The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1873-1875, 1875-08-25
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-.es Mn eEinnay ne efSrtfe AtpneIsn rock
md men At coming -t0a Me AHaW hem
MithxsptejnJnssa Iifls hat a1dEaa19ti
Sngonfas1ai & sa1f aYals Ho iIi manY hun
er whsto these kffIs contsini, and some
Of theseshen ass sharp add experienced
goAaniHsfs. 81 They ySfea watching now
Oflmiaefals ind they lsefuteniSe every.
thihs sthsf cooks like mineral. TIE
consequSn6sis that j h&vesan Unlimited
number 81 assistants and they seem to
have e6n6d 6denees inc me. They have
| found cut that II don.t want 20 greb
anything. .-alsE g &!
| as ioI..w sesGQLD sQuARTzs 4so 9t ga4
,Correspondent.-haye you discovered
any good quartz leads? -.
<Erof: Jenney. when we say good
quartz we3mean ledge that will war
rant accompany q in erecting caIquartz,
mill now, with the country half devel-
oped. !, To that | say. no; but there is,
| al immense ledge up here at the miners,
camp. IT is what they call in Ualifor-
| mia ! great betoledgea Itis filled with:
little assures. IT has been traced, four.
miles in one direction and is two hum
| dred and fifty miles wide. Then there
lis fftylfeet2of barren rock; after that
Iitcis seventy-fve feet widet g2GosJ aeTl%
| 9:zag WILL TIE MIXERS REAli4AAIN. II 3la9sl
/ Correspondent.-Will these men stay,
here and develops their. claims? : 14'5. :.
/ Prof. Jenney.-Thet7 cold weather.
wiil compel most of them to- 60 out In
the winter, but nothing but the perma-;;
lnent occupation of the country. will
Keep them out. They come here from
every possible direction. Many cross
led the Laramie in rude dugouts; some
came straight through the Indian coun-.
TRY and entered the hills by way Of
Bear Butte, and one party that came
direct from Sioux City, were ten. or
twelve, weeks'onthe road, and encouns
tered the most formidable difficulties;
ione party. came in from. Harney's peak,
! >rAKIaa FHEsco opNTRYs s1NpwAYszs ssy
| Mountains were s.nothingz to them.
Those who took guides got here last Of
all, One German who came in had two
kegs Of whisky that he was dreadful1y
afraid would be taken away from him.
de came insfrom Sioux. City and had
heen, yaore 4hAa- tzn- mont hs: an the
road. He had twice turned back from
tmpassible sands and came in at last
over the most figh tful country. He was
going to sCuster's1 park, and no idea
Of fwhere the park was. s:baa3a 5aB rat
WORKING THE, GuLCH.: .~7f s:.-3c..
I said to the captains Of two ,compan-
les that they would help me- make a
dam the men might have the. gold for
their company furd.s MY object was to:
demonstrate the quality Of gold existed,
there, and show whether it was paying
quantities. They are engaged ii It,
now. I got ofouro cents to the pan at
six feet, gIt,was a rough ragged sur
face, Nine or ten inches Of clay along
TIE TOP Of the bed rock yielded four
cents to the pan. Soldiers got from
two cents up. The largest piece was
worth one dollar and twenty-five cents,
roughly estimated. It is hard to esti-,
mate an irregular piece. e.-.I-saw about
half ., dozen soldiers get about two dol
lars from twenty buckets. X All they did
was to turn over stones and scrape off
four inches Of earth and they would
hsyesto work itvlike.putty:ae i: a3a.o
Prof JenneY insh,s report to:the,Inte-
fior Department, SAYS testing the:
deposits on Spring creek I worked out
! particularly rich spot, where al old
channel has been cut tacross by the pres
SatIbeds soflthes creek. land ain. e10 hours'
work. with I, = small sslnlee, obtained
fve:sixths Of az ounce of gold, or a.
bout Is 30. Ths soldiers had previously
panned oat the same place not less than
}voounces Qf,coarse gold, and on :meas.
trine the amount of grayel, washed 4
found that the total yield was at the
tate 81 four dollars per cubic ysrd, 81
3B6da three cents Is the pan as& aia fav.
erage. for stheswhole nh hickness Of thelds.!
posits 1T Was truly said Of this region.
that. there WAS .sgold ,ine the very roots
of tie grass but It is not the gold oi
aravel bars 81 quartz aiedge-not the
fold of'ihe. miner or. the geolugist. &.
s7sA Au Opinion 6 Ola 1f1a1ssrrs.. Is !. z Z
The Cjhicag,,oo Tribbiu,1n1e's Black Hilla
eodrrreaslp Il 81 onrdent 81 3 expresses tue following
opinion I'M Of old miners: An old horse,
n old dskuu, or I'D old watch, is. very
Door property; ian old woman N akes2a
devoted mother inas4sEsnt aunt,
And "a sbouinAblH mother. inslaw; but
ans old miner il A.delusion and Aasnare.
F 4 Yillainouy swindle, q mass Of be-
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