, 1877-06-18
THE BLACK HILLS.
A Dad Country for People Out
Of Money.
The Placer and Quartz Miros.-.Discov.
cry Of Copper.0rs.
Improvements -. Agriculture 50. Indian
llustilttlcs..-llcports from tbs
lijg.iforn Region.
Wild Horses--senator speucer's Perty-
Tbs First Court in the Ellis.

Special Correspondents Of Tat Tribune
DEAnwoop. Black Hills. June :, 1877.-I1ow-
ever Varied mny have been the experience Of the
old man, yet hs tells us that each day. a. It comes
and swiftly nasfea Into the byKonc, brings sosre
eurprlse. Al, hare probably at IONS time stood In
mute wondctHeht At the child upon the knee. a. II
pauses for moment its childish prassle, and Into
the wandering careleas eyes comss a look Of wiz.
dom ~ the qncstion to Eravely asked von which
mol all Tho wisdom gathered In your long lffa en-
abes you 10 ansuer. Tho child ut yone knca has
grown to Tour own level. and. rs Il
changed year By year 10 Tho ma
surprises hare been very frequent, aud yet yun
ara astoundad a. some undiscovered lefofmttJ, -ht
tho disclosure Of some long-htddcn virtue. And
you arc finally forced 10 the conclusion that your
familiar friend Of lifetime, and yourself, aro get
slrangcrs. 10, all through lifc, we arc onsiFoncd
BY surprises and problems which wc cannot under
htand solve. 30 may say II Ia with this Conn.
try Strange 1t IT, that for many years tho Hills
have BEEN uncxplotel nhd all their vast wealth IN.
known. Difficult II IL 10 think that within ilvo
days trayei Of Chfcagoisa
NEW MINING CAMP.
tho gn1ch.mincs Of which yield 3foo per- day per
man. mud tie fe1gcs Of which pay 81, 00O per day
per tcn'stanp m'll' aud about which ato 'ts'!
scores OF miles sqnaro Of unprospcctcd hill and
rnvlne. Once horc, tl,e sco1o9tat and nnefa!ogfst
stand pcrptcxed before tho strange formation Of
the Hills. snd their mineral dcpos!ts.
When tho age Of tho Diack.IIIlls settlements II
cons!dcrcd, tho undeye1opcd condition of tho
country ia no surprise: and In this wit, DO fonnd d
rcndy explanation Of tho caution with which hayo
In former letters spoken 10 tho renders Of The
TRIBUNE Of this country. And. a. SOC tho many
Idle men about. aud listen to the inacllctlons Of
ilc many datly leaving. ind keen satisfaction In
the thought that they can point to no word or
sentence s" ., ns %aas %nsso on eafe'a'
saUa,a . nave a.'.ta ~ 'ns t., ~. oo, ,,.
Thc open'as lot pFo'pee'os' n 5o' good' oa'
4nAn CAMP
tor h,r, uho rou,d mi no,hino n IN =, aou> ,ra
isout Of noney, as arst Is lmperatiyaly required
''geub.stakc" for few weess, and fund Of On.
erry which many do not po'sss': know Of two
Aisw 'ay.' .ea;e! sat'.asa them thst employment
which ihey T bean &c shoppinr wood By Tho cord, '
araduslly a psetense a' Of a cabin va. 81 crectad.
tool, tools were ,', housh,; ;1 md anai'y yoke Of
,xe;,ns wood to The .tap''s ., and
aIe N ~ !als way oi success. ha. Is II nor appar
w!lici. 10 layo begun would have detcrtel ma.
5or,ty Of menf Jlunarcds Of such a,o hero now.
II mn.t bo rcmcmbsrc.l. In speaklnr ur ,he Iit}.'
TINT tho mineral belt, 20 for us yet Developed SUI
nctcnt,y to give employment 10 latt,rcr1, Ii nut
broad one. Ypry tl,usy very valuable mines arc
upencd, anu being nHlIGd by fhe original locntora,
who 40 very frequently mon without tDrnnr must
remain thus unprou1cttvo until machinery IL
hrouEit. III TO wotk tho proluce thereof: 4 few
months hcnco, the demand for hetp will be nlany
TiiH MINES.
The platoss Immediately about Dcnfwood. s7oId-
en- {jote. md Guyytjte TROY continue {betr rich
Yield. Th!s rIc pay IL oha,ncd hy drifting undor.
ground The paccts nf thc ltapIi and Cnate Greek
Countries aro nsO t]cyciupuv very satLsFnctoeity
Tlcso are a,o deep .igGings and h!1..|layinrs, Tho
iha neuWpo as 1 been s sSntre or ~ aituction
aud Ia that place bns b. Oh brought tho 1lachueiy
l. 41H.eapial but lascy bed rock drains and nn.es
Fl aeen constructed ilapiI and Cnstlo Greeks,
and they promise 70 yIctd immensely. The hIll.
dEktnNA hhvc tccn rccGhtY discovered, and, when
water obtained, Which can onY. OF courso o 0ne
" dltchcs Ma1y niies in length. by which II is
gradually entrscd TO the EnMInfs OF the hills.
etl,ey will ptoaaes yast fortunes 1n tho old mining
cuuAtles uf California, af1Gr tho placer1 we're
haustcd. attention wAa turned 10 tho hills. and
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