The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-05-16

DA8o6 2llA8 AlhoDs April ~ HrN
Thunder and lightning, and rain
and hail."
Next Saturday is election day-for
justice of the peace.
Deadwood having secured the proper
ty is going to have a church.
DR.. A. S. Stewart is appointed to the
Office of Land Register at Deadwood.
Summer begins to be apparent in the
green grasses, and other vegetation, on
the hills.
About all the placer diggings are
being worked at present. The food
has subsidized, and the field for operation
opens easy facilities.
Deadwood has q water-wagon. The
water comes from Whitewood creek,
the best in this part of the Hills. S.
Deardruff ownes the machine.
The new buildings are going up one
after another so Continuously in and
about this city, that to make special
mention of them would be to say, build
ing by the score.
Wednesday it began to lightning and
rain. This was Immediately followed by
a hail storm, which continued upwards
of an hour, covering the ground with
balls of ice the size of a common bean.
The sun shone brightly during the fall
of the hail, which came perpendicular
and was incessant while it lasted.
A Mr.. johnson was brought before
Justice Gooding, Wednesday morning,
on the charge of threatening to shoot
a Mr.. Robert White, alias Kit Carson,
alias Buckskin. The prisoner was let
out on $500 bail to appear at the June
term of court. This alias Buckskin
was the center of attraction by all
present in court. His hat was of the
largest brim style yet known to history.
The color of his fringed and Powered
buckskin suit was just a shade between
the aurora borealis and a ten-dollar
saddle, while his loose, flowing hair
took n prominent part, leaving his face
only as a perspective in the distance.
He stated after his examination, that
he was out with a party on Bear creek
about ten days ago following the trail
of some horse thieves, and when COM
ing up to them, one of the thieves
turned and deliberately shot n Of his
party dead, and then fled. His story
was corroborated by others, and the
detectives are now on the trail of the
murderer.
From Boulder we learn that the
greatest drawback has been the weather.
The meeting held in April, compell-
ing three days work per week as necces-
sary to hold claims in this district, has
made all here liue men, and the drOnes
must now wake up and put into the
gulch the capital and labor requisite
for bringing out the wealth that I'M
doubtedly is in it. We can here enum-
crate a few of the claims, and these
strictly within our own knowledge.
On the higher district, No. 4 below
discovery, Messrs Matthews & Abbott
are putting in n fiume which is entirely
warranted by the slender test they were
enabled to make in the face of a large
body of water. No. 0 below made
their first and very encouraging clean
up on Saturday, after one days run. The
gold was all taken in coarse nuggets of
from 5 cents 25 cents, and very clean.
The dust of the district must certainly
be worth $2.O0 more than Deadwood.
We also saw discovery, Mr.. Loudon's
fine clean up, and the gold was Of the
same coarse heavy character. Discov-
cry is well opened up. the water under
excellent control, and he has been taking
out large money for some time. No. 2
below is also excellent ground, and
when opened up, will no doubt show
first-class results. Nos 4, 5, 6 and Z
above, are in good working shape, on
bed rock, and paying largely. Nos. 8
and 10 are bar claims, and prospect well.
When the water is properly dealt with,
and the pay streak found. these will
prove us rich as anything in the gulch.
An idea of their value may be formed
from the fact that 1900 per day has
been taken out with the rocker, and
pay is from the grass-roots.
Nos. 10, Is and 16 are taking out
good money, and are also bars.
Messrs. Athenson, on No. II, are 25
feet down on a shaft, and the indica-
tions that they will strike it rich, are
increasing day by day. Should they do
so, every claim in the gulch will go up
500 per cent. for the lucky owners, and
Boulder, like the poet, ''may wake
some morning and find itself famous. -
Nos. 10 and 81 are Just opening up,
and are expected to show first rate re-
suits considering the excellent pros
poets.
Messrs. Bent will put a fiume into