The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-12
NEWS FROM IN OLD MINER.
Frsspsets In the Black Hiiis-tsoid Coming In
and Towns springfnx Up.


DEADwooD Black Hills, ID. T.. March 2s.-
got here on Saturday. pretty well tired out.
From Jenny's Stockade TO Deadwood the coun-
try is thronged with people and sprinklcd with
houses. All the settlements are called cities
Beyond Deadwood Tor six or seven miles are
still other so-called cities. all crowded with
people. Frequent gulches run In 10 the Dead
wood Gulch and on these are many large mines
aud occasional quartz mills. Yet the chief
mines. including the Read City Gulch. are on
Main DsAdwood. ms are also the greater part OF
day ana night fhrough this Desdwood Gaieh
flows the tide Of travel and trafc, and day in
and day out the road is an endless procession
Of fortune hunters ON their way to the new
Eldorado.
Eycryoody is busy and hopeful. Trade Of all
kinds IL brisk. In ali my experience in the
mining districts of the old and the new world
have never seen anything like il before.
Yesterday spent several hours Mt the Father
de Smet mine, from which the IRE is quarred
on, ut n cost OF only about ten cents ton. 1t is
then sent down the hill ON n trnmway to the
mill where subjected 10 the simplest process,
il yields Sic a ton. There is actually in sight
enough ore to yield 1000 tons a day for years
to come. There are four 81 these mines known
by the nRme OF Father de Smet. They are each
1890 by 800 feet about two miles from Dead
wood and were recently purchased by Denne n
Bowie. two experts and capitalists OF San Frnn-
cisco, for 100000 There nre two 2O-stamp
mills. and in n short time 300 stamps will he
sal TO be Just AS rich as the Father de smet.
The owner OF n hall interest IN litile gold
mountain up "Bobtail Gulch " is q young fell
low OF 25 Week before last he sent down
ninety tons of ore and had 1t milled. 1t yielded
n clear profit Of fi.700.
Developments are going on rapidly. and old
miners say that the belt. n reach OF sixty miles
in length, will prove to be wonderfully rich.
Do not believe the stories that are sent 10 the
East about suffering in the Black Hills. Every
industrious man can find plenty 10 do. OF
course. II IL best for him 10 have money-the
more the better here rs everywhere else-but
should he land without n dollar he need not
despair Every branch Of industry is produc-
tive, have lust run across man who has
pretmpted stream Of drinking water He has
brought il to the top of the hill above Deadwood.
and is now looking around for capital to pur-
chase iron pipes wherewth to lead the water
into the town.
There is some talk Of a horse railroad up
Deadwood Creek. 1t would pay handsomely,
for travel Is inccssant. ilackmen do u splendid
business. charging only iifty cents u trip Of two
miles.
The hills are well wooded and cord wood sells
readily at 81 a cord, and man with an axe can
make $40 n day in getting out timber for the
mines. Wood IL always in demand.
Tho population Of the Black ILLS IL now about
10000. Deadwood sustans two daily papers
the HoMe.T (morningl. and the Times lcvcning),
Harry j. Norton. author ot " Wonderland" has
Just issued the first number OF his Black Mils
Mining Reporter. a weekly letter sheet.