Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-23
a sUM0IEIt's TRIP.
Three Thousand ,I1lc. or Travel Ii,
Search OF the Root OF all EVIL.

-=Joseph Pauly, Of Yankton arrived in our
city night before last after summers trip
of about three thousand miles through por.
1ions Of Nebraska, Dnkota Wyoming, Ore
gon, Idaho and Nevada: He was one ofl
lhe sangulnc souls who left Yanklon on
the 19el OF April last for the Black Hills,
and was headed of by the military on the
Dakota side>of the Hills and was compelled
to go around 10 the Wyoming side before
the government MOULD lethim in. Gordon
City was Mr.. PaulNs destination when he
left funkto,, and he S5eeiEea NiteheFs train
a few miles out, was driven back and finally
drlfted southwark to Sidney, together with
n companion named Frank Spears. From
there they went'to Laramie CitX> and enter
ed the Hills up the western slope, reaching
q point some twenty miles from HWncy's
Peak Here Mr.. Pauly did very little pros.
pecting but the work of others has been
figured upon by him and he concludes that
men can average about four dollars worth
of gold per day in tho gulch diggings.-
From this point he went TO thc Powder
river country where lie found at appoint
near FIT. Phil hesrney, rich abundance Of
silver quartz and good Placer mining fields.
From claims w!lf.!i is has stakcd out
there he brings specimens Of silver ore
which assay $50 5000 and 500 to the ton
His description of the Powder river and
Big Horn country is glowing recital of
natural beauties and wonders. This region
is rich in agricultural, mineral and timber
wealth and as a resort for all kinds Of
game it is equal 10 the best in the unin.
hab.,ed west The mountains furnish an
abundance Of white pine suitable for lumber
and the valleys are covered with generous
growth of grass. The danger of attacks
from Indians and arrest by the military
prevented Nlr. Pauly and his companion
from doing much prospecting for gold, but
their hurried investigations induce the be-
lief that the precious metal exists in paying
quantities. On -the-Big Horn they met a
party of six prospcctors from Montana
who were tie only white men they saw in
that isolated region. From the Big Horn
and Powder river country they Travelled
southwcstcrly over the Rocky mountains
| edge and struck the Z. 2. road at Harris
fork. Here, Mr.. Pauly discovered a coal
vein, some twenty miles from the railroad
! of which he has a specimen which p1oycs
the excellence Of its quality. 1t is btu
mlnous and the vein is five feet thick O
compact coal free from any foreign mix
.turc. After stalking out claim here ant
buying his companions interest in the cpa
!. !! mine. Mr. Pauly proceeded westward into
Idaho, Oregon and Nevada and finall,
abandoned the saddle at II point on tht
4 G.P..road and came home by steam, ar
irving here night before last. 1t is hi
purpose to remain in Yanllton until sPrinI
and then proceed TO the site Of his coa
4 mine and begin its ts'dcyclopmcnt. uissum
: mcr's travels have led him over large cX
of territory, and out of it all he ha
found cause for good reports from til
Niobrara region, the Black Hills region, th
Big Horn and Powder river region and tn
Snake river region. The latter he describe
as a most wonderful and beautiful spo,
though lie considers the Niobrara valley a
the best for stock raising purposes Il
Idah3 he encountered snow three feet dccl
) on the 18th Of November, and his opinion
of that part of the world is not the mos
exalted. Mr. Pauley is ayeuns German 0
intelligence; and as he has made good us
of his observing faculties during his cx
, tended tramp. his ideas are valuable to al
interested in, the mysteries of the uncx
i, plorcd west. He is stopping at the Ger
mania house at present.