The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1873-1875, 1875-07-14
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We took-a atiff fsnort'of whisky, which
Joe accepted with whoep. Smscking
his lips ike q fire cracker, he extended
his arm, and making comprehensive
circle around, embracing the scene be-
fore. u.s. he exclsime I'd :as Ef :ithar's any
gold in these little niggef heads, it's
right about haar.,'' After this he was.
20 longer Communicative. TT might
have been ON account Of his whisky 8
dying in him;but, at any rate, he would
not venture another remark about gold.
Like many old miners, he may have seen
indications that convinced, and did not
want to point them out until he could
secure them. Let that be as it may, the
nextmorning aftersreachjng Camp Jen-
ny he was asked; after, and the reply
was that he, had saddled his pony and
gone on the back trail before daylight.
The same correspondent under date Of June Path
sends the following: .5r s,a rs.-sa. a ss,,
We all came here with some notion
Of what mine and q mining country
ought to be: Some of us have found out
that this mining business involves dew
ilish hard work with pick and shovel,
with an indifferent quality, and. an
alarming small quantity Of grub. Well
this is not the sort of mining, we want
ed. We wanted q gilt.edge affair, that
We could work. by proxy, and not soil
our hands with. Why, such mining as
this is no better than working at hard
work anywhere for So or 81 per day;on.
y working for wages is '...1,> -..,
PERHAPS THE suREsT.
It will be seen BY this that it has been
our very high.fown notions that now
brings this reyulsion. This expedition
has not been long enough in the Hills
to determine the extent or richness Of
the mining regions; but it has determin-
ed the actual existance Of gold in guam
titles: that will pay ID some way or 9TH
er, and in sufficient quantities to cause
the inference that it must exist in lodes
OF. ledges at some point or points not
remote from this. Until this inference
is proven . afallacy (and this .cAnnot be
done II a month, year, or Eve years.,
just so long will the miners streak into
these Hills, and nothing will keep them
out. ~. .5 ). %
There are two sluices, or bitches, op-
en- s miles up French Greek; but the mi
ners have no, lumber, and it will. be
some time before they get whipsaws to
make the necessary lumber with. It is
urged that, if there was swift stream
of water here, so that the tailings could
be swept away, then it would pay to
sluice this whole valley. But this is q
small and rather sluggish stream for
mountain brook. Now, in the face Of
all negative representations, the mi
iners in charge Of the sluices say that
thev have done well in California with
circumstances much more adverse than
these, with less water and poorer dirt.
They argue from this that = 80.
sH THEY WILL MAKE THIS PAy,.
for the. dirt is rich enough to pay well,
with the improved style ofmining i'm
play. They say that it requires. soma
outlay and some hard work; but they
do not appear surprised at that, and,
strange enough, appear to be somewhat
surprised that our. theoretical miners
should not be pretty well satisfied. /, .
"a small party Of miners returned
from the. north and west yesterday,
bringing in the report that they had
found much better diggings. with much
coarssr gold. ! California Joe. came in
from thewest side of Harney's Peak,
saying that he had not prospected any
point that was not more promising than
the dieginRs son French Greek. "a greg
This much for the gold business. II
| is notRa ,canard oor q hoax. lTbe gold
finding is real; bnt It involves labor, and
perhaps capitol, to develop it.a If we
| take into consideration that mankind
are prone to q weakness ofsworking for
less wages in gold mines than in iron.
works, Il. is not strange that they. should
put both, capital and labor into the de-
velopment Of these mines. There exists
a Bret Hartean,, Mark. .Twainian sort OF
romance in reference to mining districts;
and many think that even If fortune
should not smile upon them, the kexpe.
erience would be pleasant to treasure up
for declining agesto look back upon.
These matters, to bessuccessful, must be
looked upon from strict business point
of view. There is no doubt but tha,
rich diggiDgs and lodes will be found
somewhere in the Hills; but
WHO WILL FIND THEN?
This being doubtful point, many
will be disappointed, they will have on
". themselves to blame, for it can ONLY
come and be the result of exalted OF ex
travagant hopes and expectations.
The climate will not be the best fo
An agricultural country. The timber