The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-03-27
The Miners I'm the Black Hills
Discover A Rich
silver Mine.
Organization Of the Black
Hills Mining Company
AT Sioux City.
Departure Of Troops from
Laramie 10 Bring i'm
the Parties now in
the Hills.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, March 2G.-The
following extracts Of letters read here
to-day Is the latest news from the Sioux
City expedition in the Black Hills.
II. II. Whitney writes to his wife
from Custer's Park, March o, as follows:
L have another opportunity to write
you, and I improve it. This leaves me
feeling frst-rate. / think we have
the richest gold country here that ever
was struck in the United States, espe-
cially in quartz, and ! intend to stay
here until make my pile. shall
send for you and baby this fall, or
come after you. | have taken n ranch
within half mile of the town site,
and intend to build good house
and live hereafter in the Black
Hills. We think we have struck
the richest silver lead ever known. 1t
has the appearance of almost pure sill
yer. The man who takes this letter
starts for Denver to-day to have the
silver tested. If it proves to be silver,
and old silver miners here say it is, our
fortunes are made. / have claim of
Two hundred feet in this lead. We are
not doing much now on account of the
season. Six inches of snow fell yester-
day. will write as often as have an
opportunity of sending letters.
ID. Y. Tollant writes under same date
to Mr.. Harron, of this city: We have
not struck gold in large quantities, but
have struck it in many places. The
weather has been 50 cold as to prevent
prospecting to any great extent. The
thermometer at sunrise to-day stood at
900 below zero. Our party think we
have struck very rich silver lead, and
one of our number starts for Denver TO-
day to have it tested. All well.
J.J. Williams writes to John Cor
don: We have struck one of the finest
silver leads since you left that ever has
been found in the United States. The
boys are all in good health, but not
very good spirits, as provisions are
running low.
The writer's of the above letters are
well known and reliable citizens OF
this city, and there is no question but
they state facts.
Another expedition called the Black
Hills Mining company has been Or
ganized here, and intend to start April
for the hills.
OMAHA, Neb., March 26.-Informa-
ton has been telegraphed to General
Ord of several parties of miners leaV-
ing different points for the Black Hills.
In reply to n telegram from one OF the
miners, who recently came out OF the
hills, whether he would be permitted
to return with reinforcements and pro-
visions, General Ord says: Troops from
Fort Laramie and hostile Indians have
both gone for your miners. For tbeir
sakes hope the troops will reach them
first, as military orders are simply 10
bring in the party, confine the leaders,
burn the wagons and destroy the out
fit.
General Ord has been authorized to
put all his cavalry at once into the
Sioux Country, in which the miners
are trespassing, and to employ iifty
Indian scouts to advise the cavalry OF
the advent of the miners. His orders
are the removal Of the parties, arrest
and coniine leaders at nearest military
post, burn wagons and destroy outfits.
A flock of sheep, while crossing the
river on the ice here to-day, went
through and were drowned.