Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1878, 1877-01-10
BISMARCK. d. T., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1877.
RLACK HILLS.

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BLACK HILLS.
Report TO the Minneapolis Board
of Trade
IA special meetingof the Board Of Trade
was held some days ago to hear the
report of the committee on the Bis1nprck
route to the Slack Hills DIR. Keith,
chairman Of the committee, read the fol-
lowing report:
To the Board Of Trade, -
Your committee, to
whom was referred the matter of mail and
transportation route from Bismarck to the
Black Hills, have had the subject under
consideration, and would respectfully re-
port the following:
A. the firstrmeeting Of the committee
we held an interview with Mr.. Julius
Hewes and ]. K. Miller, two gentlemen
Ewho have been engaged in transportation
to the Black llills, and from them we
gained much valuable information as to
distances and the nature of the country
between the Missouri river and the Black
Hills. ''.'- O. D'J'3 =
MIR. Miller.is an experienced miner and
responsible business man, and we present
an outline of his description of the Black
Hills as q mining region. It was late in
the season before the miners got to work.
but up to September Ist $1,ooo,ooo had
been gathered, and not-lessthan $5oo;ooo
since that date, One claim-the Wheeler
has yielded $l25 1000, and $500 to 5000
per day is now being taken out Of this
~1.:..F' k<c<c IF <Io ~ o.r>rs1r
shows it to be rich in gold. The Hidden
Treasure Lode mine yielded $5oooin four
days work, with a common ''arastra,"
which.i IS a crude process for werking
quartz. . ----,.s,-, - r-,
I'll FRENCH BOY NINE l. "a. II
yields from $500 to. $1,000 per week with
the arastra process. Over one hlndred
quartz Qodes have been located nee< Gray
Vile and Lead. City,! In the vicinity of
Deadwood there are ;twenty one gulches,
the aggregate length Of which is 900
miles, and all containing more or less gold,
and .r7ost in paving quantities In the
vicinity of Bear Butte a numker Of rich
silver mines have endiscovered. TUntH
quite recently most Of the gold has been
brought out by the miners themselves,
bu. banking institutions are being estab-
lished and will hereafter7ship most of 1t.
Miller 81 McPherson, 'ot: this city, have a
bank at Deadwood called. the exchange
bexlk, and are doing "a prof table business
in shipping gold and, selling exchange!
Some fine specimeas of 'tkis. gold can be
seen by calling at the: banking house Of
sparks s. McP Phesson, in Gsntre Block.
A telegraph line hasGjust been opened
from Cheyenne to apeacwood.i We have
referred to the actual yield of the Black
Hills mines because there are people who
yet believe that gold has not been mined
there in paying quantities. There is no
longer reason to doubt the richness Of
! these mines, and thousands ofpeople will
20 there the coming season, and wish them
will 20 thousands OF. dollars worth,of sup
plies and machinery. The question for
the board to consider is, whether it is OF
any importance to this city to secnre part
Of this business, andaf so,r i! .>.a.n.tt
| ~f--. HOW CAN IrBE SECUREB? :ssa"
To secure any n1aterial portion Of the
trade to the Black fsiills we must be able
to demonstrate that;the northern route via
Bisrna OK is the best, and that goods can
be landed. at Bismarck at rates equally
favorable to the ;purc haser as at x ankton,
D. T., or as at Cheyenne Or in Wyoming
These arc the three routes; now taken tc
reach the Black Hills. That frorn Chey.
enne is over wagon road $50 miles, and
portions of it over e. very barren and san
dy soil. That from Yankton nis by the
Missouri river 400 niles to Fort Pierre.
thence 900 miles by land to sthe Hills,
over a good road well supplied with water,
grass and wood, wlrae that from Bismarck
is over road equally good, of about $50
miles by the present route. This state,
ment will show that the northern route is
preferable to any,of the Others for thoug h
it has fifty miles more OF land'transPorta-
ton than that by Yankton, yetttlis differ
ence is more than made up by the 400
miles of tedious ,end uncertain river navi-
CATION from Yanston to Fort Pierre. Then
all agree that the land route from Bis
marck to the Hi4Es can be shortened fifty;
miles, and thus leaving it but 200 miles
from Bismarck to the Hills. At the sec
ond meeting Of The committee stalel COM
.nittee of the Chamber OF ,Conzze cree of
st. Paul met with ,Ks, and after .dellbera-
ion it seemed desira BILE to attempt to ac.:
oomplish two things, and they are specifi-
czlly mentioned in the following resolu7,
tons, which were unanimously adopted
by the joint comnlitees, and which we
herewith present ,i.3 s. b5 3sss5s
FOR ACrIoNseE THIS BOARD:
AResolyed. That oHr members of Con-
gress be requestedte procure the estab-
lisl,ment OF a post Eeate and military road
t'rona Fort Lincoln ,tc Deadwood City, IN
the Black Hills, and the necessary ap
preparations to make them servloeable to-
the Interests and development of that.
territory. 81. !
Resoiuea, That ttte secretaries sof our
respective boards are directed to commu-s
nicate the action OF our cities in 'regard'
10 the anenine1 of nail freight. paesenger