, 1875-03-23
THE BLACK HILLS.
Exposure Of Contradictory Statements
and Unreasonable As.
eortion;.
No Heliablc Evidence 10 Show TINT Gold
Has Yet Been Discovered In
Paying Quantities.

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1,,r,- v.h W.-.l, to.vftt,ont 1avinr
.,.,,,, =, ,,r r.-tr...,t.,~r .,,,r,t ~ no,o,ros
,,a. int., ,ho motives sctu.tn 7s,, NJ a,tI,tvto
,,,o o,a,,o,r =, -o,,,s,.o o,a anocr,..
.1,, rxx,,,, ,i,. r.tos .-,,,h d,,oa1 fror, t,,c
t.ndro,ut ~ ,o,aon ,n5 cor7rooo scnsa, a,lov
w. ~ ,,n,o . Ear 1lscron.rcica ontI ;ncou-
s1stanc.s In liz accounta 1ro,v,,r from tuo
n,acl TTi,s cn,,trv hv thoea ,,a;.oi,c to h,ro
n, .I,,,s 49,, o,as s,, ,,i,s,, ss;,, t,,c,r
own tnnda. .......
Witcllcr and Gordon, tho men who brought the ]
first novs to sioux CITY, evidently mover saw a |
m'n'' 1hes 5opo'' '"'"'a "'ee"'eisu ~"
hha aa!'ef looea ilon 'ao gFasS'Foo's ~ 'ne psa-
rock" This iH eimplY
AN AnyunDrrY,-As 1urnsslnttt1y.
f.ar1 III s;t.n, 1,ao. 49,, ,,,, .c,ttoraf rronf.
to'u ana snses loaos aso ,'o' sc.u.eu psuu ,,ay,
c1ous'g through III" a''i''ai '"'.A"s'o'' ~ "ii.
they arc said to havo beeh found bua nto we'll
defined veins OF ore, extending into tho depths
Of the earth to dstanco beyond thn. man has
~ - ,at ~ taa,' nb,a T., a.,,oro r. ,horororo N,
e'el w. Deo.4 a"'o " o*Pio'o ,s -, '.' ns;sn.sa.
qt'res no great pract'cai Aao"teueo or scleos,''
at.anrnen!a to tatiBfy any ono that these gentle"
met, t,aro used lle truth with paraimouous fr,l-
| ra,itv. Thoy aau no upfriend!y Indians, lad
o-av;.,ons ~ tsst ,,rt;I :Inre mi oama vas
pso'.o1o m ~ 10y .Aa 49, ,,,arr
hundreds Of .nileH after rcinforcctncnse. Can
anything bo mora Illogical inconsistent. and IN.
ro..ono,ao, :,
| r.. ,,..ti., .,,,, vim ..,o ,,,,, ara nail IN
Two past.c' 1to"i eho ba"o cau'p arc Hn'o ~
llavo arrived A. different ti'noa as oaeyenhc. hsd
make different Teporss.-ono claiming TINT tho
| recent supposed discovotios are emana.ions OF
a.. ordarcd fancv Or dot,,nrnto f.lse],ooda while
| 49,, .tis .,, .,,at 49, ,,.1, ~ ~ +rr.h h,.
tle osnef saya 1u"' not Hull u 'ae 'iasn ''as
been tolt1' Ihe5 e1ninls Bpec1uehs OF she so'o
| which they panne1 ont OF tue gravel noar tic
grans-rocta: md, for fear shsa might be doubted,
tI4os
iutermixcd with tls precious metal. Any man
that has over seen pan Of dirt washed or paf,-
ned, al Is done in prospecting for g5l1, Will at
ouce Recognizes
THE u7rEn rstross1nrtI7T
Of such Statement being tr7le. ln panninE ont.
tho lishost material iB washed out first. and
nfsorwsrs!s tho heavier ETasol; tho gold, il there
! Ia Any, being tie hcar1oFt, remains IN tho pan.
Other etatements and explanations credited to
these supposed mlners arc quite Ra HsIselc!a
inooneruouB, unreasonable, and 1npossaeie'
. Tbeso ro7aons, II their aaslDEA havo been cur
reetly reported, aro praeticnG upon the csodulitF
Of tho people, They evidently hare Ind no Ok.
| peraenee IN mining, or tha* ~on!d have to'd ot
conditions that might have oeon true ana stn'!s-
, nctions that might have occurred. Tie various
, oatitting points sto naturally aad aohshlr IN.
:. clinod to put the most favorable coilstrustlon
possible upon Tho reports and yet tho Sioux
r City Journal having greater regard for the
: Truth and tho public good s.an tAe tesn2oraEs
gaius to be derived from tue e.cisement declares
I that. although tho futnso mar develop valuable
. auritorols aud a1geutfeEous deposits in that
region Of country,
3 As YET No sAT1sfAcToHr pEooF ---
Of the same las beeu made, anl, furthermore,
that the persons manly instrumental iu fpread
y ing these fabulous mud impossible ACCOUNTS arc
men whoso nntecedensa inspire no confidence,
a bit rather create dBsrust and apprehension.
= How different Tic course Of the Inter Ocean,
i. With tho truo instinct OF tho Eenaationalist.
i Judgment, raason. asd common sense are ac'
+. connted as iiaught, and ts onsiro tntinsnee II
= devoted TO far:her tho sc'lome OF O sot Of moa
llnscrupul0uB persons, Tho hopa to pron: by shs
tisapposutmente aud loeaes of their feow.mcn
In any reasonable vicw Of the case, thoro is 40
solutev no foundation for the present excite
n,cnt aud wild auticipa.ions; aud it ia cFifns
10 ngRusk humanity 10 iucito this stampede calis