, 1877-12-06
A Mineral Belt Upwards Of Fifty
Miles in Length.
rndian Hostilities. Contested Elections
Desire for q Separate Terri.
torial Organization.
characteristics Of Tho Miners and Pros.
pcctors Of tho Gold flc.
gion.
History Of the Recent Lockout at ths
Keats Mine, In Hiddan.Treas-
ure Gulch.


eettfat EorTfsr'ndtnes ot Tbs Trtbttnt.
RAPID CTR, u. L.. Nov. Eth thc course o[
a00o miles Ut travel hy your correspondent
aoout and through the Black Hills, Dear Lolge,
Biz Horn, and Chctist' or Wolf MountaInt,
u,any valleys VI most enchanting lovcllnesh
baTc been travcrseds many WoHerfuliy-bcautt-
fut bits OF InouhtaitI-la1Idscape viewed; nhtf ]
now pronounce the rugged hills of this region
tho m0ss wonderful, tho valley In which Is Inc
thriving town OF Kaphl c!sy
THE MOST nEAurlrof. OF TlfEM ALL.
The slistanrc between Crool< City and lsap!d
A tlrty.ilvs nteft anu tue roa'i at t'lss kcas"s'
ID as smooth as lawn. Mounted Oh Il shaggy,
lonrw1nacd, wiFy pony. and with 1slat enough
Of India" danEer III thc alr 10 make oho Iook
CAREFULLY TO tt'e safh!he III inc saa"le'bow'
found the rldc a delightful oae' a'u the TIN"
seemed abort until sprtn0-Falley ltanr'1c was
reached. This Is IuuJel ra1lvlle,
aau ~ ~, ."s..s,.t,, a..os,,,,.,,.,s..,.
fohna III .Hc ouos."t',a' "eso"u"oa',U"s n,
Of th!s rancho catise Tor hearty HANKS. lhc
way leads along tl,o basc Of the Hills proper,
tbro,,pi n ct,nttu,lura valley from ona-1a1f II,
III, tn ,rfdth iur1oscl ~, tts outpr .t,c tv
ooc 'n1'o ~ ".a.n snuse' ,m, y" ''' '"''' "'' ~
low rangc VI loot'hllts' ...
Proceeding down tic valley from Spring.
Valley rancho fourteen miles, tho trail suldc,1-
~r51,1 ffnf n n mn t1A
p.",,, f,roos ,h.,,,rt H.. fn,, I'M. Eror.T,'.,
Aaplo Itee* 'u'ousn ,"1 ,oot.'s' . .'e.a''s
lro tl's pass, one hnls 'lmsclf at tho l1ra.l of
sral,ey,-atrctctlfng away IN iront nl0ny miles,
.,x,t two miles vide, and "a smooth IA the
.a,ta,, a.11a ~ st,no tb,ro,,ol, for,nc- In III,
''Hsu .,,,u, .Ie .s',t',. ~ ~. Wv
m'aaIeo eo1 WHICH "a ..
RAPID CITY.
Down through the centrc, dfrcctjylu lu your 'front.'
lad. Tim t,rInclpal street. tao fees wh,p On
',.'s. III. ~. ar,.,, ,t,,t. ...' ,',,,. ~.
eitl'e. s'ae, tor teseral plosks' o1s 4''te s'iu-
'sanl'al oulu'nes' pt'he'pa'1y ol !ets' oat WIN
Everything bears tho appearance Of ncw,,css,
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~" NV .ass,,, T., ,La ,na,,ns ~, ,a...'.,,
me'. ~" eou'ase >" wy ''!a''e9 ~ '"t''o'e.
Hcnts ls 1elt NY reason ol the tt,antj'sunt 0f
Pennington County having, ut tlle recent
s,erttou hcen ,mru,unrntly ix,atctl hrre. lint
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scarcity ot water, to usc rocscts Instead or
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w Esu.e,,C,,esc ~. .s "ot ~ H. "iuu", h,a,a us'
3hcsc .,ry i;s,rI,t,rs i are Of tic rschest c2ar.
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