The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-12-22
The Coming Rush.

ALVIN ~ nlultlluQc VI ColliuuIlCd-
tons which reach this office daily, and
which come from almost every state in
the union, we judge that the tide of
immigration to Cheyenne and Northern
Wyoming will set in earlier than was
anticipated. The people are coming
from the east, north, south and west.
There seems to be a desire on the part
of the people of the states to get away
from home and the hard times, and to
go somewhere" OF course, having
once decided to leave home, it does not
take them a long time to choose their
future abode. The Cheyenne LEADER
has called their attention to the mag
nifcent resources of this young terri
tory; it has given to the people anthem
tic and reliable information about the
Black Hills of Northern Wyoming and
Dakota; in all respects THE LEADERS,
reports have been found correct and
true, and to-day we have the supreme
satisfaction of pointing to the fact, for
the accomplishment Of which THE
LEADER has labored necessarily for
many years-the opening up to settle
ment of the garden and treasure-spot of
Wyoming Territory.
The ensuing year will bring to our
borders more than fifty thousand of
hardy, enterprisipg people, who will
establish their homes in Wyoming and
therefore come to stay. Some of these
people will bring capital with them;
others will bring their strong arms and
join the producer in making capital
through labor. A rich reward awaits
all faithful laborers in this new field;
and ere long a growing, PROSPEROUS
community in the star west" wiliRdd
another star to the bright galaxy of he
American Union. \
To prove our assertion that the tide
of travel has already set this way, we
quote from the Portland, Me-, Daily
Press, of December 14th, the following:
THE BLACK HILLS.
Yesterday morning twenty-five young
men FROM near Worcester, Mass, left
for the Black Hills gold regions, via
the Pennsylvania railroad, Omaha and
Cheyenne. They were joined at Put
nam by a party from Southeastern
Massachusetts, and Northern Connec-
ticut, and another from this state.
Some of them have spent the past two
years in mines at Deadwood and other
streams in the new gold fields. They
taken up and hold about twenty
placer claims which they propose to
work on their return with the aid of
pumps and hydraulic machinery, which
they have taken with them. They were
offered $4,000 in gold for one Of their
claims but declined the offer. Another.
and the claim that they value the high
lies in the same gulch and between
two others, one of which has yielded
BOO, 600 in fine gold dust and the other
k308, 600 since they were opened. They
fine specimens of gold dust
and nuggets which they washed out Of
their own claims during last summer. |
The party will number nearly one hum |
1red before reaching their destination. |
They came out of the Hills via Yank- |
,on, but will return via Cheyenne as
hey consider this the better route.
Some of the men will go directly
through from the railroad to the mines
BY stage, while others will take their
,wn teams, provisions and machinery
With them. The former will go through
n about ten days and the latter in
days from Boston. Nearly
I'll these men are members of the
'amous Black Hills expedition SO sue
,essfully organized in Boston two years
lgo by Coll X. Allen, but which was
deferred from starting on account of
he action OF the government on the
indian question. The emigration to
he new gold fields promises to be
this winter and spring than
,ver before. It is reported that not
ess than 10000 men are now on the
from California to the Black
ILLS.