The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-04-12

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be made available? At least four to
six months in the year these streams
belle FOurche and South Fork of
Cheyennel are quite high The logs
could BE- cut and transported to the
sides of these streams during the dry
season, and when the streams are
high, in the spring of the year, they
could he taken down into the Mis-
-uuri River with ii gOou degree of
Tie Black Hills, which appear in
the distance aud derive their mann"
from. their dark aud gloomy appear
ance, contains aH ineNhaustih.c guam
titv of the finest timber, mostly pine,
which will doubtless remain uudis-
turbed for many years to come"
General Custer, who visited the
hills last summer, in his report also
speaks glowimgiy of the supply Of
timber, ard says: he timber
found consisted of many varieties,
principally of pine, oak and elm.
The pine is Of suitable dimensions
for bting worked into lumber, and i
met with in abundaucc on every
hillside"
Col. Fursythe. Of Gen. Shgridau'i
staff, who accompanied tn" CNPCdi-
tiOu, also UrruhurtirS the statement
that Il great #huuIuucc OF liuIHer
rxi.; III the hills.
The fertility of the soil in the
Black HIS was Noticed by Licui.
Warren, in 1898. Speaking uG tue
] valleys in shat region, Ee sly~ la his
report Of that year: lu these Wuuu-
tain formations which buTGpr the
great pi;InS nn tn" west ar" t. BE-.
fDuul beautiful flowing strc3um-, and
-..f. ~ ,.,IT.,a= Fy4,-4..-G .,-.. Iii.
fine grass for hay, aud susceptible o.:
cultivation ny means of irrigation.
Fine timber for fuel and lumber,
limestone, aud good stone for build
ing purpuSCs are here a uudInt.
GuGI has been fuuHd in places III
valuable quantities, and, without
daubt, the more common and Useful
minerals VIII lie discovered when
mo minute examinations are
nfadr.n
In the same report, further on, he
SAYS: "rhc country furnishes the
mrHu- Of raising sufficient quantities
of grain and vegetables fur the H-r uI
tn" Iuhuhiiaur~, and beautiful,
titniihy and desirable Iu,3i;inus Tor
their Uurr~. The rrmm kun!" Irr.-
dom h"rr lrrm sickness il II Uf
the attractive features OF the region,
nnd will. in this respect, gu far To
r"pcOmpeu-e the settler from the
! Mississippi valley for his los in the
] smaller amount of products that can
he taken from the soil. The great
want of suitable | uilding material,
which now 50 seriously relardS line
growth of the west, will not be felt
here"
: He also says that these settlements
i'm the Black Hills cannot
be agricultural To the same extent a.
those in the Mississippi valley, but
must depend greatly upon The rails
ing Of stock.
Gen. w. f. Reynolds. who made n
Typographical survey Of this region
in lSj9-GO, says, in speaking of il in
his report, page Z: "FhU Whole re-
giun Of the Black Hills is unqups-
tiunahly destined, al no distant date,
TO affIrd hCinVs for n thriving pOpu-
IHiiun The mountains will furnish
a sufficient supply Of pune lumber for
ordinary Uses, aud although timber
is very SrarCe in tne region aS a
whole from Fort Pierre to the Pow
der Rivprl, vet the Back Hills will
fully supply this great deficiency in
/ the districts Immediately adjoining"
His route from the Missouri River
led him to The Forks Of the Big
Cheycuue, and then ne skfrrcd the
northeast and north side of the hills
He describes them in his journal a. IL
succession of mountain ranges with
beautiful valleys between, the soil I'll.
which is rich aud fertile, aud GOV,
cred with Il heavy growth of grass.
Groves Of ash, oak, elm aud other
varieties of timber are mentioned IT.
being met with, friugiug M clear,
beautiful streams of water, putting
down from the hills into the Belle
FOurche. Between the forks of the
Cheyenne very decided evidences of
the existence of gold We're found