Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1878, 1877-01-24
BLACK HILLS

Return Of thei Selms Train..Quich
and Successful Trips. Distance
and Character of the Route..Arr:.
rhngeme ents for the Future.Ahu1.
dance OF Provisions i'm the Hilla
i.-Lov, rPrfces-- Winter Employ.
:, ment Of the Mincrs..Dcath OF
belmont Clark, Etc.
The Black HIS train sent out by Mr.,
Seims short time since under George
Wilson returned on Saturday, having
been on the round trip % days, stopping
in the Hills seven days, ma.lng twenty
two days on the road--thirteen days
going In with loaded teams nine. days
returning. They report the roads very
heavy, the. snow being deep and consid-
erabiy ,drifted, and yet the. trip was a
quick one and demonstrates the superi;
ority of the bismarck route IS trains
On the opposition routes consume from
thirty to forty days going in with load
ed teams. Mr.. Wilson made the trip
with mule teams which are far superior
to OK teams for winter transportation:
Indeed it ls unwise to. start out with OK
teams during the winter. Mr. Hollem.
back, recognizing this fact, has returned
with his outfit which started last week.
Wilson reports provisions Of all kinds
abundant in the Hills with prices low,
several argetrains having come in from
the south within the past few days.
Many Of the miners are busy ditching,
constructing #slulce: boxes, euc., for op-
erations next season. Water is being
diverted from the Whitewoed by ditch
ing to the dry ydiggings near Deadwood
which promise rich returns. New dig
gings have also been discovered near
Deadwood and the confidence of the
miners in the mineral wealth of the
country is unshaken. 3 Mr. Wilson will
return in abeut a. week to the Halls.
The winter rate for, frelghting recetved
by the firmsfer which he is operating Il
eight cents; the prices charged Or the
opposition routes is from nines.o twelve
tcents. Thus it will be seen that we
have quicker time and lower rates and
ought to receive the bulk OF the bust
ness. Mr.. Wilson, who IS an expert
.enced freighter, estimates the distance
sfrom Bismarck gtotke Hills by the road
as traveIed-to Deadwood, 10 be 24(
miles, butsays it car be shortened to 22j
| n iles, at least, and perhaps 80 less thar
that distance; but it should be remem
b .redlbH Mr.. GriE,shaw why has freight
clover the road fsz several months esti-
4 Rates the distance to be 2D3 miles
while Wilson who estimates creates
| distance has made but one trip and tha
with heavy roads in the winter. AT
WILSON says the road is one of the bes
prairie roads he ever areighted over
~ith an .abundant supply Of wood ane
pare water all Of the syay. He foxne
bat thee miles of ground. that could bt
-tyled bad lands, aud this was crossed
xithoutd i6iculty. .4Sl .a saaz
Mr. Wilson confirms the report tha'
Belmont Clark was recently murdered
ia Colorado AID his seams and either
property are ia the kands of the sheriff
awaiting claimant At Greeley, bxt he
gives no particulars.
This IS the first drip made by tht
teams Of Mr.. Seims with whom ths
North Pacific has made arra1 geanents
for regular freight and express line
and it has been in every respect . sue
cessful one. Mr.. <Seims will continue
operations, the second train leaving
next week, as stated, and is prepared tc
lpu1 on frem ninetYto one hundred mule
teams whenever occasion demands.