Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1878, 1876-11-15
o. BISMARCK D. i, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER l5 l876:

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D y The BLACK Hills Trade.
!. Election day is passing and tits about
time to take up other matters OF 'mpor.
tance. Among these, for st. Paul and
for the State at large, we know OF none
which deserves more prompt attention
than, the Black Hills. trade, which nat,
.urally should be by the northern routes
leading to this city, but which, because
by st. Paul, has been diverted
TO the south. At first there was excuse
foI sour business men and capitalists
not taking prompt steps to open up
traffic with the new, mining regions
Our people we're outside the range OF
the gold fever, %hich reached and excited
the, business; ;enen cf Omaha, Cheyenne
and Missouri river towns There was
4 aareasonahle and natural doubt about
the working Of the new mines proving
ing profitable. The government had
declared its purpose not to allow the oc-
etiDa ton Of The Black Hills country and,
at pne time, by military force drove out
the gold hunters. But the miners we're
COON pernfttedsts return, and since then
. Eeaty hs besn negotiated with the
Sioux for the surrender Of their title to
the Hiils. The gulch mines have been
|proS TO apable ofafurnishing pro-
Ktable employment to considerable
population. Numerous rich and prac.
tieally 1Ci<inexhanstible 7lgold- bearing
quartz lodes haze been discovered: Sill
yer and lead ores are found there In.
quantities that,will pay we'll for working
Withall. the climate, soil,
wKater and ,timber are favorable for all
the industries Of northern agricultural
regien. Within few years to come,
the Black Hills and the country north
and northeast of them will contain a.
hundred thousand people, who will. need
merchandise and manufactures such as
St. Paul can supply:
+ The trade Of the Black Hills, already
large, fast increasing, and SO, SOON to
equal in volume all that has given st.
Paul it's present mercantile prominence,
now divided and unsettled. It may
| be concentrated and fixed with St. Pau {.
1t NAV he made to help build up Bis
| marck, Fargo. Moorheads and all the
! North Pacific country, and SO increase
the trade. which we have with that in
ter,nediatesregion. Allsthiss is worth
working for and we commend the mat
Ter as something which ought to be
1ssonsideFed and promptly acted upon by
these who are most interested in the
xhescoumercial prosperity of st. Paul:
tnhas heeasestablished that the best
ssaiuiur al!route for freighting to the Black
u.tls isf,ro1n Bismarck The low rates
kof the Northern Pacific railroad, as com
pa,sd with the rates of the. Iowa, Kan
,sas and Nebraska railways is another
Aavantage. The enterprising business
III en- .of the young town Of Birmarck
would long ago, unassisted, have done
AlI,that was necessary for opening thai
lina aof supply for the miners but jsita,
In tie first rnsh nearlyyss Of them were
car rid to the mining c0untry and those
left hahind have been soswelt emp oy ee);
oy<ttfsS business Of the place, =arIs'ngG
/, og the opeEat ions of Ahe railway: apd
its Connecting steamboa lines, and ais
frou.-thc military movements OF the pass
sea>ea; that they have not been able to
spare much Of their small capital to.
wards establishing the faight, express
aAd fnsenger lines which are needed
TT Remains for ST. Paul to.sneve in the
matter before railway lines are pushed
into the Hills from the south and the
trade thereby fixed in that direction.
A telegraph line, firm Bismarck to
the Deadwood mines, a line Of passen
ger and express stages, and thorough
ly organized and we'll equipped freight
line, are all required and should be sup
piled as soon as possible. The passen-
ger and express line should be put on
this winter. We believe it will pay its
fproprictors from the start. We know
1t Will be of great advantage to St. Pau
for it. will Immediately result in the
Black Hills gold being sent here for
sale, accompanied by orders for mer
chandise, machinery and manufactures.
What say the Chamber of Commerce,
our bankers and wholesale dea|ers.-T.
Paul Dispatch, Noo. 7. #7
s. Black Hills Commerce.
The perfection of treaty with the
Claw Indians hv virfre 0f whirh tho