The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-03-20

10y hiuuJ, or about 2UUD square mills
j. covered with excellent pine timber,
or l,2sD,nJU acres. Now the next
question ARISES. how Is this timber 80
bu ma.!C available? At Iel~' four ~
six months IN the year these streams
Belle FuurChC aud South Fork 81
! CheyenneJ are quite high. The logs
could ~ cut and transported To the
sides Ofthese 7ipuIn- during the dry
7,su5Bn, and hen the streams are
high. in thr spring uf the year, they
could hC taken down into The Mis-
-uuri River with IL gUUI degree Of
safety aud UH-C.
! The Biuck Hills, which appear in
the distance and derive thor name
from, their dark aud gloomy appear
uHCC, contains Hu i~ncNhuustible uuan-
tity of tn" finest IiUuher, uIu7Ily piuC,
wuiCh will doubtless remain undis-
lUrbed for many years to r~uFDt'."
General Custer. who visited the
hills hast summer, i'm his report also
speaks ~glDwinglY of tire supply of
timber, aud says: "rhe timber
found consisted Of many varieties,
! principally Of pine, oak and elm.
The pine is Of suitable dimensions
for being worked into lumber, and j.
met with in abundance on every
| hillside"
Cot. Forsythc, OF Gen. Shcridan's
staff, who accompanied the c&pedi-
ton, also CurrU5UnItcs the statement
that a great abundance OF timber
exist in the hills.
The fertility of the soil in the
Black Hills wa noticed 10y Lieut..
Warren, in 1858. Sparkling OF the
valleys In that region, he says in his
report of that year: " In these noun
tain formations which border the
great plains on the west are 30 b"
found beautiful flowing streams, and
snail rich valleys covered over with
fine grass for hay, and susceptible OF
cultivation by means of irrigation.
Fine Timber for fuel and lumber,
limestone, and good stone for build
ing purposes are here abundant.
G0ld has BEEN found in places in
valuable quantities, aud, without
doubt, the more common and useful
minerals will be discovered when
mo e minute examinations are
made"
In the same report, further on, he
says: The country furnishes the
means of raising sufficient quantities
Of grain and vegetables for the use Of
the inhabitants, and beautiful,
lN'tllll1N anu Nt0lIiDlt lNlill l'll0 lOI
their homes. The remarkable free
| dom hero iFOIn sickness is one Of
| the attractive features of the region,
and Will, in this respect, go far to
ruCOmprnSc the settler from the
Mississippi valley for his loss in the
smaller amount of products that can
be taken from the soil. The great
want of suitable luilding material,
which now 81 seriously retardS the
growth of the west will not be Felt
here
He also says that these settlements
in the Black Hills country, cannot
! be agricultural To the same extent as
those in the Mississippi valley, bat
must depend greatly upon the raia-
ing of stock.
Gen. W. +. iiuyn0IdS, who made n
Typographical survey of this Fcgi"n
in lSjO-6O, says, i'm speaking Of IL in
his report. PAGE 7: "ThG whole re-
giOn of the Black Hills is unqurS-
IipnabiS destined, at no distant date,
to afford hrmeS for n thriving pYpu-
lhlinn Tine m]OuuttiDS Will tuTnI9h
II sufficient supply Of pine lunlhrr for
ordinary u-ra, and although timber
is very scarce in the region ~ a
whole tfrnm Fort Pierre to the Pow
der River, ytt The Black 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
Cheyenne, and then he skirted the
| northeast and north side of the hills.
He describes them IN ms journal AS
succession 81 mountain ranges win
beautiful valleys between, the SOIL OF
.ls.I = vs-N, 1.4l F.Etsl. A4l ~.
winch Is rirh ana lrrtiie' ana Gov
rrru win hV"Fg CROWN Oh EiaSN.
Groves oil ASH, oak ehn ana "ther
varieties OF llthoer are i~hentlohei ~
h'lhE nnel WIN, ringing lhe clrar,