, 1877-07-27

OMAHA BARRACKS, ,Sef,., July 4s..--I hayc read
with great attention the letters III THE TAtnuxE
from "Lynn," who has Just gone tn the hir
Horn: and nuw wllilg he Is gathering q budget
of sttrrtng nowt, will sou find plafc for letter
wl1cl, have lately rcreIvcd from friend IN
the Biatk Hills 10 whom put n lew questions
rs 10 the atate of affairs in general:
"f will try to auswcr yuur questions. First,
to Eet here, the ct!capes: think you could 'l,'
rcy. aud. from 81 tn $t2 frt,1n there 10 Dcasl-
wood. mid the balance for grub, Il c,H,kfnH uut
lit, pipk. anl shnvc1; nj firearms unless y"a
hare, t''etn alrealy. IN. ynnr possession; .ynu
% but It il darn'5 iarl 10 i ihSj Il il 5: payii'E
quantities. There art nbout i've miles uf t'Iy-
Ing gsltcl,. a.ltl that was all taken W two years
ayr; thu balance OF the gutcllcs nrc ft,st rrl,
enough to keep you poM..' tDnr will yield from
10 - :i cents per slay. for tho beat pf them.
Ttcre IL rood deal u building going IN, hut
1tlost every u,lc Is cnspc1Iter here, nfni yo1l
would lind work hard To- yet a. that traic;
there IL plenty Ut timber, at $l50 tHf f.NU fur
sawIogs, 3l.5O per cur1 for ~tuf, AMI work al
u'ost impossible tn get ft'r wages. Thousands
nre At T. but cant1rt Eet uy enal' lor What tLey
over tn rot; sawfnill hands arc here by tue
tf,nusnlHl. Charcoal burning mt much, 1t Is
not much used, - cents t,tr busirl, anu you
pack 1t into town for blackslnitll>' st'uiB and
the !iks.
al hare been trampang around about eight
weeks. mud hare not sctn ANYTHING larger ltla,
red stluirIct; but there must he KAfilt II lev
miles from here some MAKE living ut It. and
elk ntd uccr ineut is fur Ealr ilrte.
II hase nut seen al iHltltl snce left Red
Cloud. l sec great nlu'iy sncn almost HtnrFiny
tu lcuih tlai lase goUl r!lca ana 'At! use thent
too. The Big Horn news is sometimes gt,oi
and sonirtlalcs poor-nuthln1 reliable a. yet.
Npw', In tlct. Joflu, this IL tho whrat milling
camp that was cycr opened; there arc few
miles OF rich guEch, mud the balanvu Of tth:
county Is p0os, iH1ce'l. ! wisll coIl.t hayc
given you n little encouragement, but cannot.
little 10 rat, as 1t In hard IL yet here.
- Viii prospecting to try and get enough To
ret away frun here With, u,Il expect To ie back
In Oua1la about August. und tlien | can give
| yoa u!t thu pnrticulurs. Work, ns said. Il NJ
| inust Impossible to ret, and II you succeed,
| wages are from a. to ~ II. dust, and you takc
that ut $H pr u'ince, md II y1u want to sell It
ut the bank ,l,ry Will give you ,*i7:5u. aud II
you want grucnDarks for 1T thry will charge you
| IL ler cent; su ysu SEC, By having $eu III dust.
| you Jus. lose 4i.45 to put It IN greenbarka; II
/ sui pAy It out III small amounts yuu iose u0rc
t|,asl tllat with II. had Sl75U, and paid 1t unt,
keeping au account Of i thu wllilc' | Inkt paid
| of *l2.1i*-so tlat Will give sou I'LL iuca oi
wages tn this place.
"Auythl,g further you want to know ! will
l1 ha,iuy " tell yoIt. will give yun the
truth, the whosu truth, an.! nothsng but tlIt
TRUTH to 1iu i'es' Ut my knowledge, :, four*
| ctc., Z. Rt
''DcalwoNl. u. tn
Such, yr. Editor, Il the plain statement Of 9
| 1nnn WIN Inns four! out To his satfsfastion hon
It Ia, and believe Ills statement Ut t!lr atua
tlon fur q poor tfaa Is correct. Yuurs respect
fully, J. ".