The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1876-08-18
INDIAN COUNTRY.
A Cobb County Young Man Writes an
Interesting Letter.
DEADwOOD CITY. DAcoTA TER, I
July Both, 1876.

DEADwOOD CITY. DACoTA TER,
July Both, 1876.
Dear Father--I received your let
ter under date of Odd June last. |
was overjoyed to hear from you once
more. | am working in Deadwood
Gulch on claim No. l above Dis
covery. have not found bedrock
yet. am dow % feet and think
it will be 10 or ID feet deeper to go
before finding the bedrock. am
sinking a shaft on bar and that
will make it some deeper | think. -
No. Ii above me has shaft 10 feet
deep with bedrock. There is no
claims below me down as far Discov>
cry that has been opened yet. All
the claims below Discovery are be-
ing worked and pays well they
average from $50 to $50, and some
ST 600, to the mau per day. On
some of those claims below, there
has been as much as $500 taken
out 10 one days work, with six men
TO the sluicc, and | was told they
had taken out as much as $4,000
per day, but cannot vouch for the
truth Of that, but can vouch for
81, 800 being taken out one day by
six men.
can't give you the average of
claims below Discovery for have
not ascertained. Deadwood empties
into Whitewood Gulch. | am not
much acquainted with Whitewood,
only know it is deep to bedrock. |
am told it does not pay very much,
from S., $40 to $l5 to the man per
day; that is very small for these
mines. Then comes Gold>run Gulch
that empties into Whitewood above
Deadwood. Gold-run is laying well
but nOs as much as Deadwood. The
claims of Gold-run pay from $40 to
$50 per day to the man. There are
many other gnlches that are paying,
but know but little about them
The Hills on both sides of Dead
wood are paying from 81 to So per
day. All claims have been taken as
far as is known to pay. There are
number of men wanting work but
none to be had. There are number
of them prospecting and if they find
anything good the report gets out
then comes a stampede of men with
out claims and old miners who have
from two to three claims which they
are allowed one on every gulch.-
They stampede worse than gang of
scared buffalo.
AS to the soil of this country, it is
very light and sandy, mixed with
what is called bad>lands, known as
pipe clay in Georgia. There are
three kinds of pine timber, white,
spruce and pitch. Out or prairie
creeks is scrub oak, something like
black oak. In the Black Hills grow
several kinds of berries such as sar>
Wis, rasberries, gooSeberries and
black berries. The climate at this
season is, hot days, and nights SO
cool man can sleep comfortable
under two or three heavy blankets.
The last days of May or first of June
we had snow and have had several
hail storms.
am 1875 miles southwest of Fort
Fear and ten miles east of Belfousch
river, and S miles west of Spearhsh
river. wrote you that some one
stole my horses, which | could have
sold for $500. | think the whites
got them, for the Indians are all
over in the Big Horn country to
meet Gen. Crook. If they whip
Crook, the miners may lookout for
a lively old time as soon as the In
dams can get here. When they
butt against the miners, they will
not have United States troops to
contend with. 1t will be worse for
them than in front of regular troops.
have been sick with chills and
fever. am clear of them now, but
not in the best of health.
Most afectionately,
II. 7. VIM.
IT, IttN1r Mo.,o,ko