The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-09-12
ION TO THE BIG HORN"
Where Gold Abounds in Streams
and Mountains.
The Evidence Thereof as Given by Those
Who Have Been There-A Hun
ter's Paradise.


gold cannot be a matter of doubt. We
have the testimony of veteran pros.
pectors, scouts and guides to this effect,
and this region being now thrown open
to exploration and settlement, its vast
mineral will oon be devel.
oped. Gen. Custer, just before his
death, said to a reporter:
"The mining party from Bozeman
that 1 spoke of, set out for that region.
A few persons had contrived in the
past, when the Indians were not trou-
blesome, to enter a portion of it, and
they returned with wonderful stories
of the riches hidden there; and fine
specimens of gold were shown as
proof. Gen. Sheridan, in his letter to
Gen. Sherman, corroborates this view,
and he thinks that the wealth of the
Big Horn country will be found to sur
pass that of the Black Hills. Beyond
report nothing positive is known about
it."
Tom Sun, an old mountaineer, who
makes his headquarters at Rawlins,
Wyo., says:
81 have myself seen gold in the pos
session Of Indians at Boray's ranch
and at several other places, which they
traded at the posts for goods. But this
is no reason for me to suppose that
they took it from the ground them
salinas oD1 7 eborIJ ,otba- o,,cnaot fbot
they had taken it from miners whom
they had found in the mountains and
killed.
"For game no place in the world a
beat the Big Horn country; there are
any amount of antelope, black and
white tailed deer, Rocky-mountain
sheep, elk and moose, buffalo and
bison, cinnamon, black and grizzly
bear, and Rocky-mountain lion, wild
cats, silver-gray, black and red foxes,
etc. Mountain grouse, sage hens, geese,
ducks and chickens are found in great
abundance. Swarms of trout and other
fish in the streams"
"Old Jim Bridger," who for years
has lived among these mountains, says:
"One day after having travelled a
few days in these regions known as the
Big Horn, l, feeling thirsty, got off my
mule and stopped down at a small
brook containing clear and inviting
water from the snow-capped mountains
to drink, and while so doing my atten-
ton was attracted by the curious APP
pearance of the bottom of the stream.
1t appeared to me like yellow pebbles
of various sizes, from that of the head
of a common pin to a bean and larger.
Though well acquainted with the ap-
pearance of gold, 1 was somewhat in
doubt of its being the precious metal,
since it had never occurred to me that
gold could be found in that locality;
but my curiosity being excited, L
scooped up n handful of the stuff, and
rode up to DIR. Hayden and Captain
Both at once pronounced
it pure gold, and asked me where 1
procured it. After 1 had told them
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