The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-09-19
ION TO THE BIG HORN"
Where Gold Abounds in Streams
and Mountains.
The Evidence Thereof as Given by Those
Who Have Been There-A Hun
ter's Paradise.

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of The riches hidden there. and fine
specimens of gold were shown as
proof. Gen. Sheridan. in his letter to
Gen. Sherman. c~orroborates this view.
and he thinks that the wealth of the
Big Horn country will be found to sur
pass that of the Black Hills. Beyond
report nothing positive is known about
it.n
rom O., o,a morn+o;,oor u,o
ma,,os bic hoaa.nar,ars ~ paI,,;ns
W. cove.
or hovo m,so,f soor ,o,a :, tho ms
session of Indians ot Rorav,s ranch
and at several other nlaces. which thew
tr,ded of tbe nosts for ooods Rpt tb;s
10 no reason for me to suppose that
thew took II from The pronnd them
selves and T should rather spsnect that
tbav had taken II from miners whom
tbay had found in the maintains and
Killed
..For oome M n,ace in the world can
beot tbe Rio Horn country. there are
.nv amount, of antelope. black and
white tailed deer Rockv-mountain
sheen elk and moose buffalo and
b;son cinnamon blact and orizzlv
heor ,nd RocLy-mo,nto;n lion Wild
cats silver-orav black and red foxes
etc Mountain grouse sooe hens gaese
ducks and chickens are found in great
abundance Swarms of front and other
fish in tbe streams
cold lin Rridoer ;, who for wears
has lived among these mountains. saws.
ssOne dav after having ~troveled n
few davs in these regions known az the
Rio Horn T feeling thirsty cot off NV
mule and STONED down Mt n small
brook containing clear and inviting
water from the snow-canned mountains
IN drink and while 50 doing nv atten.
tion was attracted Inv the cur;ons an
neorance of the bottom of the stream
II anneared tn me like yellow nebbIes
of various sizes. from that of the mead
of a common min to n bean and larger.
Though well acquainted with the an
no. of cold 1yos soma,ybot in
doubt of its being fine nrecious metal
since IT had never occurred to me that
gold could he found in that locality.
INIT NV curiosity beinc excited 7
I'm n bandful of the stuff and
rode nm to DIR HAYDEN and Cantain
REYNOLDS Roth ot once nrononnced
it pure gold. and asked me where I
procured it. After I had told them
where 7 had found IT. Cant. REYNOLDS
GOT very mucb exc;ted and ins;sted
that 7 should cast If away and NOT FOL,
any one of the marty of the matter
under anv circumstances he FEARING
hat n knowledpc of GOLD in such abun-
dance and of sucb easv access would
certainly breok IN b;s eynedit;on s;pce
every man would desert IN HINT for
gold. I yery reluctantly complied
with the oeicer,s reouest Since my
discovery of cold T have found fine
same metal in that country while trad
ing with the Indians. though not in
such abundance rs the first. {,
Gen. p. f. Common who led an ex-
pedition through this region ten wears
SAWS concerning If. sI did NOT
have time to examine its mineral re-
Int from information derived
from some of nv officers and men 7 am
of the oui,,ion flat silver and rold will
be round in uoyiup los on tho
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