The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-08-24
MINNESOTA.
Black Hill Expedition-GoId. Gold,
Gold,

Black Hill Expedition-GoId. Gold,
Gold.
ST. PAUL. August 22.-A telegram
from Bismarck conveys dispatch from
Especial -pondcnce to the daily Press
from Custar'S expedition, rs follows:
CAMP CUSTAR, BLACK HILLS EXPDN. !
BEARS BUTTE, DAKOTA Terry,
August --, 1874.
The command arrived here yester-
day in good health and spirits. 1t left
Custar Valley on the 9Th, and made short
marches and good camps. Gold and sill
yer found in several places in large
quantities. Game was found in abund-
ancc, bear elk and deer. Several bears
have been killed by General Custar and
Colonel Ludlow. The first com mand
leaves here tomorrow for Little Missourn
from there home to Lincoln.
Another dispatch says the expedition
In, completed the exploration of tn"
Black Hills, which proves richer than at
first reported. Gold and silver is found
in numcrou, places and in quantities 50
great that with pick and pan a single
man may take 500 per day. The dis
tancc from Bismarck to the gold regions,
is about 80 miles over practicable
ront". The citizens of Bismarck are
greatly excited and already expeditions
are organizing.
Custar's Report.
The report of General CuStar to the
1. al
lev. Black Hills, Dakotah Territory, Au-
rust 18th. was received this morning at
General Tcrry's headquarters. After
detailing his operations and explorations
and the finding in one direction of an
impossible barrier, which was finally cir
cumvepted, the General says: ! propose
to return by different although perhaps
not shorter route than that adopted.
in turning to the Black Hills. ! am in
duCed to make this change in order to
embrace larger extent of uneXplored
country within the limits of our cIplOra-
tions and particularly to enable us to To-
cate as much as possible Of that
Of which nothing is now known.
| expect the expedition will reach Fort
Lincoln on the 3lst of August. The
health of the command has bcou. md is
most excellent. This expedition entered
the Black Hill from the west side. pcnc-
rrating through the eastern and most
southern ranges, explored the major por-
,ions of the interior, and passed out the
most eastern ranges which form the
bouudurv of the Black Hills. From tn"
fact that in all our principal marches
through the Black Hills We have taken,
without serious obstacle. heavy tram "i
over one hundred wagons, It may be IN
frrrrd that the Black Hills do not conStI-
tute the impcnrtrablr region hereto
fore represented. Entering the
Black Hills from any direction
most serious if not the only
obstacles were encountered one" near the
outer base. This probably accounts for
the mystery which has 80 long existing
rr,,arding the character of the interior
The exploring parties hsv" contcnted
themselves with marching around their
base. and from the forbidding aspect OF
the hill. n viewed at a distance, inferred
thatnr advance toward the interior would
nnIv cause them to encounter IN
creased obstacles. In regard to the
character of the country inClosed by the
Black Hills. can only repeat what ]
have stated in previous dispatches, that
NoPortion ofthe United states can
Boast ofa Richer or Better Pastur-
age.
purer water. the natural tempera-
turc of which in summer Is
but twelve degrees above the freezing
point and of greater advantages generally
To- farmers or stock raIscrs than are 10 be
found in the Black Hills. Building stone
of the best qualitp i to be found in mex
bau,tible Quantities. and wood for fuel
and lumber sufficient for all time to come,
Rain, are frequent. with no evidence in
the country Of either drouth or freshets:
the seasons. perhaps. are 20" short and
the uirht. too cuul for corn. but believe
all other grain could b. produced III
wonderful abundance; wheat would par
ticularly yield largeiy.
Mineral Wealth.
There /, no doubt a. Ia the existence o
various minerals throughout the hills, a
thi, subject has received the especial at
tention Of experts who accompanied th'
expedition. and will be reported upon II
detail. | will only mention the fact thai
iron and plumbago have been found, anc
bed. Of gypsum Of apparently ineIhausti
ble quantity. | referred in former dis
patch to the discovery Of gold. Subse
quent examinations at Eumerou
points confirm and strengthen tn
TACT Of the existence Of gold il
in Black Hills. On some of the wate
courses almost every painful of eartI
produced gold in sruall, but paying quaint
ities. Brief halts in rapid marching
prevents anything but very hasty eI
animation Of the country in this respect