Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-03-02

Z Cold kep most OF tas ca fiit are opth loJ ltT1
/ ZION, owing y ih,if dee pnesz 70 bed mex
I The claims b.low ihimnn,h of spiit Tail are
J shhfiow. AMI some src IN so,sn. order, bringing
good cppipcusati4a for ths labor invested.
Whitehall eFeok sfieutsts 10 wfiieweeg =
rieh In placer deposits, and II open fof l2cetiIh
Ncllpw srrtAs also hasi3niat5 % HlA8as ODD,
I has not beer pforpi,e .!, ba: as sgrest many
/ ledes ofdeeomf "a qasfs ar IN is VICINITY, ~
doubts ,zi=i IN m5 uiinl lR II Is t'sli IN saaf''cf
/ dtssin9s- -
/ teid,R Kan anogb 4 ,rtbpiary 70 NHftewSea, Ia
| enormously ,ehIaplaeer depa isss lit may b.
considered he great qsasts eeuter of lbs Bili.
Niuins ouihis ese-k could noi .ee pursued A. 4
deserved, owing 10 ihe scarcity u wal.f which
f-Fs+A44ie4i "a, IA titr
/ son BY The Pinnscr Ditch taking water over he
| hills from " hisetss,- This ercvs has according
to my eslcul lions turned on; s3oo,ts1, aud Y is
/ hard visible. In conparsou to o,hr creeks
/ worked. thet the groani aas 10 u disturb d kS-
ftenstYeJhi and hydraulic disgins- IN ito VI
c,nisy, whieh canaet be worked ttti The creek
| bedsihsys ,been reaevei OF ,acir buhess oil golds
| as theJ twtl. bc u,ei ,or lnmp of-she isiiings.
/ False B9i ON creek. il at aresrat not Itch
emo gh for piicer mfrtag as thG>feople he
HIS rre non 'sotking only wat may %
i termsd lhs cream OF the cJuutfy.
Hear Butte creek, pays good wage Tor piaert
miaers bat Us he ricn s,iyer nd gal Tia ores Of
La co ntry afe ofierigg be;tes indace msn,s,, ,te
placer minas arr al nuglsetea aud opcn 80 an
man WHO wsnts 10 wnfs them
Boulder guleh, a nasroa cress OF soau Iina
Teen uiiics'in iengia, Is dry creek bed, and 4.
| vary iTtn fhpl acer deposits reycptyav CENTS 20
TWO dollars per pan in Washing tfieomInpn,
| II has 80 lar rot been worked. owipa, TO tho Hl-
senoc ofswater. Which Will though, be rrElclied
By The ditch which IS at psespni in pgocesn o; cen
! srnctien.
The placer m'ns- er The w.tetn slope oi the
Black Hii, also Very extensiyc The heads
| OF these streams are all in Dakota; bnt sopie OF
| thls territory belongs jusiiyfo Wyoming. These
creeks c Try all cuarse seld an aii4asently 10
the SIN ,ohhesa of the grsnI1e bed r2es, the foar
| geld which must have been ihrtr~ some day or
other has been carried away by the rapid streams
! Of he mouEtains 70 parts unknown. The feec~
cfs OF tatse creeSs are in great many instan-
cca invisible, as the quartz IN its vicinity OF a
live foem, and therefore Ii is not unreasonable to
| suppose hal tle PAGER depoAts placed thpre
| by siaeitren
| sand, Iron, Melory, Bear, Nigges Poiaio aud
Beaver Creeks ali Claimed 10 be we'll pay Ing
crtsks, and men who want to work eau ,,btain all
| the ground he ynecd. to he comfortably aSsi for
the b,lance OF their lie time 50 much about
The placer RinesN
or QUARTZ
| there exits In the Back Hills more than can
| well he estimated, II ners staie thar there is
sald monn aims Of quartz, which 10 actually
| spotted With gold. ~lli probably appear TO you
| as a swell 8 e.nent, but such !. the fset. Thr
genera curse OF III. i'd bearing qlarz belt Is
mr. h, - degrees wesi, and this sret resource pf
| wealth can easily. aad mas sbeel traced from Yel
| low cree TO, r alse Bo iom, distance OF fifteen
! milSs aud e)ght miles la width OF gold quartz,
which ,seays fr om 51 to 81 900 per ton is moth
/ Ing nhce minon bnt even II J, assays only from
$50 To go Mtlah al aye.sgc ii far more
| than the rcn Mines OF Nevada, Yield, it VIII
bring our territory the from, quartz min.
log country. have yi.iteI na1is in The Hials
| ali promnea quartz mines and MIST decline 10
| further comment upon the enormous salth lay
| !ig bare tber in, as an afraid your honorable
body m gh think thai am g-tng beyond the
iim,ts OF truth Furt hri NOR. We have deposits
resting on hc bed rock Of volcanic deposits com
pdsad Of cement and god bearing quartz, which
T. go rich that cannot find expression 10 do
! II justice To give "a an idea Will Q, that
on the Alpha mine situated on he divide be-
| tween Bobtaii aad Deadwood two ia nnes have
4 been made, Que Of ITO feet aud Of o5 feet in
length through solid OF this ~, omc ratc
which i. worth At an averas. 800 per ton
1 This Hidden Treasure mincsths chief of The
| Hills, and others mines OF The same charsc-
| ter. The Hidden IRE isure which there is now
. cylndricst bulb pul,eIissr In opers,io, Hms
out every ~ hS,pra sboui 81 500 fIom six tons Of
4 orc,
Quartz mills ars now In process Of construc.
ton aud Will cause money BY the million to be
turned ou'. some tssute veins Aith their wall
i rocks crupt,ng beneath the surface arc awaiting
ihe prorpec or, to stick the picks an drills In
them and give thousands OF people Il chance &c
become rioh II they want 10 develop their enor
mona masses OF gold bearing orc
Silver and lead ore In cxhau ibl sqs antilles II
found on Bear Duste creek, and also in places OF
False Bottom. West of the Bear Bate crj * 1
range Of hills called Mineral Point which is II
fact nothing bat - mAss Of gAleua carrying from
20 to 20 per cent. lead and from " 70 90 ounces
sily er per ton. Thesc mlnes are being rapidly
developed, hut there u enough Of this orc 10
: any man to locate thereon who wants to look 1
up. There Ia one lead Of silver bearing ore, car
rytng suhicicntly lead to max it, OF which severn
8 tons Of ore have bcsn sent to the Denv,r smelt
Ing WORKS. NhiCn Ictutueo Low ounCes VI tthfe
! per ton This vein isA feet thick and has bee,
traced to the extent OF AGO feet In length. 1t
. depth atthis day hss not and viii probably no
be ascertaincd for such 8 time TO come.
9 Timber is in exhsustible quantities and Of goo
Equality in the Hills. The yellow Norway pin
e predominating on the ranges and slopes An
spruee and whitewood In thsvalleys, barr OAK
q on ths{oot hills. and In the rayines surroundln
y the same. Thess cxtsnsive pine trces will :
x some fature, date be the meant ofleaying lart
& amounts Of money in our terrific u then rs 500
% a. We are connected with the Hills by raiiros
u our timber!ess pratttcs can be supplied f9om the
instead Of sending AZ the lowest calcula I'm
N half million annually TO Minnesota and 9TH
IA Ia iaHH heF producing s4tsa-2
Is Pine .Awiogs OF from Is toss Inches In diam
IN tsr and 20 to GO feet In length are these in larc
90 qpAntittes and In fac. enough 70 fence eve
An Quarter section OF our extensive psairics vi
cf the material for q comfortable frame Gotta
thrown In. Hard wood for the construction