The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-09-09
THE BLACK HILLS,
Seven Men Just From This Ell
Dorado IF America.
Results Of Their LabOrs in Search
of Yellow Gold.
ave can Return 10 Specie Pay
m"nt ty Exploring the
Black Hills"
a Country Adapted to Stock
Raising and Agricultural
Pursuits.

unprecedented yield Of the wheat crop, and
the satisfaction OF knowing that only 4 few
weeks time is ali tina. i necessary TO bring
forth the Target corn crop ever harvested
in this country, has caused the people in
this section OF country to lose interest in
the excitement occasioned by the reported
discovery OF gold in the Black Hills, and
but little attention is paid 20 news pertain
ing 10 tie Ell Dorado Of America. Bat,
from small steam ilat-boat, about ten by
eighteen feet in size manned by seven stall
war., determined-looking men, which ar
rived at the leyee i; 4:l5 yesterday after
noon, We gathered some facts that may tend
to rekindle the insatiate desire to find
fortune in lump, in the boSoms Of those
persons in this community who are in the
full belief that they were born to be rich.
"Grye me gold, bright, st!aing, yellow goldp'
The names of the men were, respectively,
W. {. LGmas, Henry Lumas, L. p. Kicker,
Horace Mann, Z. 3. Le, Wm. Ross and
Phillip Human. Mr.. Ross Was the princi-
pal spokesman oil the party, and from him
We learned that the little band OF broth
ers" was organized in St. Louis, in January
last for the purpose Of casting their
lots together, and trying their luck in search
OF tina; precious metal, the wan; of which
caused the Bank Of California 10 close its
doors, and the possession OF which makes
men
ELOArED MILLIONAIRE
The. purchased their little boat in St.
Louis, and, after storing her with sufficient
provisions to last them two months, besides
taking on board considerable ammunition and
implements Of war, mining tools, &C., steam
ed quietly up the Missouri river to the
mouth Of the Platte, and up the Platte to
Fort Laramie, where they purchased OK
teams and started across the country, 4 die
tance of about sixty-scyCn miles, to the
Black Hills. About three days were spent
III prospecting along the streams, OF which
there are quite number in the Hills, but
their best discoveries were made on Blade |
branch, a snail stream in the extreme |
northern part Of the country, and there they |
pitched their tents and began operations |
Mann and Lee being experienced miners, |
no inconN enicnce was experienced or time |
lost IL getting systematically at work, and |
while those accustomed TO collecting gold |
dirt, sladed and otherwise prepared the |
material Tor Use, the amateurs kept busily |
washing out, their first days efforts being |
by no means discouraging, having realized |
abou;
TWENTY DOLLARS
worth Of dust The dirt along the little !
stream continued TO yield an amount .:
gold sufficient TO guarantee them in their |
search, io- two weeks, VIXEN the supply |
seemed to diminish, and further search was |
made, their next place Of operations being |
on :le North Eranch, stream abo:: five |
miles north Of their old quarters. Here |
they found gold in even larger quantities |
.han on Biadie Branch, washing on;
TwESTY-sEvEN DOLLARS
worth of gold the second day, ard even
more than that amount after getting under |
Roadway
Being isolated, as il were, from the out |
side world, and not having seen any person
besides themselves, since entering the Hills,
they were AT a loss 10 account for the rea-
son OF the country not settling Up, as when |
they started for that part of the world, the
discovery of gold in the Black Hills was
"all the talk" Their nights were spent in |
the good, old-fashioned way, of smoking |
pipes ard narating incidents of the DAYS |
lang syne, with TN occasional game OF |
cards, and, Us Mr.. Ross remarked, frequent |
longing fo- 4 "srnile as OF yore." Time |
wore ::on, and, at the end of six weeks |
their store of provisions began to look rath- |
er deprecated, and evinced the fact that |
steps had to he taken to rcplenish the |
stock, and TO that end Messrs. Lumas and |
Kicker were delegated rs a committee to |
proceed, on foot, TO Fort Laramie, learn |
the news, and secure whatever they could |
from the post at that place in the shape of |
-four, bacon, salt, sugar, &C., which duty |
they performed in eleven DAYS time But |
while at Fort Laramie these gentlemen |
learned OF the steps being taken by the gov
eminent to prevent miners and other per-
sons from entering the Black Hills country,
until satisfactory arrangements could be
made with the Indians, to
GUARANTEE SUCH ENTRANCE.
The party continued their researches in |
different parts OF the Hills until the oath |
of June, when a detachment OF soldiers |
came upon them, read the order of Gen.
Sherman regarding the expulsion Of all !
miners and other persons from the gold re-
gion, and ordered them to leave, which they
did on the following day. But, before taking |
4 final leave OF the New Colorado, they
christened their camp The Rising Genera
ton" Three days travel brought the party
again TO Fort Laramie, few miles from |
where their "rait" had been tied up, to /
which they proceeded, got the
FRUITS OF THEIR LABOR
Aboard, and again put ofron the return trip
to civilization, reaching this city As above
stated.
Mr.. Ross stated that as soon as the coun-
try was opened for settlement, his party in
tended TO return with their families, as the
climate in the
GREAT BLACK HILLS REGION
WAS all that one could wish. iIo saws
there is gold enough in the Hills to enable
the government 10 return TO specie pay
ment, if permission was only given the peo-
pie to mine it. lie corroborates previous
statements that the entire country is alive
with all kinds Of game, and says the adj
vantages OF agricultural pursuits are sur
passei in no mart Of the United State,