Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-06-22
LETTER FROM CROOK CITY.
Bob 8tuarCs View Of b Black
Hills.

" VI INC 0AuCk
Hills.
The following letter from Crook CITY
was received bv J. b. Ayres and writ.
ten by Bob Stuart, an old Eurekan:
CROOK CITY, June 10, 1877.
FRIEND BoNY: / was very glad to
get your last letter, as it wa, the first l
had received from Nevada since I
left the old town. I manage to get
held OF an occasional copy of the SEN
TINEL, and the San Francisco papers
are to be- found at the news stands. l
air mining on Whitewood, between
Deadwood and Crook, about seven
miles from the former place. We had
. great deal of dead work to do to get
the lair in decent shape. We cut a
ditch and built 700 feet OF flume 10 get
water on our bar diggings. We run
twO cuts on the lar to prospect it.
The first run very light, but the sec.
ond paid us eight dollars a day 10 the
tnan. We have II low bar OF the on.
posite side of the creek that prospects
still better, but we will not work it at
present, rs we do not want L cover up
the creek bottom until we know
whether it will pay or not. The water
has been SO high that we could not get
into the bed OF the creek until the
present date. We will commence wash
ing Tomorrow, and shoveiing into the
sluices will o tell the tale.
THE COUNTRY.
You asked me to tell you all about
the country. My opinion has not
changed since my last letter. There is
nothing here to invite emigration.
and some of the new creeks that such
a big blow was made about won't pay
grub. / don't know of any creeks
outside of DeadwooG, Whitewood and
their tributa ries hat mount TO any
thing. i have some little faith in Cas-
tie creek. 1t is very fiat and deep, and
they are getting some steam pumps on
it 10 drain the claims, and 1t may pos.
sibly pay big. The gold is very coarse
and shows much wash. am not
posted on the quartz prospects above
Deadwood, but some OF the claims are
paying very well. The celebrated
Woolsey mine Is nothing more nor
less thar a bed Of gravel and soft ca.
nient. They haul it to the mill, run it
through the battery and it pays "way
up" Any man hat has got coin
enough TO buy a claim on Dead woOd,
either quartz or placer, has money
enough TO stay out o: the country.
There is another district about six
miles south of here that ] think will
eventually be "A good camp. Bear
Bultes is the name of il, and the mines
are galena ore. rich in silver. 1t is
regular smelling rock.
BIG HORN.
There Is quite a number going to the
Big Horn country to prospect. II there
is anything struck ! will be posted.
Little Van Husen, who used to drive
the bus in Eureka, has gone there.
Those who were out there last fall tell
conflicting stories. Some say there is
nu,hing there, and others claim it is n
rich country. Anyhow, nome OF them
have found anything worth tying to.
One party found good prospects aud
plenty of water. but the Indians drove
them u They killed six of the party |
aud captured all of the horses, blank
cts aud provisions. One of the sanie
party goes back to-day. and he will
keep me posted. l expect to hear from
him in about W. months, unless Sit
ting Bull gets his scalp. l expect that
| shall AVE to take that country i'm be-
fore winter. There is sure to he a
stampede whether there Is anything
there or not. Times are no better in
Deadwood City than they were a
month sgo. Thero are eight faro
games running. but none of them are
doing much Of a business. Joe Potter
aud Charley 5 orins are here, and both
broke. Jim Levy went To Cheyenne
To stand his trial for killing Harrison.
Tom Harker Is i'm company with me.
Johnny Keefer is driving IN express
wagon for John Stout. Johnny Moss
is playing n piano in IA melodeon. Jim
Hiles bought a horse last Sunday to 20
In Big Horn. j.. T.. Fine is in Dead.
wood; he gets very angry with ma be-
cause 1 do NOT think It the best
try in the world. Lobster Jack says,
"BlRst the bloody country"
FRUIT, ETC.
We have got a great variety Of fruit
set out in our orchard OH the
bank Of the creek. They promise to
do we'll. We also have u good many
strawberry vines planted, that look
nice and green. Well. Bony. this is IA
pretty long.winded letter. Give my
regards 10 all the boys.
Yours, truly,