The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-04
BLACK HILLS IN WINTER.
nns Rattle Creek District How the Claims
are Paying Two Business. Houses In the
Las, Chance District Nvhippie's Whiskey
s,,II-Lookinx for - Deputy Recorder.


HARVEY CITY, Battle Creek Mining Dis
,,lt Black Hills. Jan. il.-For three days and
NIGHTS snow has fallen INCREASINGLY. until now
tbe ground IL covered to the depth OF eighteen
Inches. Our lt;le "A" tent is coated with snow
four in hes deep. which al Is to the desirable
warmth within. Fortunately the storm has becn
nnaecompnnied by wind, else these canons and
culchcs would be- olrrtuay barred by drifts
for thowinlrr. Work upon claims has Of course
recoyed n check. but miners are improving the
opportunity for making pumps. sluce boxes.
and cabins. so that when thaw shall come they
can resume operations upon an extensive scale.
There are in this general district Battle
Creek eight sub-districts. beginning at the Foot
Hills on the east and going west. named Rose
bud, Last Chance. Hustlcton. Foster. Harvey.
Iron. Grizzly and Granite respectively. The
discovery of gold was first made in Harvey by
Phillips. Norris Brown. as early as August
last. but Indians drove the boys out and held
possession Of the district until December. when
a party was formed aud the coveted territory
again invaded. this time without opposition.
Prospecting resulted very favorably; the news
travelled fast. and soon stampede from all
SECTIONS set in. and oHtcd upon Baltic Crock
and its tributaries. until now every claim in tho
oigh, districts is taken. besides which all dry
corded. As yet best bay has boon secured from
The French boys," company Of thirteen.
have u little dry guleh n quarter of u mile down
ihe creek from which tI,rv have washed nui
s 40 This claim was first worked hv phillips
A Brown hut th,v couldut find tho rty .trrns
md Az abandoned il coin 2 nvn miles down ths
stream, where they 10 nt"i "A smaller ,irv ..,,i@h
h1i nave been very successful One Of the
Iirh hiil directly IN ~" r,,r ~ o,,+ .,,f from,
which he is taking VERY rich dirt nsckin,, II in
h. ,ynsh,s mi nm ,,,, ,f i,htv ,,, ", t
sarK va " 's"'' N''''' ~ '''
The only culeh or crook claims ,rorto1 thua
far are those owned low Phillips 4 Brown md
nv Jnroh Str.i.,Itar in Tnet CN.'n,. nm
former own Bis ,,V, ~ clam, . ana h.,y1 taken
out f+O0 StrritLtr. b. hslnNy mil nNrr,.,'- t.n
csnta tn Tho MN ,.hi 4 Ia. ~ h..sJ 'r,,af'n,
f,ooI Win mos. nv.'.,,,.,,s ali ,i,i,,. No.,
idle md tho vain. AT . ,.r A. ID. 81, ,,,,
which there ara vnrin,,. IA, MIN. NtuIn, vii
H. nr,.snr,ii, II mn 800, 49,, -, -, ~,
,yrsa', nx,is - ' % Ni'ii''"H' = ni
Tock run, AZ nm n,'ry,',,. fi of",tit,n f,
and IL covered yv'th i,,u,in,s. ho,ii,rs Thc
abundance OF water il anothar rims m starln
N il moi u,si h,n,s a.. =, rf, ,,I ,,,'',.
large n,iinns md cr,,snt i, " t t ,h
shafts suiti.ieniiv rsr lnr VII rp eue
There are none L1t tnfnp'n,nIs nm ~ -, ~, 49,
md they are not sum .i.ntlv "fr,,i1v.r Ea"rts
arr making TO induce capitalists To hrins in
steam apparatus. " "a which il is expected tho
crock can b. kept perie,tly dry. The uualitv of
gold found hnrtnlout- is ,onfser rn1 ttlS@nSrD
thai b. more free from rust-than that taken
from French or Spr NJ creeks. MANY quart
leais both cold and siTvrr bearin'. INV Lrsn
Sisr,yrred In th III H. ~ III, - i"tv uuVn
nry II ~ N sircn,, tr,'f DO, ~, 80 -, H.,
well wnshed with dust w. ~
Tho PRINCIPAL =" nre Rattle situaiad in
Io-chiid district AMI continuing a half dozen
buis and fifteen or twenty inhabitants Harvey
located In the dlstri OF tA,. same name twrlve
miles w the creek. and containing twenty
shantes and upward OF a hun ircd inhrh-
lMhts ana Hay Nud, IN the middle, or Last
Shhh'' dlstri't Hayward stands IN one OF the
pretiic valleys To- be- found in the Hills. and
hlrohdy assumes Promising proportions. The
I4lN| fltH.
nient thdt Will iohS before spring, eclipse
MrLf' bduly, ana Jus. n ~ lht.rvslH very piMcr
poPuuion, however. II o the non mining class.
ana thtlr sanguln' prppheslc, are based upon
.nelr h9pts rather ui.n any AnowlcdEY ~ To tho
probablc heV' ioplnrnl ci the Claims. lh"y are
.AeitihS themselves 70 lhr nlin' u - ~ rraSe
tne,r numners ana thc nunuTr oil pu!dIhEri
and hnvc framed 81 n Strlgt laws that "A icud
mas ~ isrh between lh.u anu thr nih'rs' VINO.
a. iule' Nv ySDhh thr llm'ls' or upon lhr,r
claims. Iw9 u- ~ rs honsrs nave slaaahy
saloQn. The former Is run b. Capt Hayward
niu " VIII WV "p,t N"hiah ~ toWil t,ic u.r
tation Oi being tnr hsgst talkrr AM the dis
pens I oi 'ie mo-, merry hui'i- N VIZ hitie.
,vSt IN I'M nne tnu3p On ir,s,y niorn n, so
daub Of sign ann1Gn inS meals. which
%ls last 'ned over lhe 4o'r !" Hayward c4nih,
tered. To the right ran long counter. behind
To tho lett WAS huge iO- fire blazing IN II lOg
st9}l ~ abe form II mostly 81 los w.th sew,
cru snpft"r los Tor 'hhirs. me rear emu oi
,lle @hnlh serNru as u ny non anu wa .reeh'l
~ arAfptt huhs rom bir lo- ToVi; Si> uihh,I
WIZ "rA prepared, cohsisth- ol Ddcoh' tuhI
prHi anu lnvldsses' anu p4suy' Lilev"Ilou
Anhre p'e
] meandered over n Whipple's saloon. The
proprietor Was stan ling IN front vi his shanty.
Inspecting a lot OF quartz. but dropped the
70 As anu led the way !Ns.dr, rtularAl ny. The
boys cali this the stO K Exchange because
evory miner coming IA town brings in speci-
mems of some new lead. ana deposits them in
that DAe there. HaNe sutnin p accepted his
kind invitation ami lmbiltsd "a sliLnt de-
cOtlun that would puzzle the most tN-
pert chemist Ia fully hniNyze. | never tast-i
anything like it before. ami sin 'rrrly hope that
lneVur shull hereafter. "Tunt arr resumed
Nhipple, Is the Recorder OH .e ior the Foster
dIstr, L." pointing t. uil inverted candle box
nailed 10 the iuA wall ior "a d' ri. While | WIS
Inspecting this piece 90. furniture, NhlpIhc put a
pan Of dricd apples upon the frr To- stew, AMI
Then | began punpihS htiu about Prospects
IN tho district. and 81 M"edcd beyond
my eIp'tit.on-. Ia iai / couldn't E't
IN word edsewdy~ II" : iofth the
great Eeosraphi'al advantages they enjoyed
over inc rntlfe Mnth gong Almost Ia
ne extent 81 49, urin- pa" tPtlhry soon rNpegi-
ca % nav" custom hous anu uiHt Inr cry
wonld pc 4 port % .hIr', Ol son therr was no
LINT IA Last Ohaii tley, had Il an, WINE
0thyr di-lrlrls w.rr bifrrn. Inc hne-t farming