The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-03-10
The Black Hills
Information Of Interest to Those
Who are Going There.
Cheyenne the Place TO Outfit at.


In answer to the hundreds of
communications we are in daily re-
ceipt of, we have compiled the bud
get of information herewith given,
for the benefit of all who are afflicted
with the Black Hills fever. While
it is not as complete as we desire
and promise to make it, we think it
will answer tmost of the questions
asked.
The first query propounded is
whether we really believe there is
gold in the Black Hills. This has
been too well proven to admit of
doubt. Gold is found in paying
quantities in nearly all portions of
the region, the richest discoveries
having been of quite recent occur
renee, on Deadwood and Whitcwood
creeks, some sixty miles from Custer
City, which is now a large and -four
ishing town, with regularly elected
officers, a full complement of bust
ness houses, etc.
West and north of the Black
Hills lie extensive mountain ranges
of similar formation, which have
been but little explored, but which
are full of gold and silver, which lat
Pter metal has been discovered in
large and rich veins, within thirty
miles of Custer City. Good gold
quartz mines have also been found
in the Hills.
DISTANCES.
Following we give the distances
from Cheyenne to the Black Hills,
the points mentioned being, as will
be seen, at convenient distances
apart for camping, and having ac-
commodations for travellers.
Cheyenne to Miles
Lodge Pole creek, IS
Lodge Pole to Horse creek, 10
Horse creek to Bear Springs. 10
Bear Springs To Chug water, ID
Chugwuter to Hunton's Ranch, 12.5
Hunton's Ranch TO Eagles Nest, 8
Eagles Nest to Fort Laramie. IT'S
Ft. Laramie to Spring Branch, II
Spring Branch to Raw Hide, II
Raw Hide to Nioi,rara River, Is
Niobrara to Old Woman's Fork, II
Old Woinah's Fork to End Camp, 10
End Camp to south Beaver, 10
5. Beaver to Big Cheyenne Forks, 1875
Total, 1885
These distances are by the road
soon to be built by the citizens Of
Cheyenne. By the road now travel
ed the distance from Cheyenne to
Custer City is 246 miles.
TRANSPORTATION, ETC.
A line of daily stages, carrying
passengers, mail and express, will
begin running between Cheyenne
and Custer City on or before the
LIST of April. Fare will be as fol-
lows F~irst-class, Cheyenne to
Custer City, $50; second-class,
Cheyenne to Custer City, SIS;
third-class, Cheyenne to Custer City,
$40. These rates apply only to
through tickets.)
Our forwarding houses can fur
nish transportation for 1000, 600
pounds at a shipment. Freight
charges, Cheyenne to Custer, range
from 81 to s cents per pound, ac-
cording to kind of animals employed
and time consumed on the road.
Horses are plenty and cheap here.
Prices range as follows: Well-bro-
ken saddle horses, $50 to SIS each
or with saddle, bride, etc., from $40
up. Well-broken work teams, 500
to $3.50 per span ; single carriage
horses, 500 to $3.50 each mules,
5000 to $500 per span.
1t will cost less to outfit here than
to bring outfits with you. Heavy
stocks and hot competition cause
this. We do not say so because we
are paid for it but because we have
yet to see the man who has outfitted
elsewhere who does not affirm that
his outfit has cost him at least 25
per cent. more than it would if pur-
chased here.