Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-09-17
The LAND or colo.
The Precious Metal In The Black Hills.

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Correspondence Of the New York Herald
Rocxr MOUNTAINS. August %. 1874.
The reported discovery OF Gold IN the
Black Hills by Custar's expedition 10 oc-
casionipg great excitement along the up
DER Missouri, especially in the vicinity
Of Bismarck, where tho existence OF pre-
cious metals in the Black Hills is DOW
for the first time definitely announced to
the world, the fact has long bsen known
to soldiers, trappers. guides and hunters.
Our army officers have frequently spoken
of them and exhibited specimens OF gold
brought into the forts by Indians. As
early rs 1866 an Indian from the Black
Hills visited Fort Laramie, bringing with
him a considerable quantity OF gold dust
and number Of
II NUGGETS.
SO many persons were anxious to get
his gold that the Indian became alarmed
and threw 1t into the Platte River. In
1866 a Grow Chief gave to Major Burt.
at Fort Phil Ksarny, On the Powder
river. a sPicula Of pure gold as thick
and almsst as long as q faber lead pom
Gil. In the same year soldiers found
gold in many places along Powder river,
Big Horn, Clear Fork. Pinsy. Goose,
Wolf and Trout creeks, and Tongue and
Little Horn rivers. In 1864, II 10 ro-
lated, Mr.. Bullock. q post trader, through
some private arrangement with a chief
Of the Black Hills, established o trade
in gold and got $40. 900 out OF the Indi-
ans in q short time. During 1869 two
Indians frequently brought gold to the
forts and sold ii. When pressed to dis
close where they. found II, they said
Gsrry's Creek, = place in the Black
Hills. above Fort Laramie. Some white
men bribsd these Indians to show them
the place, and the party started out, but
in the night the Indians deserted and
the white men had TO return. Two In
dams. now at MILESTONE Agency. say
they know OF u place in the creek. not
far from Laramie, where the bed OF the
stream is lined with yellow shsle rock.
filed with gold. The rock is so rotten.
they state, that they have often picked
out pieces Of gold with their butcher
knives. II il . well known fact that
several years ago al Indian brought into
Fort Laramie about a quart OF rotten
shals rock tied up in a dirty cloth, and
upon examination ii was found to con.
tain over $500 worth Of gold. He
would not tell where he got 1t, but the
shals showed water marks and had evil
IDENTIFY been dug from the bottom Of .
stream.
THE MO HoR EXPEDITION
In January, 1870, the famous big
Horn Gold Searching Expedition" was
organized. Fully 500 persons enrolled,
but less than 100 started. Your cores
pendent saw this expedition ut Fort
Steele, Wyoming Territory, juno, 1870,
and it was thoroughly p%rovisioned,
equipped. and provided with every
means Of locomoiion aud defense. It
became the subject OF Congressional &C.
ton, and n determined effort was made
to abrogate the Sioux treaty Of 1866,
that II might march through Red Clouds
lands. The Government warned the
leaders OF the expedition that 1t would
be unlawful for them to pursue the
route they had marked out; but the er-
petition started, and had marched over
800 miles when General Angur ordsred
his cavalry to pursue the big horners
and compel them TO RETURN; they were
oyerhauisd on the Grey buil it,ser, a
tributary OF the Big Horn, and distant
about $50 miles north Of Bryan station,
on the Union Pacific Railroad. Some
OF M explorers pusned ON hi"ush 20
Montana anu came OUT u. TOT I.iiis, pu'
ths body OF the expedinon ietuInsu Win
q troops 10 fort brown, IN tne Winu
River valley ana marched thence 70
South Pass, where the men were us.
banded. The exploration prsdneed grsa,
excitement IN the West al the ums n
aud came near causing general iho'an
war
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