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CAMP NEAR MIxER'ss CoRBALL, BLACK
HlL1s, June 18.-Co]. Dodge and staff,
with the scientific party, escorted by
Companies G and I Of the Second Cav.
airy and Company H Of the Third Cav.
airy, left Camp Jenny on the 9th inst,
and arrived here on the 10Th: inst. In
reaching this point, the command has
described the northern half Of the cir
conference OF a circle over q rough and
rocky country, cut up by numerous ra.
vines and tangled underbrush. On the
llth, q snow storm tbafHed' all efforts to
proceed After crossing the main di-
vide, numerous streams were found, all
trending eastward. TAT the first stream
prospecting was begun, and ~ . A"i
aTh-. E1Q GOLD WAS FOUND. -.
The greatest excitement prevailed, and
men and teansters all indulged in the
lucrative amusement of scratching and
washing gravel. Every stream that was
crossed dswas prospected; but ,as the halts
were gshort, eib was impossible to deter
mine what could be found below two or.
three fees. Atsvsry hating places gotd
in some quantity Was fopnd It is use.
less to 80 over the ground describedsby
Gen. Custer last year. Floral Valley
and the park are beautiful, though the
descriptions heretofore published are il
able to give erroneous impressions as
to their extent. They are not large, and
no one need expect to come into them
and build cities unless tho mining in
terests Of the Hills. pan out fully as we'll
as we now expect. Having arrived here,
it will be we'll to state that we are but q
short distance from Harney's Peak at
Harney City, Here, we find over q =,
"A HUNDRED MINERS HARD AT WORK, -.
washing OUT gold on the banks ; Of
Frenchman's Fork. They are now not
only panning out gold, but, are digging
bitches and preparing sluices. They
said, when they first saw the troops
'ssYou. may take us away, but we will
come back; for nothing but death or
prison walls will keep as out Of herr" "
They washed out several pansful for the
inspection Of the officers who visited
them; and in every instance from to
25 grains Of gold were obtained. Capt.
Spanlding took UP a pan, and, with dirt
that had been thrown out Of . shallow
pit as surface dirt, washed out four pans
| Of dirt and weighed the result. It prov
ed to be 27 cents in gold. He bad nev
or handled . pan before. In, one we'll
authenticated instance, 81 cents was
washed out of one painful Of dirt. Now
these are no unreliable statements. 1t
is the plain, unva1nished truth. .s.y+
| ~ -s;.,is,;,, TIE MINERS SAY osg. ,,-ane-
they win make from s. 80 800 per day
IS soon as their sluice is in working or
der; now they. average from ( to 1S cents
| to the pan. Every one has either seen
gold washed out, OF. done the work him
self. The commanding officer has seen
It; all Of his officers have seen It; the
scientific party have seen it; and all the
men and teamsters have seen it. Now,
lest we should have 80 unanimous a
thing of It, we will hear dissenting
voice. You win hear It quite soon, l
think, for it is no secret that for some
inscrutable reason the report OF the ex-
pedition is cut and dried, and was be
fore the expedition started. Let this
be as it may, there are large number
Of men with this. expedition who are
competent judges Of mining in all its
phases, aud not only judges, but practi-
cal workers themselves. Besides all
this, We see them demonstrate It every
day and the soldiers are doing the same.
s@ HOW LONG WILL IT LAST
How much Of this mining land is there?
l DO not know, and it Is the purpose OF
this expedition 10 determine. To draw
. line as I base, let me say shat from
what I have seem (snd 1 have more than
casually obseTved}, any hard working
man can wash ont IS per day. Let me
not be understood as saying that
he would 80 do, for very few men would