Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-01-26

south westerly along Cold Run aud
onward along the western and cen
tfal ranges toward Custer.
The silver quartz OF Bear Butte IL
argent,ferous Gafena, aud SO rich in
silver that il yieidA. one ounce Of pure
metal to two pounds of ore. aud car. /
nes so high IN chloride, horn and ma
tive silver, that one ton of the ore
shipped 10 Denver for smelling,
! yielded 1864 ounces, valued :,
! 1850.
/ ,Oae Of the evidences of argeutH
erons deposits IN true assures, IL es-
Itablished from perfect surface indicA
Itons, which for distHucr Of 2a 500
feet are unmis s'Sable, and upon
| which every Location yet made has
| proven TO be equally rich in Galena
silver.
/ What has been said of Bear. BntteI
is also applicable to the SILVER mines
Of False Bottom and Custer, with the
exception that in the latter, bromide
and antitnonial silver largely prepon-
I derAte over the argentlheroas, chic
ride, and horn metal.
The principal silver mines already
located are embraced in the following
list. FlorenceI Buckeye, Cnraboc, FL
RefuRio, beecher, Tilson, r B. Hayes,
My Choice, Rattlesnake, Scepton, So
crates, xaniippe, Treasure, Red Cloud
Prince, kentuck, John Gordon, Amer
lean Tunnel, Mary Greeley, Cora, Ss-
rah, Compton, Chas. Wesley, Web
foot, Sweepstake, Horn Lode, Echo
and Mountain Rover.
The necessity for extensive milling
= machinery, for the reduction OF the
vast amount OF one will be apparan,
e to any one. As yet We have but three
!. mills In the Hills but these arc run &c
their utmost capacity and pay hand
: somely.
e Throughout the whole gold quart,
u district will be found Aarassxs' il
operation aud by this crude process
II thousands Of tons of rock ore are be
,sg reduced.
d Up 70 the present time we hav,
70 had no smelling machinery for GU
e silver mines, and al the orc reduced
% up to this date has been shipped i
d distant places for this purpose.
have tried in the foregoing I
es give some idea Of the mines and mi
y nlng In the Black H,lis, and hav
. borne in mind the fact, while prepa
It. ring this article ihat those to who's
re il ls presented xrc for the most pa,
ut persona unfamiliar with scientific ne
menclature - regards its spplicatio
OF to mining, hence ! have sought !
N present piain unvarnished state
4 ment Of parts easily to be oomprs
q hended by I'll,
- Leaving the mining interests Of d
y Black Hills, l will call your attentio
to prosperous indication for the fu
IN ture In tha rioh timber and agricu
", ,ural lands Of the feot hills.
~ here pine, spruce, ash, oak, ced,
er and cottonwood trees flourish, IN
the timber trade of this section
I'D certain to become AN interest Of gre,
20 importance.
'r- Some Of the finest farming land
n. has ever been my province to witns
h, 10 situated in aud shout the Blse
y Hills, and from exp rinents mao
ed during the past summer, the fact b,
been demonstrated that not only ca
en- iruits and vegetables be successful
- grown, but that the csresls viii 81.
he flourish.
Sc Fhc riyers ard streams to -.he nor
les abound with FISH; elk, deer, bes
mountain lion, aud hare are plentif
Ac- and it is poor huntsmen indeed vi
! cannot secure three or four deer
est one days shooting.
Northwxrd It distance of abo
ne City miles, Ignite has been found ..
OK further onward in the same directis
he toward the Wolf mountains bitumI
rs, Gus coal is TO be had in inexhaus,ib
quantities.
my Our grazing lands are extensive II
ofe are covered with buffalo, bunch =,
rec blue grasses, upon which stock %,
os, feed NJ all seasons Of the year, and
We unhesitatingly assert that beef .,
: mutton fa,,ened upon them and fl
'ok nished to our market ale eqnal TO |,
rn' stall fed meats Of the east.
an Deadwood the metropolis Of /
:! 80 Hills, situated At the junction Of Dec
the wood and Whi,ewood creeks, oo
Age tains with its extensions of sou
~ De.dwood and Elizabeth, = popu
mi, tion Of 1000 inhabltanis.
o. The next town of importance
AN point Of size aud population is Gust.
upon French creek. Gayville
=. Deadvood creek is Aour'shins TO,
.he named after Mr.. VIM. Gay, one
oi the owners Of the celebrated cla
nth No. 4 above discovery, on Deadwoc
'on' from which the yield Of gold up
the close cf the sluicing scaso,,, w,