The daily Argus., 1876-03-04

hundred rect wide. Ihe other streets
haye width of one hundred and fifty feet,
and the alleys are thirty feet wide, and all
run at about the same angle as the streets
Of Denver, Four hundred buildings have
been erected, and every lot on the town
site has the foundation Of some sort of q
structure laid on it. There are four regu-
lar saloons, where bad quality of whisky
is retailed, and six stores, where you can
buy groceries, clothing. canned fruits, gum
boots, or whisky. A dance house is to be
established soon, in Swarenger's hall, log
and frame building, 25xS0 feet, and a
bevy of eight waiter and dance girls are
now en- route from Cheyenne, their arrival
being eagerly and impatiently awaited
So far nobody has had the enterprise, or
the temerity, to open a gambling house,
and, as there are only two or three decks
OF cards in the diggings, poker-playing is a
limited amusement. The five women in
Custer City-indeed 10 the whole coun-
try,--are all respectable. But the advent
of women of bad character is expected
daily. A few drunken rows, amounting to
little more than boisterous hilarity. hav
occurred in Custer City, but nobody has
been killed, nor even hurt.
The prominent discoveries are located
on French, Spring, Castle, Rabbit. Iron,
Whitewood and Deadwood creeks. The
two last named are seventy five miles
northwest of Custer City. There had
been a stampede in that direction for some
days prior to Mr. Lewis departure for Den.
yer. During one week 800 miners passed
through Hill City for the above named
creeks. Very rich discoveries we're report
ed to have been there, but on those
streams the bed rock lies near the surface,
the depth ranging from three to seven
feet. These and the other creeks on the
western slope are very small, but the fall
is great, aud the advantages for sluicine
correspondingly gooo. On Spring creel
the bedrock lies deep-from 25 60 As feet;
on French crreek, at Custer city, a little
nearer the surface-from Is to 20 feet
There is comparatively but little water il
French creek, and the fall is SO slight, be
ing less than foot to the mile, that no
body knows yet, to dead certainty, which
way the creek runs.
Sitting Bulls band of redskins has beer
raiding the northern camps, and altogethe
some 70 or 80 head Of horses haye beer
run off. A good many of the prospector,
are, in consequence, trudging about tht
Icountry on foot, packing their tools ant
provisions on their backs. One miner, S
J. Mccall, from Montana, was killed ant
scalped last week by this same band FL,
was riding alone to Hill City for provisions
Charley Mace, Denver boy, belonging t.
| a party encamped on OLD Woman's fork
shot and killed an Indian, who, with tel
or dozen others, was stampeding thei
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MIR. Lewis says that during part of tn
winter the weather was bitter cold and th
snow quite deep; but when he left Custe
City the air had the mildness of spriD,
about it, and men were building, mining
aud going about generally in their shir
sleeves. There were no idlers or loafer
in the country. Every man had an i'm
portant object to accomplish, and that wa
to make his fortune, and as quickly a
possible. There are, it is estimated 400
people in the Hills. and the number i
rapidly augmenting. Mr. Lewis think
the country is one Of incalculable riches
He doesn't hesitate to predict that the bar
On French creek will equal the famou
Alder gulch, in Montana, which yielded it
millions. He will return shortly.
AS Mr. Lewis and his travelling com
panions came out to Cheyenne they foun,
the road lined with soldiers. prospector
and vehicles. They were scarcely eve
out of sight of parties. On Monday last
at Running creek, half way between For
Laramie and Custer City, they met D. Tor
Smith, of Denver, and $50 others, we
armed and comfortably equipped, and
day later they met Harry Mills, Charli
Wilcox, Doc Bard, and Dick Darlington
: also of Denver, with a party of thirty c
forty, travelling north at lively gait.