Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-02-01

anly few months in the
season. have been prospected,
an, We were told that
They made good showing Of geld.
MI. Foster is recorder Of ot,c district,
and sIr. ifuscllon Of the other --one
sample, OF gold can be seen at the Her.
aid office, which Mr.. Whipplc gave
us aud said was taken from No. al
above Discovery. He also states
that he was offered 300 for the
cain. We saw no prospects from
Mr.. Huselton's district. Heinformed !
AS, however, that it was rich.
These two gulches empty into Battle
Creek, near Hayward. On claim
No. 50, below discovery, Last Chance
district, owned by Mr.. John Straigh-
tier, We lound The proprietor rocking
a gold cradle with one hand and dip
lping water with the other. John
said he had washed out about four
pan. Of dirt, and when we asked iot
have ii taken out (gold) that We
!. m ght see the result, he did s., andI
4 the result was about 40 cents. He
) WAS the only man we saw washing on
. the creek. The most skep,ical would
! be impressed that John had at least
small for,uuc in his grasp. Earth
er on few claims, and the Rosebud
g district is reached, which has ell the
i appearance Of being good mining
: ground In this district we noticcd
; three sets Of stakes. We cnquircd Of
d Capt Wing, the recorder Of the dis
!. ltrict, whom we met, what II all meant
We were told that the claims were in
dispute. The Coats Mining CO.,
), have done COOL deal of work on
y several of these claims, and oth.r
,s parties now insist that the company
$ have not lived up 70 The i4wsRovtTE.
a ing the district. A meeting is called
7. for next Saturday, when fair settle
Of ment Of the question will be had no
er doubt, without injury or prejudice
o. to the rights Of any. Mr.. Rodebaak
staked himself quartz lode, dlscov-
cred Just opposite the claims Of Messrs.
!, Brown, Phillips and Morris. Hay
- ward is looming up with gigantic
IN proportions, aud sighs Of energy and
ve life are written all around the town
Mt Mr.. sniyely, OF Custer, is putting
a. up a store; Mr.. Hayward aud MI
th Whipple have each stock OF min
is: ers' supplies; Mr.. Aldridge will soon
j have the best building in town com
J.. ple,el. Several other parties ar
building, whose names WI
failed u learn. On th'
road leading from Hayward
"' to Harney, we passed through
'p- Youpg's District, on Soith Battle
his The mountains on either side chg
rs. and rugged, covered in most part
,rn with heavy growth Of pine. Goot
nv prospects have been taken on. N tha
In district, but no mining to speak {
ava is now going on. There is vein {
i 'auartz rhat miners claim 10 be riol
~ cropping out =, the junction Of lro
- Creek ami South Battle. 1t wa' di:
- covered last week by TWO cofore
men, who came down from pesdwoo
From discovery, in = northerly diret
~ - tiun, no extensions have bcfn take
liis on the lead. No assays have bee
Inc had, and Of course the exact value {
lie, tho quartz in unknown. 1t is sal
for to carry free gold, but there was non
e. visible bic to to efatics. Up q stee
aw- rugged road, over high divide, an
n down another hill, through cano
,ter lay the road from Youngs ranch, j
Young's District, to the town Of Ha
~ ncy, in Harney District. Harvey
- the largest district on the creek. rh
claims beginning at discovery, nun
Der down the creek SO, and up, TO to
ord The claims are all taken but no mi
the ing has been done to speak Of on an
non OF them. On two claims, No. aboy
and discovery and No. - below, are tn
- only ones where bed rock hav
' been reached. In each instance
20 was about 1G feet. About twen
tic. dellars was taken out OF No. 4, b.
op- we didn't learn the amount that W,
ors, taken out Of No. 10, as Mr.. Douce
not the owner, was absent. Harney h'
and several buildings completed and
the process of completion. 1t is here tn
,un. the saw mill Of Book & Co. will
over located. They expect to have it ru
.;a ming in six weeks. We passed ov
a one quartz ledge on the divide |
ao- tween Iron Creek and French, viii
oa'e some enterprising fellow had stak
vio- aud claimed l.500 feet in length a
reed 800 feet on each side for mining %,
ton, poses.