The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-07-10
ouR BLACK HILLS LETTER.
From Our Special Correspondent
DEADwooD CITY. July 9Th, 1877.
E EduOr OF The Leader:

SIR-Placer mining in the Bobtail
has been at it's liveliest since my last
letter was sent. One claim No. l at
the mouth CT Deadwood gulch, Capt.
Foster has been working three shifts OF
six men each Including Sundays) and
the takeout has been on an average OF
$50. 90 per day to the hand. The pay
streak continues equally as rich, as far
as it has yet been worked into the hill,
and there is sufficient ground to last
two seasons longer at least. Nof. 2and
3 have been working full stats and 4,
5 and 6 have been making large clean
ups with the hydraulic since early in
the spring. The pay streak on No. z
continues far into the hill claim adjOin-
ing it, and is now being worked with a
good body Of water from Whitewood
gulch. This water is introduced by a
ditch several miles in length, coming
from above Whitehall, and will supply
the Bobtail up to the end of the mining
season. This source of supply will be
of great advantage to the owners on
this gulch, as last year, the water was
taken from Deadwood, and played out
on the 18th of August. Bailey's mill
is In full flow with the quartz from tie
Golden Terry lode, and at the forks a
second mill will shortly be commenced
to operate for some of the many leads
on the top of the Bobtail and on the
western side of the Lead City range.
Here there are many leads partially
opened, and l expect to see some Of the
richest developments in the Black
Hills.
Messrs. Foster and Moore will in a
few days open on lower Whitewood and
run four lines of sluices. The frame
work for Messrs. Mclaughlin &c Cas-
sells % stamp mill is just completed,
and the machinery IS expected shortly.
The building is lear the Hidden
Treasure mill, and the first contract is
for 10, ZOO tons of ore to be supplied by
the Keets mine in the Hidden Treasure
gulch. The ore is of the same charac-
ter as that of the Hidden Treasure and
equally rich. At the mouth Of Black
tail there are two quartz mills nearly
completed, and a large body Of ore is
already awaiting them from the two
leads adjoining. Up Blacktail and
Sheeptail, branching from it, L have
seen some of the most promising strikes
in quartz yet made. Two or three in
Sheeptail that 1 visited recently, have
the most clearly defined wall rock, and
to delight the hearts of old miners, they
tend downwards and widen as they
sink. Unlike the so-called ''deposits''
of the Hidden Treasure and others
which puzzled the California and Ne
vada miner, they run in a Southwestern
ly direction, and widening as they pro-
coed, will probably become the same
permanent source Of wealth as the leads
of the same nature In other mining
regions have proved. Some of them
are in hands, that possibly, have not
the means to develop them, and here
an opportunity offers for the capt.
talist.
OF the many mean of making money
in a new mining camp there is none
more rapid than the taking up of lots.
When the cautious observer gets the
first scent of the erection Of a quartz
mill he should secure 4 few lots, which
can be taken up for the price of record
ing. BY erecting a frame of a few logs,
he can hold them for 60 or 90 days, and
before that time the price of each lot
will probably have reached $500. Early
in April lots were taken up in Central
for the price of recording, that cannot
low e bought for less than S1,000as they
are in the immediate vicinity OF four
quartz mills and are in urgent demand
for stores, hotels, etc. Probably such
chances exist at the present moment in
Blacktail, close to the quartz mills and
the direct route to false Bottom and
Spearfsh Valley.
On yesterday, Deadwood, probably
the youngest city in the United States,
celebrated. The streets were gaily
decorated with flags and brilliant cos
tunes of fair ladies added additional
attraction to the scene. The Hon. E.
e. Brearly was the orator Of the oc.
casion. The address referred to the
usualappropriate topics and was particu'
larly eloquent on the marvellous growth
of what we sool may hope Is to be the
youngest territory in the Union. The
streets were crowded up to a late hour
and the greatest order prevailed. To
ward evening the boom Of cannon gave
forth loud evidences Of our common
sympathy with the glorious memorie:
of the 4th Of July and ceased, probabl!
at 10l, till another year shall have un
folded the hidden secrets that liz
buried for all of us. In 4 communit.
composed Of the energy and enterprise
of the whole country, who will dare t.
prophesy on what a glorious scene thu