The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1873-1875, 1875-07-14

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bap satisfied with doing we'll when the,
could be wasting their time prospecting
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aaiet. BacRER DlGGINGs., s... sa
Still he might do much better,-hov
much bette. would depend great dea
On his luck aid mnscle, .Iacus qol esz
The miners who. are here are not the
rough and scum element driven out ol
the border towns, but they are intelli.
gent. and sober men, who have entered
into this enterprise much as they would
any other businesseeD terprise--toF win.
What is going to be done about it.? A
public sentiment true to itself will dc.
eide this question. There is an abund-
ance Of pine timber in this immediate
vicinity, and the best of water. The
grass is now a foot high, and the Aow-
ers blooming on every side. Col. Dodge
has no instructions to drive the miners
out Of the HillG Gand he no doubt rsjeices
that this, is, not his disagreeable duty.
MANY QUARTZ LoDEs
have been taken, and gold has unmis-
takably been taken out of the rock. Of
silver I saw nothing. AS soon as things
settle down SO. that it can be made ac-
curate, 1 will send you map of this
mining district as it actually exists, and
not as many Of those that are the crea-
tions Of heated imaginations. ,., =,
From another correspondent.
CAMP JENNY, June 18th *sa91* -
Nothing Of much interest occurred dur
ing four or five days that we remained
here, except q 5r @am!UE ea+-~
-..-,,, IT, ID A DARING SCOUT, \ us5fs
or rather exploration party of five mer {,
who, alone, left this fortified camp, and
penetrating that portion of country
marked on all the maps "unexplored,"
and went to the very base of Harney's
Peak, and returned again safe and we'll.
The. parties who conceived and put in
execution this bold move were Lieut..
Chas. Morton, Of the Third Cavalry, and
DR.. J. R. Lane. They obtained permis-
sion to select two enlisted men, one Of
whom was Sergt. J.H. Van Mall "a brave
man.. With California Joe as guide,
the party left camp ostensibly on a
hunt, but in reality to get through the
barrier that had, up to this time, pre-
vented any white man from gaining any
information as to the character Of this
SO called ''unexplored" country. *
y * x g. Scrambling to
the top, and casting our! eyes to- the
southeast, there in bold relief, was the
rocky head of Harney's Peak. Away
to the north and east lay. an open coun.
try that might be Clusters Park, and
south and west the dark shadows of the
pines were spread out. Descending the
hill we took a lunch of hard bread and
bacon, and struck out for the Peak.
Here let me observe that after crossing
the stream; Of a Hundred Springs the
geological character of the country en-
tirely changed, from the red sandstone
and limestone formation to q granite
character, showing float rock of quartz
and mica, and slate-stonei 5of flinty
hardness. Here. thought ], is the coun-
try where precious metals should be
found. Proceeding toward the open
country we encountered small stream
in a narrow and deep ravine, where the
branches Of the quaking aspen and
the pines were 50 closely. inter twined as
to make perpetual shade over the riv.
ulet which ran beneath the archine
roots of, the trees, and cut its, way
through and over bed Of pure crystal
ice. had heard the Indians tellcof u
in these hills. but had not expected *
find one on the 7th day Of June. No
far from this, we came into q large oper
park, surrounded by pine7clad foothills
and in this opening we found both O
Gen. Custer's trails. The one that hi
took going north We took to 60 south
and, crossing several streams, we pass
ed into a canon where were piled up OF
either; side huge boulders Of iron rock
OF, ore. Coming across another creek
we made coffee and .balted our tired an
imals. Here Joe, who never tires o
pleasing sketches Of fa''Life on I'll,
Plalns,", fighting Oheyenues with Gus
ter.
Our rest being over, we.moved agar
in q southerly direction, leaving tn
trail on our left, because time would no
permit Of our visiting the corrall bull
by the miners during Last winter. Her
again We strnck q granite formation
and here agaiu We found quartz, mics
and hornblende scattered about will
mica schist, and rocks showing like pol
ished steel. Near this we found a well
defined quartz lode or drift trending di