, 1876-05-23
THE BLACK HILLS.
Discouraging Accounts from the
New EIdorado."
No Gold in Paying Quantities, but
Plenty Of Hostile Indians.

WHAT AN OLD MINER sAT8.
To iA4 Editor aJ Ths Trtsuns.
cnE1EssE, Wyo. Ter, May 10.-1n looking
over Juur paper this evening, noticed picce
headed ''ArrsvIng In tho Black li'1ls." and signed
George l.. Cutler. I have been 10 The Hills eincc
tnst February, and think have feun hs much ot
the mines an he has. who has been thcso so short
time. lla came from Chlcago,-1 camc from Gill
caen alao he but recently left there twelve ycars
ago for Colorado. where have hccn ever since.
and been engaged in all kinds OF mining, and sten
1t done IN arnndcF ecale than peshapa ho over
dreamed Of. think, from hin lcttcr In your paper,
that he IA about a. much mistaken ~ any man I
ever heard Of.
In the first place, ! do not hcllcyc he ever went
to Curtcr by siagc; for, II lie did, ho must know
that they tI0 not travel by night do they mako
II In five laye. There nEo stage stations tho
Laramie. The company hare COMMENCED building
roycrn, but have none finished. or had none on the
The auth Of April, tho time arrived in Cheyenne
There Is not n dng" out on thc road. and but fow
ranches, but the few that arc there kept by men
wG wnR o sa ase sy
money. There IN not 1nudhonse In Cuatcr
lllli: or Ga.tle CITY. The people in the Iii!!s
are ffom az parts oi the WORLD and afc gooa' bad
y haye hecn 10 nesrly ali the mi1inE camps on
rneh sh catt sa dHad ns,e
mud failed TO ind anything bnt color, md very
tnal cnlnr ut that. i have seen q little cohrte
gold that came from spring and Castle Greeks but
liuio gold alt through Tho Hills. but do not be-
licye thcse atc my paying dlggtnGr; ai least none
sed @ pe" Te Gsyeo
epcak very frequently Of little now md then that
donss pas sSti y y awey'
allowing TINT tlry are never mihtnken, the amounts
that they lnye reported from t!nlc to time ~ being
ntnount to drop In ihc bucket III comparison TO
what should have been taken out Of mining
cainp Y Il waa a gold country.
thronsht thr Hills. On tho barr, n the asy
EHs ,si ssssk e. ea sn4 on SS VA iii ill., Of so 1
and tiycs.rock Of the crooks. The country has
II o,Re9 nns ss
quantities The Iesaon the ereeke hnye not '. hesn
! thutlt costs more money fo!. dtatn-ditch than
!nany care 10 risk In them uhttt they arc sure. OF
s1e aasaes ann fg y sn yet
tis thc Ill., es!e cSeek, % isc. Fpring CREEK
80 feet 10 lie ti'e mic. The swo latter havc but very
When t. fain' q .hs snow j; melting: .hnk that
several .plaees ID the months Ct February
ana as sss but cs' not cnensh on hRRa hey
come together and form one stream, to afford water
10 work one fourth the cla!ms that arc ttaked out
| aid claimed on them,
! Tho cry Is now. and has been all winter, that
| Deadwood. Sand Greek, nnl Whltcwood are tho
places, aud that f1cy arc anding and working rich
airginrs on these creeks; and many Arc going
north every day In hopes they will ,strko them.
1iui us many are returning every day, and have
been all winter and spring; and you have hs many
| good And bad reports from them A. you do from
! my other part OF the Hills. Oht thing Ia sure:
they are not bringing any Eold from thcte worsl
II is VI TO be found there, as clscwhcre in tho
! Ililln, In pairing quantities.
A. TO t1ic rontc ME. Cutler advises the Black
11illcr from the Eatt to sAGc, think he - wrong
again. In the frat place, It Ia mprattlcable on nc
cnunt OF the bad landt, where there is but little
water. at long stretchet and that contains 70 mneh
ono has to cfoes the Indian reservation. whcro
they the most hostile, rathGr where they are
To Ge found In tho greatest numbers, and which is
tho most danghEpu8 route, as there are several
companies OF 6nld!es on the line Of road between
Cheyenne and Custer, and nearly. t not quito. all
would adyise people to take neither Of these roads.
let those already In the Hills thoroughly dem
onstrate the gold question in the Hills before nny
more Eu there We VIII all know It soon as II I.
fonnd by IT, eo.n!ag out in quantities. II mus. Al
here, the papers give It to the world. Bnt DC no
be tho tlrat Ia believing all they print I think
haye adopted good plan TO 80 BY IN bc
| tlcvtng what hear about gold; II Is this: II
know the parties 10 be honest. divide the amoan
by two, MD then sometimes thctc Is u,istakc
four. In shls wny get near the tue facts. Your
| truly, CT, y. AYHE8,