Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1878, 1876-01-26

trail Of the Ross party, which WAS Some
three weeks .hrad of us, and followed it
iuto the Hills, taking dinner at their
night camp, AMI putting up 4 night in
their camp Ct the night following, thus
getting over the ground just twice =.
fast ss they. They were twenty days
se.route aud We were ten, re.ching the
foot Of the Hills on the night Of Dec.
3l>t. The route follpws Custer's trail
:" Cedar Greek. about ninety miles. and
hen. in. ,e.d If taking !. westerly ycourse.
~ he did, We took south westerly.
course, striking his return trail at
:rar Butte, which We followod into the
i,lls. ,Ef'" g y. ss-s'S
Nothing of note occurred on the route
.he stock stood the Tip we'll and reached
tie Hill, in good cond 'ti0n. Thnsgb sni
dead of winter, Camps sff,rdiny wood,
water and g az.ng were found at every
d .>'rable point ,s.s
The follow ing diary may be Of inter
ct to your readers, speaking as it d''e>
o. our operations during the welve da.s
We were in the Hills, looking arou,d
and prospecting. ~ rs. ..r
Jan. 9. We reached the camp Of Dick
Stone, on Rapid Greek, where Cap,
Jack is located. We saw him take out
SIX cents to the pan from the ve,y
ground on which Mccall rested whrn
ne wrote that the stories about gold in
Black Hills were id lies-that there
was no gold there, and no indications
Of gold s@. w. s.-. i.
Jan. Sd d-Went up Rapid Greek TO-
the camp Of II. N. Ross, who made the
first discovery of gold in Custer Gulch,
when acting ~ chief Of miners With
CuSter's expedition i" 1874 Ross vas
surveying for ditch and intended 70
ground slu,ce his claim. He said If it
panned out al we'll a. It prospected, the
bar ould yield tfty thousand dollars.
and he was confident is would. Re
,nained here over night. 81 ~
Jan 4th we returned to- the camp OF
Dick Stone and Capt. Jack. They were
drifting in dry 1lch, carrying their
dirt 80 yards to water and working but
few hours, yet taking out FROM s. to
SO day each. ...
Jan 9th we rcmainhd in camp with
Capt. Jack and Stone, and on
Jan. 9th located claims on Rapid
Greek, going to Spring Greek in the al
ternoon, where We met Jim Sutherland
at Colleen City. He t,ld US at Spen-
Ger & Co. were working claim hall "a
mile up the creek from Golden CITY,.
from which more gold had been taken
than from any other point. We went
up 10 their camp and saw them clean up
one days run, being the work of fou:
men, which weighed $37 Is. We camp
cd close to them that night and on
JAM. 7lh went up Spring Greek to
Hill City and bought town lots.ior our
selves and several Bismarck parties.
This town is evidently the comDg city
Of the Hills. as: is at the junct,o" ot
the several roads leading to the d,fferent
parts of the Halls. 1t is thirteen miles
north Of Custer city. 81 !
Jan. sth we went to Custer City and
TO point six miles below, where We
camped over night, aud Oh ~
Jan. 9th located claims here and re
turned to Custer City, where we remain
Ell over night. - .ss4ss@.
Jan 10th we returned to Hill City,
and on .f.a.
Jan. 18th located claims on Spring
Creek, two miles from Hill City. R. r.
Marsh and J. z. Dodge, of our party,
saw Spencer & Co. clean Up $l:7 in
dust, the result of the work Of four men
SIX hours, aud on
=. Jan. l2h Spencer s Co. took from
the same Drift 81 70, making SO ounces
Of gold, or over 5000, taken from a pee e
OF ground 12 feet vide, 6 feet deep aud
80 long, Which Jim Sutherland and
other experienced miners said could be
worked in SIX days With four men. The
bed rock here is hard. blocky slate, and