The New York herald., 1877-07-08
THE GOLD SEEKERS.
Life Among the Black Hill
Miners.
THE ADVENTURES STARVING
Exploits Of Dick Turpin
Revived.
MURDER RUNS RIOT.
THE ADVENTURES STARVING
M URDER RUNS RIOT.
BLACK HILLS, DxADwooD, D T..

BLACK HILLS DsADwoop, D T..
June ~. 1877. J
"Deadwood Is next place TO hell" wrote corre-
spondent of Minneapolis journal not long SINCE and
must confess that his terse language was not far from
the truth. Not only the pilgrims" agreed upon
this fact, but the old miners who are gathered here
IRON all the mining camps in the West pronounce
Deadwood TO be the wckedest hole 10 America. The
truth is salt will not save outland sh place II
given to the devil beyond redemption. There nre
eongrcgaed here many OF the most noted criminals OF
The West gamblers from all parts OF the country who
.hrive by fleeing the pilgrims and by murdering the
miners Tor their gold The Black Hills is also infested
with bands OF ''road agents." who murder the stage
drivers and carry away the boxes of the ex
press companies.
MODERN HIGHwAYMEN
Not long they killed the drver OF the Cheyenne
stage within three miles OF Deadwood and there have
been three other later attempts to rob the stage
line One attempt Hat Creek successful Another
band attacked stage Red Canyon. and again
Fort Laramie. Mr.. Darling, proprietor OF the Key
City HOTEL robbed within four hundred yards OF the
military post IN Red Canyon, and the military offered
him assistance. teamster was relieved OF
$3.50 dust the Custer City road,
and five Cinnamon were alectionately stopped
the road last and "clcaned out" In the latter
instance there was evidently completely between tho
obbors and the white in the tram. Tor there
Xix white with the five Cinnamon and only three
robbers AfIer 'going through" the frightened SONS
pf Chiaa the knights Of tho road shook hands with
The white men OF the party and rode of in high sprts
The Chinese were dsgusted nj tho marked attention
which they the hands Of these frecbooters
would exaggerate it II to say thcrc 100
mon 10 Deadwood and vicinity who have each ''kcd
bis man. since coming 70 the Hills, and there are
scorc Of women In Dcadwood who have distinguished
themselves in bloody ARRAYS. Nue.tcnths OF the
Eomen here belong TO the demi-monde class, and the
bther tenth OF respectable women are forced ~ remain
secluded In their houses for fear OF being nsulied
tho streets. A woman cannot pass down the street
without being subjected TO the rude gaze aud impudent
remarks OF hundreds of uncouth men.
coKoNERs HARVEST.
Shooting affairs tho order o. the day. aud night,
loo During tho past Two or three weeks there has
been lu.! an oninous lcll, III affairs OF the knife
PISTOL but there will no doubt be q healthy
reuction, and our coroner and parson will get their
accustomed fees Throughout the winter and spring
morning; al intervals woman ''dished up" Tor
variety, and ''the camp" considered quite lively
Desdwood is degcnerating or late, SO The gamblers
anu ''stns" say, and they are growing about It.
PLAckR GOLD GROWING SCARCE.
There has been considerable money taken out Of the
placer claims in Dcadwood Guch but the placer gold
will be exhausted this year. Tney are very easy op
eruted require but low men TO operate them There
nre about = dozen quartz mills IN operation In the
Deadwood belt, but lhese too are operated very
economical and simple plan, requiring but few men 10
spera.e them The quartz contains little but free gold
"A soft cement rock, which can Ue quarricd oiLen
without blasting and needs no reduction or smelling
process. The gold is quickly obtained by running the
Semcnt through stamp mill These are operated ON
avery simple plan. Each mno mas mill oil It's own,
and the whole process OF quarryng hauling and mill
Ing Is generally performed Uy ten twenty men, This
10 Tho reason the 'piis rims" find nothing when
hey come ~ the Black Hills; this is why The old
miners Utah. Colorado California and other INNING
states swear so loudly when they INT nothing IN
the Black Hills The compound ores OF Utah and Co-
Drado require an immense amount vi labor TO onvcrt
Them into pie minerals, but there compound
ores in tho Black Hills except very little in Bear
Butte Hence Iaborers are not wanted here.
word about the tae Of emigration coming into tho
Hills There at least is 900 people in the
Hills who are without employment and many thou
Sands more who are only making expenses Those
who came IN here last year have 'staked of" every
loot OF ground where there Is prospect OF mineral
deposit From Iorty to nifty Thousand pilgrims have
already been here and gone back home again. They
we're almost universally disappointed u their expccta
nona The Black Hills Is no place for IL man to live in
an,ess he is making money. II showed here the
ba almost eyerv DIV durnr ,he .s n ana ran ana
winters, pen cannot describe them. They vii.
famous as the people, and both taken together are
worse than the devil
NEW GOLD FIELDS
There are over ninety whiskcy nells In Deadwood
aud churches. Lately Catholic priest came hero
and Tried to organize church. but has done nothing
Yet Another gospel man has tried TO ''tulkn IN the
vacant new stores, but rouehs and drunkards have
attended and turned tho meetings into prolane EXHIBIT
lions Horse stealing Is very frequent hero just
now Hundreds OF men arc preparing to leave Tor the
Hills. Various reports have reached this camp IRON
there this spring, all confirming the belief that there
are rlCu Roiu ucposlIs IN Inc BIG Horn and Heart
MOUNTAINS OF Montapa Senator Spencer, OF Alabama,
- heia and Will leave in few days tho BM Horn
with party OF some four hundred men. The Indians
arc Oh the war path again the hills. One man
was killed at Crook CITY last Saturday and his stock
run of Sevcrui men have been killed on Red Water
and the Belle Fourcho lately u number OF ranches
'aidcd he rancbmen n Ii slate csnst mt alarm
tnG are camoring Tor troops. Mr.. 'Nobe Red MANI
getting up on ms ear again in these digg,ngs A
nan found scalpcd the Spear Fsh not long ago
WARNING THE ADVENTUROUS
In concluding this, lei the people Of tho
East not 10 come here. Certainly man should come
acre who 10 wt0cuI capital and has 70 work Tor his
Irns beware OF the sensational articles which appear
u certain Western newspapers In relation to the Hills
There are several Quitting that a lagre cut
throat business by selling outnts the pilgrims and
they resort to overy induce travellers to
como 10 the Hills via their town aud buy supplies, &c
have heard hundreds OF pilgrims say thcy we're
duced 10 como to the HILLS by reading highly colorcd
articles IN the Yankton. Sidnoy Omaha and Chey
papers Probably all the other journals put together
1svc not done as much square lying the Hills as
hc Cheyenne SIN and Leadcr. These Two sheets out
vis the whole American press in their ability to Iie
In fact they have reduced IT TO science, and tho
knowing AIR which they DO put when wrilng about
quite refreshing who does know the depth OF
dupIicity 10 which they are capable OF descending.
Tue DAILY Sun 10 Wholesale liar. but the Daily Leader
has cciipssd IT, Tor has made lying respectable.
WANT TO
There hundreds 0f men now In the Hills " no arc on
Dent at any price, for The simple that the Ills
are swarmIng with men ing Tor work. several
suicides have occurred here lately oae OF them Walter
whitley. took hrs own lie rather siarve death
This 10 the onvarnished ruth.