The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-09-22

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ssAsly tWcn taken. He riteM lis~ aucxres
~ Mr. William Wheeler, III virainiA
CITY, Men,. IN old acquaintance and ~.
Icft~ncrsl miner, WIN haa alfcAdy tMkrn
frum hia claim eAO,0CO worth oi dust
while hil,lchsAnd, who worka fourteen
men on claim adjoining Wheeler. has
cIcMncd tr - high ~ 90, ON In single
dayl There Arr about thirty pAs linz
gnlclles that arr hrine wprkcd, hat
llrNdwood n n yet the richest 81 them
oil. A considerable number al ,uiDcrr
arc cl.Hning up ffcm e1nD 10 4t)O I,cr
LAY and several claims that ara among
III" best IN the Hills have been diMUv.
cred outside of De~dwood. In other
gnlchcs, showing that Tho gold In NOT all
IN ono hole.
Mr.. Miller raw ono miner, Who hal
hccn In the Hills hut three months, |
leaving with 90, ,OO0 of ,luat that no had
taken from An outside gulch.
The placcr.diRgings only have been
systematically worked thus far, but Mr.. |
Miller knows nj QUO bNr-clAim that n |
laying $3.50 10 es6O pcr tlay 10 Ave |
l,Ards. He states that gold-colors Are
Inund IN almost every gulch and upon
almost every hill In paying uuAntitl~a,
but oftentimea beyond tho reach 0f WA. |
ler. In fact, some of tho hest gulchss
are not being worked owing solely 10 the
lack of water, which can be brought In
from ncighhoring gnlchcs NJ soon " thc
netcsrAry capital can he procured.
4 vast majority u Tho claims arc ~
vct unopened many u thcm because
hey nrr what II known N deep digrings,
snd others Are owned Ivy partir~ who
ack meAna or inclination 10 open them.
Tho shallow mines arc being worked out |
~pidly.
w,M' ii r..haAiiaYTt,xlc ,Aih 'hssR 'llr
pouches of gol.l---ona miner having
pi6, 900 worth of ths precious dust.
Gold tiust alone 4 lcSal tender IN the
Hills, and II worth 90 per oaucc In
lradc. II Il shipped from there via
cheyenne.
There arc about 5000 men, All told,
IL the Hills, whilc hundreds Are con.
ltxntly coming and going.
law and order don't prevail IN Mu
alarming ext~nt mp there. pistol.prac.
lice And sudden death aro u almost daily
and thu popular way of sc(.
lling diapute~ among thc voughs In II
llc muxxle ri thN revolver.
Real estate In worth money Mt Dcasl.
wood. lots VI twenty-five icet front beinG
held NJ $1,000. There In one central
Ntrect running through tho oity, with
croxs streets nj the usmAl distances.
Land wAs ~ acMrce hi this narrow city
that tho ronghM Attcmptfd ~ "jump"
the croM-streels for building purposes,
md did smccesl In building on two of
them, but wcrc prevented from further
obatructing tho highway, a big tight
barely leing avoided.
According 10 Mr.. Millcr's statement,
there h no lack of supplies Ia tin Hills.
He ese1matrs that there arc zoo. 900
pounds VI noE In store, and II rctails NJ
"a per hundred, selling ri wholesale At
% 10 $50 bacon q Wholesale, II 10 II
censS. retailing nt 70 bcsns ccnts pr
pound. Tho country generally II over.
stocked with provisions and ataple arti-
clee.
Hc thinks ths 10 II every prc~pccl Of
tho conntry's being rapidly opcncd All.
other spring. Preparations 70 that end
arc lsciug made, and property II largely
passing into tho hand, of parties who
are Ahla u develop Il.
consid. rMhlo mining will bc .lonc dur.
Ing tho wistsr months ~ many of tho
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