Bismarck tri-weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1881, 1877-06-29

LIZA X. JUNE @J9 ICS &.
BIG HORN GOLD FIELDS.
The Boys Organizing for an Expedi-
tion-Largean and Enthusiastic Meet
ing.
Seeing large number of our citizens
on their way to Champion Hall on Thurs
day evening, we hied thither and found
large gathering, among whom were
goodly number of the solid men of Bis
marck, assembled to devise means to or
gapize an expedition from our city to the
Big Horn gold fields.
Col. VIM. Thompson was called to the
retary. Col. E. M. Brown was elected
treasurer. Major Woods was thea. called
on to state the object of the meeting,
winch he did by stating that the Big
Horn country, Independent Of the gold
found there, is magnificent country.
That for twenty-five years we have ire
quently had reports Of the richness OF
that country in the precious metals. He
predicted that some of the finest placer
diggings in the world will be found in
the country south and east of the yell
lowstone aud especially on the Big Horn,
Rose Bud, Tongue and Powder rivers.
That in all that section Of country be-
tween the mouth of the Big Horn and
the Powder river, you cannot takea pan
| Of earth from near the bed rock without
finding gold in it.
The object of this meeting, he stated
to be the organization of party to open
the route in the most direct line 10 these
rich diggings. If a party be organized
and go through the speaker said he would
guarantee success-He said that Col.
Frazier was we'll known as having found
very rich diggings upon the upper Wa
ters of the Rosebud and Little Big Horn,
and he hoped that party of fifty men
with sixty days supplies will be at once
fitted out and explore these fields and re-
port to the people of Bismarck for their
further action. sIrrsl
Col. Thompson was called on and said
he believed that there were better Dig
gings in the head waters of the Big Horn
than in the Black Hills-The Big Horn
takes its rise in ridge of mountains tn at
divide it from the Sweet Water that its
course is about north for $50 miles and
the balance of the distance is in north
easterly direction. It isnavigable for a
distance of 90 miles from it's mouth to
Fort C. F. Smith. It has more hibutar-
les than any river in the northwest. The
Col. said that there were no reliable maps
Of that country, that although some COM
panies had passed through there, they
had not inspected the country thorough
lyle said the same range of mountains,
rich in gold, found in Montana, extend to
the Big Horn country. The Col. describ-
ed in very clear and explicit manner
the deposits of gold in the placer dig
gings-That the confguration of the
country and the course of deposits show
that in that region richer deposits will be
discovered than have ever been found in
the United States. He said that on the
Tongue River and on the Rose Bud good
diggings..would be found-That a direct
course to the best of the mines would be
found to be on line about 50 miles nerth
of Fort Phil Kearney. That the distance
to Ft. Kearney is $50 miles, equal to six
degrees of longitude, and about $50 miles
south Of here.
Another practical route would be for
the summer to 20 up the Missouri to the
mouth of the B. H. or the Tongue river
and thence up those streams until they
struck the mines-He then spoke in the
highest terms Of that vast region in an
agricultural point Of view. ,
| Col. Sweet was called and made few
remarks in reference to the country and
spoke of specimens of gold washed out
by Lieut.. Chance on the upper portion
of Heart River.
Major Dickey again spoke and said he
hoped Bismarck would not be behind
hand nov, that there were now at the
mouth of the Big Horn $50 men from
Montana ready to take possession of that
country. They have their herds all ready
to move from Montana and fill the land.
We have the shorter route 100 milesnear-
er than any other place, and he called on
the citizens to come up and organize a
party and not let it slip as they did the
Black Hills two years ago. 81
Maj. Seip moved that Col, E. M.
Brown, G. w. Sweet, Peter Sei1ns, Sam
Whitney and VIM. Woods be appointed
a committee to devise ways and means to
carry out the object of the meeting and
report to future meeting to be called BY
said committee. The meeting then ad-
journed. a
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