at tlo,
place, perhaps, fifteen (o ono,) but it t but, in general, they appear to be
; suffice to determine whether there
,j gold in ayitig quantities, in all the
places whore fa vorablo indications are
nuot with, or not; in fact, claims lo
:alod over ft year ago, could not be
put in a condition to work until the
water from tho melting snow lust
B.n ing had dried up. The great de-
idcraium, water,, will: .hereafter be
Kunnliud by the Pioneer Ditch, which
vas cotnpleted lalo tho last autumn
too late to bo ot mucu .service ueiore
winter set in. , ','
Tho Pioneer Mining Company.com-
posed of about u Joel-ii men, ana uuiu
ittr -a' largo, area or ground in.E k
t'reek, finding bo largo a company to
ho inefficient in prnctical working, ?is
rolvcd ihfcir br2anialion. and divided
' iheir ground lalo in tho fall. Large
' returns ore looked for tho ' coining
Venson from this ground, as itis known
ho rich. The tunnel . of Ilusbanti,
j.ico & Co; which penetrated a flat
...r slido a), tho jnqutlyif I&k Creek, is
HrtW VIM Idin'ur rerv rich ouurtz. - This
comoanv can got out dirt all winter,
' Gold. in paying quunlitu's. wuu hot
tiscovcred in Doep Creek until near
I he middle of Aogust,18C5f and,' water
l.eing then. &o ficaree, bat lttio worn
wan done bolbi o the close of Ihb season:
non.,h. however to know, that there
"a i-ifrh Vround there, ns well as in Elk
OreeW, ono nugget of ur gftld toing
v'16'und weighing a little'- over tti'ro)
,i,6urfdaICC6ilr8e1 gold jsonoJoft th5
' haraclerislic' of. this camp.. Hani
;, .jcccJittv,e. bech jroitn wighipg from
is lis orderly a community as 1 havo
over seen, where such disparity in tho
sexes was found to exist.
Considering tlio depth of the snov,
quite a hiiceei-rifiil t (fort was made for
the first lime, to gel tho gay element
of society together oh tho evening of
Christmas. I ho upper stoi-y ot iir.
Dli Hardy's larire building was filled
up for a bull and a supper, given by
Mr. Thomas Jlardy- J liose who pun
icipated at the ball and the banquet,
'Xpr-cased themselves highly iileased
with the evenina's cnlertninment.
A CHRISTMAS I'll E8K N'T.
A lady in our town celebrated
Christmas by presenting-her husband
ilh it lino healthy boy on that Uay.
THK QL'aR'IZ lNTlllESTS;
Should 1 venture lo write another
letter, I will mvo -Fonio atUntion to
what I regard as ultimately to become
the leading interest of this section of
country I rcfi-r lo quarlz mining
Enough is already known to place it
beyond a doubt that rich quartz ledges
aio in these inounthins. 1ml 1 have
not room for more upon that subject
til this timo.
not' a ti winter mnT8
Ever restless humanly must eithor
have employment or amusement, and
as no woik (an be done, except to!
procure a supply of firewood, amuse
ments must bo resorted to. in the
absence of theatres, circuses, minstrels
or melodeons, certain j edestrian feats
may bo witnessed at, almost any hour
of th day, on tho tides of these lofty
hills. Men can be seen wending their
way by a circuitous route up the side
of a mountain, carrying a pair of snow
shoes from ten to twelve feel, long.
If there is no beaten trail to walk' in,
tho shoes nro used to aid locomotion
in going up; this, however, is not
much sport, that commencing when
the descent begins,- and an exper
ienced snow-sliou traveler will descend
a mountain as fast as a locomotivo can
rnn, anu ii matters not mucii now
steep tho hill may bo. When theso
feats are undertaken 'y a novice, ol
course, some grand and lofty tumbling
akes place, to the great amusement
of the spectators. Hermit.
, News r uoM John Day Minks By
tho arrival of .the express, we havo in.
formation from Canyon City' to; the
20th Inst.' .-. , ,r . .
a terrible snow slido occurred about
ich days since on Canyon Creek, one
nnd a half miles nbovo. Canyon City '
Two men woro on the enow at the
timo it commenced moving. Ono ol
them, named Hook well, was precipi
tated against a tree with stitch violence
that his neck, has . broken ; and the
other, whosq nnmp was yallace, buc.
oooded In catching in tho lop of a tree
some sixty feet from the grQund. The
avalanche out all tho limbs off of this
tree to within a few feet of where
Wallace had effected a lodgement ;
and alter its forco was spent, the vi
braMon of lha. Wee. W-0 fiucb (hut tt is
wonderful ,'that ; hd Was not thrown
from it Aif.4''ki1!ed.V''i08cndf;AK9
eOjVallaiq pro'ciiedod o town atlu
pro,cufcd nsststarico' to biirig .n; th
body of Ins loss, fortanato comrado.
Some small bands of Snakes hnvo
ieomb. OMt oi''' tho mountains on jlhb
Soutfe KorkioI.Jolin 't)ay',ni aro now
over in 'tho ilirc'clion of lie main John
nnxion to nvo'd observation.
At. Camp Watson, Lieut. Hand is
drilling the Oregon Cavalry, stationed
:H that post, on snow-fdioes. lie is
meeting with gront" success in this
kind ol instruction, lis the men take
to the exercise with great gusto. This
is particularly tho case whore the
orders nro to charge down hill on an
Indian camp, supposed, for tho sake
of example, lo bo at tho foot of the
desoetit.'
Thero is no pnow on tho roid from
beyond n point fivo miles the other
sido of the Des Chutes, nntil Timber
Mountain is' reached ; nnd from a few
miles beyond CnmpWatson the ground
is bare nearly to Canyon City.
An earl resumption of milling op
orations is hoped for in tho spring,
nnd unusually bright anticipations arc
indulged in by miners, hot h at Canyon
City and on the Middle Fork.
From the Cascades. The steamer
from Portland succeeded in reaching
the Cascades day heloro yesterday
evening, alter a two days' trip. Slio
will remain at that point until some
lime to day, for the purpose flaking
such passengers as may go below on
tho steamer from this place. Tho
sno'v is .lying very deep in places on
iho railroad, and it will bo several
days before the track is cleared for
use.
The repairs on tho railroad bridge
across Five Mile Creek will require
but a daj- or two after the water has
subsided.
Dir. William Itlrnbauin rtuprellnl'j- In
rrm his MtriifiH. am) imiro ,tirtii'uliu-ly tlio lnvticH ol
tlilscttyii.il vicinity, Unit he will iuU nt privHto Bitle,
tit unction price, nt liU iitorc-oii Miiln Alrut't, thu rn1.
nco tif hU U'iiiliil !tock (if Watclii'6 IHnniomld, Jew
elry nnil Fnnry OtMrl. As this will he Hit but cppnitn.
u ty to pitrch:uter thv ludi.'S iuij thu public nru iovltt-d
tocnll. j . . , - .-. ; ,
Wmco Lodge, No. 13, F. A. 4t A, M.--.
IloMa Its ntntcil Ci)iuniuiilcitiim- on the Firrt iiml Tlilnl
Entnrihiyii or etch month, nt Ihi'ir linll. In Da II en City,
liri'thrim In pood Hlnmlingnre InriU-d to ntteml.
. Eeth I..'1'oe, Sec'y.: 'fly'or.lcr of the v 31.
Colnmbla l.oHgef Via. SS, 1. O. O. F
Meets trery Friday eveninjr nt I'JjJ o'clock. I.i Ontor
llnll. corner of Pecond nnd Cum t Stinetn. ItrotTierH In
good Ktniidin; nre Inriteil toiitlend. Jly order. N.U.
J . J U K TC H ,
3Ialn Street. I)aIU
CIGARS. TOBACCO. SKUFr,
' PI PES , Jt ti .
AMP ATS IX 8TOBK TJIX IWT WA"P OF '
I'ifTJirs, Tobacco, Matclics, &c.
8) LATINO CAI'.VS.
rocs i:t ccti.kky,
POUT M IN IKS. -
ClIXUS d BltCSHKS. ' nit Xlnds,
I'KI! FC.M KUV. ol pYfry description,
CHINA OIINAMKN'IS - " "
TOYS. 11111.18. etr.
rtSlllIOliKSmidFlSlIIN0TACKT.lt.
MUSICAL .NSTI:t'JI:MS,
FANCY OOOllS. Ac.
Alo Ptiwiter.Shot. Lmil. Powder Flnpkf. I'lokitMilfi
mnny(kiher nrlirlPK too nninerniiH to ntentii,Ti.
KjF IntHriiiriipjiliTf Mi. plied w ith Ciirni'. Ti-l'nrrn etr.
nt letiri thnn Pnrtlnnd prices, with trriuht nddfd. oe8
' FOR THIRTY KAYS I.CXCERII
LAST OriVTVCTl I
iilil ItcieTiy inform
iir t-nolonuTH ninl fV.t i ililirt litrirtt. ihnt tl
will cmliinic t" full AT rWT. fur tliitty tiiivi l
oriltr t ivif uric ti ihaiie In ninl.n jnei-tnts fur tlw
IlnlitliiM. Vtj iv HI fill the Lnluiit f otir ctt ek, civ
irttilC of
ill h Blnrk ?ilV, CcntV rtnkn.
Jlifli Pnfiliii. , JUavi r 'tii tit.
C't' ki, . i)tMi (YtU,
fclmulfl. 1'iintfs
Jity tiirf.s. J uitim'ili'ti'i'ft
IIiltH it Cttf, Huuti A fcllf,,
iiV , t., Ac , ic,
AT SAW l'UAt ISVO iOSTi
V it limit Prfipl-t nnrt V.xt"h - ;,
'1'liU w ill Ik t lie hut rhimt to get Inrjininfv yirlon W
clt wing thu miiri.ru, t"t)H. A liOHAl.
N'.I!. Ail l!i!U iim-t pnM hy l ivnt of J:uitmr.i
1-sr.O. If not Hrtllnl withlu that linm, '.!. run.fuih tm
pliucil ll) lt'glll li:ilrl0. ill lit
J. W. GURLEY, DENTIST,
fllnlu St., Ufillev. Orgou
mrOUM 111 yi'Kl TFtll.LY INFiHIM
w tlin riiiiivhs of Li .Uvv ivutl vl
ciiiii.Y, tit ut lniviti); iPttiriKti fit ) u it priH
Hiniiiil tmir iliri'tmh the iiiinf . Uv hit
a Hit in resumed the pcitiitc ol lKNTiM II. Y. hi thu loom
lorinerly tci-uimil lv liini; hi Die .lhi iliti irrupM t t
Vooil & Hulli r. I'll itomili AtUtn. nmt ndjoinii! Will
On hi lie ' Imtfi iSloiv. lit ttiktu thid niftlioil of
tt'iitlluK lluitikH. for tlit Htifint pitiniuij;' l.vri'tutun1 v.v
truiiu l lo liiin, and Holfcili n criitiuiuuiiv of li t miiutl
t 1ST i.K PuhB.S.
Kutlrc Pi'ntwip on 3oM lktni lo
" Vwr L'fciiint'. i.t.ld 1 tutc... iH)
lvnttuStAiilraiihi' I.i.u 7U " Vik
" Uifr 1 ( Jpc. Viikatiitc 1'ane !.S V
OuU (Milium ilTtittil fnim o utlollur uj ttfliil.
t'liiMreiM' Xet-tli fxtrltclvil frt uf tlinrre nvlS-tf
M. BEOWN &"BE0
VI H0LK8Al.lt AKD llKTAIl MIAI.WS IS
DEY GOODS!
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS. Ac.
Mr. M. Hit OWN. telnc rmiilcnt ol Run Kmnrimo.
jr fiiitoUtl to tiftt-r frent iiM)t-invittit to jitiicliust-rf. JM
rcei(Mtfnlly hirt tli (iuLHc to cxamiiitoiir Iih k ltfvii'
Miri'lmrthiK ulicre. . , ntl5n
Htt)iio Storo. m-rtli ii'la Muln stroot. 'Dnl Wi.
AUCTIO N''S'AL'.
S WII.LSKLI. AT At'CTION AT MY STOltK. No. 100
MAIN 8TilK.KT.lvn,l nt tho Oullfollliil lintel (odjulli
mil ine iiu'ivc nnnuier;. on
NEW SAI -O'O IV .
NEW STONK STOltK, WASlllXfcTlN STIIKKT.
TIIF. U.SDi:ilSIONr;D would repoctlully iiiiiioiiim'
Unit he Kill ,'i'ii h Drat clnmi c.thioii lu Fitueh h
Uilninn's New iitout HiiildiiiK, 'litis KVKXIMI, nuto
prepared to strvv rstlvMit oilh tho I. est uf
Wines, Liquors ami Cigars
ALSO, A
12 Tt 13 E LUNCH
Every dn ruul Evvulug. .
tc'JKtf. v ; aOUX niKDLAVD.
DEIIM,
aturtJay, Jan. aYlliat Oa.(m.,
n fiirt-o iwJnriinent of lluunho A nnil Hotel I'urultlire,
cuiisiBlini; in nrt of
I'ltlu .Mu'treiwH nnd 'filows,
ftniw Muilrewen, Sheets,
i Olmir. Tihlrs, ItodtniliU. ; C ; -X .
Iki itiit (H.isseR. ln rt'T Htove ,
Cuokh'ir Stoves nnd I'ookiii); I'tensll.,
j FtrhK Mnttros p. Feiitlieillttds, .
Doi'k. Mp. I.nntis. .
Ciirii'ts. Mntiinir. blnnketn.
Cnickery. (!ltiiiiwiiie. Cnttrry, . ,
' ItoewtKid Tiirlor Set, , r .
A large lot nt Book, l'' -1 . 1
' ( AuaG.llOCKl'rS, consisting of
frofl Snwn.'
Fyrnp. SiiKxr. , '
Slionlde s. Hums, 1 ' - '.
Ai,le nnd "enehes, drivil,
C'n trnlt, Tohnreo, .. ,,, .,
"l'eiis llttons nnil . . - i i . i
. bull tinliuon mid llerrinir. ' ' ' '
JOHN W1U.1AMJ, Auctioneer.
At
i.
F.kOKSllJSBKhoKH.
:i : .Mat Vrnncisca. i
2 g Lft e' p3?A:jL.-oi?
.00T,' !'
,i ! Dulles. , .,. .i
' J. GOETZ &, CO.,
TbBAccoraisTs,
ill t- l v,: Ilnve n-niuvctl t . -V,'(
Rudio's New Stcmo Buildini?.!
Wiwlitorf' gtreeA, neur Frane! & Qllmi't,uU huvl
oiene n'woll iMsofted st'oclt of a
) s J I A T 4 mill l t.-U K ST II) S KU A K .-, J Q fl T T
' " A 1IIQIN1 Ant.d-WKKTKItN TOUAOOO, , J 1
j rur.,Mjii unci Houiuit d.mjfk. t ?i I itti bp
-;. HKKIlbCIIAUMnndulhor I'll'KS,.' ,-i
IXAVINQ CARIM, ., ; ,n.T,i-o.!,ii,uli
PUHTINUliHM&' -I '.',.1 ;.il.lo' ;Wi;virk-
j'Kll'NDlAN nnd I A '.OV GOODS. c.t An. - t.U in ,j
Tha trade suiiUel ut LOWEST Jl AltKET II!ICE3.
alchmnker ;iii! .leutltr,
MAIN STRfcET, DALLES,.
DKAI.KK IN UN K VVATCIIKR. JKWKI.k), jn
CUlChS. Gold l'i.,s.Hilr iuid 1-Ii.ik.I tt.r.. tdk
8ieclicls, Cnllery, "rr ' ' ' ' - J
- riicnwr nlleiiUou pw lu riinlrinK flniin;'
Tniein-. vioens, jeweiry, eie. All n al' lier rrl Hired r
me WHrrnnlod hir tel moiiths. -i
N. II. All orders from the uppei "luntry, l,y llxjitim
or otherwise, iroiuitlynttedid to.' -n
MRS. L. WHITE'S 1
liEW PHOTOGRAPH ROOMS,
URNlElsigtoii Mreel.
HAV1N0 NKW I.Y fl'I'TKl) VV TM2 OAJ..KllVovr
Deciur'. Slo.e. would. eesnecilJUirniinuumu. t,,.B
those wishing , ,. , i . .. ,
1'hotograpLs, Carts dc Vlsitc, Acw.(
tint they will do wll In Kive her ornll. 1'wllenlnr
tentlnn mld lo Inking Lndies nnd Clil'dreu's 1'tturw.
'21:tf.
It
LINCOLN TrousE7r
Curuer AVnililnglon Bud Front Street,
rOUTLANl), OUKGON. . ' '
Sauto-cLARs iioTRii iHioxn In svt tatk.
Chitrges Heuonnhlr., - i -AN
OMMlllia will attend nil (he Konts, and eouvi-y
rii-seiirers i,l their l.iiiiirMirc 4o thu lhimi.llr ,,t
tkargo, or to any other Wouilii thr Oiir for 60 ceni
n B IT ill nr r r v. ,. . . , . . '
r.vi nv LUI.I; UAIII9 m Ilia Uollse.
All the Bldnmors Tor Orojion City. Vnneouver, Motl
cello and Astoria hind M tlio Lincoln lluus M luuL
MlttKolutlon of Co-lVutiieiMhli,.
rfUR.C(PAi;T,NEI(8rtl1iorctororo'e.xlliiiK't,id
Jt . Ilia, nnmo and style 'of KOHIUNS, MeKAKI.AND
k LO.. U this dny dir.Ued hy. mutual eonsent. All lin.
billtlm orald flrm to he pnid hy ItohMus A er, nnd
all ilcbji duo jaid rm U Ujul J und eolh cteil ly
All u,i.n:li.:-i.irt t u. it .... ..
J gle" uutl CtMtjLj . : ; . . . t s, ;. JuTul