Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-05-16


of all IL that thew lounge about the
streets saloons or camps n dav or so
acc M claims runn;ng aronnd loose
and M ,rcos beoring S,ldon truit ex'
boust their limited means in the nur.
chase of food or faro checks and then
tbev booin cursinc first the country
second iLc nconle and lastly the most
deserving Of all-tbemselyes Imnre.
cation exnended thew realize the neces.
sitv of doing something and that with.
out DELAY or else TO starye. SO thew
start ont some over The hills and far
oray mon n nrosnectino tour. others
seel;ng emnlovment os miners at SO
and sl ner day hoard here il sl4 per
week lowest prlceC, where they are
called mon ,o exercise their youne
muscles for len hours a day. Others
hire ont as teamsters Others still.
and ,hev arc many make bee line for
home These arc bv far the most son.
sible norton of the entire lot. | do
not wish 10 he understood 10 saw that
tbe above class include all comers.
There are many old miners from other
dippings. and many sensible. industri.
ous men from the States among the
arrivals who are of benefit to the com.
munity and who will unquestionably
In the end secure rich reward for the
labor and priyation that thev Thus vol.
unfairly assume But the majority of
nnilgrimsp are from the counters desks
and schools of the States-mere boys
Sans exnerience. never having been
subjected to manual labor of any kind,
and very little work at ALL
OF the section thus far known to con
tain cold there il but little omen for
Location. while the country already
unsuccessfully prospected reduces the
extent of territory in which minerals
NAV possiblv vet be found to very
small area The gold belt of the hills
extends from the Bear range, on the
extreme northwest, 10 French creek.
on the southeast, and is about twenty
or twenty-five miles in width. OF this
belt the southern norton. while il NAV
be eventually made TO nav by the in.
PRODUCTION Of machinery, Is not calcu-
lated for the poor man, and consequent
lly cannot be worked by the class of
neonle that are now inbabiting the
hills oPoor Mans digringsp are con.
fined TO one district on Battle creek,
Deadwood and Whitewood with their
little tributaries, and the Sand creek
region fifteen miles northwest of here.
Upon none of these can a claim be sc.
cured other than Lv right of purchase
Between Sand creek and Deadwood
for .ipbt miles directly north of the
latter Mace and for A short distance
southwest there are small unexplored
tracts upon which the increasing pop.
ulace NAV settle but conceding all
these districts TO be mineral bearing.
there would then be territory sufficient
for onlv n small norton OF the hum
dred thousand neonle that will he here
| hv JnIv 1tb these facts are admitted
by averv dis;nberited ncrson and as n
result The unfortunate non.claimant
cos,;no ahon, for The next hest thing
res,s Ills ewes mon the far distant.
T.ap,,,,ror, r.o,n,oin ohor, wb;ch
no ~ ,aS mI ,nii' anS ~ wIinh mos,
wonderful stories are told regarding
tho immense wealth being eouallv dis.
tribr,eJ over ,erritory fnnr times
Iaraor Than tho entire Blacl, Hills pre.
son9s ;ndnoomon,s pn.orallod hv anv
MINING district in the known world
Tbe mountain il abopt two hundred
miles Yves, of Deadwood on tho North
platte river Il Is broad very bigb.
and ,rends off IN tho northwest somc
: two hundred miles and then turns
westerly towards Yellowstone mark
and lake Al The bend n Il cut in Two
bv the Rio Horn river which has OK.
csvated n deem cannon sixty miles lone.
: ne,r tho lower end Of which and he.
tween II and the Yellowstone river.
: For, r. Il Smi,b was located in 1867
From The northeastern base flow Pow.
der Tonguc Roscbnd and Little Rio
Horn rivers all said 10 contain rold
In their ollnyinm beds Atits western
basc many small streams are found.
every ono boing renuted as equal TO
/, anv n tho Black Ilills Tho backbone.
or granitoid portions of the mountain,
9 has during The nast year. been explor.
ed bv several bold adventures. who,
, dodcing. hiding from or fighting the
, hostile indians have succeeded in re.
turning with sacks full of fine. beauti.
, fnllv nnre gold. and with most be.
!. witcbing accounts of the wealth and
, beantv Of the country.
These statements are partially sus.
, tained bv Cant. w. Il. REYNOLDS. who
, in July 1859 under orders from tho
War Department, explored both the
r Bic Horn and the Black Hills. In his
renort he saws TINT uycry decided evi.
! denccs of the existence OF gold were
discovered in the Bic Horn. and some
indications in The Black Hills thus
, giving precedence to the former. j. S.
Wilson comm,ssioner Of the general
: land of,ice tor about twenty wears
/, saws in his report for 1868 "Gold is
known TO exist in the Powder and Bic
a Horn rivers As early as 1859, Lieut.
, Mavnadeer wrote of the country
albere a every reason to believe tha,
the mineral wealth of the mountain
E ous portion is very great" Many at
tcmpts have been made to settle in th,
q mountain for full development OF th,
a land but Indians have invariably
: nroven too hostile and strong. Tn,
massacre Of Col Fetterman and nine
ty.six soldiers. in 1866 at Fort Phi
Kearney. and the surrender of th,
= Forts in that country in ls67-6s. end