, 1873-10-11
Tho Coal-Fields on Tho SWcctbrier... What
Effect They will lIayo upon
tho Road.
Unpleasant Position Of the Settlers
on the "Great Iaothermal."
Unpublished Notes Of the Yellow
stone Expeditions.
Special Correspondence ef Tho Chicago Tribune.


the Missouri Rivor, Fort Abraham Lincoln may
properly DO considered tho western terminus OF
the Northern Pacific 1tond. Bismarck lioB two
mloa from tho river, mud four miloa from tho
Fort; but tho Company haH continued its traok to
tho forry-lanliug opposite. It Ia only aorvlco
truck, temporarily constructed, and no depot
buildings or transfer platforms hnyo yot boon
built 1f-and thereby hangs talo-tno North
orn Pacific Company ever continues tho con-
Btrlction Of Its line west, a bridge will have to
bo erected across tho Missouri River to land on
tho south si1o, about mile above Fort Lincoln.
It IL not my business to anticipate tho romance
OF tint tale; 1t will undoubtedly bo OF tho
New York Ledger kind,-contlnuod through
many weary chapters. Just now tho managers
OF tho Northorn pacifo aro exceedingly anxious
to rot their 1ino acrosB tho Missouri River, 30 a3
to reac1, tho coal-fiolls which represented to
crop out 90 miles west Of Fort Lincoln. fow
days
PREVIOUS TO THE coLLArsE
of Jay Cooke Il Co., the Northern Pacific COM
pany had fully resolved upon constructing this
2G miles before tho winter Bet in; and then
with IN ico-bridge acrosa tic Missouri River,
open and work the coal-beda, to supply not only
tho wants of tho Company, but tho people OF
Bismarck and tho intervening country az far
east aB Brainord. Con. Roaaer. Engineer in
charge Of tho west end Of tho North-
orn pacitlc, informs mo that no ef-
fort will bo made this fall to build
the proposed extension. This decision falls
hcayily upon nlany ox-contractora md laboring
men, who, following tho fortuncH Of the road,
Ind reachcd and remained at Bismarck for the
express purpose Of getting employment to on
ablo thom to tide ovor tho approaching win
ter. Those
aro situated noar Il littlo gtream called Sweet
brior: Tho prospecting which resulted III tloir
discovery is claimed to hive boon dono by cti-
p,1ahod it's survey 40 as to include them. Tho
otizons got up tho uBual "stakeB Of discovery"
as required by the Congressional mining oct, mud
declare their intention to fight tho North
sion. Gen. nosser gives It as His opinion
tint tho minos arc inexaustiblo, and pronouncos
The quality good. Engineers, howovor, aro not
goologiBtH. I remember good Joke Mt tho
Chief Of the Union pacilc Road. On reaching
tho Bitter Crock region Of Wyoming, Cnrmichaul
and his 800 mon won't to work on heavy cut
through butte. Wheu about half~way through,
a,,d everybody rojocod, for tlmbor is worry scarce
and s gnited te dcu. bodgo Was Notified; So know
It WAS conl Of tue finest quality; Easement and
Carmichael hogan to quarrel about ownership
drift exactly on tho alternate sootion Of
haeiae a and zad hres oos a1ss 10 sftefaEa pose
cold. The drift WIS simply Bi!ate impregnatcd
with aspha}tum, and Of no value whatever. l
sincerely hope that Con. Kosser'a mno will pan
out bottor titan did Con. Dodgo's: fet I hayo
my doubts. Capt. L., Of tho Twolfth Infantry,
f0Ib m haQt n EWnHtbrinr
drift appeared to 10 M inferior quality of btu
minons COAL" His Judgment ii worth some-
thing, aH for many years lle @,aa been stationed
OIL tic frontier, a',d haa oxperi'nSsnteed great
gst to tho Yellowstone Expedition, told mo TINT
IN many places ho detected tho presence Of
ligniteB but would not say that he considered
tile coalflol's of Dakota as valuable as nad boon
represented. And yet ought to addhere that tho
military officers always laughed ut tho monton
OF Nettre'a name. Ono Of tLoln said METRE
nayer waB lalf-a-1nilo from the military column
at any timo during the tvip; no was too afraid
Of losing his scalp. Nevortholoss. laye good
opinion Of Nottre's professional ability, and have
no doubt he will mike volumlnous report, II
DO earns his snlary, ho will. In this connection,
| doaro to relate ..-
LITTLE CIRCUMSTANCE: ..
Prof. --, with q corpB Of scientific auxili-
arieB, for sonle tin,o has Doen roa1ning up and
down tho Territories; with tho objects OF estab-
liHling longtudes, and classifying tl,eir goologi~
| caI, mtneralogical, and agricultural resources
| The Mornlons havo musaun, iii salt Lake City,
aud it is tho finest in the country. Not long ago
| I was foastng my eyes On tho archaeological,
| petrihed, md aniinal cnriostieH III tho
Mormon Museum. Prof. Dear, tho supori1l-
tendout, took doop interest In explaining to
Which ho said had been contributed to tho
museum by Mormon missionaries to the Sand-
wich Islands. Prof. - cnterod: l1o admired
tito museum, and got Interested IN the aforesaid!
ot.s+,tx lii 1oty Il n
coral whoao iuterstices were filled with Lawn, ho
] inquired the price,
= Not for pale." aail Prof Dear.
"Dnt Hill Prof. -. OF tho United States
explorers muBt lave it for tho Government"
Lear, being only a Mormon, wited before the
magic nnme OF "the Government" and TO-
!" Well, if you muat, say s4o."
nous Prof. - mover onco inquirug ttlleir
history. so. to-day. tho Smithsonian 1natu',
ton probably has dozen volcanic aud petrifiotl
specimens from tho sandwic 11'nnda .n, labeled
| "Bpccimons from - Canon, Utah" -
| WILL IT PAY?
. On this subject Of coal Iiingos Groat deal OF
tho future Of tho Northorn tactic Road. To-
day the Company III bringing ita wood from Min
nesotn: + the sweotbrior uuscropplngs lead to
to lilo successful wording Of tho roal already
built has boon removed But the Northern Pa
ciiic Company greatly oyoroatlnatcs the intis'-
| enco The working Of c0al-mlro west OF tho
Missouri will have upon tho country east OF
tho Missouri River. The coal-ael.ls Of Wyo-
ming nro ine1llaustiblo, eaatly worked, and tho
quality sufficiently good to, warrant its use tor
6ackan,iths' purp0seH Yot the Union pa.
clio Road Inns mover maao IL dol.
lar from hauling that coal east Of
Cheyenne. Throe ycara ago, tho ctizonR OF
Omaha and Council bluffs ruHa up OIL ,naaHo, aud
demanded cheap coal Of tho Union Pacific Com
pany.. Col. 9; q. Hammond, thon ,superintol'a.
ont Of tho Union Pacific. tAol I'LL The appliances
we're erected In tho coal-heltls, and extra cars
and locomotives wore doyotod exclusively to the
purpose Of bringing coal from Wyoming to the
troeless region eaHt of Laramie. nut tito ofrori
waB q hopoloys failure. Chicago doalora laid
coal down in Omaha and Council Bluffs clloapol
tlmn tho Union Pacific Company could do 1t =
not cueapor IN prico per ton but. taking into
consideration tito quality, tho consumer soon
found TINT 500 worth OF Pennsylvania egg-
coal was far moro valuable aud comfortable
than $40 wortl. Of Wyoming soft coal. To-day
coal il aa cheap III Duluth aa It ia in Chicago