Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1878, 1876-06-07
TIE OPENINGg0F new
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exciting, IS regard 70 The tod deposit.
"a the tributaries Sof the lsllowstone
Among them IS letter fr6h john B
Thomas, man Of fveracitya1d practica.
ideas, who sis sunqqalifedly endorsed Is
such, by all who know him. Mr.. Thorn;
as writes as follows, dating his lette,
on the head of the Rosebud. ii Big Horn
couritYyr MsT:sl SAaTxa 8sfI :
~ Mining prospects are better here than
we had any reason to expec.: We have
struck 1t good. yesterday, II i bar on
Little Bear. creek, three Of tho boys pam
ned out three dollars apiecs. just be:
low US there is 4 camp of Black Killers,
who claim to have averaged Ave dollars
10 day = There is no question Of the fact
that there Is gold here 'inf abundance,
and thecodnt try between TIT Tongue and
Powder rivers is filling ups with men
from the Black Hills. - .a@5 r. ssss. es q
Il When We consider that NJ Thomas
is = miner oflong experiences and that
his lettor was written expressly for pub.
licstion among his old mining friends,
in Montana Territory to- misleadp or
deceive whom would be to involve them
in great pecuniary loss without bringing
any benefit whatever to himself FIVE
cannot receive his statements in. regard
to the richness and extent of the new
gold mines on the Rosebud, Powder and
Tongue rivers otherwise than as having
been carefully and cautiously penned,
and being strictly true. The question
may fairly be considered as settled.
There is no doubt that . new gold coun.
try ofyast extent and fabulous richness,
embracing large portions Of the three
Territories Of Dakots, Montana and
Wyoming, is unfolding ltsNealth to the
enterprise Of civilized man. And as I'll
these auriferous regions embrace supe.
rier agricultural and grazing lsnds, rens
dering them self-sustaining in their
natural advantages, 1t is equally certain
that permanent institutions of civiliza-
tion will be established from the begin.
ming, and that they are destined 1T any
early day to be populated by the most
intelligent, refined and enterffising of
the race. This is manifest destiny
so clear that no prophetic ken is needed
to comprehend it's full import. That
some Of the more timid, who have never
been Injured to the hardships of frontier
life, and who have not the courage to
face those dangers which all the pioneers
of civilization in the past have had to
encounter, have returned, and will con.
tinue to return, with gloomy and dis
couraging reports of tho country, was
to have been, and is to be, expected, for
this is simply repetition Of the history
of the first settlement Of every section
of the continent-especially OF the rich
placers Of California and the silver 6is-
tricts of Nevada. In saying this we do
no: wish to be understood as under-esti-
mating the dangers attending explora-
tions among hostile indians, for we
know that at the present time there are
dangers to bc met throughout these
new mining regions; the explorer must
be constantly v,gilant, and ever prepar-
ed to defend his life from murderous
assault; but the danger is inevitable,
and the price of getting first possession
Of the gold deposits is 10 bravely take
the chances" Thousands will and are
running the risk, and the influx is. so
great, that we feel justified in saying
that in another year United States mails
can be safely carried, by direct routes,
from Bismarck to Bozeman, in Montana
Territory, and to all parts of the Black
Hills. The Sioux will soon cease to ex-
list as organized fighting forces. They
are now engaged IN their final struggle
for continued possession Of the rich re-
gions which are needed for the purposes
Of civilization. .~E
The navigation of the Yellowstone
river-now fully demonstrated-g:ves
easy and cheap access by way OF the
Northern Pacific Railroad and Bismarck
to the new mines on the Rosebud. Pow
der and Tongue rivers and the lower
Big Horn. Boats have no difficulty in
reaching the mouth Of the Big Horn
river from here. At the mouth nf the
Big Horn, we are told, encouraging gold
prospects have been found on the bars,
and. the topography Of the country is
such that the mining districts recently
discovered by then Montana expeditions on
the head of the Rosebud and Tongue are
easily reached from that point; or, if II
is thought advisable, prospecting parties
can disembark at the mouth of the Rose.
bud, below the Big Horn, and follow
tita valley right up to the diRe ings re.