The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-03-14

u hahsPofiSlion- AT u tlme with
in . days notice this point can fur,
nisl transportation for from 300, 00l
to 100000 pounds Of freight. NJ
large parties need fear the want Of
conveyances. In this city alone there
Is all the freightage that can possibly
be demanded, and trains can be made
up almost as rapidly and readily as
though there regular lines and
specified times for leaving and return
ing. Thereare at present two ways Of
hiring transportation: First, an agree
ment is made with the freighter to
carry outfit, supplies, etc., at SO much
per hundred, the miner to walk; the
other mode is to pay a freighter OF
wagon concern TO convey the miner
through to Custer city, with all bag
gage, ETC., under a certain specified
amount, usually less than 100 and on
an average from 100 to $50 pounds.
The most reliable men here, one of
whom | may mention in the person
of Mr.. Small, inform me that the
rates from here to Custer city are
from So to 81 a hundred by horse
and mule teams, and from 81 to IS a
hundred by bull teams. The differ
ence between horses and cattle is, the
latter 60 slower and take, Of course,
much longer to go through than the
former. l would suggest to those who
are going out to the hills from here,
that they do one of two things: First
If there are six, ten, or a dozen in
a party, it would pay them to buy a
two-horse team, a wagon, and for a
trip to be their own transportation
company. They will pay nearly as
much for transportation to the hills
as an outfit of their own would cost;
where they go in a company of this
sort, an implement or utensil will do
two or three, when if they went alone,
each would have to purchase it for
himself; then, a transportation wagon
will not go farther than a given point,
and, if that point be Custer city, the
miner may desire to move north as
far as Iron, or Whitewood, or Rapid
or Castle creek further, the miner
should look at all sides of this ques-
ton, and remember that he may want
to return and obtain a fresh supply
of provisions ; at any rate, he will
want to return, and a pair of horses
are easy to look after, they are inval-
liable for long prospecting tours, and,
should the party see a better chance
eitherin some other part of the Black
Hills or owe 1875 miles west, in the
Big Horn country, they have with
them their W means of conveyance.
In addition to these things, the party
feel more independent, more free to
act and move, and are not ~subjecting
themselves to perhaps heavy rates of
transportation from the gold fields
back to the line of the railroaid. If
such an arrangement is not deemed
desirable, OF should the party aot be
large enough, or have oneness of pur-
pose and place of settlement, it would
be cheaper to have their outfits
freighted through from Cheyenne to
Custer, or some other valley in the
hills, by bull teams, and the company
push forward in light wagons, with
sufficient supplies to last the trip. By
this plan perhaps some prospecting
could be done, and a place selected
for stalking and work. Parties are
leaving Cheyenne daily, and yet the
highest wave,1 am sure, from all indi-
cations, has yet to be seen. From
Kansas they are coming up to Chey-
enne. Colorado, rival though she is,
fails not to the roll call. New Mex
leo is on time at the muster. Mon
tana is sending down delegates, and
Salt Lake has spoken for a place.
Here and there a silvery-haired 40
er, who has made his estake'' many
a time and lost it, turns up to try it
once more. Nebraska is moved.
And wen across the Big Muddy in
Iowa and Illinois, and away off in
Boston and Philadelphia, we hear
they are preparing to advance to the
front. When the ''bad man" Sitting
Bull shall have been given a chance
to go on the last grand trip to the
beautiful hunting grounds which he
will reach on the long tomorrow, we
may turn our eyes toward the Big
Horn Mountains, to which the Black
Hills are an alluring f%nger-mark,
pointing to the rich regions hat have
grown gray in waiting for the pros
pectors. MAC.