The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-05-20
Geo. B. Moulton's Story.

Mr.. Geo. d. Moulton, who has been
acting as agent for the Cheyenne &
Black Hills Stage Co., writes a long
letter. To the Salt Lake Herald. Ia
which. after giving the Salt Lake Tri-
bune a merited ''going-over" for its
lying statements concerning the Black
Hills, he says:
"A few words now MS td the Hills rs
l saw them, and being one of the plo-
nee miners of British Columbia. Ida
no, Montana and Utah, rs well ms hav-
ing some experience in California. Or
eg0n and Washington Territory, !
ought at least to know something oi
mining matters and having for some
time been living mt Custer City, aud
during the whnle time engaged in the
office of the stage aud express compa
ny, my opportunities for gathering
facts in relation TO the mines have
been very good, and l do not hesitate
10 say that since the opening of spring
developments have been made with
results far exceeding the expectations
nf all practical men, and that claims
are being worked on the northern
creeks, that pay from So to $50 and
upward PER day TO the man, and that
u fair supply of dust Is for sale al
ready.
Men best posted on Deadwood say
that $50 900 can lie bought there. That
there Is gold dust for sale cannot be
doubted by any sane IA when the
express bills of the stage company
show a shipment of u few pounds ship
ped by myself from Custer. aud tile
result only of what was offered in
three days time. Other parties have
in dust and taken 1t east. Sand creek
and others on the west slope are pay
ing well, and u large scope of country
yet to prospect.
But when we have told all about
placer mining ''the half is not yet
told" for now come the sensible men
of AL countries with their quartz TO
show. None dare say that our pros
poets for n big quartz mining couhtry
are not good, but on the contrary the
Oldest and best Informed p~rospectOrs
agree that under the same develop
ment the showing is better than In
Montana, Idaho or Colorado. l give
below some facts which, 10 me. prove
that mines are being worked and 9th
era discovered.
l saw a Salt Laker who q Sl2.5O,
washed out of one pan,of pay dirt on IA
dry gulch in Desdwood district. Cap
tain w est of Colorado, who came
down with me, u three men clean
up one pound and half OF dust from
one. half days run. the three shovel
ing into ~sluices. He, himself, struck
u new district, north of Deadwood.
and from seventeen pans got an aver
aye of 40 cents per pan, but the Tri-
bune mans friends sons of $3.50 the
forest lie calls them-jumped his par
~ and fled under of night.
Shortly after daylight he passed over
a quartz ledge from which he broke a
few specimens anti brought them In.
or course its value was mere c%onjec-
ture-more than what could be seen
with the naked eye-but 10 say that 1t
was exceedingly rich would he a mild
ex pression, rs 1t was literally full of
free gold. The Captain also Travelled
through the Belle Fuurcie and Spear
Fish country, ani prnEounces It rs
unsurpassed for farming and stock
raising. He says there is fine oak,
ash, elm, aud walnut timber growing
there. He goes for men, provisions
and means to open up his claim, and
will return soon.r