Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1878, 1875-11-27
BLACK HILLS GOLD.

a Prospect Worth Having s-Fe, I,
Of Interest I'm Relation to tho Hills
and the Aassn.Ars4A lxOnte 10 yaAeA-
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ii Joseph Bernardo who runs m express.
line between Bismarck, Fort Rice ant
Standing Rock, SIeit At the Tribune Office
Wednesday, evening, u bnt,ie c",'ta i,,i,se
some 6ne specimens Of Black Hills Gold
panned out by Corporal Wm. +. Davis
Company H, 7,h Cavalry. At the head
OF Fr.ncn Greek. The prospect was
gathered from an abandoned prospect
hule, which had been sunk about Ioul
.eel Delvw the surface, and ls tie reaui,
Of less than halt days labor with .
spade and wash basin. 1t embraces nu-
| inefous tine par;,cles and two Nuggets
nearly as large as peas, worth nths
aggregate, perhaps, eight dollars. The
corporal also has several 6ne specimens
uf quartz, both gold and silver, and has
sucn confidence IN the Hills that he has
ially determined TO retxrn to them as
sO0n ss his time is out IL permitted By
the Government to do SO. The only
tools he bad was . spade and q wash
basin, and the only time to prospect was
during brief halts, his company being
1on duty in the Hills. H. N. R,'ss, who
sn.ads the first discoveries oi gold III the
Hills, also. called the same evening and
showed the wrjier some very fine pros
poets, one from Rapid Creek, worth two
dollars, taken trOm three pans Of dirt,
washed out By him on his second visi,
10 the Hills, last summer. Ross pur
poses to be among the FIRST to occupy
the Hills, when the Government ceases
to interfere. He has visited the Halls
twice, has been all through them, and
over them, and knows then, ss fully as
he knows the plat Of the old Homestead,
and has faith in them and III their min
eral resources.g d He is = man sober,
industrious, intelligent and reliable, and
VI. the FIRST reports made by him, on
which Custer founded his report, have
been fully confirmed after an exhaustive
geological survey, 80 the statements he
makes in private will be fully justified.
Dur people, WIN know him we'll aud
with whom he has resided for the past
.lhree years, have suchconfidence in him
that were the Hills open on Monday, by.
Tuesday night Bismarck would be nearly
dep0puiated, M alinOs. every able. bodied
man here is whiting and anxious To fol-
low his lead into the Black Hills. The
best mining region discovered by Ross
or any others is on Ra, id Greek. The
deposits, perhaps, are no greater, but
the water is better. Prot. Jennev, how
ever, is partial to French Creek (Cus.
tsr's Guich). and is said by those who
know. to entertain IL much more favora-
bic opinion oi the Black Hills as a min
ing region than he dares to express III
his reports, not wishing tocreate undue
exc,,eu,enr. The Rapid Greek mines
are lin the north part Of the Hills, and
from the richest diggings the 'prair'esi
north ot the Hills may be ser''. For
the bsnetit OF our Eastern subscribers
We repea,, Bismarck affords the shortest,
safest and best route to the Black hills.
a route on which an abundance OF
wood, water and grazing may be had.
Ross party, on their return last sun
inyr, found these ,adyan tages every noon
saud night, and made the return trip, one
Of them on foot, from Harney's Peak
to Bismarck inae,ghtsdays. Tue above
statement t shows the, advantages. OF this
'roue. Bad Lands, sand bills lis and i'm
,passable Streams are not found among
j,,ss disadvantages. No'better road can
Toe found over 200 mi Is OF prairie in
any part OF the, West ssnor an5anY 2o'l
mites Vt prair,e be found with woouvd
streams more abuiHant. TneiE number
is simply wonderful. and Yet none are
:,mpassable. Gen. Custer we'll says, the
route is one; atfvrd!ng absolutely no, en-
.gii,neering difficulties III the construction
of railroad, while the country IS such
that IT walI 'tnDe'suSIa'n. thriving vii :
lages every tea, or fifteen miles, Ed 8
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