The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1873-1875, 1875-08-25
PROF. F.JENNY ON THE } .Bl|IAgK
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Interview, 1t il,, 1 with an Omaha Re-
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WHAT HE SAID OF MINERS AND
sGll .4aI Ia aAi g Leg .sl aT@1 I
PROBABLE, RESULTS. -ss.r
sExcitements Of, Calf fornis Joe {

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do Excitement Of Qalifornis Joe ,as
.astfo5sO rs ---1r-r- - - '.is:aeg Yida
4 IA correspondent Of. the Omahss Her.
aid, giyesth following. assthe' result Of
an interview with Prof, Jenuey, in re:
latien TO gold Gin the Black Hills: :aaaoo
q uoT gTHI NEW DISCOVERIES, 5sdswai
1 soon had san opportunity to engage
Professor Jenneys I'M conversation and
asked, what. was the +, character Of his
late discovery. :
prof Jeniey The gold up there IS
coarse, araggedi ore,z and. isome 6 Of ~ IS
rusty gold with pieces?of iron attached
to. it. It, shows that it has been de-.
rived from the rocks, close BY and has
not been subjected to pounding. gu Ss
Correspond dent.-How9 many days
had they been at work atharea when
'4Iu;L qaE FIRST xasc CLAIMS. i. ia -
osProf: Jenney:-They went in on
Wednesday sand / left 5onl Sunday! :!
They bad stakedi isof. the whole couatryo
at, that time. twas quite interesting, 4
They knew that I had made discovery
and wheu they saw me buying 1,1lm.
berathey started for it. il Tie man Of
whomc1 purchased othe afumbef came
rushing- up to me after /. had 'reacheda
the place, aM out sofbreathy and said, Il
was fool to sell the lumber aud not |
to follow the boards. 1 9 might Z have,
known you had found something.''
The first day sIcwent in there was no
end of fun. Men followed me d inT all.
manner: of shapes, some with Glittis
pack mules and some with ponies
and in all imaginahlee onfhsion.e Mo-
body had any iifeA of going into camp.
California aJoeg as cthey acAl shim, (Joe,1
Milner sisrhisl. name) came ato emeE and
saads . Prof. when didsynnd oyourtpros-1
pectlng,5: I9saW5 one or two1 little holes 1
butsyoui did not get sto bedrock ID
Iwsded into. the creek, !, turned oSetia,
rock and get. him q span: full Of plastic
clay. He. :awentato o5panning it,, got
coarse color and began stoa get exoited..
He had thin; scales dof gold but the 4
pieces: were: large enough TO- make at
biz show, in the PAM He said, where
is your last stalker and :staked himeofdP!
a claim, Miners and soldiers could
not sharpen stakes enough, In two
hours they had jmileszstaked of. Them
they began to jump each Others claims
in the most absurd manner Onesman]
staked from the middle ofanother mans
claim to thesmiddlesof the next claims
A,selqier psnned out a piece three quar1
tiers Of an inch across, thin scale, and
the excitement increased Iawatehed
others and found that one pan gave two
eentssand one ten cents. This swas.lasti
"Wednesday. 9baa; .!:.;oEiGaagg .s9a&:Lfa ysd
.Mysmen, staked off claims, but / told
them distinctly that l would have moth. |
Ing, to do with it,: that the whole pro-
eeeding was illegal. 4 told :thesminers
that they ;sss 21in91d 1c haa1Ga$ Hg1
- lje: COULD .AcQvlRE NOE TIFLE agg I'D
to lan3suntif the country Was open: to-
settlement, bat that 9if they Wanted to-
amuse, themselves in that way: they
might: do $50, They .heldSA mineT's
meeting, and i told them thah Thought
it would helonly fhir that tmymen who
had dug theArst pits should be allowed
to hold claims. q They agreed to It, but
the claims have since ebeen jnmpeda
They could not stay to watch them .aIl
Poss4D1a-4RevazBs
4IWould not at slljsbe surprised TO
hear.o trouble thers5s Pp1rfuf partieg
pf f1tveutyE E:or twenty-five q smens Jump
claims from men who cannot think Of
4 hon11n m