Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-01-15
The Black nilI..


LATE ADyIcRs FROM TIE NEW GOLD
FIELDS.
WAsHINGToN, JAN. 12.-Prcfessor
Jenney, of Columbia School of Mines,
who had charge Of the mineralogical
survey of the Black Hills last sum
mer, is in town, and, in an interview
with your correspondent, stated that
he had received recently letters from
persons now in the Black Hills, and
information from persons recently re-
turned from there, which more than
justi6es the statement made in his re.
port concerning the richness of the de-
posts there. These reports show that
Professor .Jenney not only did not
exaggerate the condition Of the hills,
butfcam very far from doing them
justice: Professor Jenney stated that
nearly all the miners employed on his
expedition as experts had gone back
into the hills, and were working
claims there. He had received let:
tcrs from several Of them, written
on TIE BANKS OF SPRING CREEK,
in what -isknoMn as the Jenncy Min
ing District. Richard Irwin, OF Colo.
RADIO, a well:known and experienced
gold prospector, has just returned
from the hills, and reports that there.
were over 800 miners settled on their
claims when lie. left, and he passed
il6 wagons going into the hills while.
on his way to Cheyenne. He esti-
mates that there are now between
500 and 600 there. Thomas II. NAL
lory, one Of Professor .Jenney's cx.
perts, whom he states to be q perfect
ly reliable man, writes from the hills,
under date of Dec. 20, similar state
ments to those made by Irwin. Nal.
lory's partner, who brought the letter
to Cheyenne, came out for supplies,
and brought $500 in gold dust, which
he aud Mallory had panncd out since
the middle Of September, working
nearly all the, time with frozen
ground. This gold was obtained in
shallow ground deposits, inthc north
west portion of the hills, which has
proven to be the mining, is an entire.
y new discovery, said to be on the
branches Of Spear Fish Creek-one Of
the forks Of the Red Water, and not
far from Grow Peak. Mallory and
his partner had to abandon this dis
trict on account of the intense cold,
| aud arsthe- time of-the writing were
working Spring Creek, where they al
so have claims. There were several
other miners on this new discovery,
but they are
eALL WORKING; IN AN OLD DISTRICT
Il atsprcsent. Nearly all the work, Mr..
Mallory wrote, was being done on
Spring Greek. The miners, about
300 of them. have erected 9 village of
thirty or forty houses, which they
have named Hillyo or" Hill City"
They have organized with an excel
lent set Of laws governing locations
and claims, water rights, ETC., and are
making rapid improvements, for
which they have already received
rich results. Forprotection and con.
venience they have adopted many
novel. and interesting regulations.
Richard Irwin was the first recorder.
When he left the hills John w. Allen,
Of Cheyenne, was chosen to succeed
him. Allenfwrites to Professor .Jen.
ney that he is back on his old claim,
and has got sluicc running on the
famous estand-of bar which is sup.
posed to be the richest vein Ing the
hills. : Allen discovered it, and was
driven off by General Crook 8 order to
clear the hills, when he had. Just got
ready to .copmence work in earnest,
Allen is taking out gold at the rate Of
81 an hour per mar, for every man en-
I ployed and is able to work ran aver.
| age only six hours a day on account,
OF the cold weather, for his sluices'
! are useless when the water will freeze.
On December 20th,~when Professor
Jenney's letters we,e dated, they were
able to work about half the day
There had been but very little snow,
and all the swiftly rnnnit,o streams