New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-21
ARRIVAL OF THE EXPEDITION.

| CAMP J,NNEY June 5.-On May 81 we
marched I3nics up The river aud camped again on i's
! banks THE route crossed the Cheyenne three times
in almost "a many miles requiring bridge NJ one place.
corduroy AZ another and the last crossing was ncco
pshcd without either of these So far the bottom lands
OF this stream are covered with cottonwood timber ara
fine growth OF Grass BY ltil3 cultivation good nay
would grow AZ point observed along The river ms
fact will add infinitely 10 The value OF this section as
cattle and range There has b. u no farming iad
slch rs Is understood by tat term ESsO seen b' the
grazing is remarkably good. Whether the HIS rrovc
rich I'm mineral, or not If this country is thrown open for
settlement IL will occupied nj once by the cattle and
sheep herdsmcu The homcsieaders are GROWING the
st0ekmen oil OF their immense ranges along the Union
Pacific Railroad ami this region viii therefore be seEeu
upon by latter While travelling on the Old W0nanS
! Fork and since an old wagon trail has been seen.
Al times we have rsed the road while In course II
\ almost obioracdsO much so in some places as not I"
be raccahie James Sanders. old plainsman with this
expedition says IL MAGE 10y Col sawyer IN 1850 An
approx was made by Congress Of $4,000 to make
this road. The purpose OF making the road Is sa'd 10
have been the opening OF route from Sioux C to Mon
tana Col. Sawyer had hard task. My inionnan Jim
Sanders said: "The Indians wrOoped him up every move
be made But he got through all right" This may seem
singular expenditure OF public money. Tie OCCUPANCY
in 1866 of the Powder River country was equally as
SINGULAR and mnch more expensive u cost not less than
81 100000 money ana many lives rOute to Montana
wa also object, Gen. Sherman who declared that To
he tc nropcr route then may have had view the
opening the mineral region Of which he speaks so con
Misunderstanding that the Big Horn Mountains are
| probably : rich in gold ~ California was
! On June l the expedition marched from the River
Cheyenne to Beaver Creek distance 10 miles
| Here we made first camp at the base
! OF the Black Hills. The scenthc party deter
mined not TO enter the hills here, but higher up. Ii
seemed 10 ne Prof Janneys intention into the
heart of. the range before lac begins his explorations
what his plans are knows definitely at least 50
far as can be ascerained To all questions he replies
cit is impossible To toll anything about it, That may
mean that Ibis instructions win not permit him TO tell or
that TO communicate them Will prevent their proper OK
ecnIon; or that lie doesn't know himself what he is
going do The latter is perhaps the true theory II is
quito likely that all depends upon where the most advan-
1 tageous permanent camp can be established
CHARACTER OF TIE COUNTRY.
! The route this day led up and over a high "hog
back down the sides of which conld he traced sale and
out-crOppngs Ignite. These beds OF Ignite extend ~
far west as the hcadwaters Of the Cheyenne. saw,
| where the road from Fort Fcerman TO Fort Reno
crosses the Cheyenne immense stratum Of this Ignite.
mach strongly defined than anything seen on our
Quincy far. The Indians say that to the northwest
of this place perhaps about tic hradwa.crs OF the Little
Missouri River the ground are and has been burning
beyond the memory Of their oldest inhabtan IN that
same region must oil srrin IS The Indians report
that there is stinng water there OF the same char
acter as that which is known to exist in Mud River VEL
! ley.
| On June . we marched MP one Of the forks Of the
Beaver a dist nee Of lOi2 miles. The great aim AM
anxiety all Of has been to fnd that l0io Longitude
west from Greenwich. capt. Tuttle the astronomer,
il getting frantic chasing that line, fist to the west and
then the east. Now are IN DAKOTA. aud the next
day we are in Wyoming. 1t is 80 Imaginary line the
Captain begins to think IL an haucnaton. One timing is
pretty definitely setcd-In0st OF the Black Hills are III
Dakota Another important fact has been determined
that the maps have placed them five miles too far to te
| - vi of he ulpli nj
| escd in the expedition IA he was.
ON june l four elk, several deer and bear were
/ brought into camp, which reused tie dcspondent
Nm.Ols, who had given M hunting as bad job myself
among the number so the following day went forth
with hopes good sport. Killed elk climbed the first
range of the hills nearly fen into deep canon, skinned
my hands and knees scaling eli after an eagles
nest and ended the days adventures ny nearly drown
ing hOrsc-and That IL scdm hot three !tct wide, one
Of those alkaii bitches winch have no bottom TO speak or
and water bractsh though clear, that Quinine or
! epson salts is delicious in conf arison.
Tie first prominent camp reached on June :. The
last day marched 10 miles, making totsh march of
20 miles. spauidng Creek, where we are at present,
is an eastern fork of the Beaver perhaps the Beaver
proper It Il named after Capt Edward Spaulin2i Cav
airy The exact situation OF Camp Janney as We have
named it, Capt futile Of the Neurological Astronomical
Classographca Surveying party has kindly given as
follows Longitude 1Ofo 1Y 3Os" latitude 43o 5V l2".
From here Mr. Janney will the country hill and
anywhere. One thing the people can ne assured Mr.
Janney will work hard not that the results of his labor
viii change public opinion either way in regard 10 the
question whether there is gold in the Hills.
SEARCHING FOR GOLD.
or course old miners may letter have
patiently asked already "We what do you think Of the
country" / as,;ed that question of Mr.. Root Mr..
Janneys head MINER who appears 10 know his business
at least the hard lines OF his face and his wary LITTLE
frame have services and they who know him say he
il an old prospectOr and miner He said: WE'LL there's
nothing to sec here amt in the formation yet We've
got 10 get that beyan and above this sand
stone then said: ayes, know you've got TO get 10
region where il granite, Of course but how does
the rock here look" lie replied: It's had an awful
tossing;v and not another word conld get from him
! pro or con- He is cautious a Scotchman. He told
however that he had panned some dirt taken from a
" wash up the creek, and dill MT find any gold, not a
color OF one" This fact does not discourage any
person. For II he Lad found color" 1t could not pos
lby have indicated rich placer mines or poor ones or
anything as we are too iar away from te prSpr 'rna
ton, although, 10 speak, IN the Hills None Dat
miner undel stand thoroughly what tins means; 10
have found gold 50 far away from lis nome Wouh snPY
have meant ~ an experienced prospec0r tha u was
can be panned OF dirt taken from the banks OF the
| Missouri d thousand miles from ITS source. 49,
The temper Of the citizens with the expentoh IN
various capacities was when Roots pannng dirt
spoken about. One man told me Root had pained
goneia al desire mud gold and rich deposits There Is
great interest fet Of course, East to hear something
Hills. There is absolutely nothing remarkable to
tell. Not man of tins expedition has been IN
place where a miner would waste moment
in prospecting Mr. Roots prospecting was done. sup
pose more satisfy the of persons accompany
ing the expedition than from any hope OF tndug gold
said a miner to-day, don't like the looks OF the rock
THIS sentence meant that the country did not look like
Grass Valley or Frazer River. mining district
that he was used California miners left Colorado,
prOnouncing IL worthless, Old times, because they
did Mt like the rock :" and wOud Colorado man
express himself in California This difference OF opinion
| applies 10 ali mining localities A California miner
THINKS Colorado miner does Mt know ANY Thing about
mines and Colorado miner knows the other does Ut