, 1874-09-01
Confirmation Of the Reports Co
ing the Rich Gold Deposi )
Silver, Iron, Gypsum, and P e ago
Discovered In Great QuantiEjS:
The Country Declared to Be q
Paradise ~ Well as IN
EldOratlo.
4 Rush to the New Gold Fields from
All Quarters Predicted.

Eretfnt Dtsrdfch 10 The Chftaah Tribune.
DtesfAnoK, D. r., Aug. 81.-Custer's expcdi-
tim roturnod IN t,,nco1n Inst aveoinp. bavin1 In
T., 49,. ,.a ,,,ara,,o1 o1,,t an villas .na
III h1ty-ni1o aasb "a1cnuu "poa' IVY Ini.o0, nno
part Of tho confnana zo9 ifaAea sassaef'
Twenty six days wero Bpont In tho exploration
M thu Dlaek Hi,Ia. tho command travelling IL, its
u.,,ora ,ho,t nm +,;,o. ao1d ,vna fnund nj
,~1o'' aaoas oo - .'''1 G...-,, ,,"aIe r,,,a,
Veraouh points, anu IN castor foaA' 'n'iea
south Of HarveY's Poak, In almost unlimited
quantltioa, 1t WIS found In tho graas-rootB to
TIM extent nf + ceuta per painful. increasing In
on,o,,,, ~, a. +,,o dont,, ~ faot On oo,.a In
=, 'oA 'A ~ 49,
tho pan WAS the 51ela' viii
EVERY FACILITY FOR MINING
at hand. Tho bedrock WINS not reached, and
H. s,ss,s a ,,., .o,,,', tuto nv agn ~ sfo,
'a0' nn4eno 81 t4aa so,ua s'Ao eus ~, :, r1ee
per day. twenty OF lilo ooys LOOK goa elaiulS.
declaring thor intention to occupy thom 30 NJ
soon as poaceablo possession OF tho country
could In obtaincd Tho Running wotor roeion.
eoa'a y. oIsa,ea t .uo t'ue "as'a ,.,s .osu",
"hoeo 'he !no'an5 sopol. n',6so,s nins nlouna "a.
loose forming r1pplcs III tho BROOKS, aalo the ing
Horn region. Ia which gold is known to abound,
wore not explored for lack Of TING, Brief hatp
nuu t"aaa .,l'.1suos ,.s.,ra, ro '..;''a'a,
eohs' oas 'ae if"c''cA' na1eo.s
ARE READY TO FAN on 11Elt scAhes'
md load marty into lilo Black Hills this fall If
assured that tho GOYCr1In9nt Nill lot tncnl
aloue. apd it is believed thoro arc not troops
enough in this Department. to prevent tho inn
uudato occupation Of tho country, for tho in-
fntuatcd goli-hunters will nlako break for it
from every uua1 ter-fron East South, and
Wo4t, Ga well Ill IRON Bismarck. which is $50
miles from CuBter's Guich, III n,ilos nearer than
nuy otnor raironl nLatiou on tho Alissouri.
IRON IN 1dMESBE QUANTITIES
mud gypsum beds, p!umbago load, si!yor, and
ga!ena wero found, and tho country, iu,lgiily
FROM nil AccDunts, IL Paradise Ms vol ~ all
Eldorado. No hostile IudinnH, excepting four
who came into camp at Boar Butte, wore soon.
These reported thai
THE COMMAND WOULD DE ATTACHED
On tic 18th, mud tint the whole Sioux nation
was congreEatod In Prospect Valley, about TO
u,itos northwest, determined to intercept tho OK
},editiou, wl,cre,ipon Custer mado rush for tllst
locality "tho botter to enable Him to ocato the
I,ead-Watera Of tue Littlo Missouri" ho Eaid,
but tile natiyos woro tone, md Ind burned tho
nrairicy 100 miles u extent hoping by tha! means
10 enbarra.B tho expedition. From thore tho
command followed down tho Little Missouri
about 75 mi1us, until it struck Staneya trail Of
1878, when it htrtick across to ehe snloy Of tho
Uoart Whcro nn abundance Of wood, WHtor, anu
.razing was found. They followed this valley
to Lincoln, making Tor tho laut iTo davs forced
marches. as tue forage WaB exhausted and tho
rations short, arriving at Lincoln QUO day aiload
of time.
THE LOSSES pun1Na TIE Tnlp
wore three mon Of dyrontory, QUO man killod by
conratlo, aud fifteen hn1Ros aud nlstlss abau:-
doned. Not 4 aGot Was fired at the Indians, and