Bismarck tri-weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1881, 1877-08-13
BLACK HILLS.

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A Week in tho 1dines--The Situa-
tion as it is---Something About
Pilgrims, Tenderfeet and Old
| Miners-Mines and Mining.
Editorial Correspondence.
DEADwooD, D. T., Aug. 9th, 1877
After week in the Hills, which hasn't
been spent in Deadwood, we under.
take to give the readers of the TRIBUNE
4 view Of the Hills and the situation here
as we find it. Having written for the
TRIBUNE hundreds Of columns in rela.
ton to the. Hills we omit much that
might prove interesting and proceed at
once. - @@t s': ~. - @
| ,aj - 8 DEADwooD
we find, is the largest town in the Terri
tory. being city Of upwards of three
thousand people, sustaining three daily
newspapers and three theatres, while its
merchants carry the largest stocks OF
goods Of any in the territory. Omnibus
ses ply regularly between Deadwood and
Gayville, Central City and other adj join
ing towns, running every half hour,
bringing constant stream of business
from the mining region to the city.
| BUSINESS
| at Deadwood is very unsatisfactory, be-
cause, learning of the high prices obtained
for goods at Deadweod in the early
spring and summer, adventures gathered
from every quarter with goods pur-
chased on time, on which something
must be realized; consequently they
were put on the market and sold for
what they would bring, and thus it
comes that goods can be bought in
Deadwood to-day as cheap as in Chica-
go, somebody losing profits and freight.
But this state of affairs cannot last but a
few days, and knowing it. the shrewd
dealers who were in position to fill all de-
nands made upon them in early spring,
now keep their goods on the shelves,
offering only those that can be sold to ad-
vantage. Rents are very high, however,
and the risk of doing business in city
without fire protection is great. The
difficulty formerly encountered in making
remittances which prove so annoying to
business have passed away. While stage
coaches are being robbed with impunity
Ion other lines, the passengers as well as
the companies losing largely, the man
ayers Of the Bismarck line are shipping
millions Of treasure, and so far have not
lost dollar. How or when it goes it is
not for the public to know, but that it is
carried with safety and celerity is certain.
For the protection Of passengers mount
ed guard accompanies each coach, and
passengers are usually, as additional pre-
caution, invited to secure checks for
their currency, insuring them absolutely
against loss. The raids on this line have
so far netted the road agents less than
two hundred dollars, one hundred and
| sixty dollars of this amount being
from one passenger, who thought he
knew best how to manage it. With this
line in successful operation business COM
! munication is not hazardous.
CENTRAL CITY
is fast becoming the hub of the Hills.
Deadwood is the Mecca sought by all
| pilgrims to the dark-faced mountains,
but at Central City one finds the gold,-
and those in trade there find satisfact-
ory business. Deadwood, with its busy
hum of business, with its immense
hotels, well filled theatres, and crowded
streets, sprung into existence in an hour,
almost, and is now, though the largest
city in the territory, but little more than
4 year old. Six months ago Central
City had nothing but a claim shack or
two. To day it is nearly as large as Bis
marck, which is the pride of the upper
Missouri, and has several men who, pen
niless year ago, now have an income OF
thousands of dollars month. We knew
Central City was the home of Major
Newson and Calamity Jane, and had
a Pilgrims Retreat, but we did not ex-
pect to find the busy hum of industry
there to be found. Immediately at Cent
raj City there are ~ .....
T. TWELVE QUARTZ MILLS,
employing a vast number ofmen and an
'imals, which clean up not less than twen-
ty thousand dollars day in pure bright,
yellow,gold. At 1a; - "@}..2 sr :.
F :. : Et..4a.., F., GOLDEN GATE, ~
/ few rods above Central-immediately
adjoining it, in fact-there are several
additional mills, still others at Anchor
City, nine. at Lead City and others scat
tered around in the gulches-in all thirty
seven quartz mills in space Of country
not more than two miles square, taking
in Gayv1lle (now called Troy. Central
City, Golden Gate, Anchor and Leads,
and these mills, with one single excep-
ton, are doing we'll. In this case the
ore requires to be oxidized before it can
be worked to advantage, and pending
preparations for this work the mill is
idle. Nature has prepared the great
mass of the quartz to be found in the
Hills for milling, but here and there
vein is found requiring more labor to
work it. -
Time nor space will not permit US, III
this article, to mention the business mer
we came in contact with in the Hills. nor
to come down to full details, which
would no doubt prove interesting. But
we visited every quartz mill in successful
operation in this part Of the Hills, and
were given facilities by their managers
not enjoyed by any other newspaper man