Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-01-26
BLACK HILLS.
Their appearance, Production
and Resources.

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A address OF DIR. CHARLEs w. MEYER,
delegate from Lawrence County.
upon the subject ofthe Black Hills,
before the Legislature Of Dakosa in I
response TO a joint resolution from
that honorable body passed Jan.
: 90, 1877. Delivered JAN, =, 1877.
Gmaiemsn .ef The Legislature Of ia
kota:
Ia response to your request TO al
drese ysu upon the subject 81 the pc,
sition, resources, and requirements oi
the Black Hills,
will endcavor to give some idea
OF the wonderful country embraces
between the Add and 45th parallels
uf latitude north, and the 1850 aud
lO4th meridian of longitude west
! from Greenwich. A country rising
up from TIE level prairie or rsther
thrown up by SOME grea. volcanic &C
tion and formed in,o mountains and
valleys, which subsequent time has
covered with richest verdure, aud
vet where position aud climate are Of
such character, tnat their very pic
,uresaueoess vosld inspire the pencil
Of Raphael, and the natural harmo.
ny Of Surroundings give inspiration
| to the soul Of Byron. Where in an
| area of less than 1--WE thousand square
miirs, is 5si,uated-the richest ground
that ever man ,rod upon; aud where
10 day, ten thousand sturdy miners in
faco Of the most stubborn obstacles
hare copgregated, determined TO
avail themselves 81 those advantages
thst The God Of nature des,gned Tor
the benefit OF nsokind when the d.
vine mand.te caused that great up
heaval Of nature, which gave US our
mountains, overlooking with prec-
4 ious metals. The day is past when
the rich mineral deposits Of the Black
4 4 Hills were considered deluslys
scheme, . chimcra aud jack o-lanterr
to lead the ambitious astray, and th'
whole press of the country have, de
spite their previously antagonisti'
attitude, been compelled to &C
knowledge our great wealth ~
substantial fact, already demonslratet
TO the OUTSIDE world by about seve'
. miliioas OF doAsss in treasure shiPpet
from the Black Hilis.
. The foot hills or approach to, tb'
. surifsrous, and argentifcrous portion
: Of the country, commence BY geotl
unduations esoh succeeding tiss rsne
! ing above the othos - the waves G
!. tho sea lacrsase in size with the pre-
}. agess Of the storm, until the nagnif
y cent mountains of the interior ris
\ clear cut In their grandeur almost I
it were into tho very heavens, IN
y desp, down in the gulches betwee
= those bills meander hundreds Of th
!. most beautiful streams, hmpid ~
= sparkling, some bAbblng with the 20
!; murmer Of the brook, aud o,he:
re rushing in angry torrents ~ thoug
Re they felt the restraints of the
n rock bound sides.
q, Unlike other mining countries, II
: mountains Of the new Eldorado =,
covered with fertile soil, upon whie
great trees grow straight y arrow
a. to surprising heights bristling upe
Is every side Of the mountains like Il
20 :. quilts upon the back Of the porcupin
- - The gold deposits of the Blae
=. Hills cannot be confined to any Pc
n ticnlAf locality, but the richest plac
', diggings have been found cxtendir
" over every part OF the country. II
st true up to the present time, the gre
he yield Of gold has been from the di
ne rings on Deadwood, Whitewoo
:" Bob Tail, Gold Run, and Black tt
10 gulehes, but that is only becau
.ko.> loc~E Et;oa ,yoro tho E.,t vr<,