Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-10-24
BLACK HILLS NOTES.
Daily Pioneer. Oct. IS.

The Father De Smet company are erect
ing a building at the mine, over the ma
chinery running the ore cars.
Messrs. Leimer & Co., auctioneers, are
enlarging1 the fire proof on the premises
recently purchased by them.
With other machinery unloaded on
Forbes & Co.'S. mill site, below Gayville,
was a one hundred horse power boiler.
Dan Castello's quartz mill is on its way
from Bismarck. Hines mill is waiting
transportation from that point.
Holden & Co, Of Lead City have a ten
stamp mill On the road, which will crush
ore from their mine, known as the l X L.
The streets of Central City were almost
impossible Monday. Ore teams, hacks and
express wagons were at a deadlock for at
least one hour.
A. NJ. Coyne, representing Col. L. Murrip,
Of Cheyenne, importers of wines, liquors,
ales and cigars, is around soliciting orders
from dealers in the above goods.
The democratic central executive com.
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Tuesday evening and unanimously elected
DR.. C. w. Meyer chairman COR the ensuing
year.
J. w. Bailey the owner Of the Justly cele-
brated Golden Terra mine, leaves on this
mornings coach for Denver in hopes of i'm
proving his health.
Mr.. S. S. Davidson, superintendent of the
Colorado Iron Works, of Denver, Col, will
remain some days with us, and will make
his headquarters with Messrs. John A. Nye
& Co., No. 149 Main street. Quartz mills
with him is a specially.
On the return Of Pratt & Ferris train
from Central City last evening they were
detained for at least half an hour in q mar
row spot on the road by a balky team. The
colored troops swore nobly, the white force
!, prayed audibly, while the balky brutes held
the fort.
y Yesterday morning ten mammoth wagons,
with seventy yoke Of oxen, pulled through
I town loaded with Prof. Cherry's twenty
r stamp mill, to be erected at Golden Gate.
, The teams belonged to Messrs. Pratt & Fer
: ris. 1t was noticeable that nearly all the
drivers were colored men.
8 Daily Times Oct. II.
j. W Bailey has sold his mill, and mine,
!. the Golden Terry, to a California party for
800, 900.
A very rich pocket has been struck in the
Keets NINE, far surprising anything yet
discovered in that veritable bonanza.
Free gold was discovered in rock taken
from the excavation for the Pioneers new
Office, Sherman street, yesterday morning.
The immense 100 horse power boiler for
Forbes 60 stamp mill, foundry, ETC., passed
through town yesterday morning, drawn by
l %twenty-four oxen.
South Deadwood delegates to the peoples
convention are, NJ II. Williams. rep Peter
Decker, rep; james Rosebrough, de- Thos.
Burns, rep; G. F. Ingram, dem.
. Pratt & Ferris train arrived from Sidney
yesterday morning bringing 100000 pounds
8 Of freight, including Prof. Cherry's twenty
stamp mill, power for sixty, which is to be
located at Central.
q The Office of county treasurer and register
n of deeds have been removed to Adams block,
u Sherman street. The new rooms are large.
= light, and a decided improvement over the
8 old location, being on the first floor.
: : The north Deadwood primary to elect
1 delegates to Saturdays peoples convention
. resulted as follows: X. w. Cole, dem; w.
II. Parker, rep;J. D. Woollay, rep; Peter
Smith, dem; George Stokes, rep; Julius
Deetkin, rep J. F. Watson dem.
Evans & Hornick's bull train arrived
from Pierre to-day with seventy-fve tons Of
freight for Wardner & Bittinger. The lat
ter firm have q not over commodious store
house, but some how or other they manage
TO dispose of large amount Of goods.