Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1878, 1876-05-03
BLACK HILLS.

BLACK HILLS. ..
NO Money..Desperate Excited.
The Deadwooda Diggfngs..One
Fifty to three Dollars to the r an
ON BED Rock, from two to three
Feet Below tho Surface...tsTell
I the Boys,,..TWenty Dollars I'm
T.. Four Hours...The Denver OF the
| Hills..Effcct of n. p. Extension.
! The statements contained in the fol-
lowing letter may be relied upon. The
author is not one of your sanguine men
who sees millions in every speculation,
but is the reverse. He has little faith in
anything until he sees results, and his
candid statements below given, are for
that reason regarded reliable by all who
know him. s A
+ CUSTER CITY, April Z, 76.-I am here
for two days past; brought fresh pork
sausage and butter; closed it out this
morning at 26 cts for pork and sausage
and 81 cts for. butter; pretty low figures;
the country is over stocked just now;
have most of the pork and two or three
sacks of the sausage in my little store
at Rapid City, yet; came up here OH
purpose to sell the sausage and butter.
/ TINES ABE KATHER DULL; /
prices low for most everything; money
scarce; none taken out Of the ground so
far. ~~~~~--'-.e..-.' ','. --~' "- -~
THE DIGGINGs
are too deep for quick money on Rapid,
Spring and Custer creeks; men are COM
ING into this place at the average rate
Of Is or 100 per day from Cheyenne.
Our party Of 80 odd, and a small party.
Of SC from Yankton, are the founders
Of sr& ..~ ~
| Hill City is alone approachable via
Custer and Rapid Cities, Custer City
has four or five hundred houses in it,
and floating population of fifteen or
sixteen hundred Here to-day and
gone north tomorrow. Men have no
money. Mostof them bring from one
week. to three months provisions; per-
haps there are 500 actual residents at
Custer City. They are liable to, be
gone any tire when indignation or
~ FLYING REPORT
points out aricher country: Men are
desperately excited over the -
|: e NORTH D1GG1NGs
on Whitewood, Deadwood, Spearfsh,
Bear Land, Iron, Black Tail, White Tail,
and Split Tail Greeks. The first Of
these is White and Deadwood, rs or 95
m Hes north of Custer City, 35 or 40
north of Rapid City. The other creeks
mentioned are still little farther on
az they range one after the other from
Bear Butte west and north. White and
Deadwood Greeks strike the valley about
the north end ofBear Mountain. They
claim to have very rich diggings in the
cluster of creeks speak of as the north
ern mines-$1.5O to $500 to the pan on
the ..
from two to seven feet down. Men are
rushing north
PEREHCTKY FRANTIC;
some on foot, packing grub and blankets
on their backs; some by pack horses;
more by wagon; nearly all
! ~ ARMED TO THE TEETH.
! I travelled the main nothern road
| from Camp Crook to this place, (Custer
City), about 35 miles, and not to exag-
Il rerate. in the least, believe that / met
800 men going north. Ask any where
they are going 3 and the answer Is Dead.
wood or Whiteweed.r Custer City fans
\ the breeze now, bat will go@own as
i soon Is the Missouri river opens. Many
4 merchants are ordering via Fort Pierre
and Bismarck. y *<1.sss*
"'S' TELL THE BOYS
that there is gold in the Hills, but hard
to reach French, Rapid and Sfring
i Creeks. Ofcourse the head of the creeks
are easier worked; bed rock not 80 far
down. Oscar Bracket and party are
up on Rapid Greek. They sluiced out
about
one day last week. Allen & Co., on
j Snrinr Creek, q miles below Hill City,
i are r repor tedsto have taken out off .
1 noint 81 bar or drift On the rim rock,
1 $4,000. They certainly have taken out
4 some money The gold on these three
4 creeks is generally very thin and 6akey,
j but Of good quality, selling here for
! 90 in curreut. funds. 8 had offered me
I;. u;ll Citv Sold from Sand Greek,