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NOTES AND NEWS.
Grasshoppers have made their appearance ia
Spain.
The second choice of the Conkling men is Elihu
B. Washburne.
La Crosse, Wis., is overran whh tramps who are
•anoy and iaty.
Winnipeg, Manitoba, boasts of a large and con­
stantly increasing trade.
Newport will be the fashionable resort this year
fcortg Bfanch being voted "low."
The average Senator writes his name for some
autograph fiend every half hour.
Gov, Hayes is said to have a voice almost equal
4o the fog horn of old Bill Allen.
The Chicago Tribune thinks Kerr is guilty and the
Pioneer-Press thinks the C. lies.
Ben Hill, of Georgia, favors the nomination of
Bayard, of Delaware. Bough on Bayard.
Blaine has already 284 votes in the convention,
pledged to bim. Necessary to a choice 880.
preliminary work on the tunnelling of the channel
between England and France, has commenced.
Chit. O'Connor has been completely yindicaded
toy the Report .of the bar association in New York.
A Oer«a* family living at Corcoran. Wis., were
poisoned last week by eating a dish of boiled
rhubarb.
Ten thonsand Knights Templars were in line at
the graft -parade off: the order in Philadelphia on
the firstjjbf June.
It lias been discovered that Weston, the walker,
chews the dried leaf of the cocoa to keep up his
strength while walking.
Poor Abdul—A**la—eleven hundred wives and
out of a job! What could the poor fellow do but
die. Suicided June 0.
The Mormons are seriously contemplating an
exodus from Salt Lake to New Mexico, apprehend­
ing an overflow of the lake.
The friends of 8peaker Kerr are apprehensive that
the shock of the Harney scandal will prove fatal to
him In bis present feeble condition,of health.
The names of the applicants for divorce in Chicago
last year fill six closely printed columns of the Chi­
cago papers and yet they send missionaries abroad.
S. 8. Burdette, lati Commissioner ef the General
Land Office has disappeared from ,Washington and
there is reason -to fear that he has been foully dealt
'The Maharajah of Puttiala is dead. Never knew
the yfcung man, bat a® his income was $2,500,000 a
•year we admire his great and noble qualities and de­
plore his loss.
While the Vokes troupe were playing in Washing­
ton the agent, John L. Smith, #1 order to increase
the receipts, circulated the, report tnat Henry Ward
JBdtaher would attend on a certain night and then
'teVttfled John Chamberlain into a private box, and
hei'Him pointed out as the Brooklyn Pope. "Cuss
raey" cried one fellow, "if I don't think him guilty
nevftr seed a wuss countenance in my life!"
Copps Land Owner for June reports
the. issue.o? patents for cash entries No.
*2, 3, 6 and 7 made at the Bismarck
Land Office.
The expedition letter, published else­
where, will be found exceedingly inter­
esting, though we were obliged to cur­
tail its proportions, for lack of space,
very much, omitting several personal
notices, among them a handsome one of
the efficient vetrinary'surgeon, C. A.
Stein.
Mason Martin, Adatn. Mann, Oscar
Brackett and A. J. Collins were the
first to receive patents for lands in
Burleigh County. They came last itfeek.
Brackett received a patent for a fraction
of section six embracing ten acres and a
half lying west of section five and south
of the brewery.
All pending Soldiers' Additional
Homestead Entries have been ordered
investigated and
the
•Bides
papers returned to
the local land office for additional evi­
dence where the parties did not apply
in person to make the entry. This is a
hard blow at those who have speculated
in or purchased entries made by power
of attorney.
A party of surceyors and assistants
went west on Tuesday to lay out a town
at Swan Creek, to be called Casselton.
The
town-site is on the ground now oc­
cupied by the N. P. Nursery and is a
beautiiul location. Streets are 100 feet
•wide and trees have already been set out
on both
of the streets in front of
eight blocks. Side tracks have been put
in and the company will proceed at once
to build a depot, Another town is to
be laid out near Maple River on Mr.
Dunlap's farm, called Wahpeton.
The company will also put up a depot,
tank house and other buildings.—Fargo
Timet.
W. S. Bowen, of the Press and Dako­
taian, has broke loose from the re­
straints of civilization, and is running
wild on the Upper Missouri. He sends
back some interesting letters for his
paper. Look out, up there,
.There's a chiel among ye taking notes.
And faith he'll print 'es.
GOLD!
FORTY TBOUSMD IS DUST,
First Fruits of Deadwood,
Gladden the Eyes of Traders.
Richest Plater liifcs in the World.
Estimated field of $160,040 Dailf»
CARRY THE SEWS TO OCNIHfc
LARGE SHIPMENT OF SCPFUtS.
Letter Fron the Tribute Special.
Miners and Mining Cities, Indian*, &C*
—Readable and Reliable Infor­
mation,
Behind the scared squaw's birch canoe
The steamer smokes and raves,
And city lots are staked for sale
Above old Indian graves.
I hear the tread of pioneers
Of nations yet to be,
Xhe first low wash of waves where soon
Shall swell ah aman sea.
Now we have something in relation
to the Black Hills that cannot be ques
tioned.
FORTY THOUSAND IN DUST,
direct from the Deadwood mines, ar­
rived in Bismarck on Thursday last:
Twenty-one thousand by the steamer
Yellowstone from Fort Pierre and the
remainder by Don Stevenson's train
which returned for supplies. Of this
Don Stevenson broujfri in over Five
Thousand Dollars Wn^JfcCorry, part­
ner of J. C. Dodge, i&jpse death we
mentioned two weeks ago, FotaxTbous
and Five Hupdred lLjkJJreenley,
Black. RiverFalls, jwis., about three
thousand Ed. Tuman, for N. P. Clark &
Co.. from Tom Winston, fifteen hundred
dollars P. Anderson, of Dubuque, Iowa,
six hundred dollars, and many smaller
lots, ihe Key West which arrived
Saturday morning reports that the
steamer Durfee carried below sixty
thousand dollars in dust from Ft. Pierre
—making
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
shipped from the Black Hills within the
past two weeks.
Forty-two men and twenty-seven
.teams came in with Stevenson. All
agree as to the richness of the
DEADWOOD MINES,
and all brought more or less gold. They
report one firm working two gangs of
men of ten each, day and night, and
realize from eighteen hundred dollars
to
TWENTY EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS PER DAY,
occasionally striking a pocket yielding
much more. Two men are spoken of
who, in one day, took out
FIFTEEN POUNDS OF GOLD,
$3,600. Many instances are reported
where men realize $250 per day to the
man. John McLellan says he saw one
man take out with a pan Seventy Dol­
lars one day. Koss, McClelland,
Capt. Jack, Dick Stone, and others who
were doing well on Rapid Creek have
abandoned their claims and gone to
Deadwood. John Leasure showed the
writer ninety cents, the prettiest gold
he ever gazed upon, taken from one pan
of
Black
Hills dirt. But prospects are
no longer interesting since results can
be given.
The mines on Deadwood and White
wood, on Bear and other creeks in the
north part of the Hills are being gener­
ally worked but there are many who
work only enough to obtain gold for
GRUB AND WHISKY
waiting for some one to buy. Claims
are held at prices ranging from a few
hundred dollars to thousands, and many
are changing hands. As to the
EXTENT OF THE MINES
we refer to the letter of X.S. Burke be­
low given, every word of which can be
relied upon. He estimates that the
north part of the Black Hills will employ
ten thousand men three years, while
richer mines, still are certain to be dis­
covered in the Big Horn region, while
none question the value of the mines in
the southern portion of the Hills, though
it will take capital to open them. The
QUARTZ LEADS
also are exceedingly promising. The
best of these are also in thenorthern
part of the Hills. The
INDIAN QUESTION
does not bother the miners in the least
Dot) Stevenson's party did not see an
BISMARCK, D. T., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14,1876.
Indian either on their way to the Hills,
or on the return, nor did they see or
hear of Indians, excepting dne small
party evidently hunting which two of
the bovs came upon while prospecting,
while they were in the Hills. The same
is true of the Ben Hsxen party. It
seems the Indians left the Hills about
the time the military expedition left
Forts Lincoln and Fetttr^an, and none
excepting this huntingplfty have since
been seen. The Indian*, evidently see
that they must surrender and already
it is officially reported tfce most obdu­
rate of the tribes have offered to sell
the &Bls. The warrior#bowever, art
eithe/concentrating i^tpa Yellowstone
region, hoping to destroy in detail the
columns which have beeli sent against
'them, or have fled to th# British Pos­
session. The latter is probably true.
At any rate J_
INDIAN MURDERS
in the Black Hills have ctfcsed and fears
are no loriger entertained.
Labor, it now appeaif* finds ready
employment in the hills-fit five dollsrs
per day with
PAT EVERY NIGHT
if it is desired, aff3 the fraction follow­
ing the severe timM experienced during
the spring and winter his set in. The
tide again turns in fav^r of the hills,
and if Congress will op«ji the country
an outlet for surplus labor of the coun­
try will be found that will be lasting in
its benefits, and of untold value to all
portions of the country.
The arrival of this gold, being the
first fruits of the Deadwtfod mines, in­
deed of the Hills, hsd a magnificent
effect en Bismarck.
EVERYBODY WAS fLOOMT
and despondent.1 The merchants were
overloaded with Supplies the hotels
were destitute of Black Hillers and al­
most
everybody
had incurred expenses
they could ili afford In view of the. gen­
eral disappointment. Major Whitehead
had been waiting thirty days for* force
strong enough to start for the hills and
had hardly reached the poiit where he
cotld safely start. Wedlesday was pro­
bably the gloomiest day of the season
Thursday the liappiest, and Friday, tho
busiest. On Friday twehtjr teams wbro
loaded with .miner's s^phes for Crook
City «od tl»y n»v«d •vaning
for tho-New Eldorado, joining 17- others
in camp on the Little Heart.
Doc Jennings took four loads of sup­
plies and will establish business at
Crook City. Wm. Falconer, of McLean
& Macnider, took oat four loads in ad­
dition to consignments for others J.
W. Raymond & Co. loaded eight or ten
wagons in addition to those loaded on
Tuesday. Browning & Wringrose for­
warded a large amount of goods, also
Bailev & Landre. Forty tons of goods
in all were shipped by the thirty seven
teams which left on Friday, besides bag­
gage, household goods &c About one
hundred men and two women accompa­
nied the party. As the distance from
BISMARCK TO DEADWOOD
is less than two hundred miles the par­
ty with their loaded teams expect to
reach the Hills within ten days. The
train consists wholly of mules or horses
an ox train came out in ten days, and
went out early in the season in thirteen.
Stevenson's ox train will leave for the
hills about next Monday. P. J. Anderson
and others have gone below to purchase
oxex, which, with Stevenson's, McGor
ry's and others will make a creditable
array of bullwhackers.
The Fort Pierre Route is
CERTAINLY ABANDONED,
leaving that via Bismrrck the only prac­
ticable route to the Hills. The Key
West arrived Saturday with sevanty
five tons of freight shipped from Yank­
ton. The military had been instructed
to force the abandonment of the Fort
Pierre line and therefore the Key West
was not allowed to land its goods or
passengers at Fort Pierre. Dillon had
crossed his teams to the east side of the
river and had determined to operate
hereafter between Bismarck and the
Hills. This is another strong
CARD FOR BISMARCK.
John Leasure, John McClellan,
Anderson and others tell many
INTERESTING INCIDENTS
in relation to the Black Hills.
have rcfom this week for but one:
weeks age to-day (June 10th) a young
man broken in spirits and destitute of
wealth offered his services to any one
who would contract for them at one
dollar a day and board. There were no
takers, and from sheer desperation he
went to work on an abandoned claim.
The first day be took out one pound of
gold—$240—and before a month had
passed he had realized from his claim
ten thousand dollars. Four men were
employed and the average product was
nearly four hundred dollars per day.
Others who, six weeks ago, would
have been glad to work for grub, or beg
their way to the States, are to day
wealthy.
Pat
We
Six
AN OLD MINER.
From a report in the Yankton Press
and Dakotaian we extract the follovring
which throws additional light on the
subject. Mr. J. B. Pearson, who is
quoted, commenced his mining experi­
ence in California in 1852, twenty-four
years ago. Since that time be has
worked at placer and quartz mining in
British Columbia, on Frazer river and
CAriboo, in Indaho and Montana, and
his competency as a witness, and his
reliability as a man is vouched for, not
only by the Press and Dakotaian, but
by Wm. A. Messerve and others at Bis­
marck, who have known him as a miner
and as an intimate associate.
HIS ASSOCIATES
in the Black Hills' enterprise were Dick
Low, Jim Pierman, Thomas Moore,
Frank Bryant and the Gay Brothers.
Subsequently they were joined by Dan
Muckle, Joe Inglesbee andDad Haggart.
They made the
FIRST DISCOVERY
on Whitewood' in May, 1875. They
lived on jerked .venison straight for
some months, but finally feeling the
necessity of gaining the help of others,
they' let their discoveries be known.
The first ground they struck yielded for­
ty cents to the pan,and within two weeks
after their discovery was reported their
were 3,000 men in the Deadwood region.
But let the Pres and Dako'taion te.l the
STORY.
Actual work did not commence in the
Whitewood section until early in April.
Since that time about 2000 claims have
been located, and 350 of these opened
and are now being worked with profit.
On the remainder the owners are now
at work opening them, and will soon
begin to realize profits.
The Whitewood rich gold producing
region embraces an area that will aver­
age eight miles in width by twenty in
length—its largest area extending north
and
south.
It embraces a number of
streams and gulches, known as Dead
wood, Bob, Tail, Gold Run, Two Bit,
Split Tail, Cape Horn, and others, and
haa ten divided by the miners into
four dfitrictB
called Cape Horn District,
Whitewood District, Lost District,
which includes Deadwood, and Gold
Htm.
Mr. Pearson's operations have been
principally confined to Lost District, on
Deadwood, though he has prospected
every section with good success. At
present he is working two placer claims
and three quartz lodes. His placers are
yielding from $20 to $40 a day to the
man. His quartz lodes are paying
nothing, but the prospect is unmistak­
ably good, and he is sinking a seventy
five foot shaft on each of the lodes.
There are about 2000 men engaged in the
Whitewood region.
Concerning the yield of gold in special
cases, Pearson gives the following
Wheeler & Co., Montana men, in Lost
District, are taking out from $1,000 to
$1,700 a day to eight men.
Bob Kenyon in the same district is
taking out "from $200 to $300 a day with
four men.
Claim No. 8. on Deadwood, is yield­
ing $80 to $130 a day to four men.
Jas. Scott and Parker & Co., Mani­
towoc, Wis., parties, have claim No. 2,
on Black Tail, in Lost District, and are
taking out from $40 to $60 a day with
four men. These parties run three
claims.
Dad Haggart sold three placers and
an interest in a quartz lode for $2,550.
A claim is 800 ieet in length and Ex­
tends on either side of tne gulch to what
is known as the second rim of the bed
rock. Above these are the hiU claims.
Mr. Pearson estimates that the placers
in the Whitewood region »re now yield­
ing
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS A DAY
and not one claim in ten is being work­
ed for pay. When the Whitewood reg­
ion is fairly opened it will employ over
5000 men, and will yield a daily average
of
OXE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
It will take from six to ten years to
exhaust the placers already located,
while quafrtz mining of the most pro­
ductive character will form a lucrative
and be the permanent industry of the
country, giving employment to thou­
sands of miners.
THE SUPPLY OF PROVISIONS.
When Mr. Pearson left the Hills there
were not to exceed two weeks supply of
provisions on hand and in sight. About
twenty parties came with him, all of
whom are out solely for supplies. Two
parties, Capt. C. H. MeKinnis and Mr.
Wood, came into Pierre with eight
teams each, and have from $7,000 to
$8,000 to invest in supplies. Pearson
brought in $1,250 in gold dust, and yes­
terday deposited $1,087 with Edmunds
& Wynn, bankers of this city, who will
ship it to the United States mint at
Philadelphia to be coined. This gold,
together with about $850 which that
NO. 49.
firm had purchased, was on exhibition
at their banking house yesterday.
The comparative value of tho Black
Hills gold mines, Whitewood region, is
given by Mr. Pearson in these words:
"It lays over Alder Gulch, Montana,
the richest placer mines ever before dis­
covered, because the Alder Gulch was
spotted while the Deadwood is ^regular
and the streak wider, and is theArichest
and most extensive placer goidfield'that
has ever been struck."
QUARTZ LODES.
Mr. Pearson brought with him a num­
ber of specimens of quartz taken from
lodes lying on the divide between Dead
wood and Black Tail. From fifteen to
twenty lodes have been "located" in
that locality, and all show good pros­
pects. The specimens brought by Mr.
P. are taken from the Big Giant, Black
Tail, Gold Run and General Terry lodes.
The first three named are the property
of Pearson and partners, while the lat­
ter belongs to another party named in
the following note, who sent out apiece
of the quartz weighing several pounds
to be assayed:
THE NOTE.
"A piece of ore from the Gen. Terry
ledge, situated on Bob Tail gulch, a
tributary of Deadwood, Black Hills,
Dakota Territory. Owned by A. C.
Harney, Alex. Engle, and Manwell Bros.
Width"of vein, twelve feet, pitches west
at about sixty degrees, running about
northwest and southeast.
HARNER, ENGLE
&
MANWELL BROS."
But this story is already too long and
we will conclude it with the following
interesting letter from X. S. Burke, one
of the proprietors of the
BLACK HILLS TRIBUNB
which will make its appearance in a
few days:
Special correspondence Bismarck Tritotme.
CROOK CITY, May 28,187ft.—Our party
from Bismarck arrived here fill safe on
the 19th, without having seen any In­
dians or being In any way troubled by
them. Our trip was on the whole un­
eventful nothing marred the monotony
but an occtsioal,
ALARM AT NIGHT
sounded by some -timorous guard who
allowed bis/fears to magnify a stump or
tree into a full-fledged red-skin ready
to devour him.
The country between this place and
Bismarck is as good a one as could be
wished for to freight over the worst
part of tl route being from
BISMARCK TO LINCOLN
and from the Little ^leart to the Shan
tapeda. The balance of the route ?s all
that could.be desired. As an example
of its fea$M|te^ drew over the whole
distance j-
TIIIRTY HUNDRED WEIGHT
in a broad gauge Schuttle" wagon with
one pair of cattle, and could have better
taken more load than to have had tho
broad guage wagon.
WOOD AND WATER
we found planty enough but during the
summer months there will be one or
two marches of about 20 to 25 miles
without water, unless it is found by
digging. We.reached the foot Hills on
the 18th, and soon fell in with miners
who informed us that the W hite Wood
and
DEADWOOD DIGGINGS
were paying well and these reports were
fully verified by examination. The
mining ground lays^along the White
wood creek and Deadwood, Bob-tail,
Split Tail, Two Bit, and several other
gulches, all of which are tributaries of
Whitewood. Every foot of ground
seems to be taken up on these gulches,
but many of the claims are riot beiBg
worked systematically, many of the
mineis being content to take out enough
to pay for their
GRUB AND WHISKY
and then lay by until they need more
money. Many of the party that came
out with us bought into claims at a
reasonable figure and are at work ditch­
ing and opening up their ground.
Some claims prove very rich, paying
as high as
$100 PEB DAY
to the man, and this without having
struck bedrock where much richer dirt
will be found. Everything in the way
of provisions and mining tools is in
great demand, and sells at a high
figure Und without delay. Donald
Stevenson, who brought through eight
wagon loads of goods sold out in four
days, and the
BAG OF GOLD
that he will take out to-morrow with
him will do more to convince the skep­
tical than any other argument, that the
Black Hills
ABE NOT 7BAUD»
Yet, notwithstanding, tne fact that
such rich diggings do exist here, the
fact was not fully demonstrated un­
til about a month ago, and there are