Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-12
THE BLACK HILLS.


Cinnamon Goes. and that Settles I-da lie
IesT'f!0 Utth Returning Ainer-NoTe DIS
cCUcries
toET LARAMIE, WYOMING, jan. 29.-The
ceeded in preventing general rush to the
mines OF the Black Hills. Present appear
shces would indicate that no further effort
VIII be made in that direction. Shortly after
Captain PollOck's Command came out of the
hills, nearly 600 men rushed in, and they at
once began prospecting for q safe retreat
In the event of their being wanted" Since
December 1 the tide of travel has swelled
enormously. From five to ffty persons q
point, and the road between here ana Chey-
enne il alive with people. An occasional
cold snap checks the travel for day or two,
tion to say that nearly 5000 people will oc-
cupy the hills by the LIST OF February. The
cap-sheaf of party OF seven passed through
ing to all tradition, settles the point of there
being gold in the Black Hills, If it has
not yet been settled, for Cninsman never
seeing dollar behind IL. There were three
An SINS, Lee Wang, All Loo and All See.
We inquired: "What viii you do in the
nm gOd!" And the cramps" have Joined
the procession, two OF them carrying pack ks of
forty pOu nds each, followed the Chinamen.
maternal head bOasting of having out-lived
and disposed of four husbands, and she was
taking the fifth to the mines to give him a
taste OF "rOughtng it," "A man of forty
brought with him a subdued looking bride of
sixteen summers. lie bought peanuts and
candy at the Traders store, to cheer her on
her irksOme journey. A train carrying
portable saw mill crossed the Platte
at the ford, bound for Iron creek. But
little work can be done in the mines
before April, but that will not check the am
bition OF the plucky gOld-hunter, and before
April II is supposed that the travel through
Fort Laramie will be between two and three
hundred a day. The ranch fever has broken
out, ana is now raging with all its fury,
scarcely excelled by the gold fever. Parties
boast OF having located ranches on ali the
streams and water holes along the route
from here TO the foot hills; others, who are of
the opinion that freedom and equality apply
as well 10 the location of ranches rs to any
thing else, occasionally 'jump claim"
value of the claim in question, and usually
ends IN war OF words. "Claiming ranch''
has become high sounding phrase. In
reality it usually consists OF four logs placed
crosswi Use Cand not INDEPENDENTLY Inc entire
four can be carried by one man and a stake
driven in the ground, bearing the name of
the claimant, GATE and dimensions OF the
ground claimed, and the ''claim" is general
~ taken for the purpose of sale. Desirable
localities will be sought after by owners of
stage lines. Cabins will be built for the zen
sfonaliy small parcels of pasture land will be
fenced. But one reason now occurs to YOUR
correspondent why these ranch claims will
not soon be worth thousands of dollars, viz:
There is too much unclaimed land around
there.
A small party has just arrived at Fort
laramie, from the Hills. They report the
and White Creek Their location Is sixty
miles northwest from Spring Creek. par
~ of three made the discovery, two Of which
came into the post for supplies.
Your correspondent interviewed one of
them, Mr.. Coacy, with the following re-
suit:
Correspopdten'-Did you prospect either of
Coady.-Yes, Dead Wood, and one of nv
partners tried White Creek.
COr.-What was the result?
COady.-1 got IN one pan what thought to
be about 10 cents, but having 10 scales,
could not tell the value exactly.
Cor.-Did each pan Of dirt yield as much as
that?
Coady.-No: the ground was frozen, and
after l struck gravel, the prospects ran from
good color to a few cents to the pan until
reaching bedrock, then 1 got the big pros
pect.
Cor What did your partner find on White
Greek?
Coady.-His prospects were light, hut
enough TO convince US that II was gold
bearing gulch.
Cor.-Did you tell any one of your discov-
cry?
Coadg;-No, but they trailed us up in this
tools go back on Spring Creek, and when
the snow melted take our friends In with US.
We cached our things in the prospect hole
was a foot deep and the weather very cold.
We concluded to go back and carry our tools
out. When we reached the "cacne'' we
beans scattered around, but ali our four and
meat gone. A big bear had "gone through
our cache" We watched two nights for the
tor run on to u.s. Course hshad 70 PtGsp tSe
gravel, and that let the cat out of the bag
His friends came In and jumped claims until
a row began, then meeting was held.
was elected recorder and the claims were
laid over. / want TO get my supplies here
and go back soon as can, for there is q h
Of rush 10 the bill now:
Coady.-Very little; the ground IL frozen,
and in some places there IL q foot OF snow;
still they keep pegging away on Spring
Gnlch whenever the weather is hne.
COr.-Is there much water ON Dead Wood ?
Coady.-Yes; plenty, and q good fall.
MI COady reports no snow between here
and the South Cheyenne river. The Platte
river is frozen over and teams cross ON
the ice.
as yet no stage line is established beyond
this point
Where is George Homan, Jim Stevenson.
Brown, Cline, and the rustlers OF the West?
Will nothing al ort OF a hundred passengers
day tempt them? or do they still ask, ISIS
there any gold in the Black Hills?" Doubt
less some risk attends stocking stations in
an Indian country.
While the Sioux are jealous of encourage
ment and are not likely soon to forget their
penchant for stock stealing, they fully realize
that stealing stock on q main thOrOughfare
is not unattended with danger to them.
The great overland mail line lost hundreds
OF horses by Indians, and their loss in q
SINCE year exceeded the total number of
horses required to run a "double daily" over
the route from Fort Laramie to the Hills,
and the travel to the Black Hills will triple
that Of the overland in its palmiest days.
II the country is not virtually opened for
miners and settlers, what are 5000 people
GOING on Rapid, Spring, Custer and other
gulches?
A garrison court cOnvenes here on the 9th,
but the business for which the court was
called has not yet been indicated.
The theatrical season opened la the garri-
Son on the 17th inst, with LEND me Five
SEiliirgs' Characters by officers aud ladies
O. the garrison. After which, Good Night''
arc, Robin Adair," by Mrs. Gen. Bradley,
whose clear, rich voice would do honor TO
any stage. The opening night vas very sue
CessIul and the plays viii be continued each
week.
The weather here is fine; no snow. Stock
owners hereabOuts congratulate themselves
on The mild winter, and say that cattle are
thriving as well as If corn-led and sheltered.
Omaha Herald
Improved Methods + Winter Travel